Jomsom Muktinath Trek

We will receive you and escort to the hotel. Along the way, a brief introduction intake about the plans shall commence.

Our representative will pick you at 6:30 am and guide to the bus station. After an hour, we will head for Pokhara. Our ride compiles a beautiful scenario. At Pokhara, we will accommodate our leisure through boating and the reflections of Mt. Machhapuchhre and Annapurna Range on the Fewa Lake.

We will drive to the Nayapul from Pokhara, about an hour. A short 15-minute walk all the way to the banks of Modi Khola takes us to Birethanti(1015m) village that has dense settlements and thereby reaching towards the north bank of the Bhurungdi Khola. Our hike mounts to the valley of Hille(1495m) and to the Tikedhunga(1570m).

Crossing over the suspension bridge near the camp at Tikhe Dhunga, we will ascend a steep stone staircase about 3300steps to the large Magar village of Ulleri (2080m).Then, we will move forward to Nangethanti for lunch. Thanti literally means “Rest”. From the Nangethanti, we will move towards to Ghorepani at 2850m. Ghorepani is surrounded by majestic Dhaulagiri (8167m), Nilgiri (6940m), Annapurna I (8091m), Hiunchul (6441m) and more of such significance.

We will wake up early in the morning and make our way to Poon hill (3210m) for sunrise view and panoramic view of the Himalaya that includes Dhaulagiri, Annapurna south, Fishtails and others. After wrapping up Poon hill visit we will take down to Ghorepani and proceed to Tatopani.

The trek starts up the Kali Gandaki valley that has the deepest gorge in the world. Our walk enjoys the Kali Gandaki riverside and steadily be sliding into sub-tropical vegetation. We will encounter the high Bhalu Khola suspension bridge before Dana (1450m).Rupse Chhahara( beautiful waterfall) from Dana is a breathtaking waterfall. After having a pleasant sight of the waterfall, we will move towards to Ghasa. Ghasa is an ethnic Thakali village with Tibetan Buddhism.

Our trail follows the Kaligandaki River which passes through a narrow gorge, before reaching to the Thakali traditional village. On this day, we will be crossing the gorge, rivers several times through suspension bridges. Do not forget to have a snap of beautiful sceneries. A couple of villages: Lete, Kalopani, and Kokhethati appear on a journey. Over the west side of the top hills beside us, we will be seeing Dhaulagiri Mountain.

Our first sights will be Khobang village that has constricted alleyways and tunnels linking houses. We will have short round to the Kanti Gompa (a Buddhist temple). Marpha village is storage for apple, our next destination. As we march through we will see a wine brandy distillery and orange orchard street. Finally, after our 5 hours trek, we will be at our destination, Jomsom.

On this very day, we will mount 1000m to Muktinath. As mentioned in the introduction section, this region is a well-known pilgrimage for both Hindus and Buddhist. In between, we will have blaze with Khingar(3400m) and Jharkot(3500m), an impressive fortress-like a village. Muktinath first initiation, Ranipauwa is our night stay. We will have the time to explore the eternal flame coming from natural gas which is considered sacred. We are accepted to have a cold water bath and let our heart and mind delicate with spirituality.

Our march for about 5 hours leads us to Jomsom(2600m). At Jomsom we have monasteries, semi-desert landscape surrounds by beautiful mountains. Jomsom is a trendy village of Gurung people, famous for its lush landscape and friendly people. We will have a warm greeting from Gurung people.

We are scheduled to catch a morning flight and the flight will be about 20 minutes. Then, we will take a beautiful drive from Pokhara to Kathmandu with beautiful gorges, river, and terrace on our side.

We are scheduled for about 3 hours early before the flight. We will take you to the airport and our session will end here.

Note: Overnight at guesthouse, breakfast, lunch and dinner on the each day package.

Note: Our package can be adjusted according to your preference if your requirements are not met, considering balance to both the parties.