A quiet ridge walk that heads straight for Machhapuchhre. Our guides walk it on their days off.
You climb out of Pokhara's backyard through mossy forest onto an open ridge that points straight at Machhapuchhre, the Fishtail, and every hour the mountain gets bigger. The teahouses are small and the crowds are thin. The high point is sunrise from base camp at 4,500 m, after a 3 am start. On the way up, your guide checks everyone with an oximeter every day.
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.
Yes. Five days on the trail is the standard and it works. Six lets you sleep twice at High Camp and have a second go at the View Point, which we recommend if you can spare the day.
Shorter, but steeper each day, and colder at night because the ridge is exposed. ABC has more total distance and those brutal Chhomrong stairs. Most people who've done both say Mardi felt harder day to day and easier overall.
Not in the normal seasons. In deep winter the last push to Upper View Point can hold hard snow and microspikes are useful. We carry a set and will tell you if the day calls for them.
Yes, through Siding and Ghandruk, and it makes a very good two-week trip. It also means a lot of descent day after day, so we only suggest it to people who've walked multi-day trails before.
Mardi Himal Trek is graded Moderate and tops out at 4,500 m. In our Trek Finder it comes up for walkers who pick “Comfortable with long day hikes” or a harder answer, and “Happy up to about 4,800 m” or higher 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: Mardi Himal, the ridge walk that ruins other treks for you (8 min read) →
≈ US$549 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.
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