Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek

For this trek, you will be staying in 3-star category hotels in Kathmandu for 3 nights and in Pokhara for 2 nights with breakfast and best available teahouses during the trek. Nowadays in the lower elevation of, Annapurna's reason is providing a room with attach bathrooms we will try our best! However, teahouses in some places only have shared toilet and washing facilities. All the Accommodation for your trek is twin sharing basis. If you wish to get a single supplement it will be available in Kathmandu, Pokhara, and lower elevation of the trekking area but it might be difficult to get them in higher elevations in peak seasons.

Normally spring (March, April, May) and Autumn (September, October, November) are the best months for trekking in Nepal. The air, freshly washed by the monsoon rain, is crystal clear, stunning mountains scenery, and the weather is still comfortably warm but this Poon hill is an evergreen trek this trip can be taken during winter and monsoon, but the cold can be bitter. And the trails can be slippery due to the monsoon rain, Nepal’s famous Juka (leeches) are an un-pleasant feature of the wet season, but with the care, trekking can still be possible and there are certainly fewer trekkers on the trail.

During this trip, you can enjoy traditional Nepali food most common “Dhal Bhat” as well as many types of International (Indian, Chinese, Italian, Continental, Tibetan, etc) foods. Breakfast and dinner we will take wherever we stay and the lunch we will take on the way to our destinations. A farewell dinner will be served during your stay in Kathmandu. Your all breakfasts (15 breakfasts), 13 lunches, and 14 dinners with seasonable fruits during the trek are included in this package.

Your safety is our first priority. To make your dream adventure a success there will be 1 professional trekking leader/guide, 1 assistance trekking guide (1 assistance trekking guide for every 7 trekkers), and support staff / Sherpa porters (1 support staff for every 2 trekkers). These arrangements will make sure that if anybody on the group gets any issue (emergency return, Altitude sickness, physical damage, sickness, etc) in the middle of the trek and can’t continue rest of the group can still go ahead as planned as to the destinations.

Yes, we will organize the support staff to carry your backpack. Every single trekking package on our website includes a 1 support staff for every 2 trekkers. He can carry max 25 kg for 2 trekkers. Trekking in The Himalayas is challenging and even very harder if you are carrying your backpack by yourself. It will be much easier and enjoyable if you take support staff to carry your backpack. You can only worry about your day pack with you and enjoy every single moment of your Himalayan day with stunning scenery.

Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek they have a safe drinking water project to avoid Plastic uses in the mountains. So they have safe drinking water which is purified by in the water purification station. Every single guesthouse and tea shop has this water where you can buy. You should have a water bottle with you to fill up. They also have boiled water or filtered water everywhere along the trekking trails. Some villages also have water purification filterer systems such as Katadyn, Kent, or similar. You can also use normal water after prepared with water purification tablets.

Anything can happen anytime during the trek. All of our group leaders, guides, and assistance guides are trained for first aid, High altitude risk Management, and are prepared to deal with the most common problems or injuries you may get on a trek. Apart from that in the case of any emergency or Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), your guide will let us know immediately. Namaste Nepal Trekking & Research Hub will be there for you to assist your Rescue if needed. In few places in this trek like Ghorepani or Ghandruk. There are health posts which have been serving by foreign doctors and local professionals. We will help you to get there to get treatment and get back to the capital. NNTR trekking team is ready to ensure your safety anytime during the trek even to carry you down to a safer place.

This package, you will find that most of the things are included. However, we suggest you estimate $ 10 to $15 per person per day as your miscellaneous expenses. The following are the major expenses they are extra on top of the package price. Lunches and Dinners in Kathmandu and or before start the trek: Except the welcome and farewell dinners in Kathmandu, your lunch and dinners are not included, from the day you start the trek everything will be included, check your quote to see which meals are included. Drinking-Water: drinking water for your entire trip is not included in our package. We are an Eco-friendly Trekking Company, we encourage you to keep mountains safe from garbage and use the reusable bottles and water purification tablets. Other Drunks: Every meal included in the itinerary comes with a cup of tea or coffee, Apart from that any of your hot/cold drinks will be your own. Overweight backpack: NNTR provides 1 support staff for every 2 trekkers, if one of your backpacks weighs more than 15 kg, you will need to pay a bit extra to compensate your porter or get another porter. Tips for your guide and support staff: Optional extra expenses on your guesthouses: Nowadays most of the famous trekking trails of Nepal have got the internet and electricity asses, it is normal for guesthouses to charge extra for wifi and battery charging, most of the guesthouse offers hot showers (or hot buckets), you will have to pay extra for the shower too.

Yes, you need to get a good travel and rescue insurance. Your safety is our major concern, we strongly recommend you to buy comprehensive travel insurance for trekking in Nepal. Your policy should cover your trek, tour, and the extra time you are going to spend in Nepal including helicopter evacuation. Trekking in Nepal can be really dangerous, especially in high altitudes. If you get any emergency we will be able to act fast when you have a good insurance policy. It’s easy to request fast for emergency assistance.

We know unexpected things happen at unexpected times. If some unfortunate happens and you need to change your plans you can simply write us an email or message us. If you give us enough time we will try our best to assist your unfortunate. We can normally postpone your trip and apply your advance payment for any time in the future. The fund transfer process from Nepal to another country takes a long time because we need to prepare all the documents and take permission from the Central Bank of Nepal. That’s the main reason we encourage all of you to Postpone the trip and use the credit in the future. If you need to cancel your trip completely, we, unfortunately, are unable to give you a full refund. You will be charged by 30% of the package price as a cancellation charge.

No, the highest altitude you will be spending the night in Ghorepani Poon Hill trek is Ghorepani(2840m/9320ft) and the highest point is the Poon hill(3210m/7610ft) both of the highest places of this trek are under the tree line. So you don't have to worry about the altitude sickness.

Yes, every villages and Guesthouse in this Ghorepani trek have the electricity facility. Some villages have a Micro-Hydro station that produces enough electricity for them and some villages are connected to the government electricity supply line.

Trekking in the land of the mystical Himalaya is a big deal for many people around the globe. Choosing the right company and the right guide is also the big challenge you put your complete trust in a stranger guide for your biggest adventure. It’s not the decision to be taken lightly. We have been there and understand how important it is to have a professional and best trekking leader or guide for your Adventure in Nepal. We are very careful for that your guide needs to speak good English, Knowledgeable, very experienced in the field, friendly and good discussion maker. All of our group leaders and guides are highly experienced, professional, and have been selected based on their technical proficiency proven safety recodes, good judgment, patience, and awesome personalities. They easily acclimate themselves to the high altitudes with nil difficulty this is why they can provide better services without becoming a casualty themselves. All of our guides have had many kinds of different training to be professional guides. Among them some of they are:

• • Trekking Guide Tanning
• • Tour Guide Training
• • First-Aid Training
• • Mountaineering training
• • High Altitude Risk Management Training
• • Bird Watching Training

Ghorepani village ( 2840m/9320ft ) is the highest village where you spend the night in this trek from Ghorepani you will trek a side trip to the mountain viewpoint of Poon Hill (3210m/10530ft).

The total distance of this trek is 53km or 32 miles. Plus 62km by road from Pokhara to the starting point (Nayapul) of the trek.

The Ghorepani Poon Hill trek can be done in between 3 to 7 days. It depends on Fast you trek and how far you go with transportation. Now it’s possible to take a jeep to Ulleri and from Ghandruk we can drive.

Yes, every single guesthouse in Ghorepani poon hill trek has a hot shower Facility for the hot shower, every guesthouse has solar panels and a gas tankless water heater.

Yes, they have Wi-Fi in most of the guesthouses in Ghorepani poon hill trek. You might have to pay very little to get connected. It is common for the guesthouses to charge a some money for the WiFi.

Anything can happen anytime during the trek. If you need to leave your trek on the middle of the trail we will provide maximum effort to make sure your safe return to Kathmandu. And we will assist with your travel arrangements for your home. you have to know that we will not be able to refund any money to you.

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Every trekker who wants to trek in around Annapurna's reason for

Nepal needs to get 2 different permits.

1) TIMS Card, and

2) Annapurna Conservation Area Project permit(ACAP)

All of them will cost 40 us dollars for foreigners, 13 us dollars for SAARC nationality, and 50 us dollars for the free individual trekkers.