Khopra Danda Trek - 12 Days

A representative from Himalayan trekkers will meet you at the airport and escort you to the hotel. Overnight.

You have an option to either fly or drive. For the first time, it would be worthwhile to drive 7 hours and enjoy the beautiful landscape on the way with majestic mountain views along the way. Or else you can have a scenic flight of 30 minutes; you can see 3 world’s tallest mountains from the window itself. Taking a flight saves time and allows you more time to explore some attractions of Pokhara and stroll around the beautiful Lake.

After your breakfast, you will enjoy a scenic drive to Kimche, and, then start your trek to Tadapani via Ghandruk with brief rest. You will be experiencing the wilderness of nature along the way as we hear the sound of waterfalls and birds chirping. Ghandruk is a small Gurung village with majestic views of many mountains where anyone can enjoy their overnight stay.

We today, walk along the trail of Annapurna Base Camp, the trail passes on through the dense forest, lush rhododendron forest and we will be accompanied by the mighty Fishtail until we reach the resting point at Masher (2969 m). From here we trek to a higher altitude, involving gradual climbing and stop at Haire (3137m) for lunch followed by an hour and a half trek to Dobato (3350m) where we have a splendid view of greenery and mountain. There we stay in a lodge. Taking the memories and some snaps we spend overnight at Dobato.

We will have an early morning start today for the sunrise view. We will walk to the Hilltop at Dobato in the morning darkness and after walking for 40 minutes uphill, we can see the range of mountains including Lamjung, Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu and many more. After sunrise view we will head back to Dobato and have our lunch, then we will head towards Shistibumg.

After breakfast, we will have a steep climb to reach the top of the Vantage point. This will be the most exciting day of the trek in the Annapurna region. This ridge can be accessed after 3 hours of walk from Shistibumg and offers a panoramic 240-degree view of the mountains in the Annapurna and the Dhaulagiri range. After spending plenty of time on the cliff and taking some photos we will come back to our camp around sunset. Overnight at Kopra Ridge.

We today after breakfast, descend down to the river and climb up a bit through a beautiful forest. A gradual walk in a lush forest of rhododendron and occasional steep descent we will reach Swanta for Lunch. As it is a relatively big settlement, there are lots of things to do such as visiting the school and the monastery or taking a stroll around the main village center. We then trek further down to Tatopani, a natural hot water spring. It might be a good idea to relax in a pool of hot water after the trek. 

Note: After reaching Tatopani, you might extend the trek from Ghorepani or Jomsom, but we must be confirmed if you want to extend before starting our trip.

Today we approach Ghorepani. We reach the famous village of Ghorepani after some ascend and descend walk. This village is notable for the blue rooftop in literally all the houses and the rhododendron forest that surround it. There are 32 distinct species of rhododendron found in Nepal and this area has more than 14. Overnight at Ghorepani.

We gradually move down through the stone-paved trail towards Ulleri. The trail goes through a dense forest where we can observe various species of indigenous flora and fauna. We reach Ulleri in the afternoon and we will have our lunch there. The two attractive mountains Fishtail and Annapurna south will be looking at you while you are having lunch. After lunch, we descend down the famous 3000 steps of Ulleri and stop at Tikhedhunga for the night. We can continue to a village called Hile if you are willing to walk for another hour.

Today we will come to the end of our trek. We will walk for 3hrs to reach Nayapul. We then drive from Nayapul to Pokhara. Evening time is free so you can roam around Pokhara.

After breakfast, you will drive (6-7hrs) back to Kathmandu or you have an option to fly(30 minutes) to save time. Evening strolling around Thamel.

Our representative from Himalayan trekkers will drop you off at the airport for your onward flight.