The Annapurna Circuit Trek and how we experienced it on our trek in fall 2019: all the details about stages, lodges, trails and more!
Mannapurnaslu:
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:26 The Annapurna Circuit
03:07 Day 1: Dharapani to Chame
05:23 Day 2: Chame to Upper Pisang
08:14 Day 3: Upper Pisang to Manang
14:44 Day 4: Manang to Thorong Phedi
18:03 Day 5: Thorong Phedi to Muktinath
24:30 Getting Back
26:33 Summary
This video is about trekking the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal and is meant to be a trek report and guide for anyone interested in hiking this beautiful trail across the Thorong La pass. It's the last part of a 3 part series about our hike along the Manaslu Circuit and the Annapurna Circuit, which we lovingly called the Mannapurnaslu Trek.
In October 2019 we set off to hike from the tiny village of Soti Khola in the center of Nepal, near the old capital of Ghorka, all the way to the famous sacred temple of Muktinath, located in the Kali Gandaki, the deepest Gorge on earth - right between the mountains of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri, both over 8000 meters high.
We start our trek in subtropical jungle, far below 1000 meters of altitude and hike along the Manaslu Circuit all the way up and over the 5160 meter high Larke pass, descend to Dharapani and continue trekking on the world famouse Annapurna Circuit up to the Manang Valley, the 5416 meter high Thorong La and all the way down into the desert of Lower Mustang and the Kali Gandaki Gorge.
After completing the Manaslu Circuit, being well acclimatized already, we decide to try to reach Muktinath within just five day of trekking. Our schedule has us staying in the large village of Chame. On our second day we continue on to Upper Pisang. Unfortunately most of these two stages mean hiking on a rather dull and ugly dirt road, rather than on beautiful trail like the ones Manaslu treated us with.
Things get better on day three: We hike from Pisang via the villages of Ghyaru and Ngawal towards Manang and we have brilliant views of the Annapurna range south of us, including beautiful Annapurna II, just short of 8000m high.
From Manang we continue to Thorong Phedi in one day, which actually shouldn't be done in case you're not acclimatized yet. Enjoying spectacular mountain vistas and even some blue sheep sightings, we prepare for the high point of our tour - literally.
The last stage of our big Mannapurnaslu trek takes us in about 9 hours across the 5416m high Thorong La towards the sacred temple of Muktinath in the Lower Mustang Desert.
The trek finishes with an exhausting 11 hours jeep ride down the Kali Ghandaki valley to Pokhara.
A small remark: the mountain labeled as Manaslu at 15:32 is actually Himal Chuli at 7893m. I apologize for the mistake!
Our trek was organized by Prem Rai at Prems Nepal Trek:
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We were lucky enough to have Chandi Rai as our lovely, dependable and knowledgeable guide (and meanwhile friend).
If you got any questions about this trek or trekking in Nepal in general, please post them in the comments section!
30 июн 2024