Kathmandu Arrival, Transfer to Hotel
Kathmandu - Your Arrival Time (?) Our office representative will meet and greet you at Kathmandu Airport and transfer to your hotel in Kathmandu.
At 06:00 PM: In the evening we will meet for a coffee and will brief you the details of your trek program.
Drive to Pokhara
Pokhara - At 06:30 AM: Have your breakfast at the hotel and be ready for your drive to beautiful lake city Pokhara. Pokhara is about 200 KM far from Kathmandu, it takes Approx. 6-7 hours of drive to reach there.
03:00 PM: First check-in at your hotel. You will get a few hours to buy your required things for the trek if needed. If not, you can explore the lakeside area and take rest. You will keep your extra baggage at the hotel in Pokhara.
Drive to Ghandruk, Hike to Tadapani
Tadapani - At 06:30 AM: After breakfast at the beautiful lake city, our jeep will take us to the beautiful Gurung village Ghandruk. Our trek starts from here. Keeping the Annapurna south in front of us we will trek towards Tadapani village. The drive takes 3-4 hours and the trek is 3-4 hours. Overnight at Tadapani village.
Trek to Bayali Kharka
Tadapani - At 08:00 AM: We will have our breakfast in front of Annapurna south, Hiuchuli and Majestic machhapuchhre mountains before starting our second-day trek towards Bayali Kharka. The trail passes through the beautiful landscape at first the oak and rhododendron forest then the landscape changes to green pasture lands. We will slowly gain our elevation before reaching the Bayali kharka. The trek takes 5-6 hours. Overnight at Bayali Kharka.
Trek to Khopra
Visit Khayar Lake, Return Back to Khopra
Trek to Swanta
Trek to Ghorepani
Ghorepani - At 08:00 AM: After breakfast at the beautiful village on the shadows of Dhaulagiri, we then move more down towards Ghorepani. The trail t Ghorepani from swanta is, first we will go steep down to cross the river and the trail starts to get steeper as we go towards the sikha village and Ghorepani deurali. The walk takes almost 3-4 hours. Overnight at Ghorepani.
Trek to Ulleri, Drive to Pokhara
Poon Hill Marga - At 05:00 AM: Wake up early morning and hike towards the viewpoint Poon hill. Poon hill is the second popular destination for sunrise view after Kalapatthar. More than 15 peaks can clearly be visible from Poon hill. After sunrise, we will be back to Ghorepani for our breakfast.
Pokhara - At 8:30 AM: After breakfast, we will start to hike downwards towards Ulleri. The trail passes through the beautiful rhododendron and oak forest. It takes 3-4 hours trek to reach Ulleri and we will drive to Pokhara from Ulleri village on the same day. Overnight at Pokhara.
Drive to Kathmandu
Kathmandu - At 7:00 AM: On this day you are returning to Kathmandu by drive. You will get shopping time in Kathmandu and we will have a farewell Nepali dinner together.
Departure
TIA - You will be free until your flight time; we will drop you at Kathmandu Airport 3 hour before your flight.
- Sleeping bag, duffle bags, and trekking route maps provided if necessary.
- Farewell Nepali dinner on your last night.
- All government and local taxes included.
- Private transfers between Kathmandu, Pokhara, Ghandruk, Ulleri, and back.
- Lodge or Tea house accommodation during the trek.
- Porter service during the trek (can carry up to 20KG for 2 people).
- All necessary paperwork, including National Park Entry Permits and TIMS Card.
- English speaking licensed trek guide.
- Emergency helicopter service arrangement (covered by traveller’s insurance).
- Complimentary local SIM card (returnable) for your stay.
- Guide and Porter’s salary, food, and accommodation covered during the trek.
- 2-star hotel accommodation in Kathmandu and Pokhara as per itinerary.
- All arrivals and departures at Kathmandu airport as mentioned.
- Lunch and Dinner from trek start day to trek end day.
- Daily breakfast throughout the trip.
- Personal expenses.
- Kathmandu sightseeing entrance fee.
- Lunch and dinner in Kathmandu.
- Nepal visa cost. (You will require 2 passport size photos and 30 USD)
- International flight ticket.
- Travel health insurance. (Recommended)
- Tips for the guide, porter and driver.
- Sweet things like dessert/chocolate.
- All alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
- Hot shower/batteries charge/heater during the trek.
- Any other expenses which are not mentioned in including section.
Khopra Danda Trek is one of the decent and peaceful trekking trails of the Annapurna region of Nepal. Situated at an altitude of 3,660 meters above from sea level Khopra ridge or Khopra Danda is located in the central part of Annapurna region. Khopra ridge trek itinerary can be extended by adding Khayar Lake in the trip. Khopra Danda is one of the newly discovered trekking routes and is based on a community lodge trekking. It is slightly different from the private lodges on the other trekking trails.
Khayar Lake is one of the must place to visit during this trek. An extra day is needed to explore Khayar Lake but the visit is worth it. Hidden behind the massif Annapurna range some of the high mountains such as Machhapuchre, Dhaulagiri and Nilgiri can be seen during the day. The lake itself carries a lot of significant and is seen as one of the holy lakes of the Hindu. It is also believed that pilgrims taking a dip in this lake can attain nirvana.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
