Lower Manaslu Trek

Day 01: Kathmandu (1,400m)

Day one of the trip is your arrival day in Kathmandu, Nepal. When you arrive at Kathmandu airport, We Trek Nepal representative will welcome you and transfer to hotel. It will take more or less 20 minutes to reach hotel depending upon traffic. We will let you know about our trip briefing schedule and other essentials on your arrival at the hotel. You stay relaxed and try to adjust with the new atmosphere as a traveller. We will talk about any questions you may have at our trip briefing meeting.

Day 02: Acclimatization and Exploration Day in Kathmandu (1,400m) - B

We are at the elevation of 1,400 meters from sea level. We will take this day as our acclimatization and preparation day before we head up towards the mountains. Instead of staying idle in hotel, we will take you for a wonderful day tour of Kathmandu valley. Exploring UNESCO’s cultural heritage sites in Kathmandu is the best way to know about historical, cultural and spiritual aspects of this 2 millennia old city. We will visit Swoyambhunath popularly known as the Monkey Temple that is oldest monument in Kathmandu valley, Kathmandu Durbar Square that is one of the medieval palace squares in Kathmandu valley, Boudhanath that is the largest Buddhist stupa and Pashupatinath that is a Hindu temple premises with open Hindu cremation platforms on the bank of River Bagmati. Once we are back to hotel in the afternoon, we will go for last minute gearing up for our trekking adventure.

Day 03: Ghairung – B.L.D

We leave Kathmandu today to start the first day of trekking adventure. We will drive to Kurintar, 100 kilometers from Kathmandu, for about three hours. The day is a mixture of drive, cable car ride and trek. We will need to take a cable car ride to Manakamana temple on top of the hill. Manakamana temple is an important spiritual and historic center. Our walking journey for the day starts from here towards Ghairung as the destination for today. We will trek past Bakyaswori Mahadev temple and Sidhha Lakhan Cave along the way. We reach Pipalchhap village in Ghairung to stay overnight. The village will provide us a nice homestay experience.

Day 04: Gorkha Bazar – B.L.D

The trek continues today towards Gorkha Bazar as our destination for today. We will trek past an ethnic Magar village of Bungkot. This village offers a rich cultural experience in addition to its historic importance in the history of Nepal. We will stop in the village for a short yet amazing exploration of local culture and lifestyle. Later, we will continue the trek towards Gorkha Bazar to stay overnight.

Day 05: Gorkha Exploration – B.L.D

We will take a full day today at Gorkha to explore the historic places in the town. The exploration will show us the Gorkha palace, Gorkha museum and Gorakhnath cave. Gorkha is the place from where the unification campaign of smaller kingdoms in medieval time had started. Exploring the places of historic importance will give us a nice time and experience at Gorkha Bazar today. We can also explore the town to find its daily rituals.

Day 06: Sirandanda – B.L.D

The journey today is more drive and short trek. We will drive to the village of Bhachek to start the trek for day. The drive is pretty long one of about 7 hours. Although it is a long day drive, it will bring us beautiful scenic views along as we drive towards Bhachek. The walk from Bhacheck to Sirandanda is of only about one hour. Sirandanda is an awesome place to stay overnight on top of the hill. We will experience another nice homestay experience at the village. The place is also a perfect viewpoint to enjoy the view of Manaslu range and the surroundings.

Day 07: Barpak – B.L.D

We will trek to Barpak village as our destination for the day. The trail takes us along beautiful places and surroundings. We will trek past wonderful cultural villages of Mathar and Ghyachok. Barpak village is an ethnic Gurung village on the ridge of a hill. A densely settled village, Barpak is one of the biggest villages in the region. We can explore the rich Gurung culture, their lifestyle and history in the village. Barpak village was the epicenter of the devastating earthquake in 2015 which completely shattered the village. The life there has come back to normalcy and the reconstruction work has been going on. We will see and experience the community strength in the time of difficult moments.

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Day 08: Laprak – B.L.D

The walk today continues to another cultural village of Laprak. About six hours of walk today will take us to this amazing Gurung village. This village is an example of community strength. Like Barpak village, Laprak also has a dense settlement. In fact, Laprak village is an entire formerly village development committee and now single ward unit. Apart from being a cultural village, Laprak also provides amazing views of the surroundings.

Day 09: Nambai Kharka – B.L.D

The walk today will take us to Nambai Kharka to stay overnight. This is a grassy pastureland where people from Laprak village take temporary shelter when they go down for farming. It will be an easy walking day of about 4 hours to the destination. We will have a nice time wandering around the place once we reach there.

Day 10: Tallo Thotneri – B.L.D

It is an early morning day today. We will hike to Dharche Danda for a spectacular sunrise. Dharche Danda that stands at the elevation of 3,220 meters above sea level is a wonderful viewpoint to see mountains. We will enjoy the view of beautiful mountain peaks in the Annapurna, Manaslu and Ganesh Himal ranges of the Himalaya. It will be a wonderful morning here. Later, we will walk down to Tallo Thotneri to experience beautiful cultural riches of another Gurung village.

Day 11: Ghyampesal – B.L.D

It’s the final day of trekking adventure in the Lower Manaslu region. We will trek to Ghyampesal village. The last day of the trek will bring us across beautiful middle hills locations and surroundings. This is a walking day full of nature and culture. We will also walk across a cave called Sita Cave which is a sacred spiritual place for the people living in the area. We stay at Ghyampesal tonight.

Day 12: Kathmandu – B.D

We will drive back to Kathmandu today via Gorkha Bazar. About 9 hours of bus journey will take us back to Kathmandu. Once we are in Kathmandu, we will have easy time relaxing and wearing off the tiredness of walking and driving. Yet, the memory of peaceful walking adventure remains deeply attached to our mind and heart. We will go for a farewell dinner in the evening.

Day 13: Departure – B

We have come the final day of the big Lower Manaslu Trek and we hope that you enjoyed the adventure. Now, it’s the time to say a departing goodbye for this time with the hope to see you soon for next adventure. We will drive you to airport 3 hours before your flight schedule.