14 days days Khopra Danda and Khayer Lake Trekking

We will drive you straight to your hotel in private vehicle as soon as you land at Tribhuvan International Airport of Kathmandu. We will give you short briefing on our final agreed program. And if you are the first time traveler in Nepal we will give information about restaurant, ATM, money exchanges and other useful information until we meet for next day.

There are various major cultural historical and religious places around Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur for sightseeing. Pashupatinath, Bauddhanath, Swayambhunath, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu Durbar Square and Patan Durbar square are our top lists. Most of them are listed on UNESCO world heritage sites. Later in the evening we will arrange dinner with your trekking guide so you can know each other and talk about your trekking itineraries.

If you want to drive to Pokhara it is always better to start in the morning after your breakfast, it will be little tiring day due to 6-7 hour drive. Driving from Kathmandu offers you to enjoy interesting zigzag road of hilly part of Nepal along with diversified culture, landscape and people all the way to Pokhara. The flight is short from Kathmandu to Pokhara but you can have leisure time to spend around lake-side of Pokhara, which is always a happening place for the visitors.

After your breakfast in Pokhara hotel, you will drive to Birethanti by a private car for about one and half hour. Reaching upon Birethanti, you can take a short tea break while porter arranges his equipment to carry your baggage. You will climb gentle up seeing small houses and tea houses passing terraced crop fields. Relatively it is easy climb until you reach Tikhedhunga (1495m).You can discuss with your guide whether to trek to Ulleri or tostay in Tikhedhunga beforehand ,since both options are available . After crossing the suspension bridge and 2 hr steep climbing on stone stairs which is about 2 hour steep walking, you can reach small settlement of Magar, Ulleri. You can see small glimpse Annapurna South on the way.

From Ulleri the climb is gentle ,yet more stone stairs which some trekkers find monotonous and boring .After walking about one hour you will reach another small settlement ,Banthanti from where damp and very dense rhododendron forest starts making you feel the gradual increase in altitude and decrease in temperature for the first time during trekking. Small natural waterfalls and streams are seen around as your trekking continues uphill. It will take around 5 to 6 hr to reach you to Ghorepani from Ulleri which is the settlement of ethnic group Gurung.

Today we climb to Poonhill early in the morning to see magnificent sunrise which is about one and half hour uphill walk. The earliest sun ray that strikes the mountain and peaks makes them to appear cluster of orange gemstones; Mount Dhaulagiri ,Mount Annapurna, Fishtail and other snow capped peaks looks really glamorous .After spending your marvellous moment in Poonhill you will descend down to Ghorepani. After your breakfast in Ghorepani, the trail descends to Chitre. Passing by beautiful damp dense forest and stream we reach amazing habitat of Swanta. Upon crossing the stream and walking in between dense damp forest we reach Chhistibung.

From Chhistibung the vegetation sharply changes as we gain altitude. We often see open alpine pasture land with small bushes. The valley on southern side looks deep and beautiful with criss-cross hills. Moreover, on northern side we see beautiful Annapurna and Dhaulagiri range. You can see beautiful yak and sheep herds grazing around.From Khopra Danda (ridge) we see beautiful Annapurna South, Annapurna I and Dhaulagiri ranges.

We start our day early in the morning. We trek in between alpine climatic zone and snowline. The earliest sun ray that strikes the mountain and peaks makes them to appear cluster of orange gemstones. The trekking continues further close to Annapurna south to reach the sacred lake; Khayer lake. The lake is adored equally by Hindus and Buddhists as you can see both shrines of Hindus and Buddhists nearby lakes. Upon spending splendid moments around the lake and enjoying the landscapes we head back to Khopra Danda (ridge).

We trek down through the same route we took earlier. We gradually descend to dense forest leaving behind the alpine meadows. We trek in between the temperate forest naturally adorned by waterfalls and streams to reach Chhistibung.The trekking path is fairly easy with small ups and downs to reach Dobato. Annapurna south looks amazing from Dobato.

From Dobato we mostly trek in between the forest of temperate zone enjoying the beautiful Annapurna and Dhaulagiri ranges. The trekking joins the famous village Tadapani, dominated by Gurung community. Machhapuchre,Himchuli and Annapurna looks beautiful. Further descending in stone stair path by the bank of stream we reach another beautiful Gurung village Ghandruk. It is a nice and neat village of clustered houses that carries a lot of significance about Gurung culture and traditions.

Steep climb down from Ghandruk for an hour you will reach Kyumi. After crossing the Modi river you will gently climb to Landruk. The flat trail from Landruk gradually starts to rises to steep before reaching Deurali. It is worth to rest in Deurali for a tea break. If the weather is not foggy the place is beautiful allowing you to have magnificent view around. From here the trail is gentle and easy down. Rhododendron forest is the major vegetation seen around.You can enjoy the last trekking dinner with your guide and porter as a tribute to their hard work for making your trekking successful.

Today is the last day of trekking. You will walk easy and flat trail enjoying rhododendron forest. You will reach Dhampus and after couple of hour walking down from Dhampus you will reach Phedi. From phedi you will take a private car to Pokhara which takes about an hour to reach.In the evening you can walk around lake side which is always happening place for tourists

From Pokhara either you can take a short flight or take a private transportation to Kathmandu accordingly to the agreement we made before the start of trek.

Our office representative will be in your hotel 3 hour prior your flight time to drop you at Tribhuvan International Airport.