Beginning from the lowland villages and farm terraces to glaciers, this amazing Annapurna Sanctuary Trek passes through a variety of topography, different cultures and landscapes. This trek provides you with supreme access to stunning horizons of snowy peaks. It combines some of the most magnificent mountain scenery with an enthralling insight into the livelihood of middle hill Nepalese. This trek will take your through an ever-changing scenery of rice fields, lowland local villages and misty forests to the glacier. It gives you the opportunity to envelop yourself with the Himalayan peaks by observing the glacier basin of Annapurna Base Camp formed by Annapurna, Machhapuchhre and Manaslu.
This region includes the famous view point, Poonhill, from where you can observe the entire Annapurna range. This trek traverses scenic deep valleys, scattered villages and lush rhododendron forests and ascends to the narrow gorge of the sinking Modi Khola. The walk above Chomrong can be coarse and a bit challenging but it will worth your every struggle and effort when you get to rest in the Sancutuary. This trek used to be very complicated due to the problems of lodge and food but nowadays it has become a lot easy as there are many new facilities between Annapurna Base Camp and Ghandruk.
On a whole, this trek offers you the opportunity to visit magnificent high mountains in reasonably short time frame and without the need to climb higher where you get surrounded by soaring peaks of Annapurna and the spectacular glaciers. The landscape is simply dramatic to get surrounded by high mountains all around.
Annapur Santuary Trekking Highlights
Trekking days : 14 days
Difficulty level : Moderate
Maximum altitude : 4130 mtrs.
Trekking style : Tea house/Camping
Best season : Feb-June, Sep-Dec
Suggested Itineraries:
Day 01: Drive Kathmandu-Pokhara (6-7 hours)
Day 02: Pokhara-Tikhedhunga (1540m)
Day 03: Tikhedhunga-Ghorepani (2750m)
Day 04: Excursion to Poonhill in the morning (3193m), Trek to Tadapani (2590m)
Day 05: Tadapani-Chomrong (2340m)
Day 06: Chomrong-Doban (2505m)
Day 07: Doban-Deurali (3100m)
Day 08: Deurali-Annapurna Base camp (4130m)
Day 09: Annapurna Base Camp-Doban
Day 10: Doban-Chomrong
Day 11: Chomrong-Ghandruk (1940m)
Day 12: Ghandruk-Pothana
Day 13: Pothana-Dhampus Phedi, Drive back to Pokhara
Day 14: Drive back Pokhara-Kathmandu