Mardi Himal Trek - 9 Days

After breakfast, leave the Kathmandu Valley and travel overland to Pokhara. En route, follow the banks of the Trisuli River, past traditional villages and terraced fields. If the weather is good there will be picturesque views of the Himalayan Range. Pokhara is referred to as the ‘City of Lakes.’ From the city, we get great views of the Himalayas including Dhaulagiri, Manaslu, Machhapuchhre, the five peaks of Annapurna. Pokhara is also a tourist destination, so we take some time out in the evening and enjoy.

We drive an hour to Kande and our treks star from here. One and half hours climb up takes to beautiful hamlet of Australian Camp. We continue our walk to Deurali (2,100m) which is a small village beautifully located on a ridge with good views of the Annapurna South, Mardi Himal and Macchhapuchhare.  

From Deurali our trail passes through lush forest dotted with the red rhododendrons its Nepal’s national flower.  Our trail is very quiet until we reach a clearing of the forest camp or also known by the locals as kokar, here we take a lunch break than we still continue climb up to Low Base Camp (2,970m).

An one and half hours climb the through rhododendron forest takes us to Middle camp than to Badal Danda offers stunning view of Mardi Himal, Annapurna South, Hiuchuli, Gangapurna, Machhapuchhre, and Mardi Himal. We ascend up to the High Camp (3,540m), which the final destination of the day. From here the mountain views are stunning.

Today we wake up early for a sunrise view the mountains than after an early breakfast walk up the ridge towards Mardi Base Camp. Our trail passes through pastures and we hike a narrow ridge before reaching the Upper Viewpoint. After reach to Base Camp one can look into the Annapurna Sanctuary and the panorama view is spectacular looking at Mardi Himal (5587m), Annapurna I (8091m), Annapurna south (7219m), Hiunchuli (6441m), Baraha Shikhar (Mt. Fa(7647m),.Tent Peak (5695m), Singhachuli (6501m), Machapuchhre (6993m) and others. Than we will back to Middle Camp.

On the way back we take a different route so completing a circuit, from Low Camp there is a trail that goes down to Siding village rather than going back down Mardi Himal back to Kokar. Siding is a traditional Nepalese village and still very much away from the busier modern tourist treks and it is likely you will stay at a homestay in Siding owned by the person who runs one of the lodges at Low Camp. It is a wonderful cultural experience finding out more about village life and you will probably eat dhal baht in the evening with the family in their kitchen.

From Siding you walk out to the road head at Lumre, on the way from Siding you will pass the villages of Kalimati and Ghalel. Kalimati is mainly a Brahmin village with Ghalel and Siding mixed Brahmin and Gurung. At Lumre you will meet jeep organised by Wilderness Excursion in advance to drive you back to Pokhara and fly back to Kathmandu and will pick us from the airport than check-in hotel. We take a rest and freshen up. To celebrate the successful completion of our journey, we will have a farewell dinner in the evening.

Our friendly representative will drop you off at the airport. We are sure that you will be inspired to visit Nepal again after this trek. We hope that you choose us to plan your next trip to Nepal.