Discover the Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek: an easy, family-friendly adventure with stunning sunrise views, rich culture, and breathtaking Annapurna and Dhaulagiri mountain vistas.
Drive from Kathmandu to Pokhara (820m)
Pokhara Lakeside - Today, we drive from Kathmandu to Pokhara early morning on a tourist bus. The bus leaves at 7:00 am from Sorhakhutte (close to Thamel) and then drives through the hillside road which is around 200km. You see beautiful valleys, farming fields, local settlements, rivers, vegetation, waterfalls, and much more attractions. The bus takes several breaks for breakfast and lunch on the way to Pokhara. Once you reach this beautiful lake city Pokhara, you check in at the hotel and then we can walk around the lakeside to see the beautiful Fewa lake.
Drive to Birethanti in private transport (1 hour and a half) and trek to Ulleri (2055m)
Ulleri - Today, we start our mountain journey with a few hour’s drive in private transport to Nayapul from Pokhara after breakfast. After driving around an hour and a half, we reach Birethanti and then start walking toward the Bhurungdi river valley. We see traditional villages, green hills, local lifestyles, farming lands, waterfalls, and more attractions along the way. After walking for around 4 hrs, we stop for lunch in Tikhedhunga and then trek for 2 more hours on ascending part to Ulleri.
Trek from Ulleri to Ghorepani (2850m)
Ghorepani - After breakfast at the lodge, we start walking on a gradually ascending trail in the morning. We walk around an hour and a half from Ulleri to Banthanti and then enter the forests. We see oak, pine, rhododendron, and lots of other trees in this forest, so the forest looks amazing in spring when the rhododendron blooms. We stop for lunch in Nangethanti today and then trek another hour to Ghorepani.
Hike to Poon hill (3210m) 1 hrs, and trek to Tadapani (2630m)
Poon Hill - We hike early morning with a flashlight from the lodge to see unblocking sunrise and magnificent mountain views of the Dhaulagiri and Annapurna ranges. It takes around an hour to hike Poon hill and hike back to the lodge for breakfast. After breakfast, we trek the opposite side of Poon hill on ascending trail at the beginning and then descend for a few hours to Banthanti. We walk another hour to Tadapani after having lunch in Banthanti today.
Trek from Tadapani to Kliu and drive to Pokhara
Pokhara - We see the beautiful sunrise with mountains like Annapurna south, Himchuli, Fishtail, Annapurna III, II, and other high peaks from Tadapani early morning, and have breakfast. After breakfast, we trek through deep forests on descending trail for 3 hrs to Ghandruk. We stop for lunch in Ghandruk and then trek another two hours on descending trail again to Kliu. Here, our private transportation will be waiting for us to take to Pokhara. We drive about 2 hrs from Kliu to Pokhara today at the end of our trip.
- Private transportation
- 2 nights hotel in Pokhara and 3 nights lodge accommodation in the mountain
- Breakfast
- ACAP Permit and TIMS card
- All fees and/or taxes
- Things that has not mentioned in the inclusion section
Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek is short and easy trekking in the Annapurna region. This trek is recommended for the beginners, family and elderly. Famously known the Poon hill tour offers to unblock sunrise and stunning mountain views of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri Himalayan ranges so it is also known as Poon hill trek. This trekking route has most of the visitors among the other trekking routes of Nepal. There are a couple of hundred trekkers every day on Ghorepani Poon hill trek. This is a circuit trek that starts from Nayapul and ends at the same place after making a circuit via Ghandruk village. Trekking through beautiful rhododendron and pine forest, this trek offers a magnificent view of landscapes, traditional villages, culture, wildlife and much more. Besides these natural and cultural beauties, towering mountains such as Dhaulagiri (8,167m), Annapurna I (8,091m), Annapurna South (7,219m) and more with the most beautiful mountain Fishtail (6,997m) can be seen along the trek.
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