Khopra Trek

You will enjoy your breakfast at the hotel and drive to airport for a flight to Pokhara in the latter morning. You fly to Pokhara – small beautiful city situated in the lap of the Annapurna massif – parallel to the central Himalayas in which you can enjoy the view of the Langtang range, Gorkha Himal massif, Lamjung Himal, and Annapurna. Arrive Pokhara and enjoy the rest of the day exploring lakeside and surrounding. Or you may drive to Pokhara that is some seven hours in a beautiful mountain highway. Overnight stay at the Hotel.

After breakfast at a hotel in Pokhara, we drive by private vehicle to Nayapul – the starting point of the trek. Recently the road has constructed and you can choose to drive further until Ghandruk Phedi in coordination with your Guide. From Nayapul you walk some thirty minutes to Birethanti where the ACAP check-post is located and trail forks to Ghorepani and Ghandruk. You continue to walk following the Modi Khola upstream, passing through small settlements inhabited by the Chettris and Brahmins people. Soon you reach the small hamlet called Shyauli Bazaar for lunch. After lunch, the trail is steep uphill to Ghandruk. It is about three hours walk after lunch. Arrive Ghandruk which is one of the biggest Gurung villages in the area. People from this village mostly served in the British Gurkha. Overnight at the lodge.

The view of Annapurna South, Himchuli, and Fishtail is superb from your Hotel in Ghandruk to enjoy the delicious breakfast with. After breakfast, leaving the terraced farming fields, and the village of Ghandruk behind, you enter into oak and rhododendron forest. The Rhododendron is Nepal’s national flower and when they bloom in April-May season, the forest turns into a garden of dazzling colorful flowers when seen from the air or from afar. Arrive Tadapani and enjoy the scenic beauty that surrounds you. There are many Tibetans in the village who sell many artifacts and handicrafts for tourists to take back home as a souvenir from this beautiful hamlet. Overnight local lodge.

From Tadapani you enter into tranquil path. This is the intersection of many trekking routes thus busy. But from here you leave all the main trekking routes for the next five days. You will walk in the remote area on Annapurna region that is less traveled. The trek at the beginning is in the deep and beautiful rhododendron and oak forest uphill. Often you descend short but mostly you climb. You soon reach to the barren area above the tree line and the view of Annapurna – Annapurna South basically – emerges so close to you. The lunch for the day on the way and after walking pass several small passes you reach to Bayli Kharka – where you sleep. From the lodge, you can enjoy great view of Dhaulagiri – the seventh highest mountain in the world. Overnight local lodge.

Enjoy your breakfast at the logde, and then begin to descend through open ground and beautiful forest to reach the pastures of Lower Chistibung, where you will have lunch. After lunch you continue to walk through a forest, ascending gradually before reaching upper Chistibung – a temporary herder’s settlement, where you stay tonight in the small community lodge. For your information, we have contributed to construct these sorts of lodges, part of our projects to aid the local community and uplift their economic opportunities. Overnight local lodge.

Here after breakfast you start to climb steady that brings you above tree line in the alpine meadows and pastures to reach Khopra. As you approach Khopra Ridge you can enjoy the view of the Himalayan panorama of Annapurna South towering in front of you, the Dhaulagiri, Annapurna Fang, Nilgiri along with wild animals such as Himalayan Thar, and Danfe pheasant. Across the depths of the Kali Gandaki River Valley, the Dhaulagiri – seventh highest mountain peak of the world dominates the entire western skyline. We stay overnight in the Khopra Community Lodge – that is proudly our project in the region to help the local people, and tourism industry. Overnight local lodge.

You can take a beautiful day trip to Khayar/Khaire Lake at 4,600 m/15091ft from where you can view an excellent view of the mountains. This trip, however, is not recommended for every trekker since it is a very long way to trek to the lake and to return. It takes a minimum of 7 to 8 hours as a round trip. Khayar Lake is sacred and holy lake among Hindus and make pilgrimage trip during Janai Purnima – a full moon day of July-August in which Brahmin and Chetri men change their sacred thread worn in the left shoulder . Who does not want to walk all the way to the lake, can still make a half-day walk around Khopra dada. Overnight local lodge.

After exploring Khopra and Khayar lake, you descend off the hillside and continue downhill on a steep trail and retrace back to the route to Chistibung. You then head to the village of Swanta, where you will stay overnight. Along the way, you get more views of Dhaulagiri with lovely terraced fields and traditional houses in the village. You explore the local school and nearby area and have supported the local school over the years, and there is time to pay a quick visit. Overnight local lodge.

Now after breakfast you start to descend through beautiful crop fields to a small river that you cross in suspension bridge. You then climb up to Chitre village where the main trekking trail Ghorepani-Tatopani joins. You walk to Ghorepani and climb down through rhododendron forest to Nangethanti and then to Ulleri village. Overnight local lodge.

From Ulleri walk steep down through stone steps to Bhunungi Khola. You cross the suspension bridge and reach Tikhedhunga. You continue trek down further to Birethanti where the ACAP check post is located. Another 20 minutes’ walk brings you to reach Nayapul. You drive around two hour to the hotel in Pokhara. Overnight in hotel.

You drive back to Kathmandu – some 206 kms and takes seven hours – or take a flight according to your interest. If you are driving, you drive through beautiful bending mountain highway which stretches along the river and passes through beautiful landscape. Once in Kathmandu we will transfer you to your respective hotel and you will be given free time to wander around. Overnight will be spent in hotel.