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Annapurna Sanctuary
via Khopra Ridge & Poon Hill
trek
(15 days)
Annapurna Region, Nepal
- With 1 Side Trip: via Khopra Ridge & Poon Hill
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Highlights:
Annapurna Base Camp, Ghandruk, Muldai, Khopra Danda, and Poon Hill
Difficulty:
challenging
Teahouse lodging, food, & transportation paid separately.
Food & Lodging
In order to provide you with the best possible price and to get as much money as possible directly to the people who are actually doing the work, we do not charge you in advance for teahouse lodging and food. The guide will be able to book accommodation for the group in advance during high season. However, you will pay the teahouse owner directly for food and lodging. Budget at least $25 a day for food and lodging to be paid in cash directly to the teahouse. Estimated food & lodging for this trip $325.00 per person.
Transportation
For 'Guide & Permit Only' treks we do not include transportation to/from the trail head. Your guide will help you arrange transportation to the trail head in the case where public bus tickets or a hired private vehicle is required. In addition to your own fare, please pay the fare of your guide and porter (if you have hired one) for public buses and public jeeps. In the case of flights, a fee for the guides transportation is included in the price. You have the option of allowing us to also book your flight this ensures that your guide can be on the same flight. You are also free to book your own flight with the airlines directly if you wish please let us know your flight information if you book your own tickets. If you are on trek in which multiple trekkers have joined we will provide you with the contacts of other members of your trek so that you can arrange your transportation together.Currently you have 0 guests trekking with you.
- Permits ACAP and TIMS Card
- Guide Guide's wages, food, lodging, and insurance
- VAT Tax 13% Nepal Government Tax
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Porter
Each porter may carry no more than 20 kg (44 lb). One porter is usually enough for 2 people's gear.
Government required insurance covers the porter in case of an accident while on the trip.
$20 per day per porter
+ $30 per porter for porter's insurance
+ $2.21 per day per porter for vat tax (porter)
This trip has optional side trips. Would you like to see the options?
Would you like to request a specific guide?
If you do not specify a guide, a request will be sent to all available guides (once a payment is made and the trek is confirmed). Once confirmed, you can choose from the guides who indicated that they would like to lead your trek, or ask us to recommend a guide.
We will try to respond within 24 hours.
For those with limited time, the Annapurna Sanctuary Trek offers a journey of shifting landscapes; from the lush middle hills to the cauldron of ice and rock at Annapurna Base Camp, referred to as the Annapurna Sanctuary for the high mountain walls that surround it. The trail passes through a steep narrow valley with Machapuchare (Fish Tail Mountain)] towering above the valley. The view at Annapurna Base Camp is awe-inspiring as you stare up at the whiteface of Annapurna I surrounded by snowclad peaks in every direction. This trek is most comfortably done in 9 days but for those with even more limited time it is possible to do this trek in as few as 7 days. Add the Short Modi Kola Start option to reduce the trekking by a day. Add the 'Annapurna Base Camp Day Visit' option to reduce the trek by another day. This is least desirable since the best weather is often early in the morning.
Side trip via Khopra Ridge & Poon Hill: This route climbs up the Khopra Ridge from Ghandruk for magnificent panoramas of Dhaulagiri, Annapurna South, and other Himalayan peaks. Enroute you'll climb to the panoramic view point at Muldai before reaking Khopra Danda. An overnight at Khopra Danda (3640 m, 11,942 ft) lets you wake to this spectacular view just outside your room, at what must be one of the best lodge locations in the region. Finally you'll finish up via the classic view point at Poon Hill.
Weather Conditions in June
change startThe middle of June typically marks the beginning of the monsoon. Clear mornings are still possible but get increasingly less likely towards the end of the month. Be prepared for rain and hot humid weather in the low elevation valleys. The added moister means the hills are beginning to change to their vibrant monsoon green. The weather is generally a little drier than in the low valleys at high altitude, but cloud cover can be frustrating when trekking to viewpoints. As always in the spring, early morning is your best chance for clear skies.
At a glance
On average there are 17 days with precipitation in
June. The highest point on the trek is
Annapurna Base Camp at
4130 m. During
June, expect high temperatures of around
12.6°C (55°F)
and lows down to
2.6°C (37°F)
at Annapurna Base Camp.
Annapurna Sanctuary
via Khopra Ridge & Poon Hill
Trek
(Elevation Profile)
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(15 days)
- 1 Side Trip: via Khopra Ridge & Poon Hill
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Extra rest days and overnights can be added once the itinerary is created. However any side trips must be added in this step before the itinerary is created.
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Pokhara (827 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 32.4°C (90°F) and lows of about 22.4°C (72°F) in June. |
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Difficulty:
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Public bus from Pokhara to Dhampus Phedi
(Not Included)
Estimated cost:
$1.00
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Dhampus Phedi (1130 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 30.6°C (87°F) and lows of about 20.6°C (69°F) in June. |
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Tolka (1700 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 27.2°C (81°F) and lows of about 17.2°C (63°F) in June. |
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Landruk (1565 m)
About 6-7 hours from Phedi Overnight |
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Chomrong (2210 m)
About 5-6 hours from Landruk Overnight |
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Sinuwa (2340 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 23.4°C (74°F) and lows of about 13.4°C (56°F) in June. |
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Bamboo (2310 m)
About 5 hours from Chomrong Overnight |
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Dobhan (Dovan) (2500 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 22.4°C (72°F) and lows of about 12.4°C (54°F) in June. |
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Himalayan Hotel (2840 m)
About 3-4 hours from Bamboo Overnight |
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Deurali, ABC Trek (3200 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 18.2°C (65°F) and lows of about 8.2°C (47°F) in June. |
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Machapuchare Base Camp (3700 m)
About 3-4 hours from Himalayan Hotel Overnight |
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Highlights: Annapurna Base Camp
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Annapurna Base Camp (4130 m)
About 2 hours from Machapuchre Base Camp Overnight |
| Fri Jun 9 (day 7) |
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Deurali, ABC Trek (3200 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 18.2°C (65°F) and lows of about 8.2°C (47°F) in June. |
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Himalayan Hotel (2840 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 20.4°C (69°F) and lows of about 10.4°C (51°F) in June. |
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Dobhan (Dovan) (2500 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 22.4°C (72°F) and lows of about 12.4°C (54°F) in June. |
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Bamboo (2310 m)
About 7-8 hours from Annapurna Base Camp Overnight |
| Sat Jun 10 (day 8) |
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Sinuwa (2340 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 23.4°C (74°F) and lows of about 13.4°C (56°F) in June. |
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Chomrong (2210 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 24.1°C (75°F) and lows of about 14.1°C (57°F) in June. |
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Jhinu Danda (1780 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 26.7°C (80°F) and lows of about 16.7°C (62°F) in June. |
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Ghandruk (2000 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 25.4°C (78°F) and lows of about 15.4°C (60°F) in June. Overnight |
| Sun Jun 11 (day 9) |
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Tadapani (2590 m)
About 3-4 hours from Ghandruk (trail climbs through forest) Overnight |
| Mon Jun 12 (day 10) |
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Dobato (3350 m)
About 4-5 hour from Tadapani Overnight |
| Tue Jun 13 (day 11) |
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Muldai (3637 m)
About 30 min from Dobato. |
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Bayeli Kharka (3440 m)
About 1 to 2 hours from Dobato |
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Chistibung (3000 m)
About 5 to 6 hours from Dobato and 4-5 hours from Bayeli Kharka Overnight |
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Khopra Danda (3640 m)
About 4 hours from Chistibung Overnight |
| Thu Jun 15 (day 13) |
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Chistibung (3000 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 19.4°C (67°F) and lows of about 9.4°C (49°F) in June. |
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Swanta (2350 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 23.3°C (74°F) and lows of about 13.3°C (56°F) in June. Overnight |
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Ghorepani (2874 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 20.2°C (68°F) and lows of about 10.2°C (50°F) in June. Overnight |
| Sat Jun 17 (day 15) |
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Poon Hill (3210 m)
About 1-1.5 hours up and a half hour back down to Ghorepani |
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Tikhedunga (1525 m)
About 5-6 hours from Ghorepani (while not required it is recommended to add an overnight in Tikhedunga to avoid a very long day and more time on top of Poon Hill) |
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Birethanti (1025 m)
About 1-2 hours from Tikhedunga |
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Naya Pul (1000 m)
About 45 minutes from Birethanti |
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Public bus from Naya Pul to Pokhara
(Not Included)
Estimated cost:
$2.00
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Pokhara (827 m) Expect typical high termperatures of about 32.4°C (90°F) and lows of about 22.4°C (72°F) in June. |
Annapurna Sanctuary Itinerary Reviews
by Paloma (Spain) on Dec 7, 2019
Annapurna Sanctuary led by Diku Sherpa
About the accommodation: Generally comfortable considering the circumstances. Places are quite clean but blankets aren't always as clean as you would expect. Bring an extra warm sleeping bag, I'll do it next time!
by Chong fah (malaysia) on Nov 11, 2018
Annapurna Sanctuary via Ghorepani (Poon Hill) led by Ang Tsering Sherpa
by Susan (usa) on Jun 5, 2018
Annapurna Sanctuary led by Nima T Sherpa
A fantastic trek, with a lot of variety of scenery, from green villages to high white Himalayan peaks. Good guest houses all the way up, and a chance to vary the return route to stop at new villages on the return. Nima guided us easily through all of this, even as some of us got a bit tired and grouchy in the mornings! He was very good at phoning ahead to get accommodation, or letting us know that we'd have to share rooms if places were very full. He helped us plan dinner times around the big groups that were sometimes at the guest houses when we were. He made sure our small group of 6 didn't feel forgotten or "lost" in the confusion!
by Christopher (USA) on May 22, 2018
Annapurna Sanctuary led by Nima T Sherpa
Truly a marvelous trek. Recommend spacing it out differently than the default (go fast at the start and then take a night at MBC and then another at ABC, if you have the time, for acclimatization) but the trails are great, the accommodations very good, and the views are phenomenal! While I wouldn't call it easy, going with a first-time trekker (not even a particularly experienced hiker or backpacker) was no problem.
via Ghorepani (Poon Hill) Itinerary Reviews
by Brian (Australia) on Mar 28, 2019
Annapurna Sanctuary via Ghorepani (Poon Hill) led by Ang Tsering Sherpa
The side trip to Poon Hill was beautiful although the view at Khopra was more dramatic and far less crowded. If we did the Khopra trek again, I probably would not go to Poon Hill as well.
by Chris (Australia) on Dec 26, 2018
Ghandruk Loop via Ghorepani (Poon Hill) led by Mingma Nuru Sherpa
by Michael (United Kingdom) on Dec 8, 2018
Ghandruk Loop Australian Camp Out and Back and via Ghorepani (Poon Hill) led by Samikshya Chaudhary
The final ascent from Ghorepani to Poon Hill is not as difficult as some other parts of the trek, and is certainly worth doing for the spectacular views of the sunrise over the Annapurna range from the top.
by Chong fah (malaysia) on Nov 11, 2018
Annapurna Sanctuary via Ghorepani (Poon Hill) led by Ang Tsering Sherpa
