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Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek.

Widely accepted, ‘The Annapurna trek is half finished without visiting Pun hill’, is a common statement among those who have been to this land of paradise. Ghore Pani is situated at an altitude of 2898m on a hilltop surrounded by green hill and constantly gazed by more than twenty snow capped mountains including Dhaulagiri (8177m) Annapurna South (7219m) Fishtail (6,993m) and Annapurna himal. A further one hour climb to Pun hill (3200m) adds surprising vigor to your sight –an unforgettable sunrise over fishtail; The focal of this trek being Ghore Pani, “Horse water” in English translation is largely inhabitant by Punmagars. The classic and infamous trek to pun hill is beyond description. The trail passes through villages, valley and rhododendron forest.

Outline Itinerary:

Day 01 : Kathmandu to Pokhara
Day 02 : Pokhara to Tikhedhunga (1515m)
Day 03 : Tikhendhunga to Ghorepani (2893m)
Day 04 : Ghorepani (Pun Hill) to Tadapani (2710m)
Day 05 : Tadapani to ghandruk (1990m)
Day 06 : Ghardruk to Pokhara via Nayapul.

Note :This itinerary is flexible and can be customized without doing Ghandruk and taking same way down to Tikhedhunga from Ghorepani. It can also be prolonged by taking another trail to landruk from Ghandruk escaping to Phedi. For this 2 to 2 additional days are required.

Extend your Holiday ?

There are a lot options if you would like to extend your holiday. This can be done after your booking as well and you may do so while on your trek. Given below are some activities that you can undertake during you extension days.

You can trek to other trekking regions long or shot.
You can go to Chitwan National Park for bird watching, elephant riding and jungle safari
You can enjoy white water rafting
Visit around Kathmandu valley or hike to Nagarkot go for Yoga classes or horse riding
Play golf on an international standard course in the valley
Go to the ancient land of Tibet and Bhutan
Or explore Indian’s famous places like Goa, Taj Mahal, Varanasi and many more.