Manaslu Circuit Trek 18 Days

First-day, long drive to Machhakhola with green views and rivers. Crossing some of the bigger towns known as Gorkha Bazaar and Aarughat Bazaar, then continue our drive to Machhakhola beside the Budi Gandaki River.

The trek starts after the first mountain breakfast. We begin our trek by crossing the suspension bridge and then continue walking to Tatopani, where there is a natural hot spring. You can take a bath. Then, head to a path leading to Dovan, where we will stop for lunch. And continue uphill to Yarubagar, then cross the suspension bridge over Yaru Khola and the Cantilever bridge reaching Jagat.

Today, we entered the Manaslu conservation area, so the officials checked our trekking permit, and we will move forward on our trek. When we cross the suspension bridge, then uphill to Philim, then gradually walk to Eklebhatti stop for lunch. After lunch continues walking to Lokpa.

After breakfast, we start walking uphill after crossing the Cantilever Bridge. We will walk through the forest, descend to Siyar Khola Bridge, and ascend to the Chumling. We can see the mountains in front of us like a mirror, such as Ganesh Himal I, Ganesh II, Ganesh III, Ganesh IV, Ganesh V, etc.

We start to walk gradually downhill and uphill, then continue to walk to Kowo, and then continue to walk to Chhokangparo.

After breakfast, we headed to today’s destination, Nile. Today’s path is easy, letting us closer to the mountain view and slowly gaining uphill to the Nile.

Today is our first acclimatization day in the Manaslu Circuit Tsum Valley Trek. After the mountain breakfast, we start our hike to Mu Gumpa and visit there. Retracing the pathway, we will stay

Today, we will hike to Rachen Gumpa and visit there, then continue walking to Chhokamparo stop for lunch, then after lunch, continue to walk to the Chumling.

After breakfast, we walked downhill the same way to Lokpa, crossed the suspension bridge over the Budigandaki River, arrived at the Nyakphedi, then stopped for lunch. After that, we hike to Deng, the viewpoint of the Siringi Himal.

Trek to some up and downhill to the suspension bridge on Budi Gandaki River, then uphill to Rana, and again uphill and downhill to Bihi Phedi. Then, we will continue walking through the landslide to the Ghap. We will stop for lunch at Ghap and start our walk straight to Ghapsya, and then we need to walk uphill through the forest to Namrung.

After breakfast, we need to check our permits at the police station, start the walk on the gradual path, and then go uphill to Lihi, where we can see Nadi Chuli, Naike Peak, and other mountain ranges. After that, we can walk some straight and uphill to Lho. Which is the first viewpoint of Mt. Manaslu, and stop for lunch there. After lunch, we will visit the Ridung Gompa and continue walking to Shyla.

When we wake up, we can see the sunrise on Mt. Manaslu and enjoy breakfast. Start to walk uphill beside the glacier to Pungen Gompa. We spend some time in Gompa and then back to Samagaon. In the afternoon, we will visit the Birendra Lake, then return to the hotel in Samagaon.

Today is the short and easy walk to Samdo. When we start trekking from Samagaon, we can see one of the longest mani walls in that area and gradually walk to the Samdo.

Today, we will hike to the Tibet border(Ruila pass) for an acclimatization hike, and back to the Samdo, stay in the same place.

Today, we can walk over the tree line from Samdo, heading to Larke Bazaar, which leads the path to Dharmashala. We will reach Dharmashala, also called Larke Phedi, passing through rugged terrains.

Today, we need to wake up at 3:00 am, have breakfast, and then start the walk over the Larke pass 5106 m. After the pass, we can see an incredible view of mountain peaks such as Himlung Himal (7126 m), Cheo Himal 6812 m, Larke Peak 6249 m, Annapurna II 7937 m, then downhill we can see Kal Tal then continue down to Bhimtang.

Today, we start to walk downhill, and then we cross the bridge of the Milky River (Dudh Khola), walk on the pine forest to the Yak Kharka, then continue down to the Surki Khola (karche) 2700 m, and stop for lunch. After having lunch, we will continue walking from Goa to Tilche. After walking for a while, we will cross the suspension bridge on the Milky River and then walk on the road to Thonche, from where we need to cross the bridge on the Marshyangdi River. We arrived at Dharapani.

Today, we can have an early breakfast, then take a jeep to kathmandu through Besisahar. We will arrive in kathmandu in the late afternoon.