Day Trekking

Day Treks are offered to anyone who spends some time with us and stays in our facility; either as a camper, a single guest or as a group.

This service from our guides is free of charge for paying guests at our lodge or camp sides. We will also provide your luncheon pack for your picnic on your trekking day. The program is available all year round.

During Rain Season you may not get a full view of the Manaslu Range that lays in our neighboring district of Gorkha to the east. This view features the famous Ganesh Himal Peak West-Face. The Annapurna Range that stretches from Kaski District into our Lamjung District is seen from the south ( Annapurna IV). To the west one sees the well known Machapuchare ( Fishtail Peak) that can prominently be seen from here at a total different angle than one sees it in Pokhara. 

These ranges are only seen in Spring and Autumn till the end of the year. Best time: Mid-March till Mid May and end of September till end of February. Yet a day trek is still very rewarding. The treks lead along lush forest paths with wild flowers, orchids, rhododendron and ferns, across picturesque hamlets, farms, waterfalls and tiny villages, which makes your day!

You will have wonderful photographs for your family and friends back home to show. These view points are not mentioned in your trekking guide book.There may be some exceptions but then we do not know about it.

If you have a guide book that shows the same spot from the same location that the guide has chosen for you then let us know and in future we refer to this guide book too.

Here we show the nicest spots that are in range of our Resort.

Half Day Treks are done too into the forest  with returning at Lunch Time for those who do not want to climb any higher hills.

We also offer treks for two days with a stay in a village over night just with some farmers who are our friends.

These 2 days long lasting treks lead high up into the tribal area of the Dura Communities on top of a steep hill.

We will visit the villages of Duradanda, Tuloswara and Turlung. There are some historical ruins from the long gone Dura Kingdom. Besides rectangular with local available materials constructed houses they also have often typical round or sometimes oval farm houses. They are constructed out of mud.  The Dura people have invented  this type of houses long time ago. Such houses are no where else in Nepal.

The Dura also have a very tasty special native rice variety. These grains are larger and yellow of color; total different from the usual rice one gets in Nepal. They do not market their rice for a broader distribution. The extra production that they grew besides their own needs was reserved for the Royal House of the recently abolished Nepalese Shah Dynasty and is therefore called "Kings-Rice.

If you want to visit the Dura then lodging and food has to be paid to them. Bring a gift of fruits or a scarf or anything. It's a customs to leave behind a small gift. The Dura are a neglected ethnic group in Nepal. They are poor but also proud to be your hosts.

Some Dura children need sponsors for their education.(God Parents wanted!)

Te farmers would be happy to get some useful stuff such like torch lights or a pocket knife as a gift.Women like sets of needles and threat in many colors and some buttons to repair the family clothes.

Kids love to have fun. They all like Yo-yo, marbles, soap bubble blowing sets, a football or dolls. (available in toy shops in Pokhara...prepare yourself if you plan to get introduced to them by our guides) This will be an unforgettable adventure for sure. Better is to book your visit beforehand so we can inform the Dura, that they get (paying) guests.

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