Jomsom Muktinath Trekking - 8 days

On your second day, you are taking morning bus from Kathmandu at 7 am to Pokhara. It is about 200 kilometers and takes 7 hours to reach Pokhara. The Bus will be comfortable known as Tourist Bus, and they stop twice a time before reaching Pokhara for food and bathroom. We stay at Pokhara Hotel today and explore the city by evening time.

After breakfast in the hotel, we pack our bags and drive to Nayapul, it is about 1 hour 25- minute drive on a zigzag road passing many high hills and villages. After reaching Nayapul we follow the Small River and stream in the north- east valley. The trails are really easy and wide goes slightly up until check post- Birethanti than turn in to the left valley. The walk on the road is your first day of the trek passing some waterfalls, traditional houses, river and massif wild landscapes. After all we reach Thikhedunga. It is a small area got some Tea Houses to stay and for Food.

From Thikhedunga, we descend few minute and cross two different suspension bridges over Burundi khola(stream) than we follow the most popular route to Ghorepani. The first 2 hours walk after crossing those bridges will be quite challenging although, it is clean and pleasant trails where there many local Houses, People and you can see some white mountains. We continue our walk following the route made by stones and lots of steeps that will take you to Banthati after and the next we trek through the Rhododendron forest to reach Ghorepani. Ghorepani means horse water regarding the history and it is the best place to enjoy entire Annapurna and Dhaulagiri range.

Today we are hiking early in the morning for sunrise view from Poonhill view top. We can see more than 10 mountains from poon hill including Dhaulagiri and Annapurna Mountains, which are over 8,000 m high after wonderful morning at poon hill we trek back to hotel than follow the steep descends to Tatopani. It is a long way down but for you, it is immense opportunity to see locals, introduce with them, their farming way, livings and facts of the region. After 5 downhill passing all of these we cross kali Gandaki River over the bridge than short easy walk to Tatopani. It is popular place for natural hot bath.

We begin our journey today along the river on the right side and follow the road ascending up to Ghasa. The route of today’s trek goes through the villages, beautiful Ruptche Chhahara (water fall) and world deepest gorge Dana. From Ruptche chhahara we ascended further up following the wide road to Ghasa, it is beautiful village provides you place to eat and sleep.

Today our journey is going up to beautiful Thakali village Marfa. We climb gradually on the massif mountain cliff to Lete at the beginning than we follow the easy road through the pine forest and enter kalikandaki valley passing popular settlements kalopani and larjung. The walk from kalopani to Marfa is truly beautiful and view of massif Dhaulagiri and Nilgiri similarly the wide picturesque valley than we reach to Marfa. It is old cultural village inhabited by Thakali people, where there is a couple of interesting Gombas.

We trek on a flat road along Kaligandaki River today. From Marfa we ascended slightly until Jomsom. It is head quarter of mustang district where many people fly in straight from Pokhara too instead trekking trails. We trek continue along Kaligandaki valley for 3 hours than we reach Kagbeni. It is located at the bank or Kaligandaki River and the view of mt. Dhaulagiri, Nilgiri and Rukuche pear are just very close.

Trek to Muktinath today is a most exciting and picturesque. From Kagbeni we ascended steeply at the beginning along the river than reach on the massif mountain cliff, from where you can see truly gorgeous Mountain View, natural caves, valley and clear blue sky. We follow the route continue to Kharkot where we probably stop for lunch than short steep walk to Muktinath. It is a cultural and historical place to visit Hindu temple and Buddhist Gompa including 108 different religious tap. Hindus believe that after taking a shower on that taps you are out of sin and renew you further steep of your life.

Early morning we visit temple and see the way of worshiping by priest. Muktinath is a popular pilgrim sites for Hindu and Buddhist both people that symbolize the two different religions complicatedly interlaced together in Nepal. After this beautiful morning we descend to Eklebhatti than easy flat road along the river to Jomsom. We are staying at Jomsm tonight.

We take morning flight to Pokhara. It is a short 20- minute flight but takes you over the white mountains and over the world’s deepest gorge. After reaching Pokhara, we can have some rest then enjoy your time around the lake. Overnight at Pokhara hotel.

After wonderful breakfast, we take a Tourist standard bus by 7 am than drive to Kathmandu. The journey to Kathmandu today is also scenic with various attractions and river.

The Holiday in the mountain Nepal is over today for this time. Hope you had great trek and hoping you next visit soon for another adventure. I will manage your airport drop service in a private Car, Jeep to Airport. Wish you safe and pleasant flight back Home with lots of memories from the Himalaya.