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The classic first trek in the Himalaya, three days through rhododendron forest and Gurung villages to the famous sunrise on Poon Hill.

Best Mar to Apr and Oct to Nov

An easy overnight walk to a 2,500 m summit with Annapurna, Dhaulagiri and Manaslu in one sweep.

Best Mar and Oct to Nov

Pokhara's famous viewpoint before the town wakes up.

Best Oct to Mar

You launch from Sarangkot, circle over Phewa Lake with the Annapurnas ahead and land by the water.

Runs Sep to Jun

A boat across Phewa and forest steps up to the stupa, then a loop home past Devi's Falls.

Best Mar to Apr and Oct to Nov

A pilot flies you up in a tiny open aircraft until Machhapuchhre is at eye level.

Runs Sep to May

A quiet ridge walk that heads straight for Machhapuchhre. Our guides walk it on their days off.

Best Mar to Apr and Oct to Nov

The easiest big-view walk near Pokhara, good as a warm-up or a family morning out.

Best Mar to Apr and Oct to Nov

Up the Modi Khola into the Annapurna Sanctuary, a glacial bowl with 7,000-metre peaks on every side.

Best Mar to Apr and Oct to Nov

Bindhyabasini temple, the old bazaar, Gupteshwor cave and the museums in one easy day, finishing in a boat on Phewa at sunset.

Runs all year

Round the Annapurna massif from subtropical valleys, over the 5,416 m Thorong La and down into the desert of Mustang.

Best Apr and Oct to Nov

A 1.8 km zipline from Sarangkot, with a 600 m drop and speeds up to 120 km/h.

Runs Sep to Jun

Ten days behind the Himalaya into the old walled kingdom of Lo, Tibetan Buddhist country with ochre cliffs and no monsoon.

Best May to Sep

A short trek to Ghandruk, a Gurung village of slate roofs and stone lanes with Annapurna South at the end of the street.

Best Mar to Apr and Oct to Nov

Two days among the temples of Boudhanath, Pashupatinath, Patan and Bhaktapur with a Kathmandu-born guide.

Runs all year

A community-run lodge on a ridge at 3,660 m, looking straight across the Kali Gandaki at the Dhaulagiri wall.

Best Mar to Apr and Oct to Nov

Eight days up the deepest gorge on earth into the Tibetan rain shadow, where you can keep trekking through the monsoon.

Best Apr to May and Oct to Nov

An 80 m freefall from a tower at Hemja, twenty minutes from Lakeside.

Runs Sep to Jun

Sixteen days round the seventh-highest mountain on earth and over two passes above 5,200 m, as a full camping trek with no teahouses.

Best Apr and Oct

Three days in the Terai jungle, with rhinos at dawn, canoe rides and Tharu villages.

Runs Sep to Apr

Homestays in the largest traditional Gurung village in Nepal, on the quiet eastern side of the Annapurna wall.

Best Mar to Apr and Oct to Nov

A steep climb from Sikles to an open ridge at 3,800 m, with Annapurna II, IV and Lamjung across the horizon.

Best Apr and Oct to Nov

Two hours of Grade III rapids on the Upper Seti, Pokhara's own river.

Runs Sep to May

Up a glacier-carved valley of Tamang villages and yak pastures to the 4,773 m viewpoint of Kyanjin Ri.

Best Mar to Apr and Oct to Nov

A night in Bandipur, a Newari hilltop town with a car-free bazaar and mountain views.

Runs all year

Fly into Lukla and walk through Namche and Tengboche to the foot of the world's highest mountain.

Best Apr and Oct to Nov