Mardi Himal Trek – 10 Days

An early morning drive on a tourist bus takes you to Pokhara, the city of lakes. Pokhara is at a distance of 200 km from Kathmandu. It takes almost 7-8 hours to reach Pokhara.

The drive will give you an opportunity to catch a glimpse of beautiful scenery, changing landscape, raging Trishuli, Marshyangdi Rivers, small towns, villages and much more en route. After reaching Pokhara, you will be then transferred to a hotel.

After breakfast we head out for Kande on tourist vehicle. The drive to Kande, the starting point of the trek, is about one and half hour duration. Upon reaching there, we begin our trek on the beautiful trail and climb upwards to the Australian Base Camp for about 3 hours.

Australian Base Camp is a beautiful village, from where you can see an unobstructed view of Annapurna, Machhapuchhre, Nilgiri, Himchuli, Manaslu and associated peaks.

After taking breakfast in the morning, we head out to Forest Camp that will take about 6 to 7 hours of long walk. The trail is slightly downhill from Base Camp to Pothana (1950 m) and again ascends to Deurali (2,100 m).

At Deurali there is a signboard pointing towards right saying “Forest Camp”. We follow that path to reach our next destination. The trail enters a quiet jungle of oak trees, maples, rhododendrons etc.

After hiking for few more hours under the shades of trees, and chirping of birds, we will reach Forest Camp where we spend our night there.

The exciting walk to High Camp is one of the scenic walk throughout the trek. After early breakfast, we head on to the trekking trails. We walk under the shades of Rhododendron forest until we reach Badal danda and then the trail continues on the grassy ridges.

The trail gradually ascends throughout the hike to the High Camp. We walk above the line of hills and the temperature reduces along the path. After walking for almost 6 to 7 hours, we finally reach High Camp.

Today we wake up early in the morning and walk for few hours to reach the Upper view point or Mardi Himal Base Camp. The view of the Annapurna Sanctuary can be clearly seen.

The panoramic views of South face of Mt. Annpaurna, Himchuli and Machhapuchhre (Mt Fishtail) is truly rewarding. It’s time to experience the accomplishment of our journey to Mardi Himal base Camp.

After spending few hours here, we return back to the High Camp for breakfast. After having lunch and resting for some time at High camp, we walk down for 2 hours and reach Low Camp (3,050 m).

We start our day with a descent down the trail to Landruk village via Forest Camp added with the drastic change in elevation.

After walking for around six hours we will reach Landruk. This traditionally rich Gurung village offers friendly and courtesy hospitality.

Today is the last day of trekking. We start our day with a leisurely walk down to Kyumi. The trail further continues towards Syauli Bazaar where we will take our drive back to Pokhara in tourist vehicle.

Upon reaching Pokhara, we celebrate the successful trek to the Mardi Himal.

We head out for Kathmandu in a tourist bus. The journey will be about 7 hours. Upon arrival at Kathmandu, our representative will meet and transfer you back to the hotel.

In the evening, we host a farewell dinner in a fine restaurant. (Your guide(s) and an office staff will accompany you).