Up the Modi Khola into the Annapurna Sanctuary, a glacial bowl with 7,000-metre peaks on every side.
Our best-selling trek. You walk through Gurung villages and bamboo forest up into a glacial bowl where Annapurna I, Machhapuchhre and Hiunchuli stand all around you. We add a night at Deurali, which makes the climb to base camp much easier, and on the way out you soak in the hot springs at Jhinu.
Send your dates. No payment now.
We check guide and permit availability, then reply on WhatsApp or by email with your day-by-day plan and a confirmed price, usually within a few hours, always within a day.
Nothing to pay until you're happy. We agree the deposit together, and you pay the balance in Pokhara.
If you can walk five to six hours a day, several days in a row, without dreading the next one, you're fit enough. It's a stamina trek rather than a technical one. There are no ropes, no exposed drops and nothing you need to have learned first. The best preparation is walking down stairs, because that's what hurts.
Yes, and people do. The short version skips Ghandruk and starts higher up. We're wary of anything under six days on the trail, because the day you save comes out of your acclimatisation, not out of the walking.
Permit rules for the Annapurna Conservation Area have changed over the last few seasons, so check them close to your dates, not on an old blog. Message us and we'll tell you the current rule for the week you arrive, whether or not you book with us.
Ncell and NTC cover most of the route as far as Chhomrong, and it gets patchy above that. Lodges sell wifi vouchers up to Deurali. At MBC and ABC, assume you're offline and enjoy it.
Annapurna Base Camp is graded Moderate and tops out at 4,130 m. In our Trek Finder it comes up for walkers who pick “Comfortable with long day hikes” or a harder answer, and “Happy up to about 4,800 m” or higher on altitude. Tell us how much walking you’ve done and we’ll tell you whether it fits.
Yes, it’s private, for 1 to 12 people. It starts from Lakeside, Pokhara.
No. You send your dates and pay nothing now. We check guide and permit availability, then reply on WhatsApp or by email with your day-by-day plan and a confirmed price, usually within a few hours, always within a day.
Nothing until you’re happy. We agree the deposit together, and you pay the balance in Pokhara.
Free date changes up to 15 days before departure.
Full refund if we cancel for weather or safety.
The long version is in our trail guide: What the Annapurna Sanctuary is really like (9 min read) →
≈ US$749 per person. We reply on WhatsApp or by email, usually within a few hours, always within a day.
Nothing to pay online. We confirm your dates first.
Or call the office +977 61-457830A 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
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
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
