Duration
7 Days
Activity
Trekking
Destination
Mardi Himal Upper High Camp
Max Altitude
4500M
Trip Starts
Kathmandu
Trip Ends
Kathmandu
Mardi Himal trek starts at Fedi after 30 minutes driving from Pokhara. The trail is good, first slowly up, then a bit steeper to ( Dhampus – About one hour), then after that slightly Pothana (1950m) then up again to Deurali (2100m). There is a right turn in Deurali sign posted “Forest Camp” the trail is through jungle, at first up then undulating on the top of a ridge, there is a section just over half way where the trail drops steeply and then slowly gains height and then back onto the ridge and into Forest Camp (2600m). The trail is initially quite steep leaving Forest Camp but soon gets less steep as you again get upon the ridge. The trail leaves Low Camp again in jungle, but the trees soon start to get smaller and after about one hours trekking broke out of the jungle and onto the open ridge with spectacular views of Machhapuchhre ahead and Annapurna South to my left. It is possible to continue trekking along the ridge for another 4 to 5 hours to Mardi Himal Base Camp (4500m) and return to High Camp in around 5 hours – This makes a long day but there is also a viewpoint about half way, the imaging view can be from here. After that, we trek down to Low Camp. When we arrive to Low Camp, we trek Sidhing , Ghalel and Lwang villages. From Lwang, we drive back to Pokhara.