Manaslu Circuit Trek 14N/15D

Our guide will be waiting with our office name board "KOSELI ADVENTURE PVT.LTD" at TIA, welcome you with the garland of flowers and transfer to Hotel. According to your arrival time, our guide takes you to visit Kathmandu's Old Bazaars "Asan and Indrachowk" where Nepali people buy everything they need for their daily life. You will also see several Pagoda Temples during this visit. Then take you to Kathmandu's First Touristic place "Thamel" by rickshaw (three wheels cycle) where you can buy your trekking necessities and also exchange money or taste organic Himalayan coffee. Back to the Hotel.

Transfer: 45 mins
Visiting Time: 2 hours
Dinner: at Utsav (well known for delicious food with Nepali Cultural Dance Show)
O/N: Kathmandu Guest House (First hotel in the heart of Thamel)

We leave by bus towards Pokhara. The road offers great views of the Trisuli River Valley, but shortly after the road turns away from it, we turn north through beautiful tropical scenery. At Arughat Bazaar we change vehicles. We go up the course of the Burhi Gandaki, through fields and rice paddies, to Macchakola, passing through the villages of Arkhet, and Lapubesi.

Transport: by private vehicle
Transfer time: approximately 8 hours
Final altitude: about 930 m
Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner
Accommodation: night in a lodge

We continue our progress along the river to Kanigaon and Khola Bensi, with at times beautiful views of the peaks of Ganesh Himal and the Machha Khola valley. We reach Tatopani fairly quickly, on the same bank of the river, where there is a hot spring, then we cross the Budi Gandaki by a suspension bridge to reach Dobhan (1,300 m). The Budi Gandaki valley then narrows before arriving at Jagat.

Walking time: about 7 hours
Drops: + 660 m / - 220 m
Final altitude: about 1,300 m
Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner
Accommodation: night in a lodge

We evolve on a balcony path, sometimes above the river. We cross several villages including that of Philim. Himalayan pines adorn the trail. We change banks several times and the gorges tighten. We arrive at Deng, a village of Tibetan culture with the first Buddhist temple and chortens.

Walking time: about 8 hours
Drops: + 1,040 m / - 520 m
Final altitude: about 1,800 m
Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner
Accommodation: night in a lodge

We cross the region of Kutang, populated by Gurung practicing Buddhism. Many villages and landscapes punctuate the day: pine and bamboo forest, rivers, torrents, villages of Rana, Ghap, and Bihi before reaching the beautiful stone houses of Namrung.

Walking time: about 8 hours
Drops: + 1,340 m / - 600 m
Final altitude: about 2,630 m
Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner
Accommodation: night in a lodge

Always along the Budi Gandaki, we cross many villages inhabited by the Bhotias, of Tibetan origin, notably those of Bengsam, Lihi, Sho, and Lho. After Sho, the view emerges from the summit of Manaslu (8,163 m) and we are dominated by Himalchuli (7,893 m) and Ngadi Chuli. We also have a beautiful view of the Ganesh Himal. We visit Lho Monastery before continuing to Shyala.

Walking time: about 6 hours
Drops: + 1,050 m / - 200 m
Final altitude: approximately 3,500 m
Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner
Accommodation: night in a lodge

From Shyala we head towards Sama then we branch off towards the old monastery of Pung Gyen at 3,870 meters above sea level. This stage is a little-used variant of the Manaslu tour and allows us to perfect our acclimatization. We are in a wild environment between a rock and grassy plateaus. The panorama is exceptional and we admire the Manaslu which is getting closer to us every day. We are not far from the glaciers and the chortens and mani walls remind us of a human presence from a not-so-distant time. We retrace our steps to take the "classic" path and go to the village of Sama.

Walking time: about 5 hours
Drops: + 900 m / - 600 m
Final altitude: approximately 3,520 m
Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner
Accommodation: night in a lodge

Acclimatization day. We visit the superb Tibetan village of Samagaon, the monastery, and the cells of the nuns, and we make a short detour to Lake Birendra Kund (3,570 m) located at the foot of Manaslu. For the fittest and best acclimatization, it is possible to climb to the base camp of Manaslu at 4,850 meters (+1,350 m, -1,350 m, and about 10 hours of walking), for this you will have to leave very early in the morning and plan a picnic.

Walking time: about 3 hours
Drops: + 300 m / - 300 m
Final altitude: approximately 3,520 m
Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner
Accommodation: night in a lodge

We continue our progress towards the long Mani wall of Kermo Manan and the village of Samdo (3,780 m) located very close to the Tibetan border, not far from the confluence of the Sama Chu with the Budhi Gandaki, and which is home to a community of Tibetan refugees. A caravan trail joins Tibet by the Lajyung pass (5,096 m).

Walking time: about 4 hours
Drops: + 400 m / - 50 m
Final altitude: approximately 3,850 m
Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner
Accommodation: night in a lodge

Altitude acclimatization day. It is possible to discover the surroundings of Samdo before continuing our progress toward Dharamsala. A stone hut only. The highest camp of the trip, the night will be cold.

Walking time: about 4 hours
Drops: + 600 m / - 50 m
Final altitude: approximately 4,480 m
Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner
Accommodation: night in a very rudimentary lodge or in a tent with camp beds

Departure early in the morning, going up the course of the Larke Khola. The progression is easy at first, then becomes much steeper at the end of the ascent of the Larkya pass, the altitude of which varies quite significantly depending on the sources, from 4,910 m to 5,220 m. In any case, we have a great view of Tibet border peaks such as Cheo (6,812m), Nemjung (7,140m) and Himlung (7,126m), as well as Kang Guru (7,010m), Gyaji Kang (7,036 m) and even Annapurna II (7,937 m). On the other side of the pass, we often descend on snow, then scree, to reach Larcia, then Tabuche, and the glacial valley of Bimtang, from where we can see the west face of Manaslu.

Walking time: about 9 hours
Drops: + 750 m / - 1,450 m
Final altitude: about 3,710 m
Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner
Accommodation: night in a lodge

We descend the valley of the Dudh Khola river to the village of Tilije, inhabited by the Gurung ethnic group. We still cross mountain pasture hamlets, then find wooded areas and the first villages.

Walking time: about 6.5 hours
Drops: + 350 m / - 1,650 m
Final altitude: about 2250 m
Meals: breakfast – lunch – dinner
Accommodation: night in a lodge

We descend and cross more alpine hamlets, then find wooded areas and the village of Dharapani. Then, depart by jeep on the track for 3 hours until Besi Sahar then by bus, which will take us to Pokhara in about 5 hours by road.

Transport: by private vehicle
Walking time: 1h30
Transfer: about 7-8 hours
Meals: breakfast – lunch – free dinner (not included)
Accommodation: overnight at the hotel

Free day in Pokhara. Safety day can also be used during the very in case of bad weather to cross the Larkye pass for example.

Meals: breakfast – lunch – free dinner (not included)
Accommodation: overnight at the hotel

We get back to Kathmandu by drive or by flight. 

Meals: breakfast – lunch – free dinner (not included)
Accommodation: overnight at the hotel

Final departure according to the international flight time from Nepal. 

Transport: 1 h