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Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek is one of the most spectacular and easy treks in the Annapurna region. Poon Hill Trek is a beautiful and relaxing adventure, which consists of pristine natural scenery on its trail. The trek route passes through lush rhododendron forest along with the incredible views of the Himalayan range on the backdrop. The Ghorepani to Poon Hill Trek is also known as the Annapurna Sunrise view trek. This trekking takes you through some of the best Himalayan locations on its path. This trek is considered the best trekking for beginners who are not well experienced with long walking trails. Also, this trekking takes you through the local Nepalese villages like Ghorepani, Ghandruk, and Ulleri. Which gives you a true picture of the local Nepalese lifestyle.
The highest point of Ghorepani to Poonhill trekking is Poon Hill situated at the height of 3,210 meters. This location is the viewpoint for the Annapurna range, Nilgiri, Dhaulagiri, Tukuche, and Lamjung Himal. An early morning hike to Poon Hill to enjoy the beautiful sunrise over the amazing snow-covered Mountains is really a rewarding journey. This trekking trail is filled with amazing natural treasures from hot springs, waterfalls, and incredible rhododendron forests that are also home to a number of rare species of birds and animals throughout the trekking trail. This trekking journey is moderately easier while compared to other trekking trails and trekkers of various experience levels can easily complete this trekking without much issue. This trekking journey starts from Hille as we drive up there from Pokhara and our trek ends at Kimche. Ghorepani Poon hill trek is a perfect combination of culture, nature, and adventure to give you the best experience of trekking in Nepal.
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Arrive in Kathmandu, the beautiful and historic capital of Nepal. Your expert local Sherpa Guide will greet you at the Tribhuvan International Airport and guide you through the first culture shock of Kathmandu’s narrow, winding paths and get you settled into your hotel.
Once you've settled in, take a stroll around town or relax at the Hotel garden and get some rest. In the evening, join us for a Welcome Dinner with a live cultural show at a typical Nepali Restaurant.
Accommodations: Best 3 or 5 Star Hotel Meals Included: Welcome Dinner
Approx. Time:30 Minute flights Drive 1hrs. Approx. Walking: 3-4 hours. Distance: (7 km) Highest Altitude:Tikhedhunga (1577m/ 5,174 feet)
After breakfast, we will pick you up from the hotel in our comfortable private vehicle to drive Kathmandu domestic airport for a short but very scenic flight to Pokhara, and we will transfer to Hille by Private Jeep, from where the trek starts!
Although most of the trekkers start from Nayapul, however, we highly suggest you drive up to Hille and start your first-day trek. Because You won't have pleasure walking initially due to dusty roads"
Our route will take us past the TIMS Card check post and entrance to the Annapurna Conservation Area, Where your guide will show the TIMS card and Annapurna Permit to an authorized person. On our drive, we pass by beautiful villages, waterfalls, and Rivers. Once we get Hille, We will have lunch at this location and today we will walk only 40 minutes along the side of the valley until we reach the small village of Tikhedhunga. Late afternoon, Explore the local Village.
Accommodations: Best available mountain Lodge/ Guest House Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Approx. Walking: 5-6 hours trek. Approx. Distance:10 km and Ascent: 1300 meters Highest Altitude: Ghorepani (2874 m /9429 ft).
After Breakfast, we will begin with our hike early in the morning. At the beginning of the trek, we have to climb more than 3,500 stone steps with 500 meters ascent up to Ulleri Village. The "Ulleri Stairs" is one of the problematic parts of the whole trek.
Once you've finished this part, the rest of the path continues through a beautiful area of blooming rhododendron blooms and old oak plantations. Keep ascending uphill until you reach Nangethanti, Where we stop for our healthy lunch. In the spring season, the sights and trails are incredibly enjoyable!
We continue to hike after our meal until you get to Ghorepani, a village encircled by stunning scenery that's very famous with trekkers.
Accommodations: Best available mountain Lodge/ Guest House Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Approx. Walking: Poon Hill 1.5km (1 Hour). Trek to Tadapani: 4-5 hours Approx. Distance:12 km Highest Altitude: Poon hill (3210m/10531 ft.)
We’ll start our day with an early morning hike to Poon Hill (10,500 ft) to see the incredible view of Sunrise over the Annapurna range. It takes about an hour to reach Poon hill from your lodge. Our Expert Local Sherpa guide will give you a morning wake-up call.
This place offers majestic panorama, mainly when the rising sun casts golden sunlit on the adjoining snow-covered mountains like Dhaulagiri, Annapurna South, Fishtail, and Singa Chuli. From here, we’ll also have the views of the 6,000m-deep Kali Gandaki Gorge and the visual boundary of Nepal and Tibet as separated by the trans-Himalayan series.
Our guide offers you a cup of masala tea or coffee from the coffee shop. You can experience the magnificent views of the surrounding with your fellow trekkers. You’ll then return to Ghorepani for a hearty breakfast before continuing a full day of walking to the small village of Tadapani. Trek to Tadapani from Ghorepani is mainly hilly, with lots of ascending and descending through a delightful forest with panoramic views.
Your legs will feel the stretch, but you will be joy at the sight of the deep, blooming jungles all around you. Our trail takes us over stone steps bordered on all sides by dense vegetation and creeping plants, making this leg of the trek feel like an appropriate journey!
Accommodations: Best available mountain Lodge/ Guest House Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Approx. Walking: 4-5 hours trek Approx. Distance:10 km
Today is a moderately easy downhill trek through the least dense jungles. After breakfast in Tadapani, we begin our trek continues to descend towards the beautiful village, and once you reach Ghandruk Village you will have great views of Annapurna South and Fish Tail.
You will have excellent views of amazing hillside landscapes, forests, and terraced rice fields. Once you get to the small village of Kimche, you will be walking near the road and our driver will be waiting there to transfer Pokhara. we drive to Pokhara by our office comfortable Private Jeep. Upon arrival in Pokhara, relax in your hotel and delight the late afternoon and evening on your own. This tranquil lakeside town is the entryway to the Himalayas, so there are sufficient cool cafés, restaurants that provide to expats and adventure trekkers.
Accommodations: Best 3 or 5 Star Hotels Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
After breakfast, you may have time to explore, relax, or check out one of Pokhara's coffee shops. Roughly 1.5 hours before your flight, you'll be picked up from your hotel and transferred to the domestic airport to catch your flight back to Kathmandu.
In Kathmandu, our tour guide and driver will transfer you to your hotel and take you for a city tour for about 2-3 hours in the afternoon. Today we explore two beautiful world heritage sites (Boudhanath & Pashupatinath).
You can explore Kathmandu's local markets and streets with our local guide. Also, you can do the shopping for souvenirs or see anything you may have missed at the start of your trip. In the evening, select from a variety of Nepali, French, Vietnamese, and Middle Eastern dishes in Kathmandu.
Accommodations: Best 3 or 5 Star Hotels Meals Included: Breakfast
Wake this morning rested in Kathmandu and relax over a leisurely breakfast at the hotel. Our guide and office vehicle will pick you up at your hotel to transfer you to the airport for your flight back home.
Serving you was an incredible joy and pleasure, we at Mountain Sherpa Trekking & Expeditions will appreciate the links of our relationship built over the time you spent with us, and we thank you for choosing us as your travel partner and for visiting our beautiful country Nepal.
Meals Included: Breakfast
If you would like to do a private Ghorepani Poon Hill trek with your spouse, you’re family or a few friends. Choose the travel dates that work for you and send us a request for a private trek. We are ready to arrange the best private trips just for you and the traveling friends of your choice.
Explore the beauty of Ghorepani Poon Hill with local Sherpa private guides. Stay in good hotels, including clean and cozy local lodges throughout trekking.
Just pick your travel dates—we’ll take care of the rest. Please send an Email to us to reserve your date.
A custom Ghorepani Poon hill trek is an independent travel plan designed and arranged as per the client’s interest and request. Tell us what your dream trip would be and we'll make it happen! Like a tailor making a bespoke suit, it will fit you perfectly.
As a local Sherpa expert, we can craft unforgettable experiences for you or your specific group—and work within your needs and budget. Get in touch with a local expert for your perfect vacation.
Any part of this itinerary can be changed to fit your needs and budget, e.g. hotel accommodation, city tour add/skip, trek length, food… click the below link button to request a quote.
We will craft the best tailor-made program for you.
After trekking we had 2 days in city. We went to city sightseeing. It was exciting and relaxing after Ghorepani Poonhill trek and our tour guide Sumba was very knowledgeable and explain all about Nepal culture, history and nepali lifestyle.
The hotel MST provided was great! Thank you very much, Mountain Sherpa trekking team and crew for this unforgettable experience!
We stayed in cozy lodge on the mountain while we are trekking and stayed at comfort hotels in City. We were treated like kings, and the guides and porters all took very good care of us. They were very polite and we felt very welcome. I would recommend Mountain Sherpa trekking & expeditions to recommend if you are looking for to visit.
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Thank you Mountain Sherpa Trekking, for one of the most memorable experience of my life.
Sue Mazingo (USA)
Our guide, Sumba taught us all manner of things about life in Nepal and showed us some incredible sights so it was only fair that we should in turn pass on some invaluable knowledge to him. During the many chats we had while Anne and Kevin toiled (and Sumba skipped) up hills and down dales, Sumba let it slip that, in addition to speaking excellent English, he also spoke a little French. Nepal is a popular destination for our European neighbors and, if you want business as a guide, you need to speak the lingo. As it turned out Sumba spoke really rather good French but he was unaware of the most important communication tool in the French language. So, without further ado, we launched into Gallic Shrugging lessons. A very quick learner, Sumba was soon a shrugging master.
By the end of the trek we were a fair bit fitter, in awe of the Nepalese great outdoors, charmed by the Nepalese people and, if truth be told, a bit smelly.
Would we have changed anything?
No.
Would we do it again?
Yes indeed. Maybe in spring, when the rhododendron forests are in bloom.
Would we recommend it to others?
Absolutely and without hesitation.
Best regards,
Kevin Laxton & Anne Tyrrell
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A tourist visa can be obtained on arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu. The current fee for a multiple-entry visa valid for 15 days is USD $30. A multiple-entry visa valid for 30 days is USD $50. All fees are subject to change without notice and must be paid in cash in U.S. dollars. Carrying two passport-size photos is also recommended.
'On Arrival' visa procedure is very quick and simple. You can expect some queues during peak Tourist season. If you wish to skip those queues, you can also consider getting Visa from Nepalese Diplomatic Missions stationed abroad prior to your arrival. The choice is yours.
Once you arrive at the airport, please follow these simple procedures for Tourist Visa on Arrival.
Fill in ' Arrival Card '
Fill in the Online Tourist Visa form (you can fill it out prior to your arrival by visiting the official website of the Department of Immigration / fill it up using Kiosk machines upon your arrival at the airport). If you fill it in from the website, you will get a submission Receipt with a barcode, please print it out and bring it along for acquiring a visa. It works for fifteen days and becomes invalid then after. If so, you will have to fill it up again.
Make payment at the bank according to your visa requirement (15/30/90 Days) Get the receipt
While you can use different modes of payments (at the visa fees collection counter), we advise you to carry some cash to be on the safe side.
Proceed to the Immigration Desk with your online form, payment receipts, and your passport. Hand in your documents to the immigration officer for visa processing. He/she issues a visa to you upon his/her satisfaction.
15 Days – 30 USD
30 Days – 50 USD
90 Days – 125 USD
Nepal: Cash transactions can generally be made in either U.S. dollars or local currency. U.S.dollars should be recently issued bills in smaller denominations. Major credit cards are accepted mainly in the larger shops, hotels, and tourist category restaurants. Access to ATM machines is available in bigger cities like Kathmandu & Pokhara but is limited in rural areas.
HOTELS OPTIONS IN CITIES
Ghorepani Poon Hill trek includes 2 Nights of Deluxe accommodations in Kathmandu & 1 Night of deluxe accommodations in Pokhara at a comfortable and luxurious hotel. As we know, the best accommodation is a crucial part of your trip planning, our hand-selected best hotel accommodations are clean, in a good location, and give you value for your money. Our selected luxury 5-star hotels provide a wide array of excellent services and modern amenities. Our handpicked hotels offer a peaceful and relaxed atmosphere, privacy when preferred, and attentive service. You can treat yourself to a relaxing spa day at our 5-star hotel in Kathmandu after your trek. Or rest and relax in a tranquil and peaceful garden resort. We have two different package options available as outlined below. Book your perfect dream holiday trek package with a local Sherpa expert and get exceptional service.
04 Nights we provide you best available mountain lodge with a cozy room with a shared bathroom. Rooms are twin beds with two beds per room and do not have a bathroom attached except few places like Ghorepani and Ghandruk. The beds have mattresses and pillows and some blankets to borrow. The ‘living room’ area used for eating and relaxing is heated in the evenings. Lodges are always friendly places where you can meet many other trekkers. Many will have books to read and some have phones. Almost all have hot showers available, which are mostly gas heated.
Usually, breakfast will be at 8 am and you will need to pack your bags ready for the porters to leave early. Lunch will be taken en route in one of the many teahouses, and dinner is generally at 7 pm.
Ghorepani Poonhill trek is recommended for average people who are moderately fit. This moderate trek in Nepal doesn’t require prior experience. Though, we advise you to do some physical fitness programs such as running, swimming, hiking before embarking on your journey.
Because of ascents and descents walking, this trek is not appropriate for anyone with knee problems or weak ankles. Anyone with heart trouble or lung problems should check with their doctor.
We accommodate you in deluxe rooms at 3/5 Star category hotels in Kathmandu & Pokhara city with breakfast included. Along the trekking routes, teahouses/lodges we accommodate you best available Mountain lodges in each place. We can also offer you sleeping bags if needed (to be returned after the trip) but it is a good idea to always have your own sleeping gear. The lodges in trekking routes generally provide single and double rooms. At times when possible, dining will be around a bonfire. In tea houses, food will be prepared in the kitchen which you should not enter without permission.
Most of the mountain lodges along the Ghorepani Poonhill trekking route cook a delicious range of mostly vegetarian fare. Pasta, tuna bakes, noodles, potatoes, eggs, daal Bhat(rice and lentils), bread, soup, fresh vegetables (variety depends on the season), and even some desserts like apple pies, pancakes, and some interesting attempts at custard. In many larger villages, you may find some meat items on the menu. You can always get hot chocolate, tea, and hot lemon drinks, as well as soft drinks, and treats like chocolate and crisps. Each day dinner and breakfast will be at a lodge you'll stay at while lunch will be taken on the way to your destination.
No problem at all because the lodges mostly serve vegetarian meals. We always recommend our clients to eat vegetarian meals to avoid food poisoning, eating heavy meals and non-vegetarian meals at a high altitude is not really safe for the stomach.
Yes, most of the places have hot shower facilities on this trek
Yes, they have all received 45-day training from the Hotel Management and Tourism Center in Nepal. The guides have also received high-altitude first aid training from KEEP (Kathmandu Environmental Education Project).
Our company insures all our trekking staff members, including guides, cooks, Sherpas, and porters. Please browse through Company Information pages to view insurance details.
We ask that you keep the weight of your trek bag a maximum of 15kgs. Usually, we provide 1 porter for 2 clients. However, if you request an extra private porter, we can organize you.
The hotel we use in Kathmandu & Pokhara has a securely locked room where they store client's extra belongings in a safe way. So, you can leave your extra things in Hotel safely or you can also leave your belongings at our office.
Whilst on the trek, our porter will take care of your luggage. All you need to carry is your small day bag for your personal belongings like a camera, water bottle, sun cream, etc only. Yes, We do Provide you duffle bags
We ensure the travel safety of all our trekking guests, both male and female. Nepal, on the whole, is both very safe and welcoming of foreign visitors. We have longstanding, strong relationships with the lodges we frequent, and know them to be safe and reliable. In addition, our guides are consistently mindful of all guests' whereabouts while trekking. We travel in small groups, all the better to easily maintain continual contact.
Once you have confirmed your booking, an advance deposit of 30 percent (30 %) of the "total trip Package” is required for 100% Confirmation. The deposit can be paid by Credit Card, or by bank Wire transfer. The remaining trek balance needs to be paid in Kathmandu on your arrival day. When we confirm your trek booking we will send you more details about how to pay the trek deposit. Please note that the trek deposit is non-refundable. However, you may postpone your travel date if incase required. Your deposit expires after 3 Years only. You can travel on any date within 3 years.
We boast a 100% success rate to date on our Ghorepani Poonhill trek, this is achieved because of our highly experienced local Sherpa guides & staff. As we are 100% local Sherpa Company in Nepal. Our entire guides & staff are 100% Local Sherpa people. “Sherpas are highly regarded as elite mountaineers and experts in their local area. They were immeasurably valuable to early explorers of the Himalayan region, serving as guides at the extreme altitudes of the peaks and passes in the region, particularly for expeditions to climb Mount Everest”
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01. Over 22 years of experience
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04. Flexible itinerary with an all-inclusive package
05. Clean accommodation and hygienic meals
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