Poonhill Annapurna Base Camp Trek/annapurna Sanctuary Trek

After breakfast, we'll visit
1) Pashupatinath temple – regarded as the most sacred temple of Hindu Lord Shiva in the world with its astonishing architectural beauty, stands as a symbol of faith, religion, culture and tradition.

2) Swayambhunath Stupa –The Most Enigmatic Holy Shrine situated on the top of a hill, west of Kathmandu, is one of the most popular, holy and instantly recognizable symbols of Nepal. The temple is colloquially known as the 'monkey temple' because of the large tribe of roving monkeys who guard the temple.
3) Kathmandu Durbar Square Listed as one of the eight Cultural World Heritage site by UNESCO, famous for Living Goddess Kumari, is a cluster of ancient temples, palaces, courtyards and streets that date back to the 12th and 18th centuries.

The square is known to be the social, religious and urban focal point of the capital city. The palace complex was the royal Nepalese residence until the 19th century and is the site of important ceremonies, such as the coronation of the Nepalese Monarchy.
Overnight.

Breakfast and Drive to Pokhara –beautiful lake city on the foothill of Annapurna massif. Transport to hotel, Check in and Rest. Roam around the lake side area, boating. Overnight.

Breakfast and drive to Nayapul. We start our trek from here. Walking will be straightforward as we make our way into the hills initially following the Modi River before heading north-west to ascend the Bhurundi River valley.
We walk further with gentle hike up to reach Tirkhedhunga (1540m). Night halt for today.

Today we take some steeper path of Ulleri, A large Magar village from where Gurkha Soldiers have been recruited. The trail gets gradually steeper as we ascend to Banthanti before passing through forest of rhododendron, Oaks and magnolia to Ghorepani.

Poonhill is the great view point for the unforgettable first light of dawn hits the mountain. View point is most preferred route for the short day trekkers. We trek for one hour to reach the top of Poonhill and get back to Ghorepani following the same route.
From Ghorepani, We walk to Chiule (2309) crossing through the forest, we gets some of the glimpses of Mt. Fishtail (Machhapuchchhre). Overnight halt will be at Chiule.

We descend to river, crossing suspension bridge, gentle walk and we again ascent to reach Chomrong. Grandeur of the mountains can be seen from this wonderful village. We again take steep descend to the bottom of the Bhanuwa village and take hike to ridge top village Sinuwa. Gradual walk through the forest will take us to the Village Called Bamboo (2400m)

We ascent 3hrs passing through lodges area Dovan to reach Himalaya (2920m). We continue our hike of avalanche possibility area. This particular route is to be rebuilt each year because of unstable ground of steep sided valley. Walk further by passing Hinko Cave will take us to Deurali.

From Deurali, we take narrow steep path to head toward Annapurna Sanctuary. Then we take steep hike to reach Machhapuchchhre base Camp. We continue gentle trek with most of the jaw-dropping views of mountain. Being able to see ourselves surrounded by mountain peaks is the reward for our great effort. We hike steep path to reach Annapurna Base Camp. Feeling of being inside this particular Hidden valley is in fact overwhelming.

Morning time will be to catch up beautiful sunrise over mountains making then golden in color. After breakfast we head back to Dovan retracing same route of MBC, Deurali to Himalaya.
Dovan is the confluence of two local rivers and place is relatively warm and comfortable.

We further trek back to Chomrong by passing the earlier villages Bamboo, Sinuwa, Bhanuwa. From Chomrong, we take another way toward Jhinu Danda where natural hot spring is waiting for us to take us into their lap. Jhinu Hot spring bath will be rewarding and relief of long day exhausting walk and efforts and being relaxed.

We cross the suspension bridge and take jeep to back to Pokhara. Relax and leisure time for roam around the lake. Overnight.

Morning go for half day sightseeing of International Mountain Museum, Davis Falls, Mahadev Cave, And Tibetan Refugee Camp. Afternoon fly back to Kathmandu and Rest. Free time for last minute exploration of Kathmandu valley -city of ages old Culture and Tradition. Overnight.

Breakfast and timely transfer to International Airport for your way back to home with beautiful memories.