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Poon Hill Trek With ABC
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Booking open for 2024 and 2025 for all tour and trekking in nepal
5/5 based on 100 reviews
Trip Duration
11 Days
Group Sizes
2-16 People
Difficulty
Moderate
Max. Altitude
3210m
Activities
Meals
Accommodation
With the diverse number and the different types of trekking trails all over the Himalayan region, Nepal has become one of the best countries to do trekking. It has also already become the most done adventure or outdoor activity inside the nature of Nepal. There are several long and short trekking trails drawn all across the Himalayan landscapes covering the great adventurous journey over the terrains of mountain laps. From this Nepal has a huge number of trekkers and visitors from all over the world.
Among them, Poon Hill Trek became one of the widely chosen trekking destinations, even though it is a short trek in compare to what one can have as a longer trek in Nepal. And ABC or the Annapurna Base Camp Trek became the most chosen trekking trail with the enormous features of a Himalayan journey. These two fall under the same trekking route or the trail of both goes alongside each other.
Poon Hill Trek consists of trekking through the diverse region of nature and the ecosystem of Himalayan hills as well the culture of ethnic communities. It is a great gesture of a trekking journey to have such features, with the majestic views and the scenery all across the journey.
Annapurna Base Camp Trek also has its name ABC, and for its short synonym, is the most popular and the most chosen trekking trail along with the Everest Base Camp Trek. This ABC trek consists of proper Himalayan geography and the high hill terrains which allows you to have the experience of the Himalayan journey and the great adventurous walks. It is also a very good idea to do if a trekker is willing to have a very beautiful and outstanding journey.
So, we designed this trekking itinerary by combining both of these trekking trails in a single frame or within a package of poon hill trek with ABC. This itinerary is scheduled to give you a proper traveling experience through the Himalayan trials. So, that you can experience the aspects and the features of a great trekking journey in a single frame, this is a 11 day of journey that holds every element which a trekking journey in the trials of Poon Hill Trek and The Trek in ABC can be harnessed in the planned journey.
So, this Poon Hill Trek with ABC is especially, designed to make a trekker fall for the trekking over the trails of mountain laps. Here we provide you the information and the itinerary of our package for you to get the best time in your trekking journey.
Your first day of this itinerary begins with the flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara. It takes you a flight time of 30 minutes.
You will find this flight between Kathmandu and Pokhara a very scenic and amazing air experience of Nepal. You can see the landscapes under your flight. You will see the mountain ranges parallel to your window. It includes the highest peak in the world.
After you get to the Pokhara, you will be picked up and taken to Ulleri. You will get a drive of about 5 hours from Pokhara. After you arrive at Ulleri, you will stay there at one of the guesthouses.
In the morning in Ulleri, you will get the freshening air of the mountains. Ulleri is a small village populated with the people from Magar Community. You will also see the great Annapurna Range. After breakfast at the ulleri, your journey will continue.
You will get to go through, the Banthandi, and up to there you will find the trail to be inside the deep forest. There you will encounter different waterfalls and streams all over the forest. You also get to see the Rodhendroden bushes until you get to the vertical steps.
This vertical step does not contain such a long journey, it comes with very little distance, and after you cover that you will arrive at the lower Ghorepani. And with a walk of 15 minutes, you will arrive at the village of Ghorepani.
There you will see some of the Teahouse and guesthouses welcoming the visitors as well as busy with their daily chores.
Your overnight stay will be getting there in Ghorepani.
With the very refreshing morning in the Ghorepani, you will get to start your journey in the early morning for the Poon Hilltop. This is the main trekking point of this journey.
You will get to have the smooth vertical steps up to the hilltop. This is one of the best hikes you will have during this whole itinerary. You will go through Climbing the stone stairs and some of the vertical routes.
While you arrive at the hilltop you will get to witness the panoramic view of the mountain range and the landscapes of the following range including the Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, and other peaks. You will also get to witness the sunrise view which is a very stunning scenery in this trekking journey.
After some refreshment and the sunrise view, we will head back down to the Ghorepani for breakfast and tea. After breakfast at Ghorepani, we will continue our journey to another point of Tadhepani.
You’ll go through the southern ridges. From there you will pass the different scenery of mountain peaks which you will find snow-capped. Until you reach Thaple Danda or also known to be the Deurali Hill which is also at the same altitude as Poon Hill. From there your descent will begin until you arrive at the Tadhapani after a suspension bridge.
Your overnight will be done at the Tadhapani.
With the fresh morning and the tasty breakfast at the Tadhepani, our journey will head towards the Chhomrong.
This walk goes through the dense forest of oak trees and the Rodhendroden trees. You will encounter most of the down descent through this lush greenery and vegetation.
Until you reach the village of Chhomrong, you will pass these descends and some of the alpine forests.
Chhomrong is a pretty big Gurung settlement with a farming terrace. It is a very beautiful and traditional village with a stunning view of Annapurna South and a spectacular view of Macchapuchre from the distance. With this massive view of mountain peaks with the backdrop of the Himalayan range, you will see the magnificent beauty of Chhomrong village.
Your overnight stay will be done at the teahouse in Chhomrong.
Same as other days of the itinerary, you will get your morning breakfast at the village of Chhomrong.
You will get to have the journey of down steps of high hills through the alpine forest and some rough terrain. After you cross the suspension bridge of Chhomrong Khola, you will again ascend to the Khuldighar, just after the beautiful place of Sinuwa which is just a distance of an hour’s walk.
You will get to see the place of Bamboo with ups and down steps and with the crossing of the forest you will get to arrive at the Dovan with some gradual downhill trail. Another point for the trekking journey of the poon hill trek with ABC.
You will stay at the Dovan for an overnight stay.
This is the trek up to the Deurali from Dovan through the Modi Khola and the big Bamboo forest.
With the morning breakfast at the Dovan, we will head towards the Deurali for further moving to Annapurna Base Camp. This trail goes straight inside the alpine forest at the beginning.
You will see the most stunning view of Macchapuchre during this journey. Through the various stunning views and the ecosystem of living wildlife and plants, you will arrive at the Deurali.
You will stay at the Deurali.
This can be said as the most diverse journey in this whole itinerary of 11 days as it goes through the Macchapuchre Base Camp and up to the Annapurna Base Camp.
Your morning will be at Deurli, and after the fresh breakfast and tea, we will head towards the Machhapuchre Base Camp for the wonderful journey. It is a bit more difficult a journey than the other day as it consists of some ascends. After you leave for the MBC you will go through the various part of Macchapuchre Sanctuary. You will go through some of the difficult steps and the terrains.
After you arrive at the Macchapuchre Base Camp, you can enjoy the view of Himalayan peaks around you. It is a valley surrounded by massive hill locks and mountain peaks. This is the place where trekkers or climbers separate their way to Macchapuchre Peak and its sanctuary.
Our journey continues after some little rest and refreshment time in Macchapuchre Base Camp. We will head towards Annapurna Base Camp through the proper Himalayan terrain and the open wide paths through rough geographic structures. As already mentioned you will find this a bit difficult as you may find yourself struggling to go through such rough paths.
After some hours of continuous walk and through the various landscapes, having different spectacular views and the amazing odor of Himalayan air. With some further walk through light alpine forest and vegetation, you will arrive at the Annapurna Base Camp. It is another pinched point in this poon hill trek with ABC.
You will witness the wonderful and amazing unspoiled beauty of natural things there and amazingly you will see the teahouse at such an altitude. You will get to witness the magnificent view of the surrounding mountain peaks and their following range with a beautiful sunset from beneath the Annapurna peak.
You will stay there in a teahouse in Annapurna Base Camp on this Day.
With your amazing morning, beneath the Annapurna sanctuary. You will get a tasty breakfast there with a very refreshing and freshening morning with the morning cold air of the mountains.
This day consists of a gradual and massive downhill descent, as you will descend to the Bamboo at half of the altitude.
As we start the downhill trek, you will have to do the long walk but it is easier as most of the path is a descent. You will also get to see the gradual change in various mountain ecosystems and the wildlife, as you go down through the different altitudes and massive drops in altitude.
After some hours of descending walk, you will arrive at the village of Deurali, where you will see the people living in there having their daily busy chores. And also you will get to have the experience of the downhill journeys of Nepal.
After Deurali you will get to the line of forest. And through the dense line of forest, you will arrive at the Bamboo.
Your overnight will be managed in the village of Bamboo.
After, the amazing stay in Bamboo, your morning in Bamboo begins with breakfast and tea and after breakfast, we will join our further journey toward the trek to Jhinu Danda.
The journey begins with the uphill and some downhill ascend, up to the lower sinus. You will go through various woodlands and settlements of various people living there, after crossing the bridge and climbing the steps you will see the village of Chhomrong again. There we will stop for our lunch and again continue our journey towards the Jhinu Danda.
It is a small settlement inside the hill locks of the hills where you will find the natural hot spring. You can enjoy the hot spring too.
After arriving at the Jhinu Danda, your overnight stay will be there. As well you can enjoy the rest of the day.
After the rest, in Jhinu Danda and breakfast in the morning, you get the drive back to Pokhara.
You will see the roads to be bumpy, and somehow too rough. But you will get to enjoy the beautiful view of mountain ranges and the mesmerizing landscapes. This journey itself is a great drive with the beauty of Nepal through and between the hills.
Once you reach at Nayapul, the road seems to be more smothered and with some hours of drive, you will arrive at Pokhara through the beautiful drive. You can enjoy the rest of the day in the streets in Pokhara or in some lakeside restaurants.
Your overnight stay will be done in the city of Pokhara in a Hotel.
With the morning in Pokhara and breakfast, the day is about returning to Kathmandu.
You will get the flight up to Kathmandu, where you can enjoy your scenic flight through and above the beautiful landscapes.
After arriving in Kathmandu, and with the farewell lunch there, your itinerary of poon hill trek with Annapurna base camp finally comes to an end.
You will be dropped off at the TIA( Tribhuvan International Airport) through a private vehicle for your departure.
The poon hill trek with ABC is a very diverse trekking journey. Even if you do each of them separately you will be left with an unforgettable journey as each carries an enormous beautiful journey. So, there are no specific seasons to be chosen to get the best time for the trekking in this poon hill trek with ABC. But considering the overall features and the aspects which a trekker can get during the different seasons, Autumn and Spring is or can be considered as the best times to trek over the trail of this poon hill and Annapurna base camp trek. It is chosen based on the majority experience of the people having trekkers or the traveler from all around the world.
In spring, the weather of Nepal gets a stable state after the light monsoon. You will get the best chance to have your journey under the clear sky with proper visibility as the monsoon before it washes all the dust which is present in the air. You also get to have longer days to enjoy your trekking days more. The season of Spring also comes with the blossoming landscapes and the very refreshing journey. The nature walks also gest their prime as you go through the lush greenery. So, this can be taken as the best time to trek over the poon hill trek.
With Autumn, you will get very colorful walks and scenic as well the most picturesque time of your journey. This season brings the changing phase of the plant leaves, making the whole of the hills over there get the warm hue and the color journey over. It makes your journey a very mesmerizing and memorable one for you. You will get the most clear visibility and the clear skies of the year to enjoy the views. The weather gest in its steadiest state than any other season of the year. So, you can have autumn as the best time to have your journey over there.
This trekking journey is a long and diverse one for both beginners and experienced ones. It goes through the proper high-altitude geography and the rough terrains and through various villages. So, this trekking needs a proper pile of preparation before making your journey comfortable as well as enjoyable. You need both essential and fitness preparation for this.
For the essentials carry proper clothes and shoes which are comfortable for you as well as strong ones as you will pass through several up and down stairs and steps. Without such comfortable accessories, it may be very difficult for you to make up to the end. So, carry proper clothes and an extra pair of footwear too. It is very hard or near impossible to find another pair of footwear for you at the moment of any fault in your shoes during the journey.
Also pack what you need personally like water bottles, medicines, and other essentials as of your need. Never forget to carry a medical kit. It is an important one as getting small wounds on your body during the trekking journey often happens, and it also helps you during any kind of urgent medical emergency.
Do carry your extra trekking pole, caps, and gloves if you think you need them. Do not carry anything which you do not need much during your journey as it may increase unusual or unwanted weight for you and it may turn into a headache for you in your memorable journey.
We recommend you carry a personal camera with you if you want to take the scenic journey in a professional way, otherwise, a phone is also a good idea.
The accommodation, food, and drinks in the journey of poon hill and Annapurna base camp trek are properly scheduled and designed to give you proper logistics. This package will provide you with all the basic structure of meals and stays as breakfast, meal, and dinner with the stays in teahouse and guesthouses.
The menu for the meal comes with the containing of Dal Bhat Tarkari, noodles, eggs, soups, and various kinds of local foods and cuisines. You may not find your favorite Western dishes often on the journey but you may find some dishes like pizza, pasta, and burgers at some of the rural restaurants on the trail. Or you may have to wait up to Kathmandu or Pokhara to get your favorite Western dishes.
All your stays will be at the lodges of teahouses or the guesthouses. Also, keep in with your note that all of these services you are getting will be from the teahouses and guesthouses which are running with limited resources in very remote places of the Himalayan region where the modern infrastructures for transporting are equal to non-non-existent. So, you have to compromise with the basic logistics and with normal services during your trekking journey.
The journey of the poon hill trek with ABC covers the area of Annapurna Conversation Area. So, you need two types of permits to have this trekking journey.
You need a permit card from the office of TIMS( Trekking Information Management System) and another from the board of ACAP( Annapurna Conversation Area Permits). With these two permits, you are allowed and get access to the journey inside this trekking trail.
All this paperwork is also done by our staff or helps you to get it. So, you don’t have to worry about it that much.
This trek is a mixture of two diverse trekking routes Poon Hill Trek and Annapurna Base Camp. Each of them carries a diverse subject in the course of traveling. You can guess how much it carries the features to be harnessed. It goes through aspects like hills, rivers, forests, vegetation, wildlife, and several traditional villages throughout the journey.
So, you can expect to get the chance to witness the enormous beauty of mountain peaks and the amazing journey of Himalayan geography. You will see magnificent views of landscapes with the backdrop of mountain ranges at different points.
This trek of poon hill and Annapurna Base Camp Trek also comes with adventurous trekking features such as remote routes, freshwater rivers, hard Himalayan terrains, different glaciers, crystal clear lakes, vertical steeps, stone stairs, beautiful landscapes, stunning waterfalls, high cliffs and many more giving you to enhance yourself totally into the nature of Nepal.
It also allows you to challenge yourself and test your physical abilities with nature walks, over the rough terrains, various ascents and decants, and through the different forests and vegetation which are filled with lots diverse and wide range of ecosystems and wildlife.
You also will be offered to see the natural formations and natural bodies at their finest and with the unspoiled nature. It includes formations like lakes, glaciers, rivers, forests, vegetation, forests, and many more which a nature walk should have during a refreshing and adventurous walk or journey. It comes with wide wildlife and ecosystems too. You also get to go through crossing the suspension bridges, log bridges as well stone crossing paths all throughout the rivers in your journey leaving you with most of the adventure aspects of the trekking journey and a unique one.
It is also a spiritual one to have the journey over the trail of poon hill trek with ABC. You will get to have different and several spiritual too as you will go through a number of spiritual places and monuments like monasteries, Buddhist shrines, temples, praying gumba, waving prayer flags, mane walls, several chanting wheels with mantras written, and other various religious sites.
Along, with the above enormous and stunning beauty, this trek also allows you to explore more traditional cultures and various living standards of ethnic communities of different villages. You will witness these villages and settlements all around your journey, while on the trail of this trek. These villages are filled with ethnic communities like Magar, Gurung, Tamang, and mostly Sherpa in high altitudes.
These communities rely on farming on their small farming terrace around their villages. You will get this chance to get yourself there in such a unique living style. You will be lost in the beauty of these Himalayan villages with the farming terrace with the backdrop of mountain ranges.
Overall this trek can be your once-in-a-lifetime experience with such a number of diverse features and aspects you are getting while on or during this journey.
Yes, the trek can be done by the beginners. This trek of poon hill trek with ABC holds the difficulty level to be moderate. But if you are an absolute beginner in the world of trekking who is willing to have this in their beginning trek then it can be a bit difficult course for them. But overall this trek is suitable for beginners.
There is only use of Nepalese currency right now. You will only find some of the restaurants accepting in Dollars and Euros, very occasionally or rarely. Otherwise, you should have to do the transaction accordingly with the Nepalese currency. So, you need to have Nepalese Rupees. You can exchange your currency for Nepalese in Kathmandu or in Pokhara at the rate of international exchange.
No, you do not need to hire a potter or a guide on your own it comes or is provided with the package for you. It also comes with a licensed guide and the local potter who has proper information about the routes and the trail.
Yes, this trek can be done separately like the poon hill trek, and as a poon hill trek with ABC. But this trekking package is designed and built in the proper and scheduled way so that you can enjoy or get the opportunity to get proper and a long journey through the diverse features and the aspects of trekking over the landscapes.
Yes, this 11-day itinerary properly covers all the aspects and the features which you get separately. The intention of this trek for Poon Hill Trek with Annapurna Base Camp is designed to do so to harness each and every aspect and feature which you get while doing it separately to make it more diverse and with more advantages.
No, you do not need to have professional gear and equipment to do this trekking journey as this trek covers moderate levels of vertical steps and some slopes which do not need any professional climbing skills or equipment. You may need a trekking pole, gloves, and trekking shoes for sure. Overall, here you do not need to carry any of them to cross this or to do this trek.
You will have to do the walking trek for a minimum of 5 hours a day and the maximum goes up to 8 hours. It also depends upon the seep and the personal ability of the trekker or the visitors. So, it is also on you to do it quickly making it competitive you to test your ability, or having fun and slowly.
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