Posted on: 10 September, 2019
Author: Sagar Thapaliya
Poon hill trek is best for all beginners trekkers as well as trekkers who have a short time to trek but want to see the annapurna himalayan range from very near. You are not going to trek at very much altitude zone. you will be doing trek untill 3210 Meter from where you would see more than 14-16 peaks which are above 6000 Meter height and the most important one is you would see two mountain above 8000 Meter from same place that is Annapurna and Dhaulagiri 8091 m and 8,167 meter respectively Poon Hill trek is very short and easy trek which starts from Nayapul and ends at Nayapul. it is a very popular trek destination which gives a splendid view of the Annapurna Himalayan range and provides an opportunity to interact with local people, their lifestyle, culture, and tradition. This trekking trail goes through spectacular and magnificent landscapes, marvelous Gurung and Magar villages, lush green Rhododendron, and forests to Ghorepani. ghorepani 2875m (9435ft.) from here trekkers can see the magnificent and very close view of Mt Annapurna 8091m (26545ft), Annapurna South 7219(23684ft). Mt Dhaulagiri is the tallest one standing in the height of 8167m From sea level as well as Dhaulagiri Range. The trail is unique and awesome for a natural experience. It has a very diversified environment from the Birethanti to Ghorepani. Birethanti is lowland where people can plant rice while in Ghorepani just seasonal vegetable. Local people In a lower land of the trail do a production of rice, maize, wheat, mustard, millet and seasonal fruit like mango, litchi, guava, papaya, orange, lemon, banana and much more fruit. While on Ghorepani you can see different temperate and sub-alpine plant like oak, Rhododendron and many other herbs and shrubs. From Ghorepani, you can hike poon hill 3210m(10531ft) where you can have a spectacular of, Mt Annapurna 8091m (26545ft), Annapurna South 7219(23684ft), Annapurna III 7555m (24786ft), Gangapurna, 454m(24458ft), Holy and beautiful mountain 6997m( 22956ft) and many another mountains. Poon hill trek highlights Poon hill trek can be done in 4 days This trek can be done Even if you have 4-5 Days as well but you need to take the flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara here is the itinerary Day 01- Kathmandu to pokhara by flight and trek to Tikhedhunga Day 02- Tikhedhunga to Ghorepani Day 03- Ghorepani poonhill Hike and trek to Tadapani Day 04- Trek to Pokhara and Fly back to Kathmandu You can also do Annapurna base camp trek from here This place is in the middle of Annapurna region where 3-4 trekking routes joins together. you can do Annapurna base camp trek also from here. So here is the itinerary. Day 01: Kathmandu to Pokhara Day 02: Pokhara to Ulleri Day 03: Ulleri to Ghorepani Day 04: Ghorepani to tadapani Day 05: tadapani to Chomrong Day 06: Chomrong to Deurali Day 07: Deurali to Annapurna base camp Day 08: Annapurna base camp to Bamboo Day 09: Bamboo to Jhinu Day 10: Jhinu to Pokhara Day 11: Pokhara to kathmandu Day 12: Departure Poon hill is also the way to Khopra Trek People who want to go to go to Khopra trek, is also need to go from here. You can go to khopra from here with this itinerary Day 01: Kathmandu to Pokhara Day 02: Pokhara to Ulleri Day 03: Ulleri to Ghorepani Day 04: Ghorepani to Dobato Day 05: Dobato to Khopra Day 06: Khayer lake trek Day 07: trek to swanta Day 08: Trek to Tatopani Day 09: Drive to pokhara Day 10: Drive to kathmandu Day 11: Departure Poon hill trek for Everyone There is no Age bar for this easy poon hill trek. From 4 year kids to the 70 years old people can do it. Yes, it is quite hard in the starting day but the rest is easy. Be confident that if you have a very short period in Nepal but want to do a small trek do it. Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com I am a Founder of Nepal Trek hub Pvt.Ltd and i have been travelling around Nepal since 12 years. i like to write the articles regarding my travel and trek routes. My Next article would be for Manaslu trek