Khopra Danda Trek

Namaste! And welcome to Kathmandu, the colorful capital of Nepal where ornately carved balconies mingle with beautiful shrines and temples. Your adventure begins with a welcome meeting on arrival at the exit gate of Kathmandu airport. Our staff will welcome you and pick you to your accommodated hotel. Rest of the day you can relax at the hotel and Evening at the hotel lobby there will be pre-trip briefing in which you will be introduced with your trekking guide and explained about your trip in short, instruction for safety etc. This day we will prepare all your necessary trekking permits.

We take the spectacular flight to Pokhara and short drive to the start of the trek at Birethanti/ Nayapul and trek to Ghandruk. Here we meet the trek team and porters and set off up to the Bhurungdi Khola valley.

Early morning you will leave for Tadapani. After 3 hours’ hike through oak and rhododendron woods, you will reach Tadapani (2,630 meters). Tadapani is an excellent place to view the panoramic vistas of snow-capped mountains like Annapurna II (7,937 meters), Annapurna III (7,555 meters),), Lamjung Himal (6,931 meters), etc. Moreover, it is also an excellent place to have sunrise and sunset views over the top of those mountains.

If you want to enjoy the truly magnificent sunrise with its changing light, you need to rise long before it appears on the horizon. We wake up to continue and follow a trail across a rhododendron forest with good views of the Annapurna Ranges above. This brings us to Bayeli Kharka, from where we have an overview of the seventh-highest peak in the world: Mt. Dhaulagiri.

The first part of the trek brings us down off the ridge to Chhistibang Village and on to Khopra Ridge. En route to the first leg of our trek, we may come across pheasants and from there, yaks grazing in alpine meadows and the Himalayan Tahr. The summit gives one a view of the majestic Mt. Dhaulagiri, Annapurna I, South, Tukuche Peak, Dhampus Peak, Mt. Nilgiri, and many other massive snow-capped mountains.

Today we follow the trail to Khayer Lake (4,600m/15,092ft). The crystal clear lake views are particularly attractive this high up in the mountains. We will then return to Khopra Ridge for the night.

Today will be easy-going as we trek to Swanta, famous for having its own cheese factory that you can visit and sample some of its cheeses – including yak cheeses.

Today, you start heading to Ghorepani, famous for its clarity of view of the mountains from its viewpoint and considered to be a prime location for viewing the changing light of sunrise and sunset. Walking back to the village of Chitre, one again connects to the major trail towards Ghorepani. We could see fantastic views of Dhaulagiri, Machhapuchhre, Annapurna South, I. If you feel up to it, you could climb up to Poon Hill before sunset. This hilltop is quite famous and looks stunning during twilight time.

We will have a lunch at TikheDhunga and Trek to Birenthathi and This day you say goodbye to your staffs but your trekking guide will travel with you till you are back to Kathmandu. Drive to Pokhara.

Optional Tour: you may join different activities in Pokhara like paragliding, ultralight flight, bungee jump, and also sightseeing. This is your own choice program.

We drop you at Kathmandu International airport by our vehicle for your flight to your onward journey.