Round the Annapurna massif from subtropical valleys, over the 5,416 m Thorong La and down into the desert of Mustang.
Rice paddies to glacial desert in under two weeks. The Circuit crosses Thorong La at 5,416 m, a long, cold day that starts at 4 am, and then drops into the Buddhist valleys of lower Mustang. We build in two acclimatization days at Manang so you're ready for the pass. Your guide checks everyone's oxygen level each day as you climb.
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.
It's a long, hard day, but not a technical one. There are no ropes and no exposure, just altitude and a lot of hours on your feet. How hard it feels comes down to how well you acclimatised in the week before.
Your guide takes you back down to Manang and we arrange a jeep or a flight round. It happens a few times a season and it isn't a failure. Taking someone who is getting worse over a 5,416 m pass is how people die on this route.
Below Chame and below Muktinath, yes. It's a dusty jeep track and walking it is no fun. Between Chame and Muktinath, which is the best of the trek, you're on trail almost the whole way.
Yes. High Camp before dawn in November is bitterly cold, often well below freezing, with wind on top. If you don't own one, rent it from us in Lakeside for a few dollars a day instead of buying.
Annapurna Circuit & Thorong La is graded Challenging and tops out at 5,416 m. In our Trek Finder it comes up for walkers who pick “Very fit, with high-altitude experience”, and “Passes & base camps welcome” 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 road changed on the Annapurna Circuit, and what it didn't (10 min read) →
≈ US$1,249 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 61-457830Sixteen days round the seventh-highest mountain on earth and over two passes above 5,200 m, as a full camping trek with no teahouses.
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