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Trekking the Annapurna Circuit and up to the Annapurna sanctuary, Nepal:

  • Day 1: Flight to Katmandu, Nepal and stay overnight.
  • Day 2, 3: Sightseeing through the valley of Katmandu and its holy sites.
  • Day 4: Drive from Kathmandu to Dumre and continue to Basi Sahar.
  • Day 5-18: Start of the Annapurna Circuit trek at Basi Sahar (2640 feet) and hike up the Marsyangdi Khola Valley to Manang (11,550 feet) for two days of acclimatization. Climb up to the Thorung La Pass (17,873 feet) and down the Kali Gandaki Valley to Tatopani, where there are some great natural Hot Springs.
  • Day 19-25: Climb up to Annapurna base-camp (13,514 feet), a sanctuary surrounded by Himalayan high peaks. Hike back down to Pokhara. Day 26: Sightseeing Pokhara and stay overnight.
  • Day 27: Drive back to Kathmandu.
  • Day 28: Sightseeing and rest in Kathmandu.
  • Day 29: Flight back home.


Hiking through the colorful valley of Kathmandu and the Forbidden City -Lhasa. Trekking in Central Tibet and crossing the Himalayas back into Nepal:

  • Day 1: Flight to Kathmandu, Nepal and overnight stay.
  • Day 2, 3: Sightseeing through the valley of Katmandu and its holy sites.
  • Day 4: Flight from Kathmadu, Nepal to Lhasa, Tibet. Sightseeing Lhasa.
  • Day 5-7: Visiting some of the most holy sights in Lhasa and it's surrounding, as the Potala Palace, the jokhang temple, the Norbulinka (summer palace), Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery.
  • Day 8-10: Drive to Ganden monastery and start a three-day hike to Samye monastery.
  • Day 11: Visit the Samye monastery and return by bus to Lhasa.
  • Day 12: Sightseeing the markets of Lhasa.
  • Day 13-18: Drive from Lhasa to the border with Nepal. Visiting on the way Yamdrok Lake, Gyantse, Shigatse, Sakya monastery, Tingri, Rangbuk Monastery, Mt. Everest Base Camp and Nyalam.
  • Day 19: Crossing the border city of Zhangmu and Kodari and continue back to Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Day 20: Relaxing and sightseeing in Kathmandu.
  • Day 21: Flight from Kathmandu back home.