Khopra Danda Trekking - 11 Days

Welcome to Nepal, our representative will pick you up from the busy international airport and assist you to your hotel. Enjoy your free time in Kathmandu. Overnight at the hotel in Kathmandu

Your tour will begin at 9am in the morning. Our guide and vehicle will pick you up from your hotel and take you around four major destinations today: Boudhanath stupa, Swyambhunath/monkey temple, Kathmandu durbar square and the cremation place. Today you see two major religious sites of Hindu and Buddhist, which will be described in detail by your guide. You will see the living goddess KUMARI during your visit to Basantapur Durbar Square. Enjoy your tour; ask more, learn more and be attentive to what your guide delivers during the briefing in every destination. After the tour you will attend the trekking briefing. Overnight at hotel in Kathmandu

Drive to Pokhara takes about 8 hours in a tourist bus. The drive is scenic with changing landscape and the local people you see all around. You will drive along the highway; still there might be traffic sometimes. Utilize the breaks to take pictures and to explore the surroundings. Once we get to Pokhara we will continue to drive to Ghandruk, which will take another 3-4 hours in a private jeep. Ghandruk is a beautiful village in the lap of Annapurna south, Fishtail and other surrounding mountains. Ghandruk village is an old settlement of the Gurung people and the Gurung people are ex-Gurkhas. So this village is also famous as the village of the Great Gurkhas. Make sure you stroll around and explore the village. Overnight in a guest house at Ghandruk

Today’s trekking ascends slowly towards the hill of Tadapani, once there you will feel even closer to the mountains you saw from Ghandruk. The trail in Khopra trek is gradual up in the beginning and goes quite steep up at the end. Today’s walk is a nice mixture of in and out of the jungle and villages. If you are trekking in the spring time, you will see rhododendron forest blooming and possibly some monkeys teasing you. Enjoy your nice walk and stay overnight in Tadapani, a small village at the beginning of the ridge. We will be walking the same ridge towards Khopra.

Today’s walk offers a different taste of trekking in Nepal. Our hike takes us inside the jungle and in and out of the dense forest; we get to see the mountains popping out behind the hills. Look out for herbs and different types of vegetation, as well as some of the rare wild animals in the region. Amazingly enough, this place is famous for snow leopard sightings, so keep your eyes open!

Today we trek through the jungle and we will also see villages on far sight. Scattered villages look nice through the dense Rhododendron forest. Today’s walk is more in the gorge, so enjoy your forest walk.

The walk continues more or less like yesterday in the gorge. This trail is more off the beaten path so narrow trail with some rough terrain is expected.

After several days of walking we may be a bit tired and needing some rest. The Annapurna Himalaya range and the scattered villages down in the valley look spectacular, so we rest here for the sake of beauty and enjoy the nature. Apart from taking an easy rest day we can also hike towards Khayer Lake situated above 4500meters. This lake’s surrounding is peaceful with natural silence.

We start descending from day 9. Hiking to the small village of Swanta is mostly downhill and through the jungle. We can see Annapurna still close to us from this small Gurung settlement.

Today’s hike is into the village. You will meet a lot of local people, but don’t forget to ask before taking their picture. Farming terrace, traditional dresses of Gurung women and men is attraction of the day. Moreover we pass through some nice looking historical Gurung settlements today.

Today’s hike is mostly downhill and flat at the end which is nice at the end of the trekking. If you want to drive back from Ulleri; it is possible but during the rainy season it is not recommended to travel by jeep as the road may be slippery and mud slides are common. Your guide can arrange a jeep if you want to end the trek in Ulleri. Overnight in Pokhara; you can go to a spa, nice hotel, good food and beers on the side of Phewa Lake. Make the night beautiful.