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Mardi Himal Trek

  • 12 Days
    Duration
  • 4160M
    Max Altitude
  • Moderate
    Trip Grade
  • SEP-DEC & FEB-MAY
    Best Season

Trip Highlight

  • Oppertunities to involve the respected Gurung and Magar lifestyles.
  • Surrounded by charming mountain views from start to End from Pokhara.
  • Impressive hike along the and rivers.
  • Observe the Gurung and Magar cultures.
  • Glances of the picturesque mountains every day.
  • Lovely mighty Fish-tail view from the Chomorong Village.
  • Eye-catching  Annapurna south, Fish-tail,Mardi himal,Dhaulagiri,and other peaks.
  • Amazing Mt. Dhaulagiri from Poon hill.
  • Breath-taking Annaputan glacier along the Valley.
  • Sightseeing in twin villages Gorepani and Chomorong.
  • Chance to see impressive Buddhist and Hindu monasteries/Tamples in Pokhara.

Trip Overview

Voyage off the beaten trail and discover exotic wildlife, rare floral diversity, stunning mountain vistas, and raging rivers in our Mardi Himal Trek. This trek will help you explore a hidden gem of the Annapurna region and take you to an exotic landscape less explored by the trekkers in Nepal.

The 12 day Mardi Himal Trek will include Forest Camp (2,550m), High Camp (3,900m), and Mardi Himal Base Camp (4,500m), all in ascending order. Long the way, trekkers will be able to get unparalleled view of 3 peaks: Annapurna, Fishtail, and Mardi Himal. This trek has fewer steeper sections so it is suitable for all trekkers. As the white snow which unfolds before the trekkers, this trek shall etch a moment in their memory which will last for ages to come. In addition, this trek will also allow trekkers to experience beautiful villages hidden in the dense rhododendron and oak forests, pristine lakes, diverse landscapes, and warm hospitality of the Sherpa people. Join this trek and traverse through vertiginous bridges and experience authentic rural lifestyle that has been preserved since ages.

Overview Itinerary

Day 01 – Arrival in Kathmandu

Day 02 – Sightseeing Cultural Day in Kathmandu

Day 03 – Transfer to Pokhara

Day 04 – Drive to Khare and trek to Deurali (2100m).

Day 05 – Trek to Forest Camp [2600m]

Day 06 – Trek to Low Camp [3100m]

Day 07 – Trek to High Camp [3900]

Day 08 – Trek to Mardi Himal [4500m] and return to Low camp

Day 09 – Trek to Luwang (1500m)

Day 10 – Trek to Khora Mukh; drive to Pokhara

Day 11 – Kathmandu Return to Kathmandu by drive or flight

Day 12 – DepartureTransfer to Kathmandu

Day to Day Itinerary

Once you land in the airport of Kathmandu, one of our representatives will meet you there and accompany you towards your hotel in a car. He will also brief out the must-know customs and cultures of Nepal to help you easily adjust to the new cultural environment. In the late afternoon, hang out in the nearby street vendors and try out different backstreet delicacies, especially the Momos. Plus, if there are any Newari restaurants nearby then, visit there and get the cultural taste of Kathmandu.

Sightseeing around Kathmandu is probably the most engaging activity in Nepal. Explore the classic architecture of Patan Durbar Square and submerge in the spiritual ambiance of the Pashupatinath Temple. What’s more, feel the aesthetic charm of 8th century gigantic Boudhanath Stupa and revel in the rewarding viewpoint of Swayambhunath temple. Around the periphery of these architectural wonders, there are several souvenir stalls and handicraft vendors displaying the fine works of craftsmanship. If you get free time in the late afternoon then, it is better to catch a 20 mins walk to Kathmandu Durbar Square from Thamel. What is so better than sipping a cup of tea in front of the time-honored heritage of Kathmandu?

The distance between Kathmandu and Pokhara is just 200 km, but it takes over 7 hours to reach there by road. The primary reasons for this delay are the winding highways and unpredictable traffic jams. Despite that, this road trip rewards you with some of the unparalleled views of the deep valleys, traditional settlements, terraced farm fields, and lush alpine forests of Nepal.

Flight (30 min) is another option to reach Pokhara. The plane flies over the lush hills and overlooks the wonderful views of the Machhapuchre peak from the window of the airplane.

Choose the best option that fits your interest.

Leave Pokhara as early as possible in the morning through a scenic drive to Khare (1.5 hrs). From there, start your first day of trekking to Deurali. For the first couple of hours, you will be walking through the quaint traditional hamlets of local people, where the terraced green farm fields reflect a good impression on the trail. Then, it joins a brief forest section that leads you towards the exotic village of Deurali or more commonly known as the Pitam Deurali. The views from the Pitam Deurali is, indeed, something special.

Before starting the trek, be sure to carry the packed lunch as there are no hotels or restaurants in the middle of the journey. From Pitam Deurali, the trail enters into a scrubby forest, resonating the sounds of the wild birds and insects. Here, the path is rough and well-trodden by the buffalo and sheep herders, who have been guiding their caravans to the high pastures for decades. Once you reach the pastures, enjoy the surreal mountain views of Dhaulagiri and Manaslu ranges. Soon after that, the trail joins the forest and continues to the Forest Camp, a nice greeny pasture surrounded by the forest on all sides. There are only limited options for the hotel.

Leave the Forest Camp in the early morning, and head out towards the rest camp. Within an hour of gradual ascent, you will arrive at the Rest Camp, dotted with few lodges and teahouses. From the Rest Camp, the views of the Machhapuchre and Mardi Himal look very real and pure. Progress ahead from the Rest Camp towards the Low Camp through a pleasant rhododendron forest. At times, you will open up in the exposed trails, peering at the peaks of the northern Himalayas, but it doesn’t last long. Most of the time, you will walk through the forest and finally arrive at the surreal Low Camp.

Within about 10 min of walking from the Low Camp, you will arrive at the Lower viewpoint, peering at the unreal Machhapuchre and Mardi legends. These peaks are indeed one of the best views of the overall trekking in the Mardi. Continue to the grassy slope and then, enter into the aromatic rhododendron forest where the trail mostly follows the gradual ascents. Within a while, you will be walking over the top of the ridge, overlooking the peaks of Machhapuchre, Manaslu and green landscapes. Down the ridge, you can see wonderful villages of Ghandruk, Sinuwa, Chhomrong, and Dovan. When you reach high camp, there are no options for a hotel other than 1 Hotel Trekkers Paradise and Restaurant.

From the High Camp, the trail continues through the steep bluff towards the Upper Viewpoint. The path is bizarrely narrow over the ridge and is exposed on both sides, opening up the wild vistas of the overall Mardi. When you arrive at the viewpoint, you will be rewarded by the excellent views of the Machhapuchre peak, Annapurna Base Camp (ABC), Mardi Himal, and the villages of Dovan, Deurali, Sinuwa, Chhomrong, and Ghandruk. After spending some quality time on top, descend back to the Low Camp. Even the descending track is filled with excellent surprises. For the night, stay at the Low Camp.

From the Low Camp, descend to the Lwang via the trail to Ghalel. Walkthrough the pleasant forest until you make an appearance at the small but tranquil village of Ghalel. There, don’t miss out the exploration around beautiful Buddhist monasteries and Chortens, which is the major highlight of the Ghalel. From there, walk down the serene farm fields and pastures until arriving at Lwang. Explore the tea gardens and farm fields at Lwang.

Follow the natural stone stairs to the Khora Mukh. From there, catch a joyous ride to Pokhara.

 

Return to Kathmandu via the same route you have been before. It still has the charm to surprise you.

Finally, it is time to say goodbye to all the amazing friends and incredible mountains until next time you revisit Nepal.

Includes:


  • International and domestic airport transfers on private jeep or bus.
  • 3 Night Accommodation in 3 stars hotel with breakfast in Kathmandu.
  • Twin-sharing/double bed room in guest house during the trek.
  • Private jeep to trek starting point and trek ending point to Kathmandu.
  • English speaking, experienced trekking guide- Trained by Nepal government.
  • Required trekking permits (Annapurna conservation area fee and TIMS card)
  • Porters (2 clients get 1 porter) to carry clients backpack during the trek.
  • Farwell dinner in Kathmandu before your departure.
  • Duffle bag (only for trek) and free T-short for clients.

Excludes:


  • Your international flight tickets fare.
  • Nepal visa (you can apply Nepal visa at Tribhuvan international airport easily)
  • Lunch and dinner in Kathmandu.
  • Beverages such as cold drinks, alcohol drinks.
  • Traver insurance to cover the risk and emergency evacuation.
  • Your Personal trekking gear and equipment.
  • Personal expenses which are not included in package.
  • Tips for guide and porters.

FAQ's

Well experienced local guides and proper mountain porters and well management are main rules to make our customers satisfied. Experiences of the two decades in tourism sector managing their trekking plan and others activities properly to make their ’s dream to bring into the reality according to our customer’s interest, time and trekking areas. We focus on suitable, comfortable and safety plans for our valuable guests to experiences doing mainly trekking, climbing and any tours without ant obstacles. Our team always focus on to provides services to meet our guests ‘s targets, destination and aims in the remote areas of the Himalaya with open heart.

We are easy going local company to manage every single plan for our guests according to their interest. What we say is” GUEST IS GOD”.  We value the guests first in our business. What we have is experienced staffs to manage every single thing easily in proper way. Well experienced field staff such as Guides and helpers/porters are the main back bone to stand among you to provides best services. “COME AS A GUEST GO AS A FRIEND”.

We spent more than two decades supporting to the local people in remote area of Nepal. We always provide proper local guides for the proper trekking area/routes. All guides are trained by Nepal government with some training of the First aids. All field staffs are selected sincerely to make sure you are in right in high mountains. Friendly Nepal team is coordinating to peoples who are scattering on the all over the world. I hope our two-decade working experiences in mountains and management in tourism sector may help you to explore the Nepal with confident with right people!!!

We can rent or hire, most of the trekking gear in Kathmandu/Nepal such as a four-season sleeping bag, Puffy down jackets, Micro pikes, trekking shoes, and others. we help you to hire or rent all required trekking gear before your trekking.

Hired trekking gears are must to keep safely if rented gears found damaged then you need to pay the same coast of the gear. You should keep certain amount of money to rent trekking gears. Normally, Trekking gears shop keep deposit $ 100 USD for a sleeping bag and a Puffy down jacket. Renting charge per day is approx. USD 1.50.

One of the re-presentative from Friendly Nepal treks come with private bus or car to pick you up from Tribhuvan airport and drop you in your guest house. With your details of the international flight and your full name, they will be standing in front of the arrival gate in Nepal airport.

Easily you can recognize the staff from Friendly Nepal treks with their T-Short and your name in holding bord. we always make you sure you are in right destination.

Tourists easily can apply their Nepali Visa upon the arrival in Tribhuvan Airport.  It may take a few 30 minutes because same time a lot of tourists in the same process to obtain the Nepali Visa in Nepal Airport.

What you can do is please fill the all details to apply the Nepali Visa before landing the Tribhuvan Airport.  It help you to obtain visa quicker than usual. You should bring passport photo copy and passport size Photo to apply the Nepali visa in the Nepal Airport.

Trekking in Himalayas are mostly remote. In modern days there are many choices of food menu in every guest house in mountains and serve you proper ordered food. You can enjoy with continental breakfast with fresh fruit as well as lunch and dinner with verities of continental American, Nepali, and Indian foods with hot soups. Most of the food in high mountain supply by helicopter or local porter. Mostly in mountain you get Potatoes items, rice Items, Pasta, Pizza items, breads items and proper vegetables.

Dhal Bhat is the well- known food in Nepal that you get everywhere, Food in mountain cook properly by proper experienced cook.  Local food is mostly organic and grown in same region. So, you can enjoy your trek with proper food in high Himalaya. We suggest you to have local food which are grown locally by local peoples.

You can leave your non-trekking gears in Kathmandu hotel safely. Every Hotel, they have proper safe store room to keep the non-trekking gears for the Hotel guests.

Hotel provides you TAG/receive to make sure that your non trekking gears or others backpack are stored in certain hotel. You get your stored belonging when you want. You no need to pay any money to store your luggage.

Flexibilities are the main prior for our guests.  Just you send us your international flight tickets and passport copy with PP size photo to make all required trekking permit for your booked trek.

If you booked trek for the Everest, Upper Mustang, kanchenjanga, Dolpo region and other remote areas then you should deposit 15 percent ahead of time to manage flight, trekking permits.

1 porter carry 20-25 kg in high Himalaya in trekking. We have weight limit for Porters because they need to carry their backpack too, So, 20 kg per porter is quite limit weight excluding porter bag pack.

 Every 2 guests get 1 porter. Porter are main backbone of the trekking. And good supporters.

Mid-winter treks are getting popular in Nepal. And numbers of tourists are increasing in mid-winter. The data of the report of every trekking areas shows that mid-winter trekkers are increasing in good way.

All are related with global warming, and high glaciers are melting unusually. So, number of tourists are trekking in Nepal in mid- winter. However, you need well preparation with right trekking gears to deal with minus temperature.

We value the safety of yours in mountain or anywhere in Nepal.  So, highly suggested to bring travel insurance to cover mighty accident or if anything went wrong to anybody in unexpected ways in remote trekking route. Travel insurance help you to cover your expenditure if you need emergency rescue from mountain to nearest hospital or treatment in Nepal.

Equally travel insurance give you mentally secure and you will find life is safe with travel insurance.

You get warm and nice hot shower every day if you want. Every guest house they have hot shower service, mostly you get hot shower which runs by electricity or cooking gas.

Per shower, per person cost approx $5 USD. In some trekking region such as Dolpo, Manaslu, Kanchejanga and other remote area them don not have proper hot shower but provide hot buckets water for shower.

Safe drinking water is most important to make sure you are in good shape in mountain. We suggest you to get normal drinking water from water tap or gest house and use water purify tablets and wait 30 minute to drink.

Filtering the water from the river or water tap is the also best way to get safe drinking water in trekking but you should come with proper filtering water bottle.

Bottled- water also available to drink but we discourage to use bottled-water to keep environment clean.

We value your goal and always give first priority of what you want. So easily you can customize any trekking area according to you interest, time, we are quite flexible to customize your trekking as your request as can as possible.

Written plan in webpage may not work out for you sometime because of your interest and time or you want to extra days somewhere you like. This is most asked question for us and please feel free and we always customize or make any itinerary according to you interest, time.

Best months for the trekking are the September to Mid-January, which is known as Autumn season and mainly most of the trekkers love to trek during the Autumn because of the beautiful weather and clear days and less chance to get heavy snow in high mountain, Autumn coordinate best weather than others season.

During the Autumn season in high mountain weather would be   sunny with plus temperature and some snow refreshment over 3000m. charming mountains are shine with stunning glacier with lush forest lower down.

Second best months are the February to mid-June, which is known as spring season. During the Spring season trekkers have opportunities to glance the colourful Rhododendron flowers in the elevation of the below 3000m and others alpine flowers blooms in late spring season. Weather would be little windy with some hailstones in hilly region and some snow refreshment in high mountain.

Number of solo women- trekkers are trekking in mountain and Nepal is the still safe country for the solo trekkers in mountain. Solo women always safe with Friendly Nepal.

Some exercises are important before the hitting the mountain, everyday running for 1 hour for few weeks, jugging, and Gym and stay active and proper food with high carb as well as jumping.

Hiking up and down every day makes your muscle strong and keep fit your body. Move around your body, push up and down, play food ball, volley ball and other game which gives you physical exercises.

Well mental preparation plays main roles to trek in Himalayas. Be positive with mountains, get enough information regarding the coming trek. And Planning well to get ready to climb up and down.

Depend on where you are going to trek, some wherein big town they may have ATM machine to draw the money but most of the trekking places in mountain there are not any ATM, So Credit cards is not worth using in mountain.

Make sure getting enough cash with some contingency budget for the trekking.

It cost you depend how much you spend. Approx $ 20-25 USD is quite enough for additional expenditures. You can buy water, chocolates, coffee and Biscuits and others fancy things.

Minus 10 sleeping bags require from September to November and minus 20 sleeping bags require from early December to mid- January). In case of the weather change in high mountain then you get extra banket in additional cost.

You can charge easily your batteries, cell phone, camera in trekking/mountains. When you are in the mountain region the, every guest house have sollar systems to charge you electric equipment, make sure charging your batteries before the sun go down. At least you get chance to charge your batteries, and other electric equipment.

Note: if weather get change in unusual situation then no any charging in high mountains because of the no sun.

Definitely you get enough boiled  or hot water in trekking in the additional cost.In Annapurna, Langtang and Manaslu and mustang, hot water is little cheaper than in Everest , Makalu, Kanchenjang.

It cost you $2 -5 USD per litter for the boil water in trekking.

You should bring passport size photos -4 pieces.

Passport photo copy – 1 Piece.

Your Travel insurance’s Photo copy -1 piece.

Sure, you can extend the trekking days during the trek, just   coordinate with guide and company few days ago you decided.

Some people may like to stay somewhere in nice places more days more than written plan or spend more time in KTM or Pokhara or somewhere.

You can extend your trekking with extra days.

Depend where you are trekking, there are internet services in mountain, If you are trekking in Everest, Annapurna, Langtang, Manaslu and Upper mustang then easily you get internate services in every guesthouses in additional cost.

If you are trekking in far remote areas such as Kanchejanga, Upper Dolpo and Narphu Valleys then internet services are limits.

Risk and Liabilities

  • Pokhara flight may delay in case of the weather change, So,2 days extra would help.
  • Avoid the Altutude sickess hiking slow, wearing warm cloths, drinking eaough water.
  • Make sure having Personal medication for in case of any issue of health.
  • Easily any hiker may get altitude sickness from wrong eating, poor gears.
  • Hikers may get easily dehydred  so drink enough treated water, 3-4 LTRs per
  • Always let the guide know in case of feeling sick or any thing wrong in mountains.
  • If you loss your belonging by negligences, that might be your responsibilities.
  • Always come with travel insurance which is must important in remore/mountain.
  • Pay attention whilst you are trekking in the gedge of the river, glaciers, high passes.
  • Use trekking pole in the edge of the hill and rivers sides.
  • Make sure having proper trekking gear before the trek.
  • Always keep your valuable dacuments with you.
  • High mountain is always risk of altitude, go slow with adequate water.
  • Do not throw rubbish anywhere. put in proper zone please.
Kit Marie

Amazing NeCpal, A great guide!!!

Great Guide Nov 2018 • Solo I'd like to tell you about my guide Santa Ghale. He is a first rate guide and very affordable. He has been guiding in the Nepal Himalaya his entire adult life. He is very knowledgeable, a real "people person" and can tailor a trip to your personal need and desires. I very highly recommend him. Life is short - Take the trip!

Chrish hoper

Awesome trek with great guide Santa Ghale!

Great Guide Nov 2018 • Solo I'd like to tell you about my guide Santa Ghale. He is a first rate guide and very affordable. He has been guiding in the Nepal Himalaya his entire adult life. He is very knowledgeable, a real "people person" and can tailor a trip to your personal need and desires. I very highly recommend him. Life is short - Take the trip!

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