Annapurna Circuit Trek Itinerary

Annapurna Circuit Trek start from kathmandu drive to Besishar and than Syange (760m, about 10hrs).Trek starts from Jagat (1,100 m/3,608 ft) and passes through different villages. These villages have a variety of cultural and ethnic background. The highest altitude in this trek is the Thorong La which sits at 5,416 m/17,768 ft. The highlights of this trek includes the high trail from Upper Pisang through Ghyaru and Ngawal to Braga (its ancient Gompa) with magnificent views of Annapurna II and IV. Manang (3540 m) is a village which caters well for trekkers while offering magnificent views of Gangapurna and Annapurna III. The high pass over the Thorung La (5416 m) summit offer exceptional views in all directions as well as diversity of landscape and culture.

Spring (March – May) and Autumn (September – November) are the most popular months for this trek. 

Highlights of Annapurna Circuit Trek

  • Guided sightseeing in Kathmandu and Pokhara
  • Experience mountain people and their life styles in the heart of Himalayas. 
  • Views of the world’s highest mountains: Dhaulagiri I (7th), Manaslu (8th) and Annapurna I (10th)
  • Crossing the Thorong La Pass at 5,416 meters
  • Dicover pilgrimage site of Muktinath
  • Bath in natural hot springs at Tatopani
  • Magnificent sunrise views from Poon Hill. 
  • Day 01: Arrive in Kathmandu
    Trekking Plus airport representative will be waiting to welcome you with your name written on a placard. Transfer you to your hotel, you will be at your hotel within 20 minutes from airport.
    • Kathmandu
    • Dinner
    • Standard Hotel
    • 1326 M
  • Day 02: Kathmandu Valley sightseeing and Prepare for the Trek
    After breakfast, we will be doing sightseeing around some of the major World Heritage Sites of Kathmandu. You will have plenty of time in the afternoon to prepare for your trek and check that you have everything you need. You might want to visit Thamel and Local market where you can easily find all you need for trekking. Or you can have easy evening for relax with local tea and coffee. Recommend not to have local food or street food on your first night and have an early night as you will have an early start in the morning.
    • Kathmandu
    • Breakfast
    • Standard Hotel
  • Day 03: Drive to Besishar - Syange (760m, 10hrs)
    After an early breakfast, you are driven along the main Prithvi Highway to Besishar (185km) which takes about 6 hours. Along the journey, you see some spectacular scenery of river valley and high mountains.
    • Syange
    • Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
    • Mountain Lodge
    • 760 m
  • Day 04: Trek fro Syange to Chame (2670m, 6hrs)
    After the breakfast, we start our day by sharing the trail with mule caravans that transport supplies to the remote villages. The route climbs through subtropical forests and the rice terraces. You will see Manaslu (8156m), though mountain views disappear as you are taken through river gorges. It takes about 6 hours to reach Chame, a village set in the mountain where you spend the night.
    • Chame
    • Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
    • Mountain Lodge
    • 2670 m
  • Day 05: Trek from Chame to Pisang (3200m, 7hrs)
    After breakfast, we trek to Pisang. we pass through Chame you trek up to Telekhu (2840m) to then continue with a pleasant and mostly level walk through a forest to Brathang (2950m).

    After the trail turns a corner here, you see your first dramatic view of the Paungda Danda rock face. This is an enormous curved slab of rock that rises over 1500m from the river. You cross back again to the south bank of the Marsyangdi on a suspension bridge at 3080 meters and then start up the long gentle climb over a ridge through blue pine forests. The trek from here is fairly level as it heads to the upper part of Manang valley to Pisang.
    • Pisang
    • Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
    • Mountain Lodge
    • 3200 M
  • Day 06: Trek from Pisang to Manang (3540m, 7hrs)
    Trekking up to the Tibetan-style village of Bryaga (3500m), you follow the valley floor. Here you see houses stacked one on top of the other, each with an open veranda that is formed the neighbour’s rooftop. The gompa, perched on a high crag overlooking the village, is the largest in the district and has an outstanding display of statues. You continue through a very arid landscape that is dominated by curious cliffs of yellow rock that have been eroded into dramatic pillars alongside the trail. In the afternoon you have increasingly imposing views of Annapurna II, III and IV.
    • Manang
    • Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
    • Mountain Lodge
    • 3540 M
  • Day 07: Acclimatization day
    Today is the day for acclimatize. There are plenty of things to do in this fascinating village. In the centre of the village, don’t miss the little cultural museum. There are lots of walks that you can do, exploring the glacial lake, walking down to visit a monastery, or exploring the old part of the village. You might like to hike slightly higher to Khangsar, a 200 meter ascend. However, it is important to have a relatively restful day to allow your body to acclimatize to the higher altitudes and thinning air.
    • Manang
    • Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
    • Mountain Lodge
    • 3540 M
  • Day 08: Trek from Manang to Letder (4260m, 3hrs)
    As we know more we go higher, our days become shorter. We start our day by walking through fields of barley and apple orchards, you follow the river through a steep, narrow gorge to enter the upper Manang district. In this cold, arid climate, wheat, barley, buckwheat and potato crops are limited to one crop per year and villagers depend on their herds of yaks, goats, cows and horses. Trekking slowly upwards to Thorung La, we will leave the large trees behind and see vegetation consisting mainly of scrub juniper and alpine grass. You pass some high meadows where horses and yaks graze. After we reach Yak Kharka (kharka means meadow or pasture), we might see herds of blue sheep, a kind of deer) grazing on the steep slopes. After passing Yak Kharka it takes about an hour to reach Letdar.
    • Letder
    • Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
    • Mountain Lodge
    • 4260 M
  • Day 09: Trek from Letder to Thorong Phedi (4450m, 3hrs)
    It is another short and relatively easy day to get used to the high altitude before we have to cross the highest point in the trek, and possibly the highest point you have been on in your life. From Letdar you continue climbing along the east bank of the Jarang Khola to Thorung Phedi. This is a rock-strewn meadow that is surrounded by vertical cliffs. Blue sheep and even snow leopards can be sometimes seen in this valley. Hovering high in the skies you may see lammergeyers and Himalayan griffons circling around above you. As you cross the high yak pastures, you see snow-capped mountains all around you. The scenery is completely different up here. You leave behind the rivers as you climb up into the quiet alpine areas. Again the mountain views are stunning.
    • Thorang Phendi
    • Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
    • Mountain Lodge
    • 4450 M
  • Day 10: Trek from Thorong Phedi to Muktinath (3800m) via Thorong-La Pass (5416m, 10hrs)
    This is the longest and most challenging day during our whole trip and we reach one of the highlights as you cross the Thorong-La Pass (5416m).
    we start early before it is light, it is a long, tough ascent via a number of small hills. You need to cross the pass by about 9 or 10 am ideally as the wind gets up later. Locals have used this trail for hundreds of years bringing their sheep and yaks in and out of Manang so the trail is very easy to see. When you reach the prayer flags marking the top, you are rewarded with a spectacular panorama of some of the highest mountains in the world. You can see over to the Kali Gandaki valley and across the entire Annapurna range, with Mukut and Mustang Himal to the west.

    As you make the long descend of about 1600m, you are accompanied by outstanding views of Dhaulagiri in the distance across the valley. Eventually, the trail becomes less steep and you enter pastures and cross meadows to Muktinath a sacred pilgrimage site for both Hindus and Buddhists. The Temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and from here spring water flows from a rock face from 108 spouts (108 is a sacred number to Buddhists). Below Vishnu’s statue runs a trickle of water with pale flames caused by natural gas. There are shrines to Shiva and his consort and Padmasambhava as well as numerous chortens and the surrounding poplar grove that supposedly sprang from the staffs of the 84 Siddhas.
    • Thorang La , Muktinath
    • Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
    • Mountain Lodge
    • 5416 M
  • Day 11: Trek from Muktinath to Jomsom (2743m, 6 hrs)
    The walk to Jomsom is mostly downhill with dramatic landscapes along the way. You walk down in the morning, to avoid the strong winds that blow up through the river gorge in the afternoons. The Kali Gandaki is home to Thakalis, Gurungs and Magars.
    • Jomsom
    • Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
    • Mountain Lodge
    • 2743 M
  • Day 12: Drive from Jomsom to Tatopani via Ghasa in local jeep (2590m, 6hrs)
    The descent to Tatopani follows the increasingly narrow valley, though one of the world’s deepest river gorges, past the beautiful Rupse Chaharo waterfall, with fantastic views along the way and the lure of hot springs at the end. Take a dip at night in natural hot spring.
    • Tatopani
    • Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
    • Mountain Lodge
    • 2590 M
  • Day 13: Trek from Tatopani to Shikha (1935m, 4hrs)
    We trek from hot springs to Shikha. You leave the Kali Gandaki valley and follow the Ghar Khola river, cross it on a bridge. You continue up to Ghara (1780m) and Shika (1935m) where there still is a British army training centre in mountain.
    • Shikha
    • Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
    • Mountain Lodge
    • 1935 M
  • Day 14: Trek from Shikha to Ghorepani (1750m, 3hrs)
    we continue climb again through rhododendron and magnolia forests to Ghorepani. One of the biggest villages in the area, the views of the Himalayas from here are amazing. You may see 360° views of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri Himalayas on a clear day. Dhaulagiri I, II, III, IV, V, Tukuche, Dhampus, Nilgiri, Annapurna South, Barah Sikhar, Machhapuchhre (aka Fishtail) are some of the major peaks seen from here.
    • Ghorepani
    • Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
    • Mountain Lodge
    • 1750 M
  • Day 15: Hike to Poonhill (3190m) and trek to Nayapul - Dirve to Pokhara
    we hike early in the morning about an hour to reach top of Poon Hill. Sunrise is a memorable experience sun rising over the Dhaulagiri and Annapurna ranges. After spending about half an hour or so on the top of this hill, you return to your lodge in Ghorepani for breakfast. You then trek down to Nayapul where you are picked up and driven to Pokhara.
    • Pokhara
    • Breakfast and Lunch
    • Mountain Lodge
  • Day 16: Free Day around Pokhara.
    There are lots of things to see and do in Pokhara. The most notable and most do things are International Mountain Museum (IMM), boating, paragliding and sightseeing around Davis falls or go for full day sightseeing around pokhara valley including Tibetan settlements, temples, waterfalls, begans lakes with tour guide.
    • Pokhara
    • Breakfast
    • Standard Hotel
  • Day 17: Drive to Kathmandu or Fly
    You can opt to fly back to Kathmandu (35 minutes) or go by road by regular tourist bus. You have the rest of the day free in Kathmandu. You might like to do some more sightseeing. You can visit Swayambhunath stupa, local market, Kathmandu’s Durbar Square and evening go for shopping in Thamel where you can find all sorts of souvenir shops selling handicrafts, local organic tea and coffee etc.
    • Kathmandu
    • Breakfast
    • Standard Hotel
    • 1326 M
  • Day 18: Final departure or join another tour / trekking
    You transfer to Tribhuvan Airport to connect with your onward flight. Please note that you should check in three hours prior to your flight time. or you can join other add on trips which you can see below.
    • Breakfast
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