Trip Duration: 07 nights / 08 days
Location: west Nepal, Annapurna area
Highest elevation: 3210 m
Walking Hour: 4/7 hrs every day
Grade Information: easy
Season: Autumn/ spring (fair weather in Nepal)
Accommodation: Guest House
Group Size: Minimum 1 person
Poon Hill trekking is in Annapurna region, which is north-central part of Nepal. Ghorepani is famous for rhododendron forest as well as an hour climb to Poon Hill 3210 m, the fantastic panoramic sunrise and sunset view. Ghandruk is a popular cultural village in the Annapurna area of Nepal, with easy trails and various accommodation possibilities, best views to the mountains of Dhaulagiri to Manaslu ranges including Machapuchare.
Poon Hill trek offer the spectacular mountain scenery along with charming villages inhabited particularly by the phones, Gurungs & Magars, dense rhododendron forests full of birds and deep subtropical valleys, all set below the Annapurna’s with the picturesque peak of Machhapuchhare (Fishtail Peak) dominating the skyline. One of the important highlights of this trip is to make a claim on Poon Hill, possibly the most spectacular mountain scrapes on Earth. When the sun rises, it touches the snow-capped summits of the Himalayan giants, Dhaulagiri (8,167 m) and Annapurna (8,091 m) along with a maze of other peaks, there gradually appear, just like magic that your eye could not believe. Our destination is the beautiful and ornate village of Ghandruk, home to the Annapurna Conservation Area Project. Here you have a chance to visit the project to discover at first hand the conservation work being carried out. There are the Gurung Museums, Monastery, ACAP head office, and local culture.
Poon Hill trek starts from Nayapul means new bridge and ending trekking either in Dhampus village Phedi or Nayapul or Kande. After two days, trekking brings you to Poon Hill and explore the panoramic sunrise view and continue to Ghandruk and Australian Camp to Pokhara by short drive. You can start the clock side or anti clock side. Nowadays, there are seasonal roads to Ulleri or Ghandruk too. So that the itinerary, can make shorter or longer. Asian Hiking Team organize the Poon Hill panorama trekking as customer interest and time frame.
Day 01: Drive 6 hours or fly 25 minutes to Pokhara and drop to Sarangkot 1.30 hour, Overnight in Sarangkot (B/L/D).
Day 02: Trek to Ullari 5 hours trekking, Overnight Tea house (B/L/D).
Day 03: Trek to Ghorepani 4.30 hours, Overnight Guest house (B/L/D).
Day 04: Climb Poon Hill and trek to Tadapani 4.30 hours trekking, overnight tea house (B/L/D).
Day 05: Trek to Ghandruk and explore 3 hours trekking, overnight in Hotel (B/L/D).
Day 06: Trek to Australian Camp 6/7 hours trekking, overnight hotel (B/L/D).
Day 07: Trek to Kande, 2 hours and drive to Pokhara half an hour, overnight hotel (B/L/D).
Day 08: Drive or fly to Kathmandu 6 hours drive, transfer to Hotel (B/L/D).
The cost is depending on group size, affected due to the requirement of number of guides and porters, requisite of Hotel in Kathmandu, method of land/air transport. The itinerary is changeable and modifiable as per needs and time frame of trekkers. Cost will be re calculated if the itinerary is changed or modified. Additional activities may be added as per trekkers request with appropriate additional cost. For Total Tour cost,, EMAIL US, we will send you within 24 hours as your requirements.
Notes: Payment should be made 25 % of total amount in advance. Full amount must be paid before your trip starts.
Cancellation should be made 48 hours before departure and 25% cancellation charge is applicable beside Tax, transportation, permits and others fixed expensive.
In case of incomplete Trekking / Tour / Rafting / Climbing / Expedition / Jungles safari / or others days due to the client own problem, the amount of money paid not refundable.
If clients want to go Trekking / Tour / Rafting / Climbing / Expedition / Jungles safari / or others tours more than itinerary, they can pay after back from tour with per day basic but should be permission with Tour guide / Leader.