Nepal : Trekking round Manaslu
In November 2005 i started with three friends a trekking tour round Manaslu. For this one need a special permit which is only issued for guided and organised tour by a registered agency. So my personal friend Bachan
Rai had to go to an agency which issued us the necessary papers. But in fact everythind was organised by him.
The Manaslu massif is lying about 100 km west of Kathmandu between Ganesh and Annapurna Himal. if you are going the Annapurna round trek you can see it in the east. North of it , the river Buddhi Gandaki,
sometimes called also Burri Gandaki has its source to head south through a formidable and long gorge.
The Manaslu trek: I wrote our one page for each day. Other people may have a very different schedule. As we were trekking in The end of November/beginning of December, Days were very short on often we
had to stop pretty early at 4 PM, not knowing if we would safely reach our planning sleeping place before darkness. So if you are trekking in October, things may be much easier.
Round Manaslu in general
from Kathmandu to Arughat Bazar
The long gorge
From Arughat to Armala
Day 2: Armala to Machakhola
Day 3: From Machakhola to the first camp Camp before Jagat
Day 4: Jagat to the biwouak cave
Day 5: Cave to Bihi
Day 6: Bihi to Namrung
The upper valley of the Buddhi Gandaki
Day 7 (and 8): Namrung to Lho
Day 9: from Lho to Samagaon
Day 10: Samagaon to Samdo
Crossing Larkya La
Day 11: Samdo to Dharamsala
Day 12: Crossing Larkya La
The valley of the Duth Kola
Day 13: Bimtang to boihini’s house
Day 14: End of our Manaslu trek in Dharapani joining the classic Annapurna round trek
Photos: the pictures of the manaslu pages are from me and my friends. You can see the respective autor in the filename of the photo: HH = Hans Henninger, HPS
= Hans-Peter Stupp, MJ = Manfred Jeckel und AdR = Andrées de Ruiter
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