Trip Overview
Luxury Annapurna base camp trek- 16 days
What is the luxury Annapurna base camp trek & what makes it luxury?
Nepal Trekking Tours, a 25-year expert Sherpa local company in Nepal, designed and tailored a 16-day Luxury Annapurna Base Camp Trek.This is one of the best luxury trekking itineraries in order to satisfy our valuable trekking guests with the highest level of top-quality 5-star hotels in popular cities like Kathmandu and Pokhara, the best premium lodges like Ker and Downey, as well as the best selected lodges with attached bathroom and hot shower during the whole trek. In order to make this trek more comfortable, we have included a round-trip Kathmandu-Pokhara-Kathmandu domestic flight and private comfort jeep transfers before and after the trek. The meals we serve at lodges are hygienic, fresh and healthy hot meals, together with available fresh fruits.
In the entire trek, a total of 5 nights (Days 6, 7, 8, 9, & 11) are lodges with shared hot showers and normal private rooms are provided. The best selected lodges with attached private bathrooms and hot showers are available (Day 2,3,4,5,10,12). For safety purposes, we have started this trek from 1800m to gradually reach the highest point of this trek at 4130m, Annapurna base camp.
Why should you book a luxury Annapurna base camp trek with us?
The Annapurna base camp trek is a popular Nepalese trek.In order to make this trek very special, we programmed it to be the best quality to ensure possible luxury. The three main reasons to book or recommend this trek to you and others are listed below.
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Compare to other regular or normal Annapurna base camp trek offers, this luxury Annapurna base camp trek is absolutely added value to your holiday because of Highest quality lodges and hotels, best services by our expert local guides and porters
- well prepared itinerary to ensure the safest way to complete the trek in a comfortable way. well planned day-to-day itinerary for the most comfortable trekking experience.
- A perfect combination of city tours, nature treks, cultural, traditional, historical, and natural beauties of Nepal within 16 days.
Is this trekking for me? How difficult is the Luxury Annapurna Base Camp trek?
This is a naturally very beautiful trek. This sort of luxury trek in Annapurna’s highest altitude is hiking upto base camp, 4130m. The second-best hilly area to see sunrise during this trek is Ghorepani-Poonhill, which is 3200m high. Compared to other treks, this is graded as an easy-moderate level trek with uphill and downhill hiking. Physically sound trekkers can enjoy this trek a lot, so we recommend you start regular exercise to keep yourself fit for this trek. Normal eservices are like-running, walking, cycling daily for 1-2 hours helps best to be prepared. Since this trek is not a hard one, any fresh trekker can join this trek. However, your previous trekking experience can be useful.
The best season for a luxury Annapurna base camp trek:
To experience the best weather on such a luxury trek in the region of Annapurna, we highly suggest planning this trek in the following season and months.
Autumn (October to December); Spring (March to May).
The first two weeks of June and the second two weeks of September are still nice months to trek in Nepal. The coldest months are January and February, and the monsoon months are July and August.
Service Includes
Comfortable, deluxe accommodations and hygienic meals
- Luxury 5-star ( The Dwarika's hotel) Hotel accommodation in KATHMANDU on twin share with breakfast (2 nights)
- Luxury 5-star ( Fishtail lodge- deluxe room) Hotel accommodation in POKHARA on twin share with breakfast (2 nights)
- 3 nights at a Luxury mountain lodge or guest house in Dhampus( Basanta lodge), Landruk( La bee Lodge), Ghandruk( Himalaya lodge)with an attached bathroom, including hot and cold shower
- 3 nights at a Deluxe mountain lodge or guest house in Chhomrong( Excellent view lodge), Ghorepani( Snow land Lodge or sunny hotel) with an attached bathroom, including hot and cold showers.
- 5 nights at the best selected/available lodge or guest house with a common bathroom including hot and cold showers.
- There are 3 hygienic vegetarian or non-vegetarian meals per day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner (you can choose meals from all over the Lodge every day).
- Tea/coffee or other hot beverages during breakfast, lunch, and dinner (5–6 cups per day).
- seasonal fruits and additional biscuit/cookies snacks
- Where available, there is free WiFi.
- 4-5 liters of boiled or purified drinking water.
- Charges for a camera, smartphone, or laptop
Private transportation that is comfortable
- private, comfortable vehicle tour of Kathmandu city & Pokhara City as specified in the itinerary.
- All airport transfers by private, comfortable vehicle (international and domestic airport pick-up and drop-off as included in the itinerary).
- Pokhara- Pherdi & Ulleri- Pokhara by Private Jeep( before/after trek)
baggage allowance and domestic flights.
- Kathmandu-Pokhara-Kathmandu flight tickets
- The baggage allowance on the Pokhara flight is 15 kg, and we include 5 kg extra for free, for a total of 20 kg per person.
Professional Private Sherpa guides & porters
- professional English-speaking tour guide for sightseeing in the city as specified in the itinerary.
- A professional English-speaking guide for the trek
- Porter who is professional, dependable, helpful, and friendly (1 porter for every two people sharing)
- Daily wage, lodging, meals, and guide and porter insurance.
Trekking permits and entrance fees
- Entrance fees to all UNESCO heritage sites during city sightseeing in Kathmandu and Pokhara
- Annapurna conservation Area Project( ACAP) Entrance Fee
- The local government fee
- Trekker’s information management system (TIMS) fee
Free information or guest services.
- guide to purchasing trekking clothing or equipment, as well as any other required wholesale shopping in Kathmandu.
- Support in the case of baggage loss or delay in Kathmandu from international flights to Nepal
- Support to exchange money, get a local SIM card
- 24/7 emergency call support.
- Free safe baggage storage service during the trek
Free welcome dinner & farewell professional body massage after the trek
- We offer a free welcome Nepalese dinner with authentic Nepalese cultural dances on arrival day, or if you arrive late on arrival night, this will be provided on the second day.
- After the trek, you will receive a FREE 1-hour Ayurvedic full-body massage as a treatment for your tired body.
Other free services include:
- A down sleeping bag and a down jacket are provided at no cost.
- Free use of water bottles
- Free use of trekking poles
- Free use of porter duffel bags (you can take them after the trek if you like).
- First Aid Kit
- Trekking certificate
- Trekking Map
- The company's gift