Glacier Hotel Pokhara

... region without having to contend with the altitude. The trek is start from Naya Pul near by Pokahra valley. Instantly after leaving Pokhara valley, it is not such a long wait before we get fantastic views of the mountains including the common shape of ...

... a very accurate picture of the ups and downs of our trekking route. Read on if you want to know more!   Day 1: Pokhara (820m) - Ghandruk (1940m) Myself, Tim and Simon left Pokhara with our guide, Chandra in a taxi for the hour long drive into the ...

... great to see lots of the places we'd trekked through from a bird's eye view.    We were dropped back at the hotel in Pokhara and we spent the day doing chores and relaxing. Thursday 8th July Floyd and I got up early, took a boat across the ...

... . Night 6 - Manang Tourist stretch boring but had bakeries. Cold, windy and dusty when the sun left. Yak burgers, Gangapurna glacier. Old Manang interesting wander. Night 7 - Manang Night 8 - Yak Karka Very small but nice walk into the Yak ...

... one of the above three.  A foot print is your friend. During this rocks continually tumble down. I keep moving and exit the glacier after an hr. It's from the frying pan and into the fire. I enter a rock fall zone. Huge boulders litter the path ...

... Surprising really that rice costs so little when so much work goes into growing and harvesting it. By about 2:30pm we had arrived in Pokhara, which is much larger than I anticipated.  It is not as busy as Kathmandu but there is still a fair amount of ...

... a 30 minute walk to Manang (largest town in the area) where we had lunch by the Gangapurna Tal (lake) near the Gangapurna glacier. After peanut butter sandwiches and a few games of pooh sticks (with pine cones) we headed off for a slow climb through the ...

... stay in 'Mums Garden Resort' it is about the price of one of us getting a bed in a dingy Dublin Hostel. Brilliant. So, Pokhara genuinely is a bit of heaven on eath. Granted, this place is over run with Trekking tourism and hippies who want to relax in ...

... in the Annapurna sanctuary is absolutely amazing - From here the panorama is breath taking. Annapurna I rear above rubble covered glacier while to the south Himchuli and Annapurna South loom behind. Machhapuchre (Mt. Fishtail) is magnificent and even ...

... mouthed but friendly Australian woman and a quieter American man, both expats, who were trying to help the hotel start up. I decided to spend an extra day in Pokhara to buy my trekking permits and get ready for the trip so I could spend some time with my ...

... on the east bank of the river was another wonderful waterfall that brings the water of the Dana Khola, fed by the Tulagi glacier of the Manaslu range. We climbed gently through a forest of oak and pine and went through another kani gate into the village ...

... amazing.  From there we continued up to the view point (about 3800m) which offered great views of Manang, the valley, icefall, glacier, lake and of course mountains which looked to be within touching distance.  Best of all there was a tea shop ...

... mother's deep concern if she did not hear from me soon. One bus trip attempt and one accomplished journey later I was in Pokhara. Now I am basking in the knowingness of the place while preparing for my second delve into India and the extremely bizarre and ...

... along a ridge past several small 'tea huts' to Tolka at 1800 mts. Although Tolka was only a hard days walk from Pokhara (aka civilization), we were already in an area without telephones, clean water (needed to boil everything or use iodine), hot showers ...

... Gompa, where a 94-year-old lama blessed our crossing of the pass at Thorong La, and second, past a viewpoint over the Gangapurna glacier, where a goat herder invited us for tea.  We sampled the local Seabuckthorn juice (said to have more vitamins and ...

... a bit too much as I had a fall and scrapped my arm, but it could of been a lot worse.  I could have stayed around Pokhara for another few days, but we needed to get the bus back to Katmandu to reach or rafting trip we had ...

... we got a taste for up in the mountains, and for good reason, but I'll come to that in a minute. First a word about Pokhara - it's the polar opposite of Kathmandu, totally relaxed and a little bit hippy. We arrived this morning ,bright and early, on our ...

... ) Day 6 Lower Pisang to Manang (3547 Meters) = 16.0 Kilometres (95.7 km total) Day 7 Manang, rest day. Hike to glacier (3867 Meters) = 5.0 Kilometres (100.7 km total) Day 8 Manang to Letdar (4248 Meters) = 15.0 Kilometres (115.7 km total). ...

... trail to follow down (for the most part).  Stayed the night at Tangna right before you walk across a glacier for the road to Gokoyo.  It was a nice hotel and met lots of friendly people - one who gave us a great recommendation for a place to ...

... and theoretically helps when you descend. from the top of the rise we could see right up the valley, including the glacier running down, precarious paths hugging the slopes of the surrounding mountains (one of which we would be walking the next day) and ...