Overview

The GhorepaniPoonhill Trekking is one of the short trekking adventure to Annapurna region of Nepal. The GhorepaniPoonhill Trekking falls under the easy trekking adventure that is packed with easy trekking trails, beautiful nature, traditional farming lands, rhododendron forests, enchanting Himalayas views, and a dive in to the wild nature as well as living in the traditional villages of Annapurna region. The ghorepani is one of the big traditional settlement of Annapurna region with full of lodging and catering facilities residing at the height of 2765 meters above sea level. The Poon Hill is an viewpoint tower located at one hour walk from Ghorepani at the height of 3200 meters where tourists can see all the Himalayas of Annapurna region from one single viewpoint. Ghorepani is the resting village for travelers and the poon hill is the viewpoint hill which is high, wide and clear enough to witness all the Himalayas of annapurna region like Annapurna, Gangapurna, Dhaulagiri, Nilgiri, LamjungHimal, Mount Fishtail, Mount Himchuli and others. The Poon hill viewpoint is the major attraction of this trip to watch Himalayas on the background setting of sunrise and sunset. Ghorepani is the stopover village for travelers of ancient Himalaya salt trading route where the traders of Nepal, Tibet and china use this route to travel over cities while trading on their way. The Ghorepani is the stopover places for lodging and catering along with watering the horses of the travelers. So the name Ghorepani as Horse water is given to this villages as stopover resting place for Himalayan traders.

The GhorepaniPoonhill Trekking starts from Nayapul of Pokhara city where tourists can either walk from Nayapul or take the vehicle till Birethanti and start walking from there. It takes generally 10 hours walking to reach Ghorepani for a regular trekker but travelers can take one night rest on lower villages on the way to Ghorepani and take their own time to reach Ghorepani without taking stress as the trekking region is full of lodges and catering places to rest and enjoy the nature. The GhorepaniPoonhill Trekking is an easy going trekking adventure passing through beautiful valleys, waterfalls, lush mountains, rhododendron forests, farming lands, traditional mountain villages, walking ways, and stone paved passageways through traditional Gurung village making the trip as memorable dive in to the nature. Starting from Nayapul the travelers came across the villages of Birenthati, Tikhedhunga, Ulleri, Ghorepani, and Poon Hill viewpoint during their trip.