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Day 1
Arrival Kathmandu 1360m, overnight Kathmandu – Welcome dinner
It is the first day of trip and your arrival day in Kathmandu Nepal. When you land at the airport in Kathmandu and come out at the arrival lounge, our company representative will welcome you with a warm smile. Then, we will drive you to the trip hotel where you can spend relaxing time. We will have a meeting in the evening to talk about the trip in details.
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Day 2
Kathmandu Valley Sightseeing Tour
After you take your breakfast, a beautiful day sightseeing tour of heritage monuments in Kathmandu valley is due today. Visit Swoyambhunath – the monkey temple; Patan Durbar Square – the medieval palace square; Pashupatinath – the open cremation ground for Hindus; and Boudhanath – the biggest Buddhist stupa.
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Day 3
From Kathmandu drive to Soti Khola (8-9 hours)
Early morning after breakfast, start the day with a drive to Sotikhola, the gateway to Manaslu trekking region. You will drive on a highway that stretches on the central hills of Nepal and boasts spectacular views. About 8 hours long drive goes past several towns and villages where you can see a little bit of rural Nepalese life style. You will drive alongside beautiful River Trishuli for some distance and drive across it to go towards Sotikhola via Arughat bazar.
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Day 4
Soti Khola - Machha Khola
Today is the first day of trekking into the Manaslu region. Prepare all your backpacks for the supporting crew and carry your day pack yourselves and set on the walking journey of the day. The trail traverses through beautiful waterfalls, terraced rice fields and beautiful village of Labubesi, an ethnic Gurung settlement in the region. Before reaching Machha Khola, the destination for the day, you will experience a good deal of our first day walking in the Nepalese mountains.
Stay overnight at Machha Khola.
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Day 5
Machha Khola – Jagat 1,410m
You will set on the trekking journey early morning today and walk towards Jagat. About 7 hours of beautiful mountain trail walking, you reach the destination for the day. You will walk past Kholabesi to go to Tatopani where we come across a natural hot spring. The trail walking today involves several crossings of suspension bridges and step walking up the hill. You will cross the river to go on your way up and down the mountain before reaching the village of Jagat to stay overnight.
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Day 6
Jagat – Chisapani 1,660m
The walk today goes past various beautiful places like Sirdibas, Ghatta Khola, Philim and eventually to Chisapani where you will spend the night today. The walk normally will involve going uphill and downhill as always and will take you about 5 hours to reach Chisapani. You will go lower on the elevation level today that yesterday. Stay overnight at Chisapani.
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Day 7
Chisapani – Chumling 2,386m
You will walk to Chumling today. You will be walking through pine and rhododendron forests as you traverse the uphill and downhill trail. You will also have some beautiful views of Himalayan peaks of Himalchuli, Boudha Himal when you reach the village of Lokpa. You walk even further down and go up again through forested area. After walking for about 7 hours you will reach Chumling today to stay overnight.
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Day 8
Chumling – Chokhangparo 3,010m
Walk to Chokhangparo today enjoying the spectacular view of Ganesh Himal. You will walk through beautiful places of Rainjam, Gho village, Tsum and finally to Chokhangparo to stay overnight there. It will take you about 5 hours to reach there.
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Day 9
Chokhangparo – Nile 3,361m
You will walk past Lamagaun, Rachen Gumba, on the uphill trail today on the very first section of the walk. A 6 hours walk will take you to the village of Nile through the villages of Lar, Phurbe, Pangdun, and Chhule. Stay overnight at Nile.
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Day 10
Nile – Mu Gompa 3,700m
It’s just a walk for 3 hours to reach Mu Gompa which is close to Tibetan border. Walking through the trail that has an immense influence of Buddhism in local culture and life style gives you a lot of ideas about how local people live. Visit the monasteries and spend overnight there.
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Day 11
Mu Gompa – Chhokang Paro 3,031m
After breakfast, you start the trek for the day to Chhokang Paro. The trail again takes you through beautiful landscape with breathtaking views. You can visit an ancient cave where a Tibetan Buddhist monk, Milarepa, had meditated in the ancient time. Explore the cave and move further ahead towards Chhokang Paro to stay overnight.
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Day 12
Chhokang Paro – Chumling 2,386m
On the way back, the elevation drops and the landscape gets different to the one at the higher elevation. Trek to Chumling village today from Chhokang Paro traversing the stretch through peaceful trail where you still see and experience the Tibetan Buddhist life style. You reach Chumling to stay overnight. You can explore around once you reach there.
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Day 13
Chumling – Philim 2,470m
You trek to a beautiful cultural village called Philim. This stretch of trekking takes you to meet the Manaslu circuit trekking after crossing Ekle Bhatti. It is a beautiful walk of the day that brings you nice experience of walking more through the mountain trail past several wonderful places. Stay overnight at Philim.
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Day 14
Philim – Tatopani 990m
You will trek to Tatopani that takes you lower than 1,000 meters. After walking through the stretch enjoying the natural and cultural wonders along, you reach Tatopani to explore and enjoy the natural hot spring there. The natural hot spring bath will bring a soothing relief to your aching feet of walking for so many days in the mountains. You will spend a relaxing overnight at Tatopani today.
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Day 15
Tatopani – Soti Khola 700m
It is your last day of trek and we are trekking back to Soti Khola. Enjoy the last trekking day as much as you can and try to exploit the wonders as much as you can. Once you reach Soti Khola, spend relaxing time, giving your feet some rest.
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Day 16
Soti Khola – Kathmandu
Get ready to drive back to Kathmandu after breakfast. You will be in Kathmandu with ample time to hit the streets for some exploration of the city life after few days of serene mountain trekking. Enjoy the hustle and bustle of city of the rest of the day.
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Day 17
Departure Day
We will drive you to airport for the departure flight three prior to your flight schedule.
