Mt. Annapurna base camp trekking, a marvellous adventure and a great combination of mountain views with local Gurung culture where walk leads you into lovely, charming villages where houses are built in typical Nepalese traditional style which is another highlight of this trip.
Mt. Annapurna listed as world tenth highest mountain at 8,091 m and 26,545 ft high located within Nepal North Mid Western Himalaya between great Manaslu and Dhaulagiri range of mountains.
Mt. Annapurna base camp trekking, an adventure for all types of interested people with not much of age-bar to join in the wonderful journey, compared to other mountainous areas of Himalaya on this trek where altitude gradually, where you can get acclimatize during your enjoyable and exciting walks with full of awesome mountain panorama.
Besides, mountain scenery walk leads into lovely alpine woodland covered within tall rhododendron-magnolia-oaks-pine and fir tree lines with some bamboo grooves around Modi River gorge on route to Annapurna base camp and sanctuary.
This scenic and picturesque area was first explored and pioneered by British Adventurer
Col. James O.M. ‘Jimmy’ Roberts in 1956 and then exposed and named to the world as ‘Sanctuary of Gods’, since then this beautiful plateau remained as “Annapurna Sanctuary”.
Mt. Annapurna Base Camp Trekking within awesome Sanctuary rewards you with amphitheater of snow-clad mountains and world’s tenth highest Annapurna I (8,091m / 26,545 ft) and Vara-Shikar peaks / Annapurna Fang, Annapurna South (7,219m-23,693ft), Huinchuli, Gangapurna (7,455m-24,457ft) Annapurna III (7,555m-24,787ft) includes many series of peaks Tent / Tharpu Chuli, Singu Chuli / Fluted peak with majestic Machhapuchare Himal famously known as Fish-Tail due to shape with twin summit, one of the virgin and unclimbed peaks of Himalaya.
Mt. Annapurna Base Camp Trekking leads you in the heart of massive Annapurna Himalaya within southern sides around scenic sanctuary at the height of 4,130 m and 13,629 ft high where you can get touch of altitude, but rest of the walk on average, 2,100 to 2,500 m high less chances getting bothered with AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness) than other high treks in the Himalaya.
Mt. Annapurna Base Camp Trekking, one of the shortest base camp treks in all Himalaya regions where one can complete the walk to base camp within less than a week from scenic Pokhara to Pokhara.
People with more time can add more days to make this adventure more enjoyable including
Ghorepani and Poon Hill offer you an exceptional panorama of worlds’ three highest mountain range Mt. Dhaulagiri-Annapurna and Mt. Manaslu with the stunning sunrise over a chain of Himalayan peaks of 360-degree wide angle views.
Walking is pleasant but a course with uphill and downhill with some gradual and gentle tracks to walk around its lovely hill villages inhabited by Magar and Gurung tribes of people famous as Gorkha soldiers in foreign legions (British-India-Singapore), besides being in the army they are farmers and cattle herders as age-old occupation.
After exploring interesting villages enriched with ancient culture and traditional way of life, where walk leads into the most beautiful and enchanting alpine forest covered with tall rhododendron-magnolia-oaks-pines and fir tree lines.
In spring and summer, the whole turns into paradise when wild-flowers in bloom with riots of different colours turning the hills into the magical environment.
Truly a great adventure, where one can trek at ease in the comfort of nice and cosy local lodges with the warm hospitality of local villagers where every room faces magnificent views of snow peaks and dramatic landscapes.
Annapurna Base Camp trekking begins and completes at beautiful Pokhara, a leading and renowned touristic spot blessed with close views of Annapurna which reflects on its calm and serene Lakes of Phewa and Begnas.
Annapurna Base Camp Trekking can trek all year round, where monsoon months of July to Mid September is not recommendable due to continues rains most of the day, March to May is fine with flowers in bloom where most of the day is clear with clouds in the afternoon time.
Much warmer around this season with temperatures hardly gets -05 degree Celsius depending upon altitude wise daytime is warmer with pleasant 15 to 20 degree Celsius.
October to February the coldest months in mountains and high hills with chances of snow sometimes, but most of the day is fine with clear views of the mountain range.
Whatever your mode of transportation, starting this wonderful adventure from Pokhara taking a short drive to begin the walk to Ghorepani-Chomrong to base camp and then heading back on the same route to Chomrong village, and then alternative ways to reach Pokhara wither by Jhinu village with hot natural spring to end at Bhirethati and then drive to Pokhara.
Extending walks taking route after Jhinu village towards Landruk and to Dhampus village to end with a short drive back to Pokhara.
For people with limited time can just walk to Annapurna sanctuary and at the base to and from the same route where you started and then ending within less than week duration.
