After breakfast, you will drive a private vehicle from the hotel to a cultural tour or sightseeing tour of Swoyambhu Stupa and Patan Durbar Square. The Swoyambhu  stupa known as a monkey temple as well, and these spots are very ancient & essentially registered as UNESCO world heritage sites with tour guides. At the beginning, you will go to visit Swoyambhu stupa (Monkey Temple), and at the end, you will drive to visit Patan Durbar Square.

The starting point is the second old village center of Ghandruk. Take the trail leading to Tadapani. When you reach the branch – off the stairs, just continue straight to the village of Komrong on the ridge. From there, it is a step-down descent to the Kimrong Khola and a steep uphill climb up the opposite hillside, where you will join the main trail from Tadapani to Chomrong. After passing the houses of Taulung you soon reach the first big lodges of upper Chomrong.

Continuing on the other side, you will again be on that grill during your steep climb in the burning sun! Therefore, it is wise to start early in the morning. There you will have a great view back to Chhomrong and the Modi Khola valley, with the hills on the horizon. If you are looking up the valley, you can see the houses of Dovan and even Deurali. After Sinuwa you will continue along the hillside high above the river, and it will take you around an hour to come to some open pastures with the house of the former village of Khuldighar. The most dangerous part is definitely the stretch between the Deurali and MBC, but avalanches can come on the trail all the way to Bamboo. If an avalanche starts some thousand meters higher, it will be funneled down to the valleys below and suddenly fall down over the wall.

You just continue on a forest trail till you reach the three lodges of Dovan. They are lined up beside the trail, and each offers a nice sunny spot. After the Himalayan Hotel, the forest will be less dense, and the terrain will become more and more alpine. You also have to cross the snow fields, which are in fact the remains of old avalanches.  It is so big that in the past it offered shelter for up to 50 porters carrying the material for the first expeditions in the area. It was also a well-known meeting point. There was even a little teahouse below it, but it was destroyed long ago. At this point, it is another 30 minutes to the three lodges in Deurali. You can already feel the impact of the higher altitude and the thinner air.

If you want to stay overnight on ABC, it is best to sleep one night in either Deurali or at MBC. If you come to Deurali in the afternoon, it would be best to find a room in Deurali, as it is a nice place to stay. It would also mean that a very early morning departure the next morning would get you through the most avalanche-exposed stretch before mid-morning. There are now two trails continuing from Deurali. The old one is riskier when it comes to avalanches. The second one is more on the eastern side of the valley and is supposed to be avalanche free. To take the second trail, go down from the Deurali lodges to the river and cross it on a bridge. The trial continues through Modi Khola. It will take you around 2.5 hours to reach Mbc with its several lodges.

Another two hours after your break, and you are on ABC. When I reached ABC around noon, the clouds were already creeping up, and we had no view at all. But in the late afternoon, suddenly they disappeared, and we got to enjoy a beautiful sunset. The five basic lodges at ABC are located on the side of the huge border moraine, and if you climb to the ridge, you see the enormous glaciers. To the north, you can see the huge rock wall of Annapurna I but the other mountain peaks rival it in magnitude and form a huge circle around ABC. Another trekking peak is Hiunchuli, just south of ABC, where you can summit on a three-day expedition via the pass between it and the Annapurna south.  Heading back down the valley is much easier. Even if you do some exploring in the morning, you should have no problem reaching Bamboo in a single day from Annapurna Base Camp.

You can go down to Bambo in two days. If you wanted to go to Pokhara, you would even go to Jhinudanda and spend the evening relaxing in the hot springs. Then it would take one more day to get to Pokhara. Go down to Jhinudanda and continue to Khola with its many ups and downs. In Sewai you may already be able to get a seat on the new bridge. The new bridge continues on the valley trail on the banks of Modi, with vehicles heading to Birethanti and Nayapul. Nayapul is on the main Pokhara-Beni road. You’ll find many taxis looking for customers. You can also wait for one of the many buses heading to the Bus Park at the north end of Pokhara.

You can get tickets from a hotel, but if you would rather fly, most hotels will gladly arrange a ticket for you. In the morning, you take your breakfast, and you should drive to Kathmandu. It takes 5/6 hours to reach Kathmandu from Pokhara. When you arrive at Kathmandu Airport, our private transport will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel. If you wish, you can celebrate your success at the hotel.

1. Paddle on the Phewa Tal: you can rent little boats and row on the lake. The rent for the day is not much more than for one hour, and you will normally enjoy it for at least 2.5 hours.
2. The Tal Barahi temple (on the island in the Phewa Tal): you can visit on your own by renting a boat or taking a boat ride from the main boating gate in Lakeside. This temple is worth visiting, and many families come there to make their offerings.
3. Going up to the Freedom Stupa: High above Pokhara on the southern ridge, there is the beautiful Freedom Stupa with absolutely fine views of the breathtaking mountain range. Take a boat to cross to the other side of the lake and climb up. Be aware that there have been several robberies in the past, so never go alone and leave valuable things in the hotel.
4. Gupteshwore Mahadev Cave: This cave, south of the hill with the Freedom Stupa, is a Hindu temple for the god Mahadev. You can combine it with a long walk on the way back from the stupa and continue to Devi Falls. On the way, you will also pass a little Tibetan refugee camp.