Poon hill trek in off-season

To vanquish the enough heat, summer months are pleasant times to trek any hill station in Nepal Himalayas. And for the adventure junkie who love to walk through the galore of snow prefer to holiday in winters times. But what if you plan to delve into a hill station during off-season, then let’s claim December or January? In this winter times you will have an awesome trek at Poon Hill! Throughout your Annapurna Poon Hill trek there are lots of things that you can do to make most of your stay in Pokhara right for adventure sports to relax and refresh wherein boating, paragliding, white water rafting, mountain biking, Zip flyer and many more adventurous actions come alive.
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Your off-season trek to Poon Hill at 3210 meters (maximum elevation) start from Kathmandu towards Pokhara with a 7 hours joy ride or you can have a half an hour wonderful flight with the view of mountains such as Annapurna and Langtang and landscape flying to North closed the soaring Himalaya and Mahabharata range to the south which is cool. One night stay at Pokhara will give you bundle of joy and next morning after a quick pick-me up of coffee and breakfast you make your way towards Nayapul by a deluxe vehicle drive and after touched the land of Nayapul the amazing 5 days trek to Poon Hill station will break out as hiking.
For the beginning of your trek you will pass by trail and enjoy beautiful market, the shops are owned by a very simple and humble people who sell the lot as trekkers want. The local people have established their community here and own a local market as well as several temples. After you cross the market you will march almost 45 minutes nearby the gushing Modi River and about 3 hours hike will take you to Tikhedhunga, where you will enjoy your first night in the famous village of Annapurna region. The day 2 from Tikhedhunga to Ghorepani is partly demanding by cause of sheer climb wherein you will mount approx 3200 baby steps and this will take you to Ulleri at 2075 meters.
Afterward you will meet the Magar village called Banthati from where you can soak with the spectacular six thousanders and 7 thousanders’ mountain views of Mt. Machhapuchhre (Fish tail), Mt. Hiunchuli and Annapurna south. Hereby, you will hike through the luscious rhododendron forest, cross small stream and a bridge which is pure delight for any Poon Hill trekking trekkers and you will enter at Ghorepani village. At Ghorepani you will render speechless of seeing the lofty views of Mt. Dhaulagiri, Annapurna South, Hiunchuli, Annapurna’s and so on mountains.
On the other hand Ghorepani village has many teahouses and eateries, souvenir shops, photo shops the whole Ghorepani village looks like an expo. On day 3 you will wake up fresh early morning and get equipped to scale the Poon Hill as your winter adventure trek spot. It takes 1.5 hours to reach the viewpoint of Poon Hill station and as well more strenuous while ascending due to lump of snow on the trail, once you hold out at 3210 meters at the top hill station of Poon Hill you will definitely experience that you are on the top of the world from where you can witness the first light of the sun over the ponytails of numerous mountains such as Mt. Dhaulagiri, Annapurna I, Annapurna II, Annapurna III, Annapurna IV, Annapurna South, Nilgiri, Tukuche, Lamjung Himal which bathes by the golden light. The combination of sunrise and snowy mountains makes Poon Hill like an amphitheater.
Sooner or later from Poon Hill you will get back to your teahouse in Ghorepani after breakfast you will back to your day 3 trek trails which is almost down up to Tadapani village and you will use 4 hours of your day. Next morning at Tadapani you will enjoy sipping your Nepalese style tea sitting ahead of Mt. Machhapuchhre and rush towards Ghandruk village as you day 4 trekking destination; here you will not miss to visit the most prehistoric museum of the entire Annapurna tract which is just 15 minutes from you hotel. The location of your hotel at Ghandruk will be the most serene as it has mountain on one end and village on other side. Night is more enchanting at Ghandruk; where you will get surprise by the traditional dance perform by the local ladies.
Last or day 5 will be your splendid trek in which you will pass by the most picturesque area called Sauli Bazaar where you will take your lunch and you will hike through the flat trail up to Nayapul from where you will take a cab and reach Pokhara within an hour. You will experience your Nepal Poon Hill trek in off-season as more calm and adventurous then in pick season, where you will relish your all day hike with no crowd and purposely. You will have your morning flight or vehicle from Pokhara to Kathmandu so you will have to say goodbye to this winsome place, however the memories that you possess with you will stay permanently.
So if you think to travel in Nepal with Skyline Treks and Expedition you definitely wish to plan your off-season trip for a time of the year when adventure and views come highest.
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