Moderate5 days · 4,500 mTeam favourite
Mardi Himal Trek
A quiet ridge walk straight toward Machhapuchhre — Pokhara’s best-kept not-so-secret.
Mardi is the trek our guides do on their days off. You climb out of Pokhara’s backyard through mossy forest onto an open ridge that aims directly at the Fishtail. Every hour the mountain gets bigger. Small teahouses, few crowds, and a base-camp sunrise that feels earned.
Why you'll love it
- Mardi Himal Base Camp at 4,500 m — not just the 4,200 m viewpoint
- Machhapuchhre at arm's length the whole way up the ridge
- High Camp at 3,580 m, on a knife-edge of grass above the cloud
- Forest Camp and Low Camp: moss, rhododendron and almost no one else
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.
Mardi Himal, the ridge walk that ruins other treks for youFive days on a high grassy spine with Machhapuchhre filling the sky. Newer, quieter and steeper than the classics — and the best short trek we run.8 min read →Australian Camp is the best two hours you can spend near PokharaA grassy shoulder at 2,060 m with nothing between you and Annapurna South. Also, it is not Australian, and never was.5 min read →Photographing the Annapurnas: where to stand and whenThe light here is decided by two things — the hour and the cloud cycle. Get those right and the gear barely matters.7 min read →Not sure you will like trekking? Try one day firstYou can find out whether multi-day walking in the Himalaya is for you in about six hours, on the exact terrain the real trek uses.5 min read →
from
Rs 73,600 per person