Moderate6 days · 3,660 m
Khopra Ridge Community Trek
Six days on a community-run ridge at 3,660 m, staring across the Kali Gandaki at the Dhaulagiri wall.
Khopra is what Poon Hill was thirty years ago. The lodges are owned by village cooperatives — your bed money builds schools in Narchyang. The ridge itself is a front-row seat to Dhaulagiri, and most days you’ll count more yaks than trekkers.
Why you'll love it
- Khopra Danda lodge at 3,660 m, run by the villages below it
- The full 8,167 m Dhaulagiri wall straight across the Kali Gandaki gorge
- Quiet ridge trail away from the Ghorepani traffic
- Community-owned: beds and meals fund the villages, not an outside operator
- Extendable to Khayar Lake at 4,665 m if you want the hard version
Day by day
What's included
- Licensed English-speaking local guide
- ACAP & TIMS permits arranged for you
- Teahouse rooms + 3 meals a day on trail
- Private transport from Lakeside & back
- Porter (1 per 2 trekkers, 9 kg each)
- First-aid kit & daily oximeter checks
Not included
- Nepal visa & flights to Nepal
- Travel insurance (required, incl. helicopter evacuation)
- Drinks, snacks & hot showers on trail
- Personal trekking gear (rentable from us)
- Tips for guide & porter
Guides that cover this trip
Written by the people who run it — what the trail is like before you book.
Panchase, the hill nobody walks an hour from LakesideFive ridges, a 2,500 m summit, one of the richest orchid forests in Nepal, and a decent chance you will not meet another trekker all day.6 min read →Khopra Ridge beats Poon Hill at its own gameA 3,660 m ridge with Dhaulagiri directly across the valley, lodges owned by the villages themselves, and a fraction of the crowd.7 min read →Staying in someone's house: how homestays actually work hereSimpler than a lodge, warmer than a hotel, and the version of Nepal most visitors say afterwards they wish they had had more of.6 min read →The Machhapuchhre Model Trek — a trail the villages built themselvesFive days out of Ghachok on a community-run route through tea gardens and ridge villages, designed so the money stays where you walk.6 min read →
from
Rs 87,000 per person