Sikles Eco Home Stay Trek

When you arrive at Tribhuwan International Airport, a representative from Himalayan 360 will be there to meet you and take you to your hotel. After checking in, you can rest or, with the guide, visit Himalayan 360’s office in Thamel a part of Kathmandu in the tourist district. Here there are many shops and restaurants. The shops are colourful and full of pashminas, slippers, trekking equipment, and felt items. The restaurants serve European as well as Nepalese meals. ATMs are plentiful should you require them. In the evening, there will be a welcome dinner hosted by Himalayan 360 where you will be served authentic Nepalese cuisine. This is a great introduction to Nepalese food.

You are heartily welcomed by the Himalayan 360 team members. Today you will be driving 200km from Kathmandu to Pokhara. You will find a beautiful land cafe, green forest, and paddy field on the way to Pokhara. When you reach Pokhara, you will check into a hotel and explore Pokhara lakeside where you will enjoy an orientation walk around the lakeside with a guide. In the evening you will find a great restaurant on the lakeside for dinner.

After breakfast, you are ready to go on a trek. Today you are going to drive approx. half an hour to Kalikasthan then your trek starts from there. It is such a nice view at the beginning of Kalikasthan as you can see the Himalayas range of Mt. Annapurna, Mt. Fishtail and Mt. Lamjung Himal. You then head a bit down through the paddy field to Modi rivers (approx 2 hours), cross the suspension bridge and stop for lunch at the Chachowk village. After finishing your lunch, you ascend a few hundred meters to Hanjakot. It offers a nice panoramic view of the Himalayas. Today you are going to stay in a local house where there is so much hospitality and you are welcomed by the family. You will have Nepali food for dinner with the family.

In the morning, you get to wake up witnessing a beautiful sunrise with a perfect mountain view. You will descend a few hundred meters to Chashu village situated on the bank of the Modi river and then go 200m upwards to Tangting village. You will climb stone steps to Tangting; it lies on a hilly side. People are dependent on farming and sliders here. You can highly explore the Gurung people of Nepal.

After breakfast, you head towards your destination, Sikles. You are going to trek a few hundred meters. From here, you first descend down from Tangting following a beautiful forest and local stone step trail and then cross the suspension bridge. Then the trail leads steeply upwards to Sikles with a perfect terrace which is straight 2 and half hours uphill. You will have some snickers bars for your energy. When you reach Sikles village, you will get a hot lunch. After lunch, you will explore Gurung village and some of the best viewpoints. This village offers you many opportunities to see the local culture, farming style, the mountains of Mt. Annapurna II (7937m), Mt. Annapurna IV(7525m) and the beauty of Lamjung Himal very closely.

After waking up for sunrise, you have breakfast enjoying the snow-capped mountain light. You will be ready for a long, beautiful day. When you pass the village, the mountain view becomes much closer to you and you can enjoy it more beautifully. Today your trek is mostly in the forest area where you will find some goat farming or buffalo farming along the way. When you reach Tara Top(2800m), you can have a 360-degree view of Mt. Annapurna, Mt. Fishtail, Mt. Mardi, Mt. Manaslu and Mt. Dhaulagiri range of mountains. Your leader provides you with a packed lunch on the way. After a breathtaking view, you will be descending down through the forest to reach Ghalekharka. You will still see the Himalayas and lovely villages of mixed ethnic groups of people living here.

After breakfast, you will be heading down to Bhurjung Khola for approx. 2 and a half hours. Here, you will find the good road and the transport which was waiting for you. So, you take a one and half hour drive to Pokhara. When you arrive at Pokhara, you will find a good hot shower in the hotel. You can rest, relax and then explore various places and streets of Pokhara.

Today you will be back in Kathmandu by tourist bus. you will have a late breakfast/ lunch on the way to the highway restaurant in Kathmandu. Enjoying the scenes around the route, you reach Kathmandu around 3 pm.

Today is the last day of our Trip, it is the time to say goodbye and return to the real world. If you have some time left, you can do some souvenir shopping or sightseeing around the hotel. A representative from Himalayan 360 will collect you from the hotel and take you to the airport 3 hours before your departure.