Mardi Himal Trek

A representative of our company will meet you at Tribhuban International Airport who waits for your arrival with play card of Mission Nepal Holiday outside the airport terminal and welcomes you to city of temple. After that, you are transferred to your hotel as per itinerary. If day time remains, you can go for short tour of Thamel (tourist hub) with guide and at the evening, you can enjoy the cultural shows, singing and dancing with typical Nepali meal. You spend a night at hotel.

Today is the day of historical and heritage site tour of Kathmandu which includes four UNESCO world heritage sites; Bouddhanath Stupa, Pasupatinath, Kathmandu Durbar Square and Swayambhunath Stupa.
Bouddhanath Stupa was built in 5th century by Licchavi king Man Dav which is ancient and biggest stupa surrounded by several temples and gompas; pilgrimage site for Tibetan Buddhist people and symbolize the journey of human being from birth to death. Pasupatinath Temple is the pilgrimage site of Hindu, offers to learn birth, death and reincarnation in Hindu tradition, worshipping of god Lord Shiva. The temple lies in the bank of the Bagmati River, is built in Pagoda style and has four silver doors. Swayambhunath Stupa is known as the ‘Monkey Temple’, famous Buddhist pilgrimage site which offers peace, freedom and joy to the whole world and majestic view of Kathmandu valley. Kathmandu Durbar Square is the wonderful place of traditional architecture which has Kasthamandap, Kumari Ghar (living Goddeness), Hanuman Dhoka, Taleju Temple, King Mahendra Memorial Museum, Tribhuvan Museum, Degutale Temple, Nine Story Basantapur Temple, Panch Mukhi Hanuman Temple, Mul Chowk, Mohan Chowk, Sundari Chowk and Nusal Chowk.

After having breakfast, we head to tourist bus station for drive to our destination, Pokhara, which is the starting point of Annapurna Region trekking and lies 200km away from the Kathmandu. Our drive passes via green hills, different style houses, small villages, Marsyangdi and Trishuli River, Paddy fields and spectacular view of Mountains. When we arrive at Pokhara, we directly head to our hotel for rest. At evening, we enjoy the local markets, Lakeside, Phewa Lake and cultural dinner at hotel. We spend our night at hotel of Pokhara which can add more excitement to the trip.

We take breakfast at early in the morning and start our 45 minute drive via Pokhara- Baglung Highway to reach Kande. We drive through the villages; Hemja, Phedi and Nagdanda and along the bank of Ghate Khola. From Kande, our adventure begins and need to climb 1.5 hours to reach Australian Camp through Rhododendron forest with beautiful view of Annapurna Range and Pokhara Valley. After short rest in Australian Camp, we hike to Deurali, along the Modi Khola Valley wedged between Annapurna South and Mardi Himal. Deurali is a small hill station offers outstanding views of Hiunchuli and Annapurna South in the north side and Pokhara and Phewa Lake in the southeast. We spend our night at Deurali.

We spend our morning on Deurali hill top with view of Mountains and Pokhara valley and then follow the pine forest trial which is easy. On the way to forest camp, we hike on the forest of; Rhododendron, Oak, Maple, Daphnia, Hemlock and Brich, trial is ups and down and takes 6 hours to reach, no availability of teahouses, need to pack lunch and water because Forest Camp is our new destination. Forest Camp is a small village called ‘Kotar’ by local people, has few lodges with basic meals and accommodation.

Today’s walk is short for acclimatization for altitude, difficult but peaceful walk inside the forest. After breakfast at Forest Camp, we leave Forest camp and trek to Low Camp. When we start trekking to Low Camp, trial is steep at the beginning and changes to gradual climbing. We can enjoy the close view of Mardi Himal and Mt. Fishtail and view of Machhapuchre is excellent. There is only couple of teahouses available for meal and accommodation with basic facility. We stay overnight at Badal Danda.

After having breakfast, we leave Low Camp as well as tree line - enter in shrubby alpine Zone and hike to High Camp. Today’s walk is also short and it’s good for altitude acclimatization. On the way, we experience magnificent view of mountains; Hiunchuli, Annapurna South, Machhapuchree and Mardi Himal, Ghandruk Village, Annapuran Region, alpine forest, diverse flora and fauna, Thakali and Gurung culture, lifestyle and customs. In this day, we can see the national bird of Nepal, Himalayan Monal called ‘Danphe’.The colorful Himalayan bird has nine colors. We find us above the clouds and very closer to the mountains. We spend our night at High Camp.

We take breakfast at High Camp early in the morning and start our hike to Mardi Himal Base Camp. The trial is vertiginous with rough and vertical rocky ladders. Today’s walk is more difficult than other days' as well as longer; needs 4 hour steep climb to reach Mardi Himal Base Camp. On the Base Camp, we enjoy our packed launch with the beautiful view of Mountains; Mardi Himal, Machhapuchre, Annapurna South, Annapurna – I, Hiunchuli, Ten Peak, Gandarbuchuli and Gangapurna; Machhapuchre and Mardi Himal lie at right above the base camp.

At early in the morning, High camp offer us the unforgettable precious morning with sunrise view on Annapurna Range. After having breakfast at High Camp, we stat our trek to Sidding village which passes through Low Camp. When reaching low camp, we enjoy our launch and then hike to Sidding where a trial descends steeply through Rhododendron and Oak forest and then to terrace fields along the Mardi Khola. We reach Sidding, hillside village, after about 6 hours hike from High Camp. We spend our night in this beautiful village at teahouse with basic facility.

We spend our morning at Sidding village, take breakfast there and trek to Lumre which takes 3 to 4 hours. Our hike passes through terraced fields, several beautiful villages with different ethnic groups and green hills. After arriving at Lumre, we take rest for some time and drive to Pokhara which takes 2 hours. At evening, we enjoy in Lakeside with cultural dance and dinner. We stay overnight at hotel.

Pokhara is known as the ‘city of seven lakes” which is famous for view of sunrise and sunset from Sarangkot, World Peace Pagoda, Mahendra Cave, David falls, Phewa Lake, Tal Barahi Temple, Bindabasini Temple, International Museum and Tibetan Refugee Camp. After having breakfast at early in the morning, we start our tour from Lakeside, drive 12km to Sarangkot for magnificent view of Annapurna range, then Bindabasini Temple, Mahendra cave, David Falls (Patale Chhago) and World peace Pagoda. If day time is left, we can visit International Museum. At evening, we enjoy the cultural dinner at our hotel and stay overnight at hotel.

We take breakfast at early in the morning and return back to Kathmandu with memorable trek of Mardi Himal Base Camp which takes about 6 hours. On the way to Kathmandu, we can enjoy view of mountains, green hills, landscape, village, different style houses and drive along the Marsyangdi River and Trishuli River. When we arrive at Kathmandu, we will transfer you to your hotel. At the evening, you can explore Thamel (tourist hub) and do shopping also.

Today is the last day of our trek. We conclude our Mardi Himal Trek as a whole and transfer to the Tribhuvan International Airport, 3 hours before your flight time. We hope to provide an opportunity to make your holiday special and memorable in your future visits to Nepal. We pray for your safe and nice journey.