Khopra Danda Trek

  • Trip Code:NHA213
  • Destination:Nepal
  • Total Duration:13 Days
  • Trip Price:$750
  • Trip Grade:Moderate
  • Best Time:Feb to June and Sep to Dec
  • Max Elevation:3210
  • Start Point:Kathmabdu
  • End Point:Kathmandu
  • Max Group Size:Min.1
  • Accommodation:Lodge to Lodge
  • Transportation:By Land

Cost Includes

  • Airport Pickup and Drop by private Vehicle.
  • Two Night Accommodation in Kathmandu with B/B.
  • Kathmandu-Pokhara-Kathmandu tourist bus ticket for the guide.
  • Kathmandu-Pokhara-Kathmandu tourist bus ticket for the client. (if you need flight ticket, you must pay extra cost for your flight)
  • Two night accommodation in Pokhara with B/B.
  • Private transport to the trekking starting point and back.
  • All teahouse (lodge) accommodation during the trek
  • Three meals a day (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner) during the trek
  • An experienced English-speaking trekking guide and necessary porters to carry luggage. Note: (1 porter can carry two people's luggage up to 30 kilograms)
  • Trekking crew's salary, insurance, equipment, transport, food, and lodging
  • Annapurna Conservation Area permit & TIMS(Trekkers Information Management System)
  • Free Company's Duffel Bag.
  • Free Trekking Maps and NHA T-Short
  • Company service charges
  • VAT and local Tax

Cost does not Include

  • Travel and rescue insurance
  • Lunch and Dinner at Kathmandu and Pokhara.
  • Personal expenses (phone calls, laundry, bar bills, battery recharge, extra porters, bottle er, shower etc)
  • Tips for guides and porters
  • Any extra activities after the trek

Detail Itinerary

Once your arrival at Kathmandu Airport then our crew members will pick up you and then transfer to your hotel for overnight.

Distance: 200 KM Drive

Duration:  6 hours drive to Pokhara

 

With an early morning breakfast,  we take a tourist bus to get Pokhara and take a 6 hours drive from Kathmandu to get Pokhara city through Prithvi Highway. after reaching Pokhara, and transfer to Hotel. In the evening you will enjoy the lake view and a city view of Pokhara. 

Distance: 40 Km Drive and 12 KM trek

Duration: 1:30 min drive to Naya pool and trek to Tikhedhunga. 

after breakfast at Pokhara hotel you will drive to  Nayapool and then start your trek through Birethanti, then trek to Tikhedhunga or Ulleri. This trek basically starts from here that leads us to outstanding greenery views with magnificent mountain range along the way. After hiking for hours, we reach Tikhedhunga which is a small but gorgeous town situated on the riverside. We overnight here at a local lodge.

Distance: 9 km

Duration:  5 hours walk

Today we ascent more than 1200 meters to Ghorepani, our hiking kicks off after having breakfast with gently climbing, to the hill to Ulleri which resides at 2,350 m height. Ulleri is a beautiful village of Magar community which is the first destination for observing  Annapurna and Machhapuchhre peaks. Tea houses on the trails of Khopra Danda Trek offer resting spots as well as refreshing hot tea with beautiful greenery forest, hills, and cool breeze. As soon as we reach Ghorepani, we need ACAP permits and TIMS cards to enter this region. We overnight at Ghorepani lodge enjoying the wide picture of the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri range.

Distance: 9km

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes to go and return from PoonHill and 3/4 hours walk to Swanta

On this day, you will be rewarded with a view of a glorious sunrise over the Himalayan range from Poon Hill. We hike early in the morning to Poonhill to witness this mesmerizing view of sunrise over Mt. Annapurna and Mt. Dhaulagiri.

Capture the views of  Mt. Annapurna I (8091 m), Annapurna South (7219 m), Annapurna III (7855 m), Machhapuchhare (6993 m), Dhaulagiri (8167m), Tukuche Peak (6920m), Nilgiri (6940m), Varaha Shikhar  with the glorious views of sunrise over the most beautiful Himalaya range from Poon Hill.

Today we will be descending through the beautiful mixed forest of rhododendron, oak, and pine. Walking downhill for 3 hours, crossing a small river, we continue to follow the downhill path to Swanta (2,200 m). We overnight at Swanta.

Distance:  6.5km

Duration: 5 hours walk

Our beautiful day will start after having breakfast in the early morning with the glorious sunrise view, today's hike is a climb to the popular lookout mountain Poon Hill. The comprehensive view extends from the Dhaulagiri peak in the west and Tukuche over the Kali Gandaki valley, Nilgiri, Annapurna I, Annapurna South, Machhapuchhre, and Lamjung Himal to the Manaslu massif in the east.

Distance: 7km

Duration: 4 hours walk

Today is the exciting days to explore Annapurna and Dhaulagiri massif, our journey will begin after a light breakfast. Trek routes lead us to a short and decent walk along a mountain slope to the foothills Bara Shikar (nearly 8,000m). Finally, we reach Kopra Danda ( Danda = open ridge ) which is situated at an elevation of 3,660 m. This opens up a breathtaking 360-degree view of the great Himalayas. And, we overnight at nearby tea house.

Distance: 9 km.

Duration: 8 hours walk

Today is the day for an excursion to the beautiful Khayer Lake (4,600m), which takes 8 hours of a long day hike. This holy and religious Khayer Lake is one of the popular pilgrimage sites for Hindus. As people visit this sacred site during the festival that occurs on Janai Purnima (July or August as per the Georgian calendar). Overnight at a nearby lodge.

Distance: 8.5km

Duration: 5/6 hours walk

Leaving the main pathway we head into the dense and untouched Rhododendron mixed forest. Little over-committed paths it goes slowly uphill. The forest sparse out at 3,100 m elevation and the path leads to open grassland. In Sumphul Danda (3,400 m) we reach a pass that gives us a marvelous view of the western mountains of Dhaulagiri, Nilgiri and the Annapurna massif to Machhapuchhre in the east. After a short and decent hours walk we reach Bayeli Alm (3,400 m). This “Community Lodge " is managed jointly by the inhabitants of the surrounding villages.

Distance: 10km

Duration:  7 hours walk

With great views of mountains, our early morning walk continues downhill into the forest of rhododendron, oak, and magnolia, and must part of the forest, then reaching the main trekking route at Tadapani, overnight in the lodge, and enjoy the beautiful sunset over the Annapurna south and Fishtail summit.

Distance: 8 km.

Duration: 3 hours walk

After breakfast, we start our trek from Tadapani with a downhill walk towards Ghandruk village, through Rhododendrons forest.  we reach Ghandruk which showcase the wonderful view of Machhapuchhre, Annapurna, and other snow-capped mountains along the way to Ghandruk village. Reaching Jhinu, you can enjoy the village, Gurung culture Museum and, gumba and traditional views of the village, and get back to lodge for overnight. 

Duration: (3 hours walk and 2:30 drive)

In the morning, after breakfast at the lodge, our trek begins over the downhill towards Syauli bazaar and, we trek through the beautiful village, forest, river, and finally reach Birethanti then Nayapool.  from where you will drive to Pokhara. and transfer to the hotel and overnight there.

Duration: 6 hours Drive,

After breakfast, you will drive to the tourist bus park to take a bus to drive Kathmandu. after reach to Kathmandu, one of our staff will drip you back to the hotel.