short treks in Nepal

Short treks in Nepal

April 6, 2019 2 Responses Nepal Trek Hub

Short treks in Nepal are is for the trekkers who do have a short time in Nepal and want to do soft adventure. Short treks require less stamina, need to go around 4000 Meter or less.

Short treks in Nepal are available for the trekkers who have a short period to trek in Nepal. Nepal has numerous trekking route which is very well-liked by the adventure lovers around the world. Some of this route is more adventure and some of them are easy and relatively short treks in Nepal. Due to the availability of a big variety of routes trekkers can choose either long routs or short. In this post, we are going to describe you best short treks in Nepal
Short trek is suitable for the most of the trekkers, due to short vacation of choosing the multiple countries in the single vacation, this might be very helpful to taste the Nepal culture, mountain and people living around this.
Below we have mentioned and described some of the best short treks in Nepal. Some feature of the sort trek of Nepal which are low altitude and fewer days than 10 days. usually, they are less than 7 days.

Annapurna base camp trek 7 Days

Annapurna Base Camp Trek 7 days is one of the short trek can be done to Annapurna base camp. Generally trekkers do from Ghorepani side so it takes 12-13 Days to do Annapurna base camp trek

Going through from Ghandruk it saves your day so you can do Annapurna base camp trekking in 7 Days. It is one of the best and customized trails to the Annapurna region. Annapurna is the massif of height 8,091m (26,545ft), Fishtail 7000 Meter, Annapurna III, Annapurna IV, Gangapurna, Annapurna south and many other high peaks can be seen from base camp at 4,130 m above sea level.

FeatureDescription
Max. Elevation4130 Meter
Duration7 Days
DifficultyModerate
PermitsTIMS (Trekkers Information Management System), ACAP (Annapurna Conservation Area entry Permit)
AccommodationLocal tea house

Annapurna base camp trek 7 Days Highlights

  • Magnificent views of beautiful Annapurna Himalayan range and so many sky-touching peaks
  • Amazing Gurung culture, their tradition can be observed in Ghandruk, Chomrong and another Gurung village
  • Hot spring during the trek
  • Hike up to the 4130 Meter to see Annapurna 8091 Meter and glaciers.
  • Beautiful forest of rhododendron, oak, bamboo as well as other plants


Mardi Himal trek 5 Days

Mardi Himal trek 7 days is another most liked short trek in Annapurna region. A newly discovered route Mardi Himal trek has earn very nice reputation from the trekkers in short period trek in Nepal. Pokhara is the entrance of Mardi trekking. All the peaks that can be seen from Annapurna base camp can be also see from here.

Since this route does not go through the river bank and goes through the ridge of the mountain, you can see very beautiful scenery from everywhere along the route.
You can even customize this trek route and make it longer and shorter as per your needs. Annapurna is massif range and Annapurna Mountain 8,091m (26,545ft), Fishtail 7000 Meter, Annapurna III, Annapurna IV, Gangapurna, the mountain can be seen from here. As this route walks through the forest, you can also enjoy the forest walk for 2 days. Yak and sheep are grazing everywhere in the mountain.

FeatureDescription
Max. Elevation4500 Meter
Duration5 Days
DifficultyModerate
PermitsTIMS and ACAP permit
AccommodationLocal tea house

Mardi himal trek highlights

  • Splendid views of Annapurna mountain scenery
  • Amazing Gurung culture, their tradition can be observed in Dhampus village
  • Hike up to the 4500 Meter to see Annapurna 8091 Meter and hinchuli
  • Beautiful forest of rhododendron, oak, bamboo as well as other plants


Gosaikunda trek 5 Days

Gosaikunda trek is yet another beautiful trek in Langtang region of Nepal. This is another beautiful hike of Nepal in Langtang north of Kathmandu valley. Known as the holy lake of Nepal where Hindu and Buddhist people gather in the Nepalese month of Shrawan. Gosaikunda trek is very suitable for the trekkers who have a short period and want to experience the Himalayas. Whole Langtang range is visible from here near Chandan bari.

Since it is Langtang, travellers are in the best place to see the wildlife, flora and fauna of this region. Langtang National park is also popular for the endangered Red panda. Red panda main inhabitants area Langtang national park’s religious place always welcome trekkers to explore its beauty.

The 7 days journey begins from Dhunche, goes through singgompa, Chandan bari to Gosaikuna which is very beautiful short treks of Nepal. You can even cross the Lauri Bina la pass if you want.

FeatureDescription
Gosainkunda Elevation4385 Meter
Duration7 Days
DifficultyModerate
PermitsTIMS and Langtang National park permit
AccommodationLocal tea house

Gosaikuna trek 5 Days Highlights

  • Super views of Langtang himalayan range
  • Tamang culture, their tradition and lifestyle.
  • Beautiful walk through the forest.

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2 Responses

  1. I like this article so much. I have been planning to visit Nepal in 2023 and i am searching the best trek route to trek. I have gain some knowledge reading this article. Thank you Admin for sharing this and i will definitely email you later if i fixed my travel dates.

  2. I find this article very nice. I have done poon hill trek last year myself and i am planning to visit Nepal in 2022 again. That time i will probably do Manaslu circuit may be. I have emailed you will you please give me more information via email.

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