Two-day Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek from Pokhara

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Destination

Nepal

Trip Difficulty

Easy

Max altitude

3210m/10,529 ft

Group Size

1-12 Pax.

Activity

Trekking,hiking & sightseeing

Accommodation

Hotel, lodge & tea houses during the trek.

Meals

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner during the trek

Vehicle

Private car or jeep

Overview of Two-day Ghorepani PoonHill Trek from Pokhara

The two-day Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek from Pokhara is ideal for travelers seeking a breathtaking sunrise over the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri ranges. A two-day Ghorepani Hill Trek from Pokhara offers stunning panoramic views, including two 8,000-meter peaks, in a short yet rewarding journey. As the Ghorepani Poonhill trek itinerary is customizable in 3 days, 5 days, or 4 days, and since the car road is connecting to a higher section of the Ghorepani Poonhill route,. You can customize the itinerary to fit your schedule, and if you have limited time in Nepal and are only interested in short trekking near the Annapurna region for the dew days trek, with a good view of the Annapurna mountain range, the Poonhill viewpoint is the best substitute.

Ghorepani-Poonhill Trek is one of the most scenic trekking routes that offers stunning views of Mt. Dhaulagiri and Mt. Annapurna ranges in the distance in sunset and sunrise time, including South Annapurna (alt. 7210 m), Himchuli (alt. 649 m), Mt. Fishtail (alt. 6993 m) (Machhapuchhare), Mardi Himal peak, Bhara shikhar, Nilgiri south, Dhampush peak, Tukuche peak, and several beautiful peaks surrounding.

Moreover, the trekking routes go through the traditional Nepalese villages, charming people, fascinating culture, and their daily basic lifestyle. This region is home to the Gurung and Magar ethnic groups, whose traditional culture, religion, and way of life can be observed along the way. 2 days The Ghorepani Hill trek starts after a scenic drive from Pokhara to Ulleri village, an elevation of 1900 m above sea level. the driving time is 3 hours through the scenic Local villages, waterfalls, hills, paddy rice, and snowcapes—you will continue trekking to Ghorepani, and the following day early in the morning, hike to Poonhill viewpoint (alt. 3210 m) in 45 minutes to 1 hour for the majestic sunrise views of the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri mountains, and continue. You will trek back to Ulleri, the same point you were driven to yesterday, and a jeep will pick you up and drive back to Pokhara, where your trek ends.
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Highlights of Two-day Ghorepani PoonHill Trek from Pokhara

Stunning views over the annapurna and dhaulagiri in the close distance at the sunrise and sunset from poonhill viewpoint
Scenic drive through the beautiful landscapes
The trek goes through the beautiful jungles, hills, waterfalls, snowcapes, and mountain views.
Good and memorable short trek experience even in the limited time farm.
Meets with the locals and great opportunity exchanges the culture and share learn about Nepali, etc.
Test of the organic foods of Annapurna region. Like, rice, potatoes. Barshares learning fruits like oranges, goava, apple etc.
Sleep at an elevation above 2500 m from sea level and rich at the highest point of this trek at 3210 m.

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Itinerary

Day 01 Drive from Pokhara to Ulleri villages via the Nayapool (3 hours) at 1800 m. and trek to Ghorepani in 4 hours. Alt. 2800m

Early in the morning, about 6:30-7 am, your guide will meet you at your hotel, and you will drive to Ulleri by Jeep in 3 hours through the beautiful landscapes and hills. It’s in kilometers, tentatively 110 km. Due to the bumpy and off-road nature, it generally takes 3 hours to reach the trek start point. From here, basically, you will start to walk and continue to Ghorepani for 3-4 hours. Along the way, you will be stopping for lunch at Banthathi. After lunch, you will trek to Ghorepani for 2 more hours before retiring for the day. Tonight, you will stay at Ghorepani in one of those nice tea houses.

Along the way, you will cross several traditional villages, waterfalls, and stone steeps. You will also encounter domestic animals like buffalo, cows, goats, and sheep. including the stunning views of Mt. South Annapurna, Fishtail, and Himalchuli, if the weather is allowing till the late afternoon; if it is a cloudy afternoon today, then you will have to wait another day.

The 2-day Ghorepani Poonhill Trek trails go through the beautiful forest of Nepalese national trees like rand bamboos and rhododendron back pine. If you are in the spring season (March, April, and May), you will see the beautiful rhododendron blooming, which will add to the beauty of the mountains. After you reach Ghorepani Hill, it’s at an elevation of 2800 m above sea level, located at the hill, which offers the amazing mountain views already from your bed. Today you will go to bed earlier as the long drive and walk to reach here, and next morning you have to wake up very early for the sunrise view from Poon Hill viewpoint, which takes 30 to 45 minutes from the teahouse.

Duration

4 hrs

Max altitude

2800m

Meals

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation

Lodge

Day 02 Hike to PoonHill viewpoint (alt.3210m) and return to Pokhara by evening - 5 -6 hrs. Alt 740m.

Early in the morning, you will hike to the famous Poonhill viewpoint from Ghorepani. It takes 45 to 1 hour; the trail leads steep ascents through Ghorepani Hill. As we start the hike very early in the morning, we will walk with head touching until the day starts. You will walk slowly—slowly with a water break. This hike is minimally demanding; the trail goes steeply up 400 m from the teahouse.

But rewarding from the top of the Poonhill viewpoint with amazing views of sunrise moments over the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri mountains, including the several beautiful peaks surrounded. After enjoying these views, you will go back to the hotel for breakfast, and once you are ready to leave, we will descend to Ulleri in 3 hours slowly and catch a jeep, then drive back to Pokhara, where your trek ends.

Duration

5 -6 hrs.

Max altitude

Alt 740m

Meals

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation

Local Teahouse

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Inclusion/Exclusion

What's Included?

Three times meals a day on the trek (breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner)
Hot drinks (Tea or Coffee)
Seasonal fresh fruits
All necessary ground transportation during the trip
Accommodation on a trek on a normal twin-sharing basis in rooms.
Professional guide
Porter (each 2 people 1 porter and the weight limited is max 25kg)
Annapurna Conservations area permits, and TIMS cards are required from Nepal.
Duffle bag for keeping your goods during the trek (refundable after the trek)
Sleeping bag
walking stick.
Basic medical kit bag.
Treat drinking water
All trip necessary trip arrangements.

What's Excluded?

International airfare
Personal insurance (incase for emergency only)
Trekking equipment
Extra nights Hotels, lunch and Dinner in Pokhara
Extra cold drinks
Personal expenses such as Wi-fi, extra snacks, laundry, battery charges etc…
Not mentioned in the Itinerary or includes section.
Tipping for Guide and Porter.

Trip Information

Who is this trek suitable for?

Those people who visit the nepal with limited time
Those travelers who haven’t done any trek before and want to learn something about Nepalese trekking style.
Those parents who want to take their beloved kinds, and parents with the limited holiday farm.
Those travelers who planning to go big trek and looking for some short acclimatization before starts the big trek
People who come in nepal for some important meeting and and you have few days time and wants do the short trek
Those trekkers who are looking the short trek from Pokhara to pokara
Those travelers who looking a budget-friendly trek
If you want to use your weekend and want to see sunrise from poonhill viewpoint over the Annapurna and Dhaulagri mountains.

Trek difficulty:

The two-day Poonhill trek is considered not the difficult trek this is an easy trek trail doesn’t go to higher sections of the mountains as well. The highest point of this trek is only 3210m from sea level. Compared with the other many long, adventurous, and challenging treks in Nepal, this is the shortest and easiest trek that takes you to close to the Annapurna mountain. However, you are doing this trek with your limit time still, you have to cover the total trek distance to reach the last point of this trek at the Poonhill viewpoint and return to the Pokhara ends of the trek. You will have to walk per day 4 hours and drive 3 hours The beginning and ends of the trek include several steeps ups and downhill walks; it required still minimal physical preparation for the beginners trekkers and we highly recommend it.

Trek preparation:

For a 2-day short trek, you do not need to have a lot of preparation. But general preparation is required to start this trek, such as the logistic preparation like the Annapurna consequation permit, all trip-necessary documents, and transportation. A professional guide, budgets and studies about trek routes, a weather report for the few days, and packing the necessary trek equipment are important to prepare in advance for success on this trek.

Transportation for the 2 days Ghorepani PoonHill Trek:

Beginning of the trek to Till Ulleri, you will go by Jeep, which takes roughly 3 hours from Pokhara. And same one, the way back to Pokhara ends of the trek, you will drive back by Jeep. Hiring a private Jeep is slightly more expensive than going in a shared Jeep. Private jeeps mean you and your guide will go and sharing jeeps means there will travel the locals and stop the jeeps at several places for drop-off and pickup of the passengers and some loads. Private is more comfortable and easier and it can pick up and drop off from your hotel, but if you prefer to go by local shared jeep, you will have to come to the jeep station to catch it in Pokhara. As per your budget, we will manage both options.

Food and Accommodation:

During the Ghorepani Poonhill Trek, you will get the best luxury attahech toilets with room in Ghorepani. If you are in the group, you will be sharing the room, but you will get an individual bed, and if you are a solo trekker, then you will get a private room. At the teahouse, you can get the extra blankets as well, which you can use at night if you feel cold.

Food: There are a variety of foods you can get during this trek, such as Nepali organic foods, Indian foods, Chinese foods, continental foods, Mexican foods, etc., but we highly suggest you to eat the organic foods for the sustainable tourism of Nepal. If you eat organic foods, your money will directly go to the locals instead of buying packaged food.

Local organic foods you can get on this trek are: Rice, lentil soups, fruits, vegetables, potatoes, buckwheat breads, barley breads, champa poarrige, booms seets, and the corn flour that makes the testy breads for morning breakfasts.

Recommended foods items for breakfast, Lunch and Dinner time

Breakfast: oats, porridge, eggs, bread, pancakes, tea or coffee, etc.
Lunch time: fried rice, dal bhat, potatoes fry , noodles, soup, breads, etc.
Dinner time: Dal bhat, Pizza , Mo. Mo . hot soup , many more

Hot drinks recommend: Himalayan black tea, ginger lemon tea, masala chaya back, milck coffee

Electricity facility ,Wifi / internet and hot shower:

Yes, during this trek you can get the electricity for charging your phone and yes, wifi also means you can get most of the place when we stop at lodges. Yes, solar or gas-heated hot showers will provide.

Packing list for 2 days ghorepani poonhil trek

Here are the suggested packing list for 2-days trek

Warm jackets for poonhill
Comfortable boots
1 or 2 t-shirts
Warm trekking pants
short
Pairs of shocks
Sunhat, and sunscrime
Gloves
Walking stick
Sunglass
Head touch light
Medium-size backpack
Warm sweater
Personal toiletries
Personal medicine if you taking any from past
Pair of onderware
Warm beanie for poonhill
Trekking map
Raincoat (if its summer season only)
Personal gadgets , charging pots and charger
Water bottle
Sleeping bag or inner liner
Camera and extra butteries.

Trek permits and logistic documents

All the trip-necessary arrangements will be managed by us, but still, you have to send us your passport copy and a 20% trip advance of total amounts, including the Ghorepani Poonhill trek permit and trip-necessary documents will be arranged in advance by us after you give us final confirmation for the trek.

Two-day Ghorepani PoonHill Trek from Pokhara FAQ'S

It is possible to do the poonhill trek in 2 days from Pokhara ?

Yes, it is possible to do the Ghorepani Poonhill Trek in 2 days since the car road is connected in the higher section of this trek. You will drive to Ulleri almost half way through the trek and same ends of the trek you will take a Jeep drive back to Pokhara.

How long is the Ghorepani-Poonhill trek from Pokhara?

The Ghorepani Poonhill Trek is doable in 2 days, 3 days, 4 days, and 5 days since the driving road is close to the mountain. If you choose for 5 days you will explore and rich at the higher section of the trek, and if you go only for 2 or 3 days trek then you will be reach at Poonhill viewpoint, but can’t go further like ghandruk, chhomrong, hot spring, etc.

How much does the Ghorepani Poonhill Trek cost for 2 days.

The cost depends on group size and the service you want to buy, as well as the available fullboard package and guide hire service. For example, if you buy the fullboard packages tentatively, the cost starts from USD 200 to $250 for a solo trek and if you are in a group, it will be slidly cheaper. $150 to $200 includes meals, transportation, a guide, permits, accommodation permits, etc. But if you want to pay yourself food and accommodation, only hire a guide per day, $30including meals and accommodation for guide. And you have to still cover his transportation before and after the trek.

What is the best time to go ghorepani poonhill trek ?

The best time to go ghorepani poonhill trek is autumn season, September, October, November, and winter season from December and January, February and spring season, March, April, May and June are the best times to go this trek.

Can beginners go on the poonhill trek?

Yes, beginners can do the Ghorepani Poonhil Trek as its short and easy trek routes.

Can senior, older people do this trek ?

Yes, seniors and older people can also do this trek, but you need to have prepared the customized itinerary with good preparation.

Can I do the Poonhill Trek without a guide?

Yes, you can do the poonhill trek without a guide, but for safety and security, we highly recommend taking a guide, especially since you need guide support when you go to the poonhill viewpoint early in the morning as well. The walking route is located mostly in the forest, and you can’t meet the locals for a few hours.

Sometimes you can miss the trail and reach another location. So as a responsible travel agent and professional guide, we suggest you to take a guide, which will give you the best opportunity to enjoy the trek and make it a memorable trek for the lifetime.

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