Walking the Annapurna Foothills




Overview
Highlights
- This walking holiday is a great introduction to the pleasures of Himalayan teahouse trekking
- Relax after the moderate grade 4-day trek in the friendly lakeside town of Pokhara
- Look out for a wide variety of animal species and the rare one-horned rhino in Chitwan National Park
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Itinerary

The trip starts today in Kathmandu, the busy, colourful and chaotic capital city of Nepal. Your Leader plans to meet everyone in the hotel reception for a welcome meeting at 5 pm. For those that wish, there is the chance to go out together as a group for dinner a...
After breakfast we will have a full briefing by the Tour Leader on the trekking days ahead, followed by a chance to visit a local hire shop to pick up any last-minute equipment still needed. Following this, we then have a walking tour of the city, visiting the bazaars...
We make a morning departure to drive out of the high Kathmandu valley and descend to the foothills where we overnight at a riverside hotel in Kurintar at the much lower altitude of about 262 metres/859 feet. As we leave the valley, on clear days we will have views of ...
This morning we head first to Pokhara (840 metres/2,756 feet). Pokhara is smaller and more relaxed than Kathmandu and is beautifully situated on the banks of Lake Phewa. There are superb views from here of the snowcapped Annapurna range,including Machhapuchhre - the f...
After breakfast our walk takes us mostly through mixed oak and rhododendron forest to the high point of the trek - Panchase Danda 2,500 metres/8,202 feet. The summit has panoramic views of all the Annapurna peaks as well as 8,000 metres/26,248 feet Dhaulagiri to the w...
Our walk today is through a largely uninhabited area on a less major trail. We will spend some time in forest but will also pass several open meadows specifically cleared to graze water buffalo. In the spring you can look out for rhododendrons and white orchids in blo...
We're now coming back into a much more inhabited area and pass many cultivated fields and several settlements. There are lots of cherry trees in blossom here in November. We pass the chhettri village of Pumdi with its distinctive houses to reach the white dome of the ...
The day is free to explore the interesting town of Pokhara. You could make an optional visit to Tashiling, a thriving village of Tibetan refugees with its own schools and monastery, where you can watch Tibetan carpets being made. Alternatively hire a boat to visit a small temple on an island in Phewa Tal. There will also be time for some souvenir shopping.
Meals Provided : Breakfast
Today we drive to the flat lands of Nepal's Terai region where we stay just outside of Chitwan National Park. Once a private hunting ground, Chitwan is now a National Park with thick tree cover and tall elephant grass sheltering a wealth of animals. We'll be briefed t...
Throughout your stay you will be kept busy except for a couple of hours around lunch time when you can read or relax in the shade. Activities in the park include a jeep safari searching out Chitwan's famous rare one-horned rhino, bird watching, jungle walks and a dugo...
Today we drive back to Kathmandu. Due to ongoing roadworks this journey is taking longer than usual, possibly up to eight hours.
Meals Provided : Breakfast
Today has been left free with the opportunity to make various optional excursions which your Leader can help arrange. One option is to visit the Newari town of Bhaktapur in the eastern corner of the Kathmandu Valley. Also know as Bhadgaun or the City of the Devotees, ...
The trip ends after breakfast at our hotel in Kathmandu. There are no activities planned for today, so you are free to depart at any time. If your flight is departing later in the day, luggage storage facilities are available at our hotel. If you would like an airport transfer today, you'll need to depart from Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM).
Meals Provided : Breakfast
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Tina
Oct 2024
Walking the Annapurna Foothills
Sudarshan was the most wonderful guide we could possibly have. The trip was amazing and he is so knowledgeable and attentive to individuals needs, that he made the w...
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Oct 2024
Walking the Annapurna Foothills
My trip was amazing. The Milo hotel Kathmandu was central and a great base. Sudarshan was an excellent guide who always looked after us, and when I had a short gastr...
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Oct 2024
Walking the Annapurna Foothills
Our guide, Sudarshan kc, was the best guide I've had on any Explore trip I've done (4, so far). He was really knowledgeable, gentle, warm, funny, & friendly, he...
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