Nepal - People, Mountains, and an Earthquake

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Overview
Highlights
- Trek to Barpak
- Explore Patan & Bhaktapur
- Visit Kathmandu
- Trek along the Sundi Khola to the Machha Khola
- Trek to Laprak Village
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Trip includes
- Accommodations as listed, including all service charges and taxes
- Internal airfare
- All ground transfers
- All excursions with expert English-speaking guides
- Trekking crew, kitchen team, porters, permits, National Park fees, etc.
- Sleeping bags, mattress pads, tents
- Entrance fees to museums, temples, etc.
- All meals as indicated with Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Itinerary
Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Inn At Patan, Yak And Yeti Or Dwarikas
Arriving in Kathmandu, you will clear customs and immigration. Leaving the airport, you will be met by our operator holding a sign with Myths and Mountains on it. He will transfer you to...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Inn At Patan, Yak And Yeti Or Dwarikas
You will rise early and be picked up by your guide to visit Swayambunath, the lotus temple, at sunrise. At this hour of the morning, the temple belongs to the local ...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Inn At Patan, Yak And Yeti Or Dwarikas
You rise early to spend the morning in Patan, one of the three cities of the Kathmandu Valley. Also called Lalitpur, the “Beautiful city”, Patan is the most Buddhist of the ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Camping
Leaving Kathmandu early, you head out along the Kathmandu-Pokhara highway and then turn off to the hill bazaar of Gorkha. Here the road gets a bit rough until we finally reach Arughat Bazaar for l...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation :Camping
You begin your day with about a 4-5 hour walk from the Sundi Khola (Khola means “river”) top the Machha Khola. Now the geography changes, the broad valley narrows, and, at times, the trail is cut ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Camping
From the Machha Khola you leave the main Manaslu circuit rout and start climbing towards the northwest, traversing the hillside and leaving the river valley. Soon you come to a typical Nepali rest...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Homestay
Leaving Laprak, you have a short but steep descent and then a climb to Gupsi Danda Pass (8760 ft), with, weather permitting, wonderful views of the entire Manaslu Range. You can relax in a large ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Homestay and Camping
Today is an opportunity to explore some of the local sites, visit the ruins of the earthquake and talk to the villagers about their experiences in the 2015 earthquake.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Gorkha Gaun
You have a short 1-hour hike to the roadhead this morning and about a 4-5-hour drive to Gorkha, one of the 75 districts of Nepal. The Magars, who live here, are famous as soldiers, some as mem...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Inn At Patan, Yak And Yeti Or Dwarikas
When you are ready, you head back by car to Kathmandu and your hotel.
Tonight, you will have a very special farewell dinner.
Meals: Breakfast
The morning is free until time to transfer to the airport for your flight home.
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Dates & Availability
Per Person Land Price:
- $3350 - 7-10 People
- $4125 - 4-6 People
- $6995 - One Person
Optional Everest View Flight: $248/Pp
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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Logistics
What's excluded
- International airfare
- Comprehensive insurance coverage, including medical, evacuation, baggage loss/delay, cancellation ins., etc.
- Visa fees
- Any hotels transiting from the States to Nepal
- Meals where not indicated with a B,L,D
- Tips/gratuity (porters, drivers, local guides, etc.)
- Domestic and international airport taxes
- Other items of a personal nature including laundry, alcoholic beverages, etc.
- Additional expenses resulting from the delay or extension of the trip due to causes beyond our reasonable control
Accommodation
- Inn at Patan, Yak and Yeti or Dwarikas
- Camping
- Homestay
- Gorkha Gaun
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