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Days 01 :
Arrive at Tribhuwan
international airport,
Kathmandu, you are welcomed
by the hospitable meeting
and then you will be
transferred to your hotel.
Short briefing will be
followed about necessary
formalities and rest of the
program. Depending on
arrival time you will have
choice of visiting nearby
sanctuaries or have a rest
day.
Days 02 :
After breakfast we drive to Swoyambhunatha
stupa has it that Manjushree,
found of Kathmandu valley,
and discovered the lotus of
ancient valley lake on which
site the great stupa of
swoyambhunath was later
built. The omni sighted
stare of Buddha greets
visitors & residents a like
compassion. This is one of
the oldest Buddhist stupa in
the world, which has been
registered in UNICEOO
heritage side. We then visit
to Kathmandu Durbar Square.
Kathmandu durbar square
situated the center of
Kathmandu where you can see
the House of Living
Goddess”KUMARI” Kasthamandup
temple” Said that was built
from single tree in 16th
century, big bell-big drams,
erotic carving in old
temple, old palace etc. We
then finally were
sightseeing to Patan Durbar
Square. Patan Durbar square
is one of the beautiful
Durbars square in Kathmandu
valley. It is very famous
for woodcarving, Metal
works, Temples and
Monasteries. Tour of Patan
includes tour of Krishna
temple, Patan king’s palace,
Golden temple and much more.
Days 03 :
Drive from Kathmandu to Dhading Besi and cross
the dense Sal forest along
the way to Buchung village
in a steep valley' then
enter to Dhading village
from where peaks of Ganesh
Himal are visible to north.
The trail goes ahead to
Nigalapani, from where the
views of Annapurna II,
Manaslu can be seen.
Afterwards, the trail crests
the ridge at Kafalpani
(1350m.), The beautiful
sight of Annapurna, Manaslu
(8163m.), Shringi Himal
(7187m.) and Ganesh Himal
(7406m.) are visible from
here.
Days 04 :
On this day, the trek
descends to Chainpur
and again descends steeply
to a stream, then crosses a
long suspension bridge over
Ankhu Khola and climbs to
Salyan Taar, after walking a
few km. the trail enters the
valley of Budhi Gandaki. The
flat trail through the
forest reaches to Doren and
then Aarughat. There is a
trail junction here turns
west across the bridge over
Budhi Gandaki and continue
the trek' the eastern route
is joining from Trishuli
Bazaar. In the west of the
bridge through the Bazaar
there is Cheak post. Then,
pass the
hydroelectric.powere plant
through rice and millet
fields and reach to Aarughat
for rest overnight.
Days 05 : The trek starts to
go ahead to sati Khola via
Sante Bazaar and Budhi
Gandaki valley and reaches
to Koir pani, a lmall
village of Magar and Gurung.
The trail descends to Ahati
Khola. There is a small
water fall just above the
trail,, a larger water fall
with a 60 meter drop is
visible by climbing
upstream. This valley is
famous for honey, which is
harvested in manner as
described in the book "Honey
Hunters of Nepal".
Days 06 :
After crossing the bridge,
the trek climbs up onto a
ridge above the huge rapids
of Budhi Gandaki and
reaches to Khorsaani. Then
it, the trail, gets a bit
precarious as it passes over
a big rock and crosses a
stream. The rocky trail then
goes up and down through
large stand of nettles,
passes tropical waterfalls
and again backs down to the
bank of Budhi Gandaki. The
trek goes up again on a
steep rocky trail and down
then up around to the Gurung
village of Labu Besi and
rests overnight.
Days 07 :
The trek forwards to Machha Khola after crossing
several streams on the way
and reaches to the place
where a cable ropeway is
hanging over Budhi Gandaki,
it should be crossed in a
small cable car called "Ghirling".
The trail again forwards to
Doban Khola via Khorlavesi,
Tatopani etc.
Days 08 :
The route climbs on a Rugged
Rocky trail to Duman. Then passes the
villages of Yaru Khola,
Thado Bharyang and crosses
Budhi Gandaki again and
climbs over a ridge; trek
along the river for a while
and reaches to the compact
village of Jagar at (1410m).
Days 09 :
The trek climbs over a rocky
ridge up to salleri.
Shringi Himal offers good
views from this Village. The
trail descends to Setibas
(Tara) a Gurung village
influenced by Tibetan
culture. Continuing
upstream, the trail follows
the best and new route to
Manaslu via Ngyuak (Nyak),
climbs up to Philim (Dodang)
at 1550 meters. The trail
then leads to Ganesh Himal
is called Tsum. It is still
off limiars to foreigners.
This village of Tsum is
inhabited by Tibetans and is
towards Tibet across to
passes ahead of the shar
Khola (East River) Valley.
Later on the trail reaches
to Serson.
Days 10 :
From Serson, the
trail enters a steep
uninhabited gorge and
descends through grassy
slopes dotted with tall pine
trees then; the trail hangs
on a cliff after crossing
the Budi Gandaki. The tiny
village Deng comes after
crossing a bamboo forest and
Deng Khola.
Days 11 : Today the trail re
crosses Budi Gandaki and
climbs up then passes a
waterfall after crossing a
stream it continues to climb
ahead before dropping to
Shring Khola crosses it and
climbs steeply to reach to
Ghap many of the carvings of
Buddha in various meditative
poses and others are of the
Tibetan saint Milarepa who
is said to have travel and
meditated in this valley.
Days 12 :
The trail then crosses a 26
meters long bridge over Budi Gandaki at
2100Meters and passes more
many stones to enter in to
the woods then, the trail
climbs two long main walls
and a water fall will be on
the way to village at Budi
Gandaki Valley which is a
trading route to Tibet. The
trek climbs over a big rock
and continues up through
deep fir and Rhododendron.
The forest entering Namrung
(Nsamdru) through a stone
archway at 2600 meters,
there are excellent camps in
the forest, another part of
Namrung remains across the
bridge.
Days 13 :
After Numrung the
trail follows Nupri region,
a region, a region of
Tibetan immigrations. On the
way village Li at
2900meters, the trail passes
village Barcham (Bartsam)
and the forest of fire and
rhododendron. The trail
leaves the village and
crosses Hinan Khola and
reaches to Sho Sho, where
children demand for Shim a
Tibetan word for Sweets or
candy. After leaving Budi
Gandaki valley, the
spectaculars views of Mt.
Manaslu, Manaslu north
(7154m) and Naike Peak come
in to sight. The Trail then
follows to Lho at 3100meters
pass Shrip, a small
settlement. Lho is a big
village with gompa
(Monastery) a stone Archway
at the entrance a Tibetan
styles chorten and huge Mani
wall. The Trail drops down
to cross Damonan Khola,
Starts to ascend again and
finally emerges onto a plate
at shya (3520m.) with a wide
views of Himal chuli, Ngadi
chuli and Manaslu.
Days 14 :
The trail crosses a ride and
descends on to a tock-
strewn Moraine then emerges
on to a ridge over looking
pastures and fields of Samagaon (Ro) the
samaGompa is nestled against
a wooden moraine at the far
end of the valley. Spare a
day to climb the ridge to
the south of samagaon to the
Pung- Gyen Gompa hidden
behind the ridge in front of
Manaslu. The Japanese call
this Honsanso Gompoa. An
avalanche destroyed it in
winter of 1953, killing 18
inhabitants.
Days 15 :
The trail descends to Budhi Gandaki and leads
to Manaslu Base "Camp. The
Larkya La trail passes
several Manmu walls and
reaches to Kermo Kharka
after crossing the Juniper,
Birch forest. The trail then
climbs steeply to find Samdo
nestled behind a bridge at
3860m. Somewhere in the
village a police Cheak post
lurks' a major trade route
to Tibet heads ahead east
through the village over
Lajyang La at (5098m).
Days 16 :
The trek descends to the
river and crosses it then
proceeds on to climb to Larkya La. Again climb
gently through Juniper and
Tundra opposite to Larkya La
Glacier. The trail gets
steeper and climbs the side
of the ridge about 4000m.
Where there is a viewpoint
at the edge of a huge gorge.
The trail climbs in and out
of the and reaches to the
only shelter on the route to
the pass, a rest house at
(4480m)
Days 17 : Starting up the
ridge in front of the rest
house the trail reaches at
the top of the moraine at
(4700m), and climbs steeply
to the pass at (5100m). It
takes about 3/4hrs. To reach
to the pass so, it is best
to start earlier. The
tremendous views of Himlung
Himal (7126m.) Cheo Himal
(6820m.) Gyaji Kung, Kang
Guru (6981m.) and Annapurna
II (7937m.) can be seen on
the west from here. Then the
trail descends to Bimtang
(3720m.), which means "Plain
of Sand" in Tibetan
language. This a huge valley
surrounded by high peaks.
Days 18 :
The trek descends to Dudh Khola and reaches to
Gho at 2560m. Crossing Pine
and Rhododendron forest via
Hompuk, Karchep village. At
foot of the valley, part of
Lamjung peak above the
Marsyangdi valley comes into
sight.
Days 19 :
The trail continues though
the fields with rhododendron
Oak forests to Dharapani via Tilje (Tiljet),
Thonje (Thangjet villages.
In Thonje, the Sirdar of
Liaison Officer will contact
to the police to show off
the collected garbage to
obtain a clearance
certificate. Afterwards the
trek follows the trail to
Dharapani (1920m.)
Days 20 :
On this day the trek goes to
south through steeps part
the Marshyangdi Gorge
Days 21 : The trek again
follows Marshyangdi south
and enters in to terraced
rice field countryside.
Days 22 :
This day, the trek goes
ahead to Kudi/Besishahar,
from Kudi/Besishahar
vehicles are available to
Kathmandu.
Days 23 : After
breakfast drive to
Pashupatinath. The holiest
of holy Hindu temple in
south Asia is the focal
point of pilgrimage from all
over the sub-continent. The
holy river Bagmati flowing
nearby is the cremation
ground of the Hindus.
Funeral pyres can be viewed
from across the riverbank.
We then visit to Boudhanath
stupa. Probably the largest
stupa in the world is also
found in Kathmandu valley
the great stupa of
Boudhanath. Again the
omni-sighted eyes of the
Budha stare all the
directions. This stupa is
the place of worship of
Tibetan Buddhists
predominantly. We then drive
to Bhaktapur Durbar Square.
Bhaktapur is one of the
oldest cities in Kathmandu
valley. It is well known as
Living Museum. Old brick
paved enclave of old Royal
palace, Nyathapola Temple,
Datatriya temple exquisite
artwork offers a picture of
the grandeur of medieval
Nepal. It is very famous for
woodcarving and pottery
products. Then after we have
short visit to Changunarayan
temple. This is one of the
oldest Hindu temples in
Kathmandu valley that exists
in the valley dating back to
the 4th century.
Days 25 :
After breakfast you will
have some free time until
the time to leave the
international airport for
your final departure.
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20 DAYS AROUND MANASLU TREKKING
