Annapurna Sanctuary Trek - 9 Days

We conduct an online trek briefing before you arrive in Nepal to provide you with essential information about the trek. During this briefing, we will check your luggage to ensure you have all the necessary clothing, gear, and equipment.

Sanctuary trek package includes eight nights lodge to lodge stay at the best lodges/tea houses in trek regions and a night in Pokhara hotel. 

We provide four nights twin sharing rooms with private attached bathrooms at Dhampus, Landruk, Chhomrong, and Jhino Danda, and three nights twin sharing standard rooms at Himalaya, Annapurna Base Camp, and Bamboo. You will spend a night at a hotel in Pokhara.  The room comes with an attached bathroom, TV, 24-hour hot water, power, and laundry facility.

For solo trekkers, we will arrange a single private room with an attached bathroom, wherever available, and a single private room in other places.

Two nights of hotel stays in Kathmandu before and after the trek is required but not included in the package. Kathmandu has a wide range of hotels for all budgets and interests. 

Each day will reward you with a unique trekking experience - enjoying the scenery, taking photos, and exploring the local villages. Our Sherpa/guides will accompany you, and they will be sharing information about the places you will be visiting. Porters will carry our luggage. 

However, you will be carrying a small regular bag pack with your valuable items. The day starts with an early morning tea/coffee. After a wholesome breakfast, we set off on the day’s walk around 7 AM to 8 AM, depending on the duration and nature of the day’s walk.

We serve lunch around midday- after trekking for about three or four hours. Then, you will be resting for an hour. The afternoon walk is generally shorter - about two to three hours. Once you reach our overnight lodge/tea house/tent, you can snack on the extra dietary food. Then you are free to explore nearby places. 

We serve dinner from around 6 PM to 7 PM. After dinner and before going to bed, you can indulge in friendly conversations and discuss your experience of that day. The trek leader/guide will brief you about the next day’s plan. After this briefing, you can enjoy reading books or playing board games like Monopoly, cards, or watching available mountaineering documentaries. Most foreigners indulge in light and fun learning of the Nepalese language from our crew. 

Nepali culture accepts tipping and views tipping as proof of providing great service. However, tipping is at the trekkers' discretion and should reflect the service received. We advise you to trip collectively at the end of the trek.

On the ninth day, we will drive you back to Kathmandu from Pokhara on a tourist bus, which will take approximately seven hours. Alternatively, you can opt for a 25-minute flight from Pokhara to Kathmandu at an additional cost.

Discovery World Trekking will host a farewell dinner in Kathmandu at the end of the trek. After dinner, we will provide you a printed trek achievement certificate. It is also a great time to provide your feedback. 

After completing the sanctuary trek, if you have extra days, we can arrange fun activities for you. You have several options, such as sightseeing in and around Kathmandu Valley, Chitwan Jungle Safari, paragliding, rafting, canyoning, or other treks. 

On the day of your departure, we will pick you up from your hotel in a private vehicle and transfer you to Tribhuvan International Airport. We hope you had a wonderful time in Nepal and look forward to welcoming you back for more adventures.

All foreigners except Indian nationals require a visa to enter Nepal. On-arrival visas are available for citizens from most countries at Tribhuvan International Airport and immigration checkpoints along Nepal borders.  

Chinese and citizens of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) get free visas. 

To apply for an on-arrival visa, you need a passport valid for at least six months, a passport-size photo, and application fees. The current cost is USD 50 for 30-day stay. You can pay this fee in cash. Children under the age of 10 will get a free visa. 

Visa regulations can change without prior notice. For the most recent information, visit www.immigration.gov.np. 

Citizens from Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Cameroon, Somalia, Liberia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Palestine, and Afghanistan may not receive on-arrival visas. If you are a citizen of any one of these countries, contact your local Nepalese embassy.

We also recommend you add a few days extra before and after the trek so that you will not miss your international flight back home in case of trek delays.

Sanctuary Trek grade is moderate with low chances of high altitude sickness. However, as a mountain trek, it is not completely risk-free. 

There are chances of injury, illness, flood, landslide, or sudden climate change. So travel insurance is compulsory. All trekkers must provide a copy of their comprehensive travel insurance policy certificate to Discovery World Trekking. The policy must cover medical and emergency repatriation - including helicopter rescue and evacuation expenses at the highest trek altitudes.

We can recommend insurance companies based on the experience of our clients. However, we do not sell insurance policies. 

Trekking members are kindly requested to send their detailed insurance information within a week of trek booking. In case of an emergency, we will use your insurance policy and other informational documents you sent us to arrange a swift rescue. 

Nepali Rupees (NPR/Rs) is the local currency.
(1 USD = ~ 133 NPR).

You can exchange major foreign currencies through local banks and legitimate money exchanges in Kathmandu and all over Thamel. Legal money exchanges display ongoing exchange rates visibly. 

Please note that only Indian Rupee notes of 100 and 2,000 are legal in Nepal. 

Despite the security advantage of traveler's cheques, we advise you to bring cash and exchange them in Kathmandu so that you do not need to go through lengthy processes and high bank commission rates. 

You can also withdraw cash (in Rupees only) from one of the many ATMs in Kathmandu and Thamel itself. Several of these ATMs are open around the clock. The maximum withdrawal amount is 35,000 Rupees for a 500 Rupees processing fee using your foreign card. If you use the money exchange facility at banks and financial institutions, the service fee charge imposed is about four percent or more depending upon the banks.

Meals and accommodations in Kathmandu are up to our clients themselves. Kathmandu has all kinds of hotels/lodges to meet all tastes and budgets.

All our valuable clients need to bring spending money to cover the costs of meals and accommodations in Kathmandu, lunch, and dinner in Pokhara. Similarly, you will need money for visa processing, travel insurance policy purchase, snacks for the trek, hot (tea/coffee) and cold drinks, tips for crew members, souvenirs, etc. We recommend you bring cash (major currencies) and exchange them for Rupees in Kathmandu. Trek regions only accept Nepali Rupees. 

Annapurna Sanctuary Trip is a moderate-grade trek that takes you to Annapurna Base Camp (4130m) - the highest point of the trip. 

Hiking per day ranges from 4 to 7 hrs, with regular breaks to enjoy stunning mountain views. The routes involve long ascents, steep descents, and straightforward paths. 

You will be trekking more hours in low land and fewer hours in the high mountain because trekking at a higher altitude is physically demanding. Past hiking experience would be beneficial, but you do not need any technical skills or experience. 

Some days require longer waking hours, so you must be reasonably fit and prepared for long trekking days. The fitter you are, the more enjoyable your trek will be. Exercising and jogging regularly for a couple of weeks before the trip to enhance your stamina is a good idea.

Our trekking leaders and guides have extensive first-aid training and are well-experienced. We use oximeters to monitor your oxygen level and to detect health problems such as altitude sickness earlier. Rest assured, your health will be in reliable hands. Your trek leader or guide will also suggest ways to take precautions.

All participants need to be healthy and have a positive attitude, self-confidence, and strong determination. Trekkers with pre-existing medical conditions such as heart, lung, and blood disease should inform us before booking the trek.

During the Annapurna Sanctuary trek, our well-trained and experienced guides/Sherpas will accompany you to make your journey comfortable. Porters will carry your luggage. We assign a porter for every two trekkers, but our porters will not carry more than 18 kg of combined luggage. If you need, we can also assign one porter per person. 

Our crew members are locals raised in remote high Himalayas, and their physical endurance at high altitudes is high. All our staff members are valuable to us. We pay them well and take care of their insurance, clothing, food, and lodging during the treks. 

All our guides and porters receive medical care when ill or injured. We always make sure our staff members are happy as we believe that only happy people can make others happy. 

Our trek leaders/guides have 

• Nepal-government authorized Trekking Guide Training certificate
• Fluency in speaking English and other major languages
• Conservation and Biodiversity Training
• Rock climbing experience

Discovery World Trekking is a Nepal government-authorized, licensed, bonded trek and tour operator providing its services for over a decade. 

We are members of the Trekking Agency Association of Nepal (TAAN) and the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA). Therefore, you can book the Discovery World Trekking trips with confidence.

We require a 10 percent advance for confirming trek booking. You can pay 10 percent advance through bank transfer, Western Union, and online through our website. You can pay the remaining amount once you arrive in Nepal in cash or by bank transfer or credit card. Furthermore, we will email you the payment details - including modes of payment.

Please send us all required documents like passport copy, passport size photos, travel insurance policy, arrival, and departure flight details within a week of booking. 

Most of our valuable clients book Sanctuary Trek in advance but for those unable to book in advance, we provide a last-minute booking option. In case of a last-minute booking, you need to clear 100% of the trip payment 24 hours before the trip departure. We are always ready to operate trek anytime. However, there is a small chance that last-minute booking gets delayed due to circumstances beyond our control such as bad weather, unavailability of lodges, government rules, etc. Contact Paul at 977- 9840055491 for more information.

We organize group and private treks. If you have a group, the bigger your group is, the more discount you will get. We do not add anyone to your group. Each group will have a group leader and porters to carry your luggage. For every two trekkers, we assign a porter. We can handle all trek group sizes and add an assistant guide for groups of over 11 trekkers.