Mohare Danda Trek - 9 Days

Duration9 Days
DestinationNepal
Difficulty Easy Hiking
Max Altitude 3300 m
Activity Hiking
Accommodation Comfortable hotel in KTM & Pokhara, basic home stay on trekking
Meals Full Board during the trek
Transportation Private Vehicle and Domestic flights
Best Season Sep-Nov and March-May

Overview

Trip Highlights

Trek through remote villages, beautiful lush green hills, rivers, terraced fields,
Pristine culture, tradition, basic and life style of People
Highly rich in Nature and stunning landscape
Gorgeous views from Mohare Danda
Unbeaten path or still less touristic region

Mohare Danda is a newly opened unbeaten eco-tourism trekking destination for travelers and hikers in the labs of Mt. Dhaulagiri and Annapurna. This trekking is specially designed for families, short-time trekkers, and economical and classic lovers. In this trek, you get an opportunity to enjoy the unspoiled environments and experience the way of life, culture, and tradition in rural villages. The view from the Mohare Danda trekking is astonishing all around. The trek goes through rural Purna gain, Lespar, and Phulbari villages to the regionally popular viewpoint Poon Hill. Trekking through amazing rural peaceful villages, nature, almost out of touristic influence enjoys the pristine rural beauties and wonders with splendid Himalayan views. The infrastructures are very basic in this trekking while it is a newly introduced trekking trail.

Itinerary

We start driving by jeep from Pokhara to Nayapul (on the way to Baglun) over the rough tough hilly road for about 1 hour. We get out of the jeep at Nayapul and start the first day walking along the Mohare trekking trail, descend to the Modi Khola River, and cross over on the other side. We walk through beautiful local villages like Deupur, Kalyani, Maidan, Jogithum, and Harmar and gradually steep up to the Purna Gaun village. The route is still primitive in design so it offers community homestay and some basic hotels for overnight.

Trekking Trail to Lespar Village is very enjoyable with diverse nature and deep green forest, we pass a beautiful viewpoint and some rural villages Langdi, Dandakharka, and Chwai. The trek provides the deep joys of enormous excellent experiences of remote nature and lifestyle. The zig-zag up-and-down trail finally will take you to your destination Lespar village. Overnight is a simple home stay.

The trek goes mostly through the green forest, and incline hills with wonderful views. Terraced farming fields, water stream, and beautiful widely spreading landscape make your trekking supper one. Nangi is a famous rural Magar and Poon ethnic’s village. They have a very wonderful culture and traditions. A Nepalese scientist, winner of the MAGSAYSAY award in 2007 considered as Nobel prize of Asia Mr. Mahabir Poon was born in this village. Because of his contribution, the Nangi village is easily posing wireless internet connection service with another world.

Nangi village has another very unique attractive viewpoint Mohare Danda. From this viewpoint, you will enjoy a wide range of Dhaulagiri and Annapurna Himalayas.

Today mostly we hike in the green forest with splendid wide views of regional dominating mountains. The trek passes through the oldest villages, rivers, pasture fields, and farming fields. We take a break at Phulbari village overnight because of the good homestay. Local people built a public homestay at Mohare danda too but it is not proper like in Phulbari village.

We visit very early in the morning up to Mohare danda for spellbound 360 degrees views with Sunrise. Mohare Danda is recently very famous for trekkers, in the former time it was just a place for yak pasture. Mohare Danda is the real POON Hill that used to be called before invented in Ghorepani. Descend to the hotel for breakfast and start you’re trekking along the beautiful ridged trail through the Rhododendron forest, blue pine trees, fir trees, and bamboo bushes to the famous Poon Hill viewpoint and descend over stone staircases to Ghorepani for overnight.

We recommend you wake up very early in the morning for Poon Hill Sunrise views. Start very early walking with your flashlight, drinking water, and some pieces bars. It may take 45 minutes from Ghorepani to Poon Hill for another beautiful paradise view. You will find panoramic views across the Mt. Dhaulagiri, Annapurna to Manaslu ranges. Deep gorges views with wide landscapes and horizontal meadows are visible. Get down to the hotel for breakfast and start hiking down to Banthati and get a jeep drive to Pokhara and free noon time