Round Manaslu Trek

<p>Depending on your arrival time, our representative will be at the airport to receive you and transfer you to your booked hotel. </p><p></p><p>Overnight in Hotel </p><p></p>

<p>An early morning breakfast and we head towards Soti khoa driving along the Trishuli River. The first half of the drive will take place on the paved road and the remaining drive on the off road. </p><p></p><p>Overnight in Lodge </p><p></p>

<p>An easy walk today, the trail is uphill in the beginning from soti khola. The trail passes through the beautiful rhododendron forest. If you happen to be there in spring season. On the way, we will have the view of the snow capped mountains</p>

<p>As we cross through several steep section open to Budi Gandaki River while passing through herds of mules. It is important to remain on the wall side to avoid being pushed away by the mules carrying the loads. We arrive at Tatopani, a small hotspring from where we cross the Budi Gandaki River through a suspension bridge. As we arrive at Jagat, we will notice the large cliff on both sides. A gate painted with “Welcome to Manaslu Conservation Area” welcomes stand visibly as we walk a bit further to arrive in our lodge. </p>

<p>After our guide takes care of the permits at the checkpoint, we continue our trek through the rocky ridge and several bridges. We see a beautiful village Philim right next to the Budi Gandaki. Crossing the suspension bridge, we take a straight uphill all the way to Philim where we stop over for lunch. The village has a school built by Japanese that you can see while the lunch is being prepared. After lunch we continue through the trails that passes through the village of Ekle Bhatti. After crossing the narrow ridge and narrow trail we arrive at Deng that has few hotels. We spend an overnight here. </p><p></p><p></p>

<p>The trail today passes through the forest and Mani after heading west from Budi Gandaki. Crossing Budi Gandaki several times we encounter several monasteries along the way. As we enter the epic section of Manaslu. Crossing few other settlements we arrive at Namrung that is located next to the Budi Gandaki River. You can take a walk around the village or visit the monastery. </p>

<p>The early morning greets you with the sunrise over Shringi Himal, Ganesh Himal and Himal Chuli in the south. After breakfast we will have an easy walk until we cross Lihi village. Just after Lihi village before crossing Hinang River, we head towards the direction of Himal Chuli Base Camp (4020m) at the left for a visit to a beautiful buddhist monastery Hinang Gumba (3120m) and return back the same route to continue towards Lho Gaon. </p><p></p><p></p>

<p> We will start our trek early morning. Easy walk through the pine and rhododendron forest along the river then climb steadily to reach Syala village. From here, we continue towards the suspension bridge. After crossing it, we head towards Punggen Monastery leaving the trail that heads towards Samagaon. The monastery is situated at the lap of the Manaslu mountain. You are rewarded with the 360° view of the mountains like Manaslu, Hiuchuli, Nadi Chuli (Peak 29) and Rani Peak. After taking some pictures and enjoying the view, we descend down the same trail and continue towards Samagaon. </p><p></p><p></p>

<p> We will start our trek up to the Birendra taal at the altitude of 3630m. This lake is named as Birendra Taal because, when there was royal family in the power one of the by the name of Birendra came here and swim in this lake. That’s the reason behind the name of the lake came. This lake is the place from where people go to the Manaslu Base camp for the purpose of expedition. Expedition is dangerous on this mountain and very few people are successful in the move. then getting back from the lake and this is how they got helped in the acclimatization to do the larkey pass.</p>

<p>Today is relatively a short walk passing through Birendra Lake and heading northwest of valley as we encounter the chortens and mani walls along the way. We arrive at Samdo in about 4 hours after which you have the rest of the day to yourself. </p><p></p><p></p>

<p>A short and easy walk to Larkyay Phedi from Samdo takes about 4 hours. We cross a wooden bridge as we start ascending from here. Along the way, we can witness the Larkyay Glacier. We continue climbing as we arrive at a guest house in Larkyay Phedi which is also known locally as Dharmasala, there are some isolated tea houses. </p><p></p><p></p>

<p>Today can be regarded as one of the most challenging days of the whole trek. After climb for a short while we get spectacular views of Larkya Peak and Cho Danda. As we ascend towards the pass the trails becomes steeper. Once we arrive at the Larkya Pass (5140M), we are greeted with amazing views of Kangguru, Himlung, Cheo Himal, Gyaji Kang, Namjung Himal, Ratna Chuli and Annapurna II. We descend steep towards Bimthang from here with the view of Manaslu. You need to be careful that some sections while descending are too steep and icy, you are advised to put on your crampons. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p>

<p>As the hard part of the trek is over, we head towards Tilje where the trail passes through the dense rhododendron forest and fields slowly coming into sight. Arriving in the Manang district, we are in the restricted part of the Manang after Nar Phu. We continue our trek further down to Gowa where we will have lunch and continue descending towards Tilje. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p>

<p>The last day of trip, we start up early following the trail to Dharapani about 1hour. Here, we take the 4x4 jeep to Besisahar. At Besisahar we will take another vehicle to get back to Kathmandu. We will check into our comfortable rooms and enjoy the hot showers and freshen up.</p><p></p><p></p>

<p>We deserve a free day where we can relax in our hotel garden with some chilled beers or go for a full day sightseeing that can be arranged upon request. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p>

<p>Depending on your flight time, our airport check in is 3 hours prior to the departure time and the hotel checkout time is 12PM. In case our flight is late evening please let us know if you require half day use of the hotel. Our representative will meet you at the hotel and transfer you to the airport. </p>