Location · Annapurna Region
A lakeside town at 822 m with the Annapurnas rising 7,000 metres behind it, and the staging post for every trek in the region.
Pokhara is the softest landing in Nepal: warm, low, walkable, and pointed directly at Machhapuchhre and the Annapurna range across Phewa Tal. It is where you get your ACAP permit, hire a guide, buy the kit you forgot in Kathmandu, and recover afterwards.
Sarangkot, thirty minutes above the town, gives the most accessible sunrise view of an 8,000-metre massif anywhere in the world.
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A full circumnavigation of the Annapurna massif, from subtropical farmland to the frozen scree of Thorong La at 5,416 m. More climate zones and more cultural change than any other trek in Nepal.
Annapurna Region · Nepal16 daysChallenging5,416 m
Trek
Four days, a 3,210 metre viewpoint and a sunrise over Dhaulagiri and the Annapurnas. The shortest trek in Nepal that still feels like a proper one.
Annapurna Region · Nepal4 daysEasy3,210 m
Travel Guide
Nepal's second city is a lake, a ridge, a paragliding capital and the staging post for every Annapurna trek. Here is how to use it well.
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Travel Story
Upper Mustang was a closed kingdom until 1992 and still requires a restricted permit. Walking to Lo Manthang in August, while the rest of Nepal drowns.
Annapurna Region · Nepal