15 days days Short Nar Phu Valley Trek

We will drive you straight to your hotel in private vehicle as soon as you land at Tribhuvan International Airport at 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.

After your breakfast, we drive to Westside of Nepal on zigzag hilly road by the bank of Trishuli and head north following Marshyangdi river to reach Besisahar from Dumre.It takes 6 hr drive to reach Besisahar a well developed town from where most of the economic and administration works are handled. The ancient trekking used to start from Besisahar but due to road access most of the trekkers drive on jeep to escape trekking on dusty road and save some more trekking days. Dense tropical forest, numerous waterfalls, terraced paddy fields and towering hills make the driving fun and thrill.

We will steep climb for an hour and cross suspension bridge to reach Tal a settlement by the bank of Marshyangdi River where we can see fraction of Tibetan culture and tradition inspired from Manang valley. The trekking is fairly easy and gentle from Tal to Dharapani. The trekking continues by the bank of river with numerous waterfalls seen on the way with beautiful rock canyons. We trek about three and half hours to reach Dharapani an intersection for Manaslu and Annapurna trekking.

From Dharapani vegetations are mostly accompanied by Lower Temperate forest of chir pine ,maples,broken by few sub alpine trees. The trekking path from Bagarchhap to Danaque is flat and easy then we abandon jeep road to climb a steep up accompanied by rhododendron forest to reach a beautiful place Timang. Rocky cliffs adjacent to peaks and mountains really start to appear beautiful on horizon as you trek in pine forest. Lamjung Himal (6983m), Annapurna II (7937m) and Annapurna IV (7525m) are o your sight. After one and half hour walk from Timang you reach Koto;gateway to Nar phu valley.

Leaving behind the busy Annapurna round trekking path we head North following the deep gorge of Narphu Khola. The trekking continues with small ups and downs along the river canyon with beautiful waterfall seen around the thick pine forest till we reach Dharmashala(3210m).The path is steep climb from Dharmashala to reach Meta which takes about one and half hour. Thick towering pine forest disappear as we reach Meta offering the beautiful view of AnnapurnaII, Lamjung Himal, KangGuru and Pisang peak.

We continue our trekking through small juniper bushes which allows us to enjoy magnificent Trans Himalaya landscapes where chance of spotting blue sheep is really high. After passing numerous abandon settlements and temporary houses it takes about four hour to reach Kyang. Kyang used to be a settlement for Khampa refugees during Khampa revolution in Tibet. Trekking on rocky and narrow canyons for more 3 hours you can see amazing and mysterious Phu Village on other side after crossing Phu Khola.

Phu is an ideal place to take a break to explore hidden culture and tradition. Needless to say the community practices Buddhism with high value. The livelihood of people greatly depends upon unproductive agriculture, animal husbandry and traditional migration during winter for seasonal works on lower belt. Even tourism has not greatly contributed on cash inflow around this region. After short walk around the village we climb half an hour on the ridge of village to explore one of the renowned monastery Tashi Lhakhang Gompa .The landscape and surrounding peaks appear much brighter with Phu village seen at bottom more beautiful than ever you had seen before.

We retrace same path from Phu village to lower Chyakhu. Crossing numerous suspension bridge and trekking along the rocky canyon we reach Kyang which takes around 4hr. From Kyang we trek to Lower Chyakhu the winter settlement which lies on the foothill of towering cliffs.

From Lower Chyakhu trekking is about 2 hr to reach Nar Phedi. After steep short climb and crossing a suspension bridge we can see beautiful gorge of Phu Khola. Trekking about two hour from Nar Phedi we reach a flat meadow with numerous chortens and manis from where beautiful Pisang peak is seen ahead of us. Shortwhile, beautiful Nar valley is seen with village on the top of terraced crop fields which look as much as similar to Phu village but much more beautiful and lively.

Generally, in this day trekker attempt to cross Kang-La pass and trek to Ngawal of Manang valley. Instead, we further explore mysterious Nar Gaon. Walking around the ridges of valley as a day hike, one can see beautiful Chulu East ,Pisang peak and Kanguru peak. One can summarize the Nar village and surrounding landscape from high ridges of the valley. Visiting and photographing numerous chortens and monastery around the Nar Gaon can be fun. More importantly, interacting with local people is great opportunity to understand their culture, religion and tradition. A trekker can easily spend extra couple of days exploring around the Nar Gaon.

We retrace down same path we took days before to reach Koto from Nar Gaon. While descending down, trekker can spot many temporary settlements around Upper Chyakhu and Upper Chyakhu. The landscape gradually changes before reaching Meta. From Meta we enjoy dense forest, small water streams and waterfalls while walking down stream along with Nar Phu Khola to reach Koto.

There is possibility to drive in jeep due to road access and skip this section of trekking. However, this trekking is utterly beautiful and we avoid jeep road for most of the trekking section. Walking in temperate region of famous Annapurna Round trekking, one can experience beautiful hilly landscape, beautiful waterfalls, terraced farms by the bank of Marshyangdi river. More importantly, Tal located in the flat bank of river is amazing. You can enjoy the last trekking dinner with your guide and porter as a tribute to their hard work for making your trekking successful.

From Tal, we drive to Kathmandu. We drive in bumpy and gravelled off-road following Marshyangdi river to reach Besisahar. From Besisahar, we ride on black-topped road to reach Kathmandu. The zig zag and winding path to Kathmandu in crossing numerous small and big gorges is interesting and thrilling.

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