Annapurna Area Trekking is listed as the world's top adventure destination by leading travel magazines and guide books including Lonely Planet. Certainly a country of great fascination where you can trek in the comfort of the nice lodge on route with a homely environment and hospitality, the Annapurna area offers a wide range of adventure destinations from day hikes to moderate trekking for a few days to a week or more leading to high scenic passes with mind-blowing sceneries.
The world's 10th highest Mt. Annapurna at 8,091 m / 26,545ft, is located in the Mid West Nepal a charming and most sought country for leisure-moderate to high adventure. Mt. Annapurna is a massive range with adjoining Annapurna South 7,219m / 23,693ft, Gangapurna 7,455m / 24,457ft, and Annapurna III (7,555m / 24,787ft) with Annapurna IV including majestic peak Machhapuchare (Fish-Tail).One of the first 8,000-meter peaks ever to be climbed even before Mt. Everest was submitted, by a French team of Maurice Herzog on June 3rd, 1950, three years before Everest was climbed.
A picturesque country around the Annapurna area where you can trek with various options trek on the mid hills of Ghorepani and Poon Hill for a striking sunrise over a range of mountains, or trek to its base camp with Annapurna sanctuary where you will be enclosed within mountains. The longer trek leads around Annapurna famously known as the Annapurna circuit which takes you north and south of Annapurna Himalaya with the crossing of high pass of Thorang-la 5,416 m.
The list of destinations continues on this massive range of Annapurna Himalaya trekking with beautiful views of peaks, traditional hills villages full of interesting culture, and walking into pristine forest of rhododendron-pines and fir trees.
Most of the trekking and other adventure around Annapurna Area starts and ends at scenic Pokhara city, a famous tourist spot with its pristine Begnas and Phewa Lakes where the mountains reflect on its calm waters. Pokhara can be reached by air and overland drive which is just 220 k.m. distance away from Kathmandu.
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