Moderate4 days · 3,800 m

Kori Danda Trek

The high ridge above Sikles — four days to 3,800 m and a horizon of Annapurna II, IV and Lamjung.

Kori Danda Trek — drop a photo

Kori shares its trailhead with Kapuche but goes the other way — up, hard, to an open ridge at 3,800 m that gets you level with the snowline in four days from Pokhara. It is the steepest of our short treks: roughly 1,800 m of climbing above Sikles, much of it in one long day, with a couple of very basic lodges and one stretch where the water source is a stream. What you get for that is a genuinely alpine finish an hour and a half's drive from Lakeside, with Annapurna II, Annapurna IV, Lamjung Himal and the whole Madi valley below you, and the strong probability that nobody else is up there.

Why you'll love it

3,800 m of open ridge four days out of Pokhara
Annapurna II, Annapurna IV and Lamjung Himal at close range
Shares the quiet Sikles trailhead — combinable with Kapuche Lake
Steep, honest walking with an alpine payoff

Day by day

Ninety minutes by jeep up the Madi, then into the village. Early night — tomorrow is the big one.

What's included

Licensed English-speaking Gurung guide from Pokhara
ACAP & TIMS permits arranged for you
Homestay & basic ridge-lodge accommodation + 3 meals a day
Private jeep Pokhara–Sikles return
Porter (1 per 2 trekkers, 9 kg each)
First-aid kit, oximeter checks & a down jacket if you need one

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.

Kapuche — a glacier lake at 2,546 m, four days from LakesideGlacial lakes normally sit above 4,000 m and cost you a week of acclimatising. This one does not, and almost nobody has heard of it.6 min read →Kori Danda — 3,800 m in four days, and no one else up thereA grass ridge above Sikles with Annapurna II, Annapurna IV, Lamjung Himal and Manaslu across the skyline. Two of the twenty-five operators we surveyed list it at all.6 min read →Khumai Danda gives you the Mardi view without the Mardi trafficA parallel ridge at 3,682 m looking at the same Machhapuchhre face, four days from Lakeside, and still almost empty.6 min read →Sikles: four days in one of the largest Gurung villages in NepalA working farming village of slate and stone on the quiet eastern side of the Annapurnas, where the trek is the place rather than the viewpoint.5 min read →

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Rs 57,500 per person

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