Mountain Trekking and Wildlife Tour Nepal – 11 Days

Mountain Trekking and Wildlife Tour Nepal.  A carefully crafted itinerary that exhibits the marvel of the culture and nature of Nepal at its best. Strolling around the narrow streets of Kathmandu visiting ancient and historical sites. Learning about the culture and traditions of the people. Apart from that trekking across the beautiful trails of the Annapurna region.  Soak in the panoramic views of the Himalayas chasing sunsets and changing horizons.

After exploring the Annapurna region head back to Pokhara. Then proceed towards Chitwan National Park. An area of over 952 sq. km on the southern central plains of subtropical Inner Terai Lowlands. The park’s southern boundary is bordered by Churia hills and the northern boundary by the Rapti River where 70% of the land is covered by Sal forest and 30% by grasslands and river land forests making it a perfect habitat for tigers, rhinos, wild elephants, and various reptiles and birds, around 650 Species of birds are found in the region. 

Chitwan National Park was established in 1973 A.D and was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984 A.D, the park territory covers three districts of Chitwan, Nawalpur, and Makwanpur covering a vast area of marshlands and forest home to increasing numbers of animal species. Explore the National park witness wildlife and learn about the people living in the heart of the jungle. After exploring the National Park head back to Kathmandu.

Mountain Trekking and Wildlife Tour Nepal offers travelers a perfect chance to witness the various faces of the country. A trip where you will witness nature at its best and communities of rare beauty, great strength, and extreme fragility. Be a part of this adventurous and soul-stirring tour with the Alpine Club of Himalaya.

 Key Information:

• Group and private safari are possible, rates will vary depending on this.
• Group size: Minimum of 2 and maximum of 14 persons
• Starting point and ending point: Kathmandu
• Languages: English-speaking guide
• All park fees are included.

Skill level

• Beginner

Accommodation for Mountain Trekking and Wildlife Tour Nepal. :

Check-in Time: 09:00

Check-out Time: 12:00

On your first three nights, you will stay in Alpine Hotel and Apartment. For the rest of the nights, you will stay in the Hotel Rainforest. This trip is designed for shared accommodation and does not involve a single supplement. Single travelers joining group trips are paired in twin or multi-share accommodation with someone of the same sex for the duration of the trip.

Entry and Permits

The following permits are required for trekking

• ACAP entry permit fee for foreigners: 3,000 NPR (Approx. US $30)
• ACAP entry permit fee for SAARC nationals: 200 NPR

TIMS Permit :

• NRP 1,000 per person for organized treks through an agency
• NRP 2,000 per person for independent trekkers (going without a guide or porter)

Note: All the trekking permits are handled by the Alpine Club of Himalaya.

The trip

This trip operates at altitudes over 2,780 meters (maximum altitude 5,545 meters). In this itinerary, you do not have many acclimatizing days, so you may experience headaches, nausea, and lethargy on arrival in Namche Bazaar, 3,420 meters. It is important to be aware of the effects of altitude on one’s tolerance especially in going high to Namche.

Group leader

All Alpine Club of Himalaya trips is accompanied by one of the local Sherpa leaders who speaks excellent English. He/she will provide information on the places you are traveling through, deal with health and safety issues and introduce you to the local porters and villagers. As a local leader, he/she has more specific knowledge to explain historical, cultural, religious, and social aspects.

Fellow travelers

When you travel in a group, there are people from around the world of different ages who are multilingual, multicultural, and multiracial. You are requested to understand the benefits and maybe some of the frustrations of traveling in a group.

Alpine Club of Himalaya has found time and time again that the very best trips they operate are those where the dynamics within the group work well, this takes just a little effort on your part.

Included excursions

• Full-day sightseeing tour of Kathmandu on your second day
• Enjoy the scenic view of beautiful hills in Pokhara on your third day
• Visit Sarangkot, various caves and waterfalls, World Peace Pagoda, Shiva Statue
• Trek to Thikhedhunga on your fifth day
• Trek to Ghorepani on your sixth day
• Trek to Poon Hill on your seventh day
• Descend on endless stone staircases to Nayapul on your eighth day
• Chitwan National Park 9th and 10 Days
• Drive to Kathmandu.

Location

This tour will take place in Nepal. Nepal is a small, landlocked country, 800 kilometers long and 200 kilometers wide making a total land area of 147,181 square kilometers. The landscape soars from just 150 meters above sea level to 8,848 meters at the top of Mt. Everest. Nepal covers only 0.1% of the world’s surface area but is home to 8% of the world’s species of birds, including 72 critically endangered species.

Nepal’s location between India and Tibet, the diversity of its 60 or more ethnic groups, its isolating geography, and its myriad languages have resulted in a complex pattern of customs and beliefs. The dominant Nepali cultural concepts are those of caste and status, both of which contribute to a strictly defined system of hierarchy.

Caste determines a person’s status and marriage partner. Nepal sweeps you along crooked, ancient streets flanked by dazzling, multi-roofed pagodas, gold-topped stupas, and arcane stone sculptures, and into low-ceilinged rooms cluttered with horror-eyed masks, spinning prayer wheels, Buddhist thangka scrolls, and Tibetan carpets.

Whether it is muttered chants of Buddhist monks in a monastery or early morning worship of Kathmandu’s housewife in local temples, it is believed that the divine is everywhere. In Nepal, Hinduism, and Buddhism is mingled wonderfully into a complex, syncretic blend like nowhere else. Its the best place for Mountain Trekking and Wildlife Tour Nepal. 

Food

The price includes ten breakfasts, five lunches, seven dinners as well as tea or coffee during your treks. Welcome breakfast and farewell dinner are in Kathmandu hotels. Food is provided in a tea house or guest house in the mountain.

There is a variety of choices of local meals as well as continental even pizza and sizzler. Alpine Club of Himalaya also gives more eating flexibility, groups tend to eat together to enable you to taste a larger variety of dishes and enjoy each other’s company.

Your leader will be able to suggest favorite restaurants during your trip. Included breakfasts will usually be Asian style consisting of noodles or congee (rice porridge) or bread, hash brown, and eggs of any style.

A wide range of vegetarian foods is found, although, in some places, choices are limited. While trekking in remote regions, food will be served plentifully and made of fresh local ingredients.

The following meals are included:

• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Drinks

The following drinks are included:

• Coffee
• Tea

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

• Vegetarian
• Regular (typically includes meat and fish)

If you have special dietary requirements, it’s a good idea to communicate them to the organizer when making a reservation

Things to do (optional)

• Explore the historic and vibrant city of Kathmandu
• Have a jungle safari or walk or take a canoeing trip on the Rapti or Narayani Rivers
• Explore the surrounding Tharu villages

Spa treatments

You will be provided with an hour massage for free in Kathmandu.