About Trip Overview
The mountainers climbing Manaslu start their trip first by heading towards Gorkha from Kathmandu. We start our journey in a reserved bus, in the morning. The whole morning the group traveses through the Prithivi Highway, which offers beautiful views of Nepalese countryside. We reach Muglin which is situated on the banks of Trishuli and Marshyangdi rivers. After having lunch in Muglin we leave for Gorkha and arrived there at 2pm. There we hand over the equipments to our porters and we preceded towards Kalikasthan which is to be our night camp site.The historical Durbar of Shaha dynasty can be reached within an hour from Gorkha which is just nearby. Gorkha Durbar is situated on the top of the hill. The glory of mountains surrounding it, attracts many tourists as well as the natives to this place. After a 10 min walk from the Gorkha Durbar we reach the Kalikathan camp. Then after having tea, we put up our tents and rest for a while until our cook announce that the dinner is ready. As we were tired from our long journey, we have a bottle of beer each and eat our dinner and then go to sleep. Like the mountaineers other expeditions also go to Manaslu each year. Since the Manaslu trek happens to be in the prohibited zone one needs a special trek permit and an environmental officer appointed by the Immigration Department while travelling in this area. As this route has been opened for only three years, few people have gotten the opportunity to travel this route. The scenery on this area is not only breathtaking but also unique and quite naturally most have said that this trek is very enjoyable.
Day 1 arrive Kathmandu & transfer to hotel
Day 2 Prepare Expedition
Day 3 Expedition briefing in Ministry of Tourism
Day 4 Drive Arughat via Dhading
Day 5 Arughat - Sotikhola 6 hours
Day 6 Sotikhola - Machhakhola 6/7 hours
Day 7 Machhakhola - Jagat
Day 8 Jagat - Ukawa
Day 9 Ukawa - Ngyak 5/6 hours
Day 10 Nyak - Namrung 5/6 hours
Day 11 Namrung - Syalla village
Day 12 Syalla - Sama village
Day 13 Sama Village
Day 14 Sama Village - Manaslu Base camp
Day 1541 Climbing Period for Manaslu 8163m.
Day 42 Base camp - Sama village
Day 43 Sama - Namrung
Day 44 Namrung - Philim village
Day 45 Filim -Machakhola
Day 46 Machakhola - Soti
Day 47 Soti - Arughat
Day 48 Arughat drive to drive to Kathmandu
Day 49 Kathmandu
Day 50 final Departure
Date and Cost
Includes
- Pick up and drop transport as mentioned in the itinerary
- Accommodation and breakfast in Kathmandu
- Accomodation and three meals a day during the trekking
- Trekking guide and porters
- National parks’ fees, TIMS card and government royalties
- Domestic air ticket and airport tax for tourists and guides as mentioned in the itinerary
- Insurance of our trekking staff members
- Trekking and sightseeing in Kathmandu valley or other parts of Nepal as mentioned in the itinerary
- Sleeping bags
- Down jackets
- Duffle bags
- Oxygen cylinder
- Trekking map
- First Aid Kit
- Farewell dinner with cultural program or dinner with Nepali family
Excludes
- International air ticket, airport tax and Nepal visa fees
- Travel insurance and the cost of medical services of tourists
- All kinds of cloth and personal trekking equipment
- Other personal expenses and tips
- Charted helicopter, plane and other transports in case of emergency