A short trek to Ghandruk, a Gurung village of slate roofs and stone lanes with Annapurna South at the end of the street.
Ghandruk is the trek we send people on when they want the Himalaya without the altitude. Two hours by jeep gets you to the trailhead. From there you walk up terraced hillside and stone staircases, past Gurung farmhouses, to a village of slate roofs stacked up the slope with Annapurna South and Machhapuchhre standing directly above it. Nothing here goes above 2,100 m, so you don't need acclimatization days, and the only early start is for sunrise if you want it. Most guests spend the second afternoon at the village museum and over tea with the family that owns the lodge.
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 close to the ideal first trek: low altitude, three days, good lodges and food, and a road within reach if anyone needs to bail out. Children and older walkers manage it comfortably. A licensed Gurung guide from Pokhara walks with you.
You can, and we'll arrange it if walking isn't possible. You'll see the village but miss the arrival, which is half of it. If you can walk in from Kimche, about two hours, do that instead.
Ghandruk is about the village and Poon Hill is about the sunrise. Ghandruk is easier and warmer, with no pre-dawn alarm. Most people with four or five days do both in a loop.
In October it's busy in the middle of the day with jeep arrivals, and quiet by evening. It copes with visitors better than most places on this trail, because it's a working town and not a row of lodges.
Ghandruk Gurung Village Trek is graded Easy and tops out at 2,012 m. In our Trek Finder it comes up for walkers who pick “First-timer or casual walker” or a harder answer. 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: Three days to Ghandruk, the handsomest village in the Annapurnas (6 min read) →
≈ US$229 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 61-457830The classic first trek in the Himalaya, three days through rhododendron forest and Gurung villages to the famous sunrise on Poon Hill.
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