Trek to Annapurna Base Camp on your own. Trekking to Annapurna base camp. Trek to Annapurna base camp

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

In the mountains you need to be prepared for all 4 weather seasons. The weather can change drastically in a matter of minutes. In good weather, you can go the entire route in one T-shirt, and when the weather worsens, in a down jacket! And such changes can be several times during the day.

Watch the video "How to dress for a mountain hike" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Lcl0p-1PE
You don't have to dress like Elbrus for this route, but the technology is the same!

LED headlamp

Purpose:

For lighting at night. Options: headlamp, hand lamp. A headlamp is preferable as it doesn't take up your hands. For climbing Elbrus, a headlamp is a must. Mandatory: replacement batteries.

Important Features:

Ease of attachment to the head, brightness, replaceable batteries.

A selection of the most useful maps of Annapurna. Useful for preparing for and independently. As well as advice on convenient navigation on the track and a separate map of the Tilicho Lake area.

If you decide to go trekking in Nepal on your own and at the same time you have no experience with GPS, then I can advise you an Android application - Osmand (Maps and Navigation). A very handy thing and a lot of features in the free version and a huge plus - works Offline without internet connection. In principle, if you install Osmand and download a map of Nepal (downloaded in the application interface), then you can do without a map, all trails and points are already marked. I use Osmand + of course I take a paper map with me, firstly, something can always happen with the phone, and secondly, this application has one small drawback - not all peaks are marked, then a regular map helps out. It also helps a lot when orienting in Kathmandu.

You can buy cards in Kathmandu in Thamel. And also in Pokhara, Lukla, Namche Bazaar. The choice is large, the cost of cards is 200 - 400 rupees (this is $ 2-4)

A selection of maps for trek planning in the Annapurna area.

1. Annapurna track map. Nepa Maps, 1:150000.

2. Map of Annapurna. Shangrila Maps, 1:125,000 . Original map for download

4. Map of the area of ​​Lake Tilicho of the Annapurna massif, includes a section of the Jomsom-Tilicho trail through the Mesokanto La pass.

Day 1. Group meeting
to Kathmandu

Upon arrival at Kathmandu airport, you need to apply for a Nepalese visa for 30 days (this is with a margin).
At the exit from the airport, the group is met by an employee of the Nepalese office with a bright yellow "Himalayan Guide" sign.
After checking into the hotel, in the evening - a general gathering of the group and an introductory briefing from the guide-leader.

Day 2 . Kathmandu
- Naya Pool
- Tiketunga (1960m).

Early in the morning - transfer by comfortable minibus
from Kathmandu to the starting point, to the village of Naya Pul. The Kathmandu valley is
at an altitude of more than 1,000 m and the road
to Annapurna begins with a descent
down a dizzying serpentine, with stunning views
on terraced fields scattered
along steep slopes.
There are stops along the way
toilet, rest and snacks.
A minibus arrives at Naya Pool in the afternoon. Hiking from Naya Pool
in Tiketungu, to a cozy family guesthouse, it will take about 4 hours.
Before dinner, it is good to take a hot shower and relax a bit.

Day 3-10.
Trekking to Annapurna Base Camp
(ABC, Annapurna Base Camp, 4 130m).

Trekking is walking
in picturesque places
with little or no load. Hiking time
5 to 8 hours a day.
Trekking is the most popular outdoor activity in Nepal. About tracking
in Nepal, read these helpful tips.
During nine days of trekking, the group will climb the Poon Hill high-rise, visit the picturesque village of Chomrong, climb up the Modi-Khola river valley to the heart of the Annapurna massif - the climbing base camp Annapurna Base Camp (ABC, 4,130 m)
and relax in the hot springs
in Gina.
The path passes along a hiking trail, through picturesque Nepalese villages, crossing turbulent tributaries, past impressive waterfalls.
and snow-capped peaks. The culmination of the route is a huge amphitheater
from the Himalayan peaks of Hiunchuli
(6441 m), Annapurna South (7219 m), Fang (7647 m), Annapurna I (8091 m), Annapurna III (7555 m), Machapuchhre
(6,993 m).

1st day of trekking.
- Uleri (1960m)
- Gorepani (2 860m)

Altitude gain per day - 900 m.
Walk only 4-5 hours. The first part of the path is an ascent
on stone steps. This warm-up will last 40-50 minutes.
Then - a simple and beautiful transition among oaks and rhododendrons. Terraced fields are visible all around - an impressive illustration of the diligence and patience of the Nepalese.
Along the way, you will meet a wonderful waterfall, in the pool of which you can have a pleasant swim in the spring. From the last village to Gorepani, an hour and a half walk. At the end of a small but fairly smooth climb. In the upper part of the village of Gorepani, the group is waiting for a checkpoint for checking documents.

2nd day of trekking.
Climbing
- Poon Hill (3 210m), crossing
- Gorepani (2 860m)
- Tadapani (2 630m)

Early rise at 04-30 and exit at 05-00. Climbing will take
about an hour. Return back to the guesthouse around eight in the morning.
Poon Hill offers an amazing mountain panorama from Dhaulagiri to Machapuchhre (6,993 m). Machapuchhre is famous for its recognizable profile, similar to the tail of a fish and the fact that at one time the king of Nepal forbade climbing by special decree.
One of the few peaks on the planet that remained untouched... The Annapurna South Peak (7219 m) is also clearly visible. After Gorepani (2 860m) way
lies down - the height drop to Tadapani (2 630m) will be 230 m. The transition takes about five hours.
The road starts right behind The Sunny Hotel (a good landmark is the basketball court). The trail goes up slowly at first, then becomes a little steeper. A protracted and rather difficult one-hour climb will end with the Durali pass (3,180m). Immediately after the village of the same name, the path will continue with a steep ornate descent. First, the descent will go along the ridge, then the path will fall into the gorge. It can be very slippery here after rain. In the spring, at this crossing, despite
to a small height, you can meet grazing yaks.
From the last village there is an hour and a half walk. Before Tadapani there is a small but steep ascent for about thirty minutes. Accommodation in the guesthouse "Fishtail" with good young hosts, not greedy and very cheerful.

3rd day of trekking.
- Tadapani (2 630m)
- Chomrong (2 170m)

After breakfast, about 5-6 hours walking to Chomrong village.
The trail will start with a rather steep two-hour descent and
to a large terrace with a magnificent view. The good location of the Mountain Discovery loggia provides a constant influx of guests - here you can relax, have a bite and enjoy the great view!
After a grueling descent to the river, from the bridge over Kimrong Khola, the road leads up again. Then a simple transition for 2 hours, alternating traverses and climbs. Chomrong village is one and a half to two hours away.

4th day of trekking.
- Chomrong (2 170m)
- Sinua (2 330m)
- Bambuu (2335m)

Chomrong spread over the slopes
in all three dimensions.
After spending the night in the loggia at its highest point, a leisurely descent begins down the exotic streets. Chomrong is considered the largest settlement in the Annapurna nature reserve. And prosperous - this can be seen from the abundance of good houses and guesthouses for tourists.
The descent ends at the river, crossing which begins a long ascent to the village of Sinua (2330 m). After it, the trail becomes easier and there will be no such drops in the relief ahead.
Along the way, there are several picturesque waterfalls and thickets of wild bamboo. With a high probability you can meet a herd of wild monkeys. Then the path again "falls" to the river, along a man-made stone staircase - to the village of Bambuu (2335 m).

5th day of trekking.
- Bambuu (2335m)
- Himalaya (2 920m)
base camp
- Machapuchhre
(MBC, 3 700m)

At this altitude, it is fresh in the morning and at times already cool.
Exit to the trail - after breakfast, early in the morning. The landscape around is noticeably changing, the slopes of the mountains are getting closer, and the scale of the relief is sharper... Starting from this day, it is safe to drink water from mountain streams, as they flow from the glacier. And unfriendly bacteria do not live at such a height. The path slowly rises up gradually leads to another world. The forest gives way to shrubs, and soon disappears altogether. The river, so formidable below, turns into a peaceful, wide-flowing stream. At some point, the trail levels off and winds along the river for several kilometers,
along a flat valley, sandwiched between steep slopes.
Small buildings can be seen ahead - this is the base camp of Machhapuchhre (Machhapuchhre Base Camp, 3,700 m).
Machhapuchhre peak itself (6993 m) rises majestically on the right.
Machapuchhre base camp - overnight stay. Today is an early bedtime, because tomorrow we have to leave for the Annapurna base camp long before sunrise. For dinner, as a rule, a motley international of trackers gathers. This evening, everyone is overwhelmed with restrained excitement before the upcoming ascent to a height of 4,130 meters - to the Annapurna base camp ...

6th day of trekking.
base camp
- Machapuchhre
(MBC, 3 700m)
base camp
- Annaprunes (ABC, 4 130m)
- Himalaya (2 920m)
- Bambuu (2335m)

Rise at four o'clock in the morning.
After a cup of hot tea - a leisurely transition up
in the dark, with headlamps. The trail is quite gentle, but at night it is often covered with light snow or stuck in ice. Annapurna Base Camp is at least two hours away. As a rule, the group arrives at the top in ten to twenty minutes
before dawn...
This sunrise will be remembered for a lifetime! Around - a panorama of the Himalayas.
Hiunchuli (6441 m),
Annapurna South (7219 m),
Fang (7647 m), Annapurna I (8091 m), Annapurna III (7555 m),
Machapuchhre (6,993 m).
The base camp itself is located on
the bottom of a giant circus surrounded by majestic slopes of cosmic dimensions.
The bed of an ancient glacier is impressive, plowed through a huge trench of moraine, the dimensions of which are measured in hundreds of meters. Next to the cliff
from the wall of the moraine there is a small memorial dedicated to the Soviet climber Anatoly Bukreev.
After descent to Machapuchhre base camp and a hearty breakfast, start the return trip.
With surprising ease, they rush past the places of previous overnight stays! Bambuu village - a place for dinner and overnight.

7th day of trekking.
- Bambuu (2335m)
- Chomrong (2 170m)
- Gina (1 780m)

After an early breakfast, the transition
to the village of Sinua flies unnoticed. Ahead is a panorama of Chomrong spreading along the slope. Its winding streets no longer seem overwhelming. In the legs, fatigue is felt, but at the same time - an unusual elasticity and ease of gait.
After resting on the observation deck of Chomrong, the group descends,
to the village of Jin. A pleasant surprise awaits there - a rest at the thermal spring. What could be better than relaxing in a hot pool on the banks of a mountain river overlooking the snow-capped peaks - just a hot dinner and healthy sleep.

8th day of trekking.
- Gina (1,780 m)
- Ghandruk
Moving to Pokhara

Early rise and breakfast.
A vigorous transition to Ghandruk will take about three hours.
On a suspension bridge, the trail crosses the Kimrong Khola, a tributary of the Modi Khola. Under the bridge lies a huge piece of rock, squeezed into a stone gap...
An SUV or regular bus will deliver the group to Naya Pula. Then - transfer to Pokhara on another regular bus. After arrival, check-in and a short rest at the hotel, a friendly dinner of real Nepalese trekkers.
The group became a team.

Travel plan

Arrival in Nepal.
Welcome to the Himalayan country of Nepal! You will be met at Tribhuvan Airport and transferred to your hotel in Kathmandu. Participants arrive during the day. Meeting with the guide and with the group. The guide helps to exchange money for local rupees, checks the equipment, helps to buy the missing ones. If after organizational issues there is free time, you can walk around Kathmandu and go to local temples. Swayambhunath, Pashupatinath or Boudhanath Stupa. Swayambhunath is a small town of Buddhist temples, monasteries and Hindu religious buildings. From the top of the hill where Swayambhunath is located, a magnificent panorama of the Kathmandu Valley opens - a colorful green basin surrounded by majestic mountain peaks. Bowdhanath is a huge stupa where you can climb the steps and touch the eyes of the Buddha.
Overnight at a 3* hotel.

Transfer Kathmandu - Pokhara.
Breakfast and departure at 7 am. The transfer from Kathmandu to Pokhara will take the whole day (about 8 hours), on the way we will stop for lunch. The highway connecting the capital and the second most important city of Nepal runs along the Trisuli River. From the windows of the bus you will see many villages, farm towns. Most of the local population is engaged in agriculture, so almost all flat areas along the road are occupied by fields.

Pokhara - Tikhudhunga (1540 m) - Uleri (1960 m).
Early in the morning (7.00) we leave for the village of Tickheedhunga, leaving behind the roads and the comfort of civilization. Immediately after the bridge begins the climb up the steep stairs. As we ascend, we will come across caravans of mules and herds of goats. Each village has guest houses for tourists, cafes and shops. We will stop in the village of Uleri, which offers a picturesque view of the surroundings.

Uleri (1960 m) - Goripani (2860 m).
At 9 o'clock we again go out on the trail. On this day we will not have a difficult transition to Goripani. The road goes along the slope. Soon we will enter the rhododendron forest, if you are lucky enough to be here during their flowering, you will be enchanted. These forests are very old and many rhododendrons have managed to grow up to ten meters in height. Ghorepani is located on the saddle of a small pass, when we come to the village we will have a majestic view of South Annapurna and Himchuli.

Goripani (2860 m) - Punkhill (3200 m) - Tadapani (2630 m).
We get up after dark, 5:00 am, in order to meet the dawn at Punkhill. From the top, a unique panorama of two mountain ranges will open: from the north, the Annapurna massif rises in front of us, and in the west you can see the majestic Dhaulagiri. After enjoying the views, we will descend to Gorepani, have breakfast and go through the forests of rhododendrons to the village of Tadapani.

Tadapani (2630 m) - Chomrong (2130 m).
We leave at 9 am. Our road passes through picturesque forests. Shortly before entering Chomrong, the specially protected area of ​​the Annapurna National Park begins, here you can no longer buy bottled water, only filtered, so you must stock up on a water tank in advance, a liter flask or a simple plastic bottle is perfect, you can also use a thermos and thermo mugs .

Chomrong (2130 m) - Bamboo (2310 m).
We leave at 9 am. This day will not be easy at all, it will begin with a descent to the Chomrong Khola River, we will lose almost 300 meters of altitude, then we will rise to the previous level. And further down the slope. Beneath us, Madi Khola hums on the rocks. Another ascent, another descent, there are a lot of them on our route. Our goal is the Bamboo village very close, surrounded by thickets of Bamboo. In each village, we can see the estimated travel time to the next settlement.

Bamboo (2310 m) - Durali (3230 m).
We leave at 9 am. Our trail climbs further along the gorge of the Madi Khola River, gradually the nature of the vegetation changes. Forests give way to shrubs, it becomes noticeably colder, in some places, last year's snow is visible. We will spend the night in the village of Durali. Temperatures can drop to 0 C at night, so warm sleeping bags come in handy.

Durali (3230 m) - Annapurna Base Camp (4100 m).
We leave at 9 am. The path from Dyurali to Annapurna base camp runs through the desert, we will pass the foundations of an abandoned village. Near Machapuchare base camp, the gorge makes a turn and widens. On the left, Himchuli peak rises above us, and on the right, a glacier. Behind the glacier you can see the peaks of Tent Peak, Gangapurna and others. Directly in front of us is the Peak of South Annapurna, Machapuchare will remain behind. The climb from the MVS to the Annapurna Base Camp is quite gentle, but here the altitude already has a significant effect on well-being.

Annapurna Base Camp (4100 m) - Bamboo (2310 m).
We get up at 5 o'clock in the morning to meet the dawn on the glacial moraine. Here we will be able to watch how the sun gradually paints the surrounding peaks in soft pink tones. Today we leave the Annapurna Base Camp and again find ourselves in the evergreen thickets surrounding the village of Bambu.

Bamboo (2310 m) - Ginu Dada (1780 m).
Departure at 9 am. On this day, our route runs, for the most part, along the path already familiar to us. We are waiting for a long descent to the Chomrong Khola River and an ascent to the village of the same name. Here we will see many souvenir shops, European bakeries and guest houses. After the village we will go down again and come to a place called Jinu Dada. Hot springs are located here, which will help tired travelers relax after a long journey.

How to independently go trekking in the Himalayas of Nepal? In fact, everything is simple and even easier than walking through the wild mountains of Altai or the Tien Shan, where everyone seems to speak Russian, but there is no one in the area.

In Nepal, there are a lot of tracks that pass along certain routes, paths, written in maps, guidebooks, and it is not necessary to prescribe them, because there are always people and signs on the paths themselves, and every 30-100 minutes of the way there are guest houses with accommodation and food (even pizza can be ordered right at the foot of the sacred mountain Machapuchare) - it is impossible to get lost. Let's find out how to go to the Nepalese track independently and competently.

Nepalese track- this is not a hiking trip in the usual sense of the word: you do not need to take food, a bowler hat, a tent, and even not necessarily a sleeping bag with you (not on all tracks), because as soon as you get tired of walking, you can stop for the night in any of passing guest houses.

When is the best time to track? Definitely October and the very beginning of November. Who is not afraid of the cold - the whole of November. April-May is also considered the high season, but I don’t really like this time because of the rain and cloudiness. I prefer to go to the tracks in March - this is not yet the generally accepted season, but for me it is not so cold anymore and there are no heavy rains yet.

It rains in Nepal in the summer: there is water on the paths (and leeches climb into your sneakers), and there are clouds in the sky (and there should be mountain peaks). Winter in Nepal is cold. Of course, it’s great to go trekking in February, when there are no traffic jams on the trails, the sky is clear, and a crust of ice crunches on the morning water for washing, but the cold is like that, you can’t do anything about it, especially in Nepal, where there is no heating. By the way, you can see the Nepalese temperature in degrees.

Tracks in Nepal - which is better and which are (briefly)

Next, we need to decide which track to go to. It is not necessary to go to the ABC (Annapurna) described below - there are a lot of tracks, and if you go to any bookstore or shop that sells cards, you can choose a card with any name you like and go wherever you suddenly want. Briefly about the tracks, it will turn out like this:

✔ If there is time: Everest base camp (from 2 weeks or longer), (one of the most beautiful and wild!), Ring around Annapurna (up to 30 days, but now roads have been laid here and the track can be significantly shortened), Lower Dolpo (from 2 weeks or more) and many others.

✔If you have money: The Upper Mustang requires both time and money, one permit for this track costs $500. The trek to Everest Base Camp is actually inexpensive, but not short either (from 2 weeks), the cost is slightly more expensive than a regular trek (we put $200 into the cost of the plane to the starting point).

✔If there is no time: We watch all the other tracks, there are quite a lot of short ones and even they can be shortened. A short and high trek - meeting the dawn at PoonHill (4 days), Jomsom can be made quite short, and the trek to Annapurna Base Camp - some people pass it in 20 days, or you can go the other way and do it in a week. And now more about ABC.

ABC Trek to Annapurna Base Camp. Description and preparation

The path is about 80 km, climb from 1300m to 4123m. On the way 6-7 days. If you drop by on the way back, then the path will be longer, maybe around 100 km (8-9 days).

Preparation for the track: permits, porter, transport

To start the trek from Kathmandu, you need to get to Pokhara (by bus - $10, by taxi - $150 or by plane - $100).

Get a permit and tims in Pokhara(permits to visit the Annapurna territory) can be done independently. It costs $ 40 for individual travelers, it is issued in half an hour here: 28.198867,83.969007 - walk from the hotel on Lakeside 15-30 minutes.

Or get a group permit, which costs $35 for each, if you take a porter or a guide for a group (you can have one for 10 people). In this case, permits are issued through the agency where you take the porter.

Porter service cost- about $15 per day, including food and accommodation on the track. Porter can carry up to 15 kg of your extra items. In fact, you need so few things that a porter may only be needed as one more person in the team, plus a good discount on permits - especially interesting for groups of 5 people.

Good inexpensive agency, which I can recommend for booking transport, obtaining permits and exchanging dollars: “Four brothers”, located directly opposite God’s Father Pizzeria (the pizza there is bad, despite the reviews in Tripadvisor) here: 28.215587, 83.958344.

Let's go to the track

Start from Pokhara Better early in the morning - around 6 o'clock. The first point is Nayapul. You can get to it in several ways:

1. Order seats in a minibus at any tourist shop on Lakeside in Pokhara. The cost is 500 rupees / place (approximately).
2. Get early in the morning to the bus station by taxi for 500 rupees (you need Bus Station to Nayapul in Pokhara). And from there by local bus for 200 rupees to Nayapul.
3. By taxi Lakeside Pokhara - Nayapul (2.5-4 thousand rupees, depending on the situation with gasoline).
4. By jeep from Lakeside immediately to Siwai (behind Nayapul) - the place from which it is best to start the track. The cost of a jeep is 7 thousand rupees.

Return from Siwai to Pokhara it is easier to leave - by local bus, or by passing jeeps.

Expenses on the track: food, housing

Food in Pokhara is quite cheap, prices in cafes are lower than in Russian ones. Food on the track costs about the same as in Russian cafes (more expensive than at the bottom). You can see photos of food and menus.

Guest houses on the tracks they cost 100-500 rupees per room (food is more expensive). If you only spend the night, but do not buy food, then you will have to pay for the room not 300 rupees, but 800.

Daily expenses on the track average: 1000-2000 rupees per day (plus or minus can be very different, depending on individual appetite).

With myself you can take Snickers, adjustable noodles (sometimes you want to sip hot and meaningless, and on the track it costs 400 rupees per pack), limes - if you like to drink hot water with real lemon, nuts, apples, dried fruits if you wish - all this is sold in Nepalese shops in Pokhara and Kathmandu, and on the tracks at times more expensive.

By the way, about the guesthouses on the track. In the high season, after dinner at overnight stays, all places can be occupied. But you can call in the morning and make reservations for yourself in advance. It is important that there is cellular communication only up to Bamboo, there is no further, but you can use walkie-talkies in passing guesthouses. If you are going with a porter or a guide, then he will solve this problem, the main thing is to have time to coordinate the places of overnight stays in advance. If the group is small (2-3 people, then you can not bother and book places already upon arrival).

Guest phone numbers along the track:

Hotel Hill Top, ☎ +977 974 6041595.
Sinuwa Lodge, ☎ +977 974 6041611.
Sinuwa Guest House, ☎ +977 974 6028007.

Bamboo Guest House, ☎ +977 984 6290080.
Green View, ☎ +977 984 6257879.
Bamboo Lodge, ☎ +977 984 6257488.
Trekking Guest House, ☎ +977 974 6065966.
Buddha Guest House, ☎ +977 974 6015194.

Annapurna Approach, ☎ +977 975 6000321.
Hotel Tip Top, ☎ +977 984 6303417.
Dovan Guest House, ☎ +977 974 6041130.

Himalaya

Himalaya Guest House, ☎ +977 974 6027283.
Himalaya Hotel, ☎ +977 974 6046109.

Deurali:

Deurali Guest House, ☎ +977 974 6005200.
Sangrila Guest House, ☎ +977 974 6041597.
Panorama Guest House, ☎ +977 974 60228014.
Dream Lodge, ☎ +977 974 6045694.

Fishtail Guesthouse, ☎ +977 984 6037924.
Shankar Guest House, ☎ +977 984 6293225.
Gunung Co-operative, ☎ +977 984 6513606.
Machhapuchhre Guest House, ☎ +977 984 6303435.
Gangapurna View Lodge, ☎ +977 984 6396621.

Hotel Paradise Garden, ☎ +977 994 610003.
Hotel Snow Land Lodge, ☎ +977 994 610002.
Annapurna Guest House, ☎ +977 994 610001.
Annapurna Sanctuary Lodge, ☎ +977 994 610000.

What to take from things

I walked the whole track in sneakers, a T-shirt and light pants (go hot, but it’s cold to spend the night). Near the base camp of Annapurna, the coldest overnight stay and in the morning you need to go in the red (snow or frost on the ground, somewhere around -5C). List of things (damn, I hate to write this, but I probably should):

• Footwear: boots or sneakers. I go to all the tracks in Palladin sneakers (company) - I have them both in the heat and in the snow. walks in flip flops and socks in general, and most bother with trekking boots. The boots are heavy and warm - keep in mind that most of the track will have to go in the heat and it is possible to lug the boots in a backpack.
• Slippers for overnight stays and showers in parking lots (the floor is cold and stone).
• T-shirts - the amount depends on the intensity of your sweat output), I take 2 pieces, but 5 is not enough for someone.
• Light pants or long shorts for every day - it's hot to go,
• Pants are warm - they should be as warm as possible and as light as possible (you can take warm underpants and top pants separately). In the evenings it is cold and above zero and minus.
• Shirt with long sleeves.
• Warm jacket (light in weight).
• Warm downy but light jacket.
• A hat, gloves (I always forget to take them, nothing is normal), a few pairs of socks (you can wash it on the road, but sometimes they don’t have time to dry).
• An insert in a sleeping bag - if you are a squeamish person and do not want to hide yourself in a blanket that someone has already breathed in, then you can take not a sleeping bag (do not drag it), but an insert - this is such an easy thing that you can climb into and take cover from above anything already.
• I usually don’t take pills with me (but many people bother) - I think it’s dangerous to burst pills at a height. To avoid diarrhea - do not overeat, so that there is no miner - it is better not to eat meat (in the tracks it is written on tourist signs) and not to rush, not to run, walk slowly, not holding your breath, breathe like a sleeping child, climbing stone stairs ...
• Snickers, rollton (oh, these are not clothes .., but still - very good things in the track).
• You don’t need to type anything extra, then you will drag it and think, I’m a fool, why I’m dragging this tripod with me.

On the track with a tent, a sleeping bag and a bowler hat

This is also possible. Then the backpacks will be heavy, tourist - everything is for real. But you still have to go among ordinary people and also spend the night next to the guest houses. You will also have to buy water and in the evenings you will want to sit in the kitchen in the light of electricity, and there you can already order something from local food, which is the biggest expense on the track.

In general, dragging tents and bowlers is relevant only if you are completely rogue (this happens, I don’t see anything wrong, on the contrary, there are more adventures and hardcore). But this is unlikely to help much, the costs are still inevitable.

Photos from the trek to Annapurna Base Camp

Now track to Annapurna in photos. Go. The track starts at This is my favorite place because of the mountains, fresh juices and tranquility.

There are several options for the way from Pokhara to ABC - through Nayapul, through Phedi, by calling from the Ring around Annapurna, and so on. The first route is more convenient because you do not need to squirm from the very first day along the stone steps, a segment of the path that can be driven by jeeps.

From Nayapul to Siwai can be reached by jeep for 7 thousand rupees per car.

Endless stone steps in the Himalayas - this is how most of the trails on the tracks look like. The steps in these places have existed for a very long time, the locals used them even before the advent of tourists. With the development of tourism, they simply became more.

This is what guest houses look like on most tracks in the Himalayas.

Some food from my tracks:

At an altitude of more than 2 thousand meters, there are signs on the tracks that say that from now on you do not need to eat meat. Meat thickens the blood and if you do not eat it, then you will feel better at altitude and you may not even feel the "miner".

At a stop called Jinu (before Chomrong), you can bathe in hot springs. And despite the fact that you need to go down to them for about 30 minutes (and climb back) - they are worth it! It's better to do it on the way back.

life hack- in the morning there are few people at the springs, and in the afternoon and in the evening there are a lot of tin.

Such signs hang along the tracks at almost every guest house: the number of hours for transitions from guest house to guest house.

In November, there may already be snow in the Machepuchare base camp area (or it may not be).

Here it is - the main moment of the whole track. When you leave at five in the morning from Macepuchare Base Camp to ABC (Annapurna Base Camp). It is better to feel this splendor than to review hundreds of photographs.