Poon Hill itenary, Oct. 7-12,2018

Poonhill trek itenary:

Day 1 : Ktm-Pkr-Nayapool-Birethanti

Starting at about 7 am by bus from Kathmandu to Pokhara. We Arrived Pokhara around 3pm at Prithivi chock. we took a taxi (taxi cost us NRS 2000 to Nayapul. It takes 1 hour 30 min to Nayapool, then walked to Birethanti for 30min. We stayed at Birethanti,1025 mtr. 

Day 2 : Birethanti-Tikhedunga -Ulleri-Banthanti

We started our trek from 7am with breakfast. The trek was simple till last point of Hille. Before that we took short rest in Tikedhunga. Than we proceeded to steep clumb of Ulleri (1960mtr) which was most difficult part of trek. It was really exhausting to climb about 5000 stone steps. Pushing ourselves we made it to Ulleri and had lunch. Then we went to Banthanti for the night at 4pm. During the trek we had vegetarian dal bhat for meal. 

A tip for all the trekkers: if you have some strength never stay in the first hotel of the village. Always stay in the last or middle to make tomorrows journey short. 

Day 3:

Banthanti-Ghorepani

At 7am, we took breakfast in hotel then proceeded for Ghorepani. We took few minutes rest in Nagthanti. Than we hike for Ghorepani without taking rest. We arrived Ghorepani at 2pm, but we went a little bit high at Dewrali. In my views Ghorepani Dewrali (2874 mtr) is better than lower Ghorepani to climb Poonhill next morning. We stayed there for a night.

Day 4 : 

Ghorepani-Poonhill-Tadapani-Gandruk

On morning of day 4, we woke early morning at 4 am and left our hotel at 4:30am for Poonhill. It takes 45 min steep uphill walking to reach Poonhill (3210 mtr) and flashlight and warm clothes are most essential gear of this part of trek. You can stay there as long as your wish. We stayed there till 7 am. We were lucky because the weather was clear. We saw the majestic views of Dhawlagiri range and Annapurna range. We arrived at hotel, took breakfast and checked out, then went uphill for an hour and rest was downhill till Tadapani and Ghandruk. Where Tadapani was our stop for lunch then went to Ghandruk which takes 3 hour from Tadapani. We stayed for a night in Ghandruk (2000-1000 mtr). It was our longest time walking in the trek. 

Day 5 :

Ghandruk-Pokhara

We woke up morning, had a breakfast and left hotel for bus stand which was an hour of downhill walking in unmanaged trail. The bus was waiting for passengers, we got a good seat. It takes 3 hours to reach Pokhara, arrived Baglung bus stand and took city bus to lakeside where we plan to stay tonight. Our journey was over. 

(Essentials for trek: good shoes, proper cloths, trekking stick, coffee and tea bags, water purification tablets, dry fruits, Swiss knife, cash money because of no ATM in trek circle etc)