Nature Tour/Trekking in Makalu by Eco-friendly Treks & Expedition Pvt. Ltd

Tour Itinerary

Itinerary with tour explanation:

Day 1: Arrival in Nepal (Kathmandu Airport)

Pick up from airport, rest in hotel. Evening visit to Monkey Temple lies on the hilltop only a kilometer far from Thamel for Kathmandu evening Valley view.

Day 2: Whole day sightseeing in Kathmandu Valley.

After breakfast you have sightseeing tour in Kathmandu Valley. The Valley is cradle of Nepali culture and civilization is the largest valley in the Midlands and certainly the most beautiful. There are seven UNESCO recognized World Heritage Sites within 20 kms. Those are: Swayambhu Nath Stupa, Boudha Nath, Bhaktapur City, Changu Narayan Temple, Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu Durbar Square, Patan Durbar Square. Today we arrange you to visit all above Cultural Center. Over night in hotel.

Day 3: Kathmandu -Birat Nagar. (By flight.)

Today you travel by air from Kathmandu to Birat Nagar. This flat land city of Birat Nagar, at an elevation of only 70 meters is one of the major industrial cities in Nepal. If you drive from Kathmandu, direct night bus to Dharan or Hile is also a good alternation. You will overnight at hotel/lodge here.

Day 4: Birat Nagar -Hile. (Bus)

Today you have bus drive through cultivated area in eastern part of Nepal. From Dharan, the road climbs over the Silwalik Hills to Dhankuta, then to Hile, a Tibetan settlement at 1850 meters. The paved road ends here. Over night at camping.

Day 5: Hile - Leguwaghat.

This day you trek through low land village of Makalu Area. You have good time to interaction between local people when you walk in the village.

Day 6: Leguwaghat - Gandhepani.

Same day as day five with you gain more high. Today you walk 7 hours (According to your speed of trek)

Day 7: Gandhepani - Khandbari.

The extensive plateau of Tumlingtar has several settlements, each surrounded by fields of rice and corn. Be prepared to dodge bicycles that school children race recklessly down the narrow paths.

Day 8: Khandbari - Chichila.

The trail continues a short distance to the settlement of Mani Bhanjyang at 1100 meters. Make a gentle climb through terraced fields and past a paper factory to Panguma at 1300 meters. Continue through fields, bamboo groves and big rocks to Sheka at 1350 meters. Keep climbing to the Tamang village of Bhotebas. Descend a bit to the next ridge, then follow the crest as it makes some ups and downs through a rhododendron forest to Chichila inhabited by Gurungs at 1830 meters.

Day 9: Chichila - Num.

The lower trail heads to the Fururu village, situated below the ridge at 1905 meters. Continue along the ridge past a small stream to a spread out village at 1980 meters that is inhabited by both Sherpa and Rais. The route cuts across the ridge, then makes a tedious descent on the rocky eroded trail to some stone steps and a final walk to Num at 1490 meters. Num is situated on the ridge above an S-shaped bend in the Arun River.

Day 10: Num Rest.

Today you have acclimatization day. After breakfast in you camp site you have excursion around Num Village as a mix cultural of Sherpas and Rais tour. Afternoon you come back to campsite for lunch and you have free time then after.

Day 11: Num - Sedhuwa.

From Num, the trail steeply descends through the cornfields of Lumbang. Below the village the trail drops very steeply through jungle to a suspension bridge over the Arun River at 660 meters. From the bridge the trail climbs steeply to 820 meters, then through corn and buckwheat fields. The country is particularly rocky; tiny terraces planted with corn and barley dot the slope as you make a long, steep, rough climb to Sedua at 1460 meters. From here, Arun Valley separates with Kasuwa Khola Valley.

Day 12: Sedhuwa - Tashigaun.

Today you have a gradual climb high above the Kasuwa Khola to Gyang at 1770 meters. Climbing past the school at Gyang, it is a gentle walk through terraced fields and forested areas to Hindrungma village, and on to Rupisa. The route crosses meadows and several streams, then climbs to the Sherpa village of Tashi Gaon, the last permanent settlement in the valley. It's a long climb from the bottom of the village.

Day 13: Rest in Tashigaun.

This is you rest day. After breakfast you have free time to interaction with the local people of the village. Your guide support you for it.

Day 14: Tashigaun - Khanbadanda.

You have tough day today with an elevation gain of about 1400 meters on a steep trail. Climb past two small streams, then switchback up the ridge in forests to a Kharka at 2900 meters and up to a saddle and Unshisha, a tiny meadow at approximately 3300 meters elevation. The slope gets steeper and becomes a series of moss-covered stone stairs to Khambadanda. a meadow atop the ridge. On the Kasuwa Khola side there are primitive bivouac caves.

Day 15: Khangbadanda - Mubuk.

Climb on steep switchbacks for a while, then less steeply through rhododendron forests to the top of the ridge where there is a large Mani wall adorned with prayer flags. There is a superb view of Chamlang (7296 meters), Peak 6 (6739 meters) which together from the headwaters of the Iswa Khola and Makalu (8464 meters) in the distance. Far to the east is the outline of Kanchanjungha. The final descent is through a forest of firs and rhododendrons to Mubuk, a forest camp at 3570 meters.

Day 16: Mubuk - Jark Kkharka.

Mubuk is on a grassy slope about 100 meters above a small stream, with views of snow peaks through the trees. The trail is ill defined, rocky and sloppy mud in places as it leads up the glacial valley, getting closer to the Barun Khola; there are good views of Peak 6. The trees are now birch and scrub rhododendron and the valley widens as you reach Yangle Kharka. Climb from Yangle Kharka, finally crossing to the north side of the Barun Khola to Jark Kharka.

Day 17: Jark Kharka -Serson Camp.

Beyond Jark Kharka, follow the north bank of the Barun Khola for a while, then cross a small wooden bridge before the river turns northward. The Barun Valley makes a huge S-shaped curve and the walls rise almost vertically 1500 to 2000 meters above the river, but the trail climbs gently as you approach Ripok Kharka. Still in the north side of the Barun, the trail turns westward and leaves the rhododendron forests for alpine tundra.

Day 18: Serson Camp rest & explore area.

From Serson Camp, there are excellent views of Pyramid Peak (7168 meters), Peak 4 (6720 meters), Chamlang, Peak 3 (6477 meters) and Peak 5 (6404mmeters), but Makalu is not yet visible.

Day 19: Serson Camp - Makalu BC. - Serson Camp.

From Serson Camp, stay to the right in a gully on the east side of the valley. Here there are terrific views of the south face of Makalu. The large buttress of the south face rises across from base camp. An ascent of this buttress yields views of Mt Everest and Mt. Lhotse also. There are no huts, no shelters and no vegetation at the base camp, which is at an elevation of about 5000 meters. So retrace your steeps down the Barun Valley and camp at Serson Camp.

Day 20: Serson Camp - Yanle Kharka.

Day 21: Yanle Kharka - Tashi Gaun.

Day 22: Tashi Gaun - Sedhuwa.

Day 23: Sedhuwa - Num.

Day 24: Mum - Chichila.

Day 25: Chichila - Khandbari.

Day 26: Khandbari - Gandhepani.

Day 27: Gandhepani - Leguwa Ghat.

Day 28: Leguwa Ghat - Hile.

Day 29: Hile - Biratnagar.

Day 30: Suketar - Biratnagar.

Fly from Suketar-Birat Nagar and same day fly back to Kathmandu. After arrival in Kathmandu, you will drive to Kathmandu, overnight in hotel.

Day 31: Rest and souvenir shopping

Today you will spend your last day of this trip in Nepal with shopping Nepali products as souvenir for your family and friends. If necessary guide us happy to help you for shopping.

Day 32: Drive back to KTM Int'l Airport for onward flight.

In the morning, after breakfast our airport representative will go Kathmandu Airport to drop you there. Your trip in Nepal (Nature Tour to Makalu Area is completed!).