An early morning taxi took us to the start of our trek at NayaPul. It was an hour journey along an horrendous road. The taxi driver drove with great care and we arrived safely at our destination. We were trekking with 2 people we had met in Kathmandu, as it is safer in a group. Plus, we were going without a guide as we were following a well marked route.
Our accomodation for the four nights was provided in basic tea houses, so we didn't need to carry camping equipment or food. Luckily they had nice warm quilts for the nights when the temperature dropped as low as minus 5 degrees and some even had wood burning fires we could huddle around until bed time. Luckily we didn't stay higher at Annapurna base camp where it was -18 degrees!
Our trek began in NayaPul and ended in Phedi. We stayed overnight in Ulleri, Ghorepani, Tadapani and Tolka. It is a low altitude route avoiding the risks of altitude sickness but offering beautiful views of the mountains and included many interesting villages.
The scenery was stunning and the mountain views spectacular. We made an ascent of Poon Hill for sunrise and got perfectly clear views of many 8000m mountains; Daliguiri and Annapurna at one end of the panoroma to Machapuchare at the other (fish tail).
The flowers in the villages were beautiful. Every time we ate, food was prepared fresh from the garden. Daal bhat (rice, vegetables and daal) was our regular meal as you were guaranteed a second helping.
The whole trip was amazing and we loved every minute, even though some of the walking was hard over the 80km we covered, with many steep ups and downs.
We caught the bus back to Pokhara along the same terrible road. It was virtually impossible to stay seated as it was so bumpy. We had to transfer to another bus as we had a puncture. There were no seats left so we stood for the last 15 minutes in to Pokhara.
Our accomodation for the four nights was provided in basic tea houses, so we didn't need to carry camping equipment or food. Luckily they had nice warm quilts for the nights when the temperature dropped as low as minus 5 degrees and some even had wood burning fires we could huddle around until bed time. Luckily we didn't stay higher at Annapurna base camp where it was -18 degrees!
Our trek began in NayaPul and ended in Phedi. We stayed overnight in Ulleri, Ghorepani, Tadapani and Tolka. It is a low altitude route avoiding the risks of altitude sickness but offering beautiful views of the mountains and included many interesting villages.
The scenery was stunning and the mountain views spectacular. We made an ascent of Poon Hill for sunrise and got perfectly clear views of many 8000m mountains; Daliguiri and Annapurna at one end of the panoroma to Machapuchare at the other (fish tail).
The flowers in the villages were beautiful. Every time we ate, food was prepared fresh from the garden. Daal bhat (rice, vegetables and daal) was our regular meal as you were guaranteed a second helping.
The whole trip was amazing and we loved every minute, even though some of the walking was hard over the 80km we covered, with many steep ups and downs.
We caught the bus back to Pokhara along the same terrible road. It was virtually impossible to stay seated as it was so bumpy. We had to transfer to another bus as we had a puncture. There were no seats left so we stood for the last 15 minutes in to Pokhara.