Best Treks in Nepal for 2023
by Jayaram Thapaliya · Updated May 22, 2023
Looking for the best treks in Nepal for 2023? Look no further! Here, I’ve listed everything from beginner-friendly hikes to challenging treks.
Trekking in Nepal is the best thing to do when you want to do some adventure activity. You can choose a trekking trail, according to your holiday’s duration. No matter whether you’ve more than 3 weeks holidays trip or less than 1 week, you can do the best trek.
What are the BEST TREKS IN NEPAL FOR 2023?
Regarding BEST TREKS IN NEPAL FOR 2023, If you don’t want to take high altitude risks, easy and moderate short treks such as Poon Hill Trek, Annapurna Base Camp Trek, Langtang Valley Trek, Mardi Himal Trek, Khopra Trek, Tamang Heritage Trail, and Gosaikunda Trek are the BEST CHOICE. But if you want to do adventure trekking, Everest Base Camp, Makalu Base Camp, Manaslu Circuit and Annapurna Circuit Trek are the BEST TREKKING for you.
The following are the best treks in Nepal for 2023.
1. Annapurna Circuit Trekking
For the adventure trek in Nepal, Annapurna Circuit is perfect. Even though need to cross 5416m high, the trail is easy to walk.
According to your fitness , you can do Around Annapurna Trekking in 8 to 13 days. 5416m is the maximum elevation that you need to cross at the time of Thorang La.
Syange is the starting point and Jomsom is the ending point for 12 days Annapurna Circuit.
Annapurna Circuit Trek Facts
| Trip Starts | Besisahar |
| Trip Finish | Jomsom |
| Maximum Elevation | 5,416 m, Thorang La |
| Duration | 8 to 13 Days |
| Difficulty Level | Adventure |
| Best Season | March to May and October to December. |
| Trip Type | Teahouse |
| Documents | Permits and TIMS |
2. Everest Base Camp Trek
To Get an experience to look top of the world, you need to do the Everest base camp trek. The duration the of EBC trek is upon you from where you start.
EBC trek lies in Sagarmatha National Park where you can see mountains animals like Snow leopard, Himalayan Thar, Beer, and many more mountains.
You can start the Everest base camp trek either Lukla or Jiri. If you take Kathmandu to Lukla flight, then the trek starts from Lukla, and if drive KTM to Jiri, the trip starts from Jiri.
Tourists who have more trekking days than I recommended to start your EBC trek from Jiri then you will more acclimatize.
Everest Base Camp Trek Facts
| Starts and Finish | Lukla |
| Maximum Height | 5,600 m, Kala Patthar |
| Duration | 12 Days |
| Difficulty Level | Adventure |
| Best Time | March to May and October to December. |
| Trip Type | Lodge/Teahouse |
| Necessary Documents | Trekking Permits and TIMS |
3. Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek
Are you searching for short trekking near Pokhara? If so then look at Ghorepani Poon Hill. The key attraction of the Ghorepani trek is you will get a great chance to have Sunrise and Sunset over the mountains.
Ghorepani is the best short trek in Nepal. In terms of mountain view and accessibility Ghorepani Poon Hill is best.
Amazing view of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri you will get from Poon Hill. 3 to 7 days is enough for Ghorepani.
Ghorepani Poon Hill facts
| Trek Starts | Nayapul |
| Trek Finish | Phedi |
| Maximum Elevation | 3210m Poon Hill |
| Duration | 3 Days |
| Difficulty Level | Easy |
| Best Season | March to May, and October to Dec. |
| Trip Type | Teahouse and Lodge |
| Necessary documents | Permits and TIMS |
4. Annapurna Base Camp Trek
Hey! do you want to see the 10th highest mountain (Annapurna) in the world. To get near the tenth highest peak in the world you need to do either the Annapurna Base Camp Trek or the Annapurna Base Camp Heli tour.
To do the Annapurna Base Camp hike, it’s not difficult as you are thinking. If you can walk 6 hours a day then let’s think about ABC.
Expect the monsoon season in Nepal, you can do the ABC trek. Ghandruk, Chhomrong and MBC are main highlights spot of ABC trail.
Annapurna Base Camp facts
| Maximum Height | 4,130m,ABC |
| Duration | 5 Days |
| Difficulty Level | Moderate |
| Best time | March to May, and October to November. |
| Accommodation Type | Teahouse/ Guesthouse |
| Legal Documents | ACAP, TIMS |
5. Langtang Valley Trek
One of the best treks in Nepal, that name is Langtang Valley. It’s is the oldest trekking trail in Nepal. Langtang is a highly earthquake-affected area of Nepal. After a massive earthquake hit in 2015, the hotel owner of this area made a good hotel.
7 days is enough for Langtang valley. For animals and birds lover, Langtang is the perfect destination. Langtang trail is near Kathmandu.
The Langtang Valley trek is an moderate difficult trek.
Langtang Valley Trek facts
| Starts and Finish | Syabru Besi |
| Maximum Height | 4,984m, Tserko Ri |
| Duration | 7 Days |
| Difficulty level | Moderate |
| Best Season | March to May and October to Dec. |
| Trip Type | Teahouse and Lodge |
| Legal Documents | Permits and TIMS |
6. Manaslu Circuit Trekking
Manaslu is 8th(8,163m) the highest mountain in the world. It lies in the Gandaki Zone of Nepal. To see Manaslu and its range you need to do the Manaslu Circuit trek which takes 12 to 17 days.
The duration of the Manaslu trek depends on where you end your trekking. Because of the Road facility, there is a chance to shorten Manaslu hiking.
After Larke La, you can reach Dharapani within 3 days. If you have limited time and your intention is only Manaslu then you can drive to Kathmandu from Dharapani.
But if you wish to do some portion of Annapurna Circuit trek as well then you can continue the trek from Dharapani to Besisahar.
Manaslu Circit Trek Facts
| Starts From | Soti Khola |
| Finish Point | Besisahar |
| Maximum elevation | 5125m |
| Minimum duration | 12 Days |
| Difficulty Level | Adventure |
| Best Month | March to May, and October to December. |
| Trip Type | Guest Houses |
| Necessary Documents | Permits and TIMS |
7. Mardi Himal Trek
Down of Fishtail mountains there are one mountains which is called Mardi Himal. The height of Mardi Himal is 18,330ft/5587m.
Now the thing is Mardi Himal Base Camp which is a trending popular short trekking in Nepal.
Mardi Himal trek is best to see the excellent shape of Machhapuchhre(Fishtail) mountains. Besides that, you will have a chance to see Annapurna South and Hiunchuli’s’s perfect views.
You will have a great journey through the forest if you choose the Mardi trek. 5 to 8 days from Kathmandu to Pokhara is enough for the Mardi Himal Base Camp trek.
Trek facts:
| Maximum Elevation | 4500m |
| Duration | 5 days |
| Trekking Difficulty | Easy to Moderate |
| Best Season | March to May and October to November. |
| Accommodation Type | Teahouse |
| Required Permits | ACAP and TIMS |
8. Khopra Ridge Trek
Poon Hill Trekking with Khopra Ridge is one of the ideal trails in Annapurna, Nepal. This trail offers you breathtaking views of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri.
During this trek, you will visit Ghorepani, Poon Hill, Ghandruk, Mulde Peak, Khopra Danda, and Khayar Lake from where we can get the best view of the surrounding mountains. The Khopra Ridge and Mulde Peak are one of the best viewpoints in Annapurna Nepal.
There is Khayar Lake which is a day hike from Khopra danda. Khayar Lake is a holy lake that takes around 5 to 6 hours from Khopra.
For those who want to see a closer view of Annapurna South and Dhaulagiri in the short time frame, trekking to Khopra Ridge will be the perfect choice.
Khopra Ridge Trek facts
| Maximum Elevation | 4,680m |
| Duration | 7 Days |
| Trekking Difficulty | Easy to Moderate |
| Best Season | March to May and October to November. |
| Accommodation Type | Teahouse/Community Lodge |
| Required Permits | ACAP permit and TIMS permit |
9.Tamang Heritage Trail
Between two famous mountains Ganesh Himal and the Langtang Himalayan range of Nepal there is a new trekking route which is known as Tamang Heritage Trail.
It is off the beaten path where you can experience Tamang culture that is influenced by Tibetan culture.
If you are thinking to do short treks near Kathmandu then Tamang Heritage Trail will your perfect choice.
Nagthali Gyang, Thuman Bridim, and Khanjim are the main highlighted spots of Tamang Heritage.
There are lots of places which can make Tamang trek more days and more fantastic.
Syabrubesi is starting point and ending point of the Tamang trail.
Tamang Heritage Trek facts:
| Maximum Elevation | 3165m, Nagthali Gyang |
| Trip Duration | 5 to 7 days |
| Trekking Difficulty | Easy |
| Best Season | March to May and October to December. |
| Lodge Type | Teahouse/ Homestay |
| Necessary Permits | Langtang National Park Fees and TIMS |
10. Gosaikunda Lake Trekking
Gosaikunda Lake is one of the most famous religious and pilgrimage sites in Nepal. It is located in Langtang Region. To visit this lake, we have to do either Gosaikunda Lake Trek or Helicopter tour of Gosaikunda. We can do this trek for around 5 days. It’s a moderate-difficulty trek and lies in Langtang National Park.
It is believed that there is 108 glacier lakes in this area. Among them some are small as well as some of them are big as well.
On the way to Gosaikunda Pass we can see around 8 lakes but to find out all lakes(108) it’s impossible.
Gosaikunda Lake Trek facts:
| Maximum Elevation | 4,300m, Gosaikunda Lake |
| Duration | 5 Days |
| Trek Difficulty | Moderate |
| Best Season | March to May and October to November. |
| Accommodation Type | Tea House |
| Necessary Permits | Langtang National Park Fees and TIMS |
Conclusion
Spending the holidays in the Himalayas lap will be the best thing to do in Nepal for nature lovers as well as adventure enthusiasts. We recommend to you choose the best trek agency and trek route which is suitable for your fitness level.
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Best content ever
Thank you so much for your kind words.
Nepal is a mecca for mountain bike enthusiasts. If you re in Kathmandu Valley you will be able to find a host of different mountain bike tours, and the same goes for Pokhara. If you re looking for adventurous mountain bike tours it is possible to mountain bike the famous Annapurna Circuit trek , or even magical Upper Mustang . Nepal is a tour and holiday mecca with some of the best treks, climbing and river rafting tours in the world! Before you go, make sure that you know the best time to visit Nepal. If you’re looking for more information, please do check our Nepal Travel Guide for further Nepal insights and travel tips.
Thanks you Rosalie Porcella .
Thanks Matt for your words.