Sarankot – Australian camp hiking - 8 Days

You will be met and greeted by Nepal Trekking Path airport representative. Get a glimpse of Kathmandu in 30 minutes drive to your hotel. If you arrive early, you will get the opportunity to explore the city a bit. A short briefing session will be held. Overnight stay at a star hotel.

Second day of the tour starts with a delicious breakfast followed by the city tour. Our first destination is Basantapur Durbar Square. The place is surrounded by spectacular Newari architecture. The Baithak palace looks stunningly beautiful. Captivating courtyards, historic temples, and ancient houses add charm to this place. Kumari Ghar, Taleju Temple, Jagannath Temple, Shiva Parvati Temple, and Big Bell are some of the major monuments, we will be exploring. Festivals like Machchhindranath Jatra, Gaijatra, Dashain and Indrajatra are celebrated with great enthusiasm every year. Every inch of this place hold stories, enjoy listening to them while roaming around its alleys.

Swayambhunath, a holy shrine on the top of the hill welcomes hundreds of visitors every day. It has multiple entrances, if you want to use the main entrance you will have to walk 365 staircases alongside the stone chaitya and souvenir stalls but if you decide to enter the plaza from the side entrance, you will reach the top within few minutes. From the top of the plaza, we will get to the view of the entire city. The plaza is popularly known as Monkey Temple as it houses a large number of monkeys. You need to pay extra attention to your belongings.

Pashupatinath with surrounding temples spread on a large area is another major tourist attraction. There are a number of temples, status, shrine, and souvenir hawkers. The main temple is set on the bank of the holy river. After touring around the plaza for a while, we will drive to Baudhanath.

Baudhanath, the major tourist attraction in Kathmandu holds the world’s largest Stupa, decorated with prayers flag and surrounded with several prayers wheels and temples. We will roam around the plaza, have lunch then drive back to the hotel.

Post breakfast, we will depart from the capital city to Pokhara. The six hours drive on the scenic road witnessing a rustic side of Nepal is quite exciting. Crossing Thankot, we will drop down to Naubise then drive through the major town including Dharke Marebesi, Galchi, Malekhu Charaudi, Krishna veer, Gorkha, Kurlingtar, Muglin, AphuKhaireni, Damauli to reach Pokhara. We will enjoy the view of majestic Trishuli river on the way and stop in one of the restaurants to have lunch. If we arrive Pokhara on time, we will stroll around this heavenly city, enjoying the calm surrounding.

We will wake up early, have breakfast then get ready for our today’s journey. An hour drive on the well-maintained road will take us to our trailhead, Kande. The trail from Kande to Australian Camp is easy and well maintained. We start our trek by climbing gradually on the uphill leading to farm villages. Continuing walking on the same trail we will reach Australian Camp within a few hours. The place offers stunning vistas of lush forests housing colorful birds along with the majestic Mt. Manaslu and Machhapuchare at the distance.

Wake up early in the morning to catch spellbinding sunrise over the soaring Machhapuchare and Annapurna Range. Have breakfast then follow the beautiful trail. On the distance, we will see Pokhara Valley, tranquil lake and green hills. Around five hours of the walk will take us to Sarangkot, from where we can get a glimpse of the beautiful Himalayas and Pokhara valley.

After immersing into the spellbinding view of Sunrise above the soaring mountains, we will have breakfast, and then descend alongside the terraces farm until we reach Pokhara. Walk on the well-paved road via Few Tal to the hotel. Freshen up before heading to explore the city. We will visit Brindabhasini temple then drive to David’s Fall and Gupteshwor Mahadev Cave. After strolling around the local market we will conclude the sightseeing. After an eventful day, head back to the hotel.

After a hearty breakfast, we will bid goodbye to this heavenly city. Drive on the paved road meandering through small villages, towns, hamlets, terraced farms and rivers. In six hours you will be in your hotel in Kathmandu. We will meet in the evening for a farewell dinner. Our guides will take you to the finest restaurants serving mouth-watering Nepali meals.

Concluding your Nepal Tour, today you will fly back to your country. In the morning, you may roam around the local market to buy souvenirs and gifts. Our escort will pick you from your hotel and transfer to the International airport.