Ghale Gaun Home Stay Treks

Welcome to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. You will be greeted by a representative of Mission Nepal Holiday’s at the airport and transferred to your hotel for overnight as per itinerary. In the evening, you can enjoy the cultural dinner at your hotel.

On this day, we have a sightseeing tour of Kathmandu. We visit Boudhanath stupa, a Buddhist pilgrimage spot; Pashupatinath, a holy temple; Swayambhunath and Kathmandu Durbar Square. The tour gives you a taste of our vivid Nepali culture and history.
Bouddhanath stupa is the largest stupa in Nepal. It is considered to be the holiest Tibetan Buddhist temple outside Tibet. It is the center of Tibetan culture in Kathmandu and rich in Buddhist symbolism. Pashupatinath Temple gives a chance to the visitors to feel the unique spirit of Hindu traditions of life, death and reincarnation. The best time to visit the temple is early in the morning or late in the evening. Swayambhunath is one of the holiest Buddhist Chaitays in Nepal. The stupa represents Buddha’s mind. It offers peace, freedom, and joy to the whole world and ultimately helps us to obtain perfect enlightenment.
Kathmandu Durbar Square is the most spectacular legacy of traditional architecture. It is with the old palaces, epitomizes the religious and cultural life of the people. The major interesting things to see here are Kumari (The Living Goddess) Ghar, Kastha Mandap, Maru Ganesh, Mahadev Temple, Shiva Parvati Temple, Kal Bhairav, Bhagawati Temple, Big Drums, old palace, Saraswati Temple, Jagannath temple, Krishna Temple and Taleju Temple.

We start our journey early in the morning to reach Khudi. The distance between Kathmandu and Khudi is 186km. It takes 6 to 7 hours. We drive along the highway follow river Trishuli. When we cross Trishuli River in Muglin, we follow Marsayngdi River. We can enjoy the road trip because of many twists and turns. The trail passes through beautiful views of Himalayas, green forests and bank of river. We pass several Gurung, Magar and other caste village to reach Khudi. When we arrive at Khudi, we visit Buddhist Monasteries of Khudi.

After breakfast in Khudi, we trek to Ghale Gaun which takes 5 to 6 hours. We walk along the bank of river. We pass through several villages, agriculture farm, forest, beautiful view of snow – capped Himalayas and waterfall. We need short climb before reaching Ghale Gaun. It is popular for homestay tourism. The village is mainly inhabited by Gurung and Magar community. Hunting for honey is an age-old tradition among the people of Ghale Gaun. When we arrive at Ghale Gaun, we are welcomed by the host family. Enjoy the local dance and stay overnight at lodge.

Today, we need to wake up early in the morning for enjoying beautiful view of sunrise over mountains including Maccapuchhre, Himchuli, and others peak. This is a rest day as well as exploring day of Ghale Gaun. It is located between Gorkha and Lamjung District. We explore traditional lifestyle of Gurung people and their culture. The view from the villages stretches from Buddha Himal, Himalchuli and Manaslu to the northeast Mt. Lamjung and Annapurna II to the north and Mt. Machhapucchre and Annapurna South to the Northwest. At evening, we enjoy Gurung cultural program include traditional songs and dance (Ghatu, Ghyabru) with handmade dress.

After having breakfast, we leave Ghale Gaun (beautiful Gurung community). Today, we need to hike 4-5 hours to reach Baglungpani. Before reaching Baglungpani, we pass Ghan Pokhara. In this village, we can experience culture and lifestyle of Ghale and Gurung people. We can visit honey hunting place of Ghan Pokhara. We can see the panoramic view of Annapurna and Manaslu Range. We spend our night at Baglungpani.

After breakfast in Baglungpani, we trek to Laxmi Bazaar. It takes 5 to 6 hours. The trek passes through the dense forests, villages and awesome waterfalls. Laxmi Bazaar is typical small mix village. When we arrive at Laxmi Bazaar we explore the village (lifestyle of people and culture). We spend our night at lodge.

Today is last day of our trek. After breakfast, we start our trek to Begnas Lake. It takes 3 hours. Lake lies 10km away from the Pokhara City. We can enjoy boating in Lake. After that, we drive for Pokhara and go for sightseeing of Pokhara city. In the evening, we can boat in Phewa Lake and visit TalBarahi Temple. We stay overnight at hotel.

In this day, we need to wake early in the morning and drive to Sarangkot (1600m) for the beautiful sunrise view over the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri mountain range. After breakfast in Pokhara, we start our journey to Kathmandu which takes 6 to 7 hours. When we arrive at Kathmandu, our representatives transfer you to the respective hotel. In the evening, you have farewell dinner to celebrate completion of the journey. Stay overnight at Kathmandu.

This is the last day of your trip. Our company representatives assist you to get to the airport as per your flight departure time. Mission Nepal holiday pray for your safe journey and hope to see you again.