Mardi Himal Trek

Your Arrival Time (?): Our office representative will meet and greet you at Kathmandu Airport and transfer you to your hotel in Kathmandu.

At 06:00 PM: In the evening we will meet for a coffee and will brief you on the details of your trek program.

*Optionally you can add one additional night stay in Kathmandu to cover cultural sightseeing in Kathmandu as well for your trek preparation shopping.

Kathmandu Full Day Sightseeing: You will visit for a full day sightseeing in Kathmandu of Kathmandu and Patan Durbar Square, Boudhanath and Swayambhunath.

At 06:30 AM: Have your breakfast at the hotel and be ready for your drive to beautiful lake city Pokhara. Pokhara is about 200 KM far from Kathmandu, it takes Approx. 6-7 hours of drive to reach there.

At 03:00 PM: First check-in at your hotel. You will get a few hours to buy your required things for the trek if needed. If not, you can explore the lakeside area and take a rest. You will keep your extra baggage at the hotel in Pokhara.

At 08:00 AM: Have your breakfast and be ready for the first-day adventure of Mardi Himal Trek. Today you will first drive to Kande which is the west north part of Pokhara which takes 1 hour from Pokhara. From Kande, you will follow the trail of the Mardi Himal trek through the woodlands lush forests and farmlands reaching the Australian camp (2,045 m).

From the Australian camp, you will get the first glimpse of the Annapurna Himalayan Range. Then further trek towards Pothana and finally reach Deurali for your first-night stay. Dinner will be served after 6 PM.

At 08:00 AM: This second day of the trek and you will continue moving upwards inside the forest of the Annapurna conservation area. The trail passes through a lush green forest with different species of rhododendrons. After crossing the Forest camp (2,500 m) we can see the fantastic view of Mt. Machhapuchchhre (Mt. Fishtail) which you will follow until the base camp.

At 08:00 AM: After breakfast, you will start your third-day trek towards High camp. You will continue your trek upwards climbing a hill alongside a ridge towards Mardi Himal and Machhapuchchhre. The tree lines start getting thinner and the shrubs with isolated rhododendron bushes along the trail start to see with the different landscape. You will reach the high camp, which is the final destination of the day. From high camp the mountain views are stunning.

At 04:00 AM: You will start your early morning hike towards the Upper viewpoint for the sunrise view. The view from the top of the high camp is almost similar throughout the trail more upwards. You will see the valleys and surrounding mountains from the upper places.

The mountains you can explore from the Upper viewpoint and the Mardi Himal base camp are Machhapuchhre, Annapurna South, Hiuchuli, Annapurna I, Gangapurna, Annapurna III, Mardi Himal, Tare Khang and many more. We then move downwards towards Low camp back. Overnight at Low camp.

At 08:00 AM: This will be your last day of the trek, you will move further downwards leaving the mountains behind to reach the beautiful Gurung village Sidhing. Then you will drive back to Pokhara for your overnight stay.

At 08:00 AM: On this day you are returning to Kathmandu by drive. You will get shopping time in Kathmandu and we will have a farewell Nepali dinner together.

You will be free until your flight time. We will drop you at Kathmandu airport 3 hour before your flight.