Nar Phu Trek with Thorong La Pass

One of our representatives will pick you up at the airport to accompany you to the hotel. Depending on the arrival time, we will visit some of the most important places in the capital. Meeting at night in the hotel for the briefing of the entire trip.

Today we will drive from Kathmandu to Koto a distance of 268 km that takes around 9-10 hours.

Our trek to the lost village of Nar-phu starts today. The trail goes through the deep valley of Nar khola crossing several streams and waterfalls. The coniferous forest along with oaks and blossomed rhododendron during spring makes it magical. The forest is inhabited by Musk deer, Bears, leopard, Himalayan serow , yellow throated martin etc

From Meta onwards the valley opens and enchant us with the view of towering Himalayas.

The trail leads us to small villages, pasture land and abandoned khampa villages. Kyang is a small villages situated in a small valley with very few households , its also the winter pasture land for the cattle's of Phu village.

The trail passes through the deep gorge of Nar khola. the human carved small trails gives fascinating view of the valley and the mountain.

Phu village is situated in a hill by the side of the river. Is a fortified village , when people from Tibet (khampa) started to come to these villages after the invasion of Tibet by China, unrest occurred in this remote villages as Tibetans came as a refugee and in search of food and shelter, in some incidents they attacked and robbed the village of phu.

We may explore Himlung base camp or climb some viewpoint.

Today we will walk to Nar phedi. We will stay in a Nar Monastery , we can have a unique experience of staying in Monastery and have the close look of Tibetan Buddhism and the life of the monks.

Today we will climb uphill towards the Nar village the valley opens after the short uphill. Nar is another big village of the region. People rely on agriculture and animal husbandry.

We will start our hike early in the morning, todays stretch is going to be very long. we will cross kangla 5306m , it may take around 5/6 hrs. The view of Annapurna massif from the Kang -la is breath taking. we will walk another 4 hours downhill towards the Manang valley to reach the village of Nagwal.

Manang is one of the biggest and important village of the region. There are around 500 households. It is the last village before Thorung la pass. The trail is short comparing other days so we will visit the Gangapurna lake in the evening.

We will leave the villages and forest behind, we will be walking on alpine terrain. Today trail is famous for wildlife sighting. the terrain is inhabited by Snow leopard , Himalayan wolf , Blue Sheep, Pica etc.

The view of Annapurna range is stunning.

Today the distance from Letdar to Thorong high camp is short. as we will be walking in high altitude we advise to walk slowly and drink plenty of water. We will have enough time to rest before our final push to the Thorong la.

The view gets better as we climb higher , we will have a panoramic view of Annapurna from the high Camp

We will start early in the morning some may find the uphill to Thorong la 5416m quite difficult because of altitude, we ascend slowly. we will see the most impressive sunrise and the panoramic view will make us forgot our suffering.

It is the highest point of this trek from here we will start to descend towards mustang. Mustang is known for its unique landscape, culture and tradition

we will end our trek on the town of Muktinath, the holy place for Buddhist and Hindus.

We will drive from Muktinath to Pokhara. It will take around 8/9 hours to get to Pokhara.

We will drive from Pokhara to Kathmandu that's 200km it may take around 8-9 hours .

You will be dropped off at the airport in a car or jeep prior to your flight departure time.