Accommodation and Meals

You’ll get one-night accommodation at a star hotel in Lakeside, Pokhara with breakfast. You can benefit from this one night stay before or after the trek.

Accommodation and meals along the trek will be at the tea houses. The tea houses along the trek are good and offer quality accommodation and hygienic meals.

For accommodation, you’ll get twin sharing rooms. You’ll get attached toilets at Siddhing and Pitam Deurali. However, you’ll have to use the shared toilet at Low Camp and High Camp.

You’ll get three meals each day, one breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner. All the meals will be from the menu.

Tips: If you prefer brewed coffee, some tea houses provide it. The tea houses at places like Australian Camp, Pothana, and Badal Danda sell roasted coffee from the machine.

Trek Permits

Mardi Himal Trek is in the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACAP). Hence, the Annapurna Conservation Area Permit is a must for this trek.

Annapurna Conservation Area Permit (ACAP) costs Rs. 3000 for foreigners and Rs. 1000 for SAARC Nationals.

If you wish to embark on this trek with us, we’ll include the permit cost in the total trek cost.

Mardi Himal Trek Permit checkpost is at Pothana.

To learn more about Annapurna Conservation Area Permit, check out this blog.

Transportation

The transportation for five days of Mardi Himal Trek will be a two-way private jeep.

You’ll take a private jeep from the hotel to the trek starting point at Kande. From here, you’ll trek to Mardi High Point and trek down to Siddhing before taking a jeep to Pokhara.

Before trekking a private jeep from Siddhing to Pokhara, you’ll trek from Low Camp, stop at a lodge for lunch, and drive back to Pokhara.

Altitude Sickness

Five-day itinerary for this trek is perfect in the sense that you’ll ascend slowly, which prevents you from getting altitude sickness. Thus, Mardi Himal Trek is an altitude sickness risk-free trek.

You’ll start the trek with a drive from Pokhara at 822 meters. The trek begins from Kande at 1,740 meters. From here, you’ll trek to Australian Camp, Pothana, and Pitam Deurali. Eventually, you’ll call it a day off at Pitam Deurali at 2,100 meters.

Next day, you’ll trek to Low Camp via Forest Camp and Rest Camp. On this day, you’ll sleep at 2,990 meters.

And on the next day, you’ll trek to High Camp at 3,550 meters.

In this way, you’ll ascend gradually, which is an ideal way to prevent altitude sickness.

Therefore, the Mardi Himal Trek for five days is the safest, easiest, and altitude sickness-free trek.

Travel Insurance

Despite a short and easy trek, embarking on the Mardi Himal Trek can still get risky at times. Walking through the lush forest, mid-hills, and high-altitude viewpoint exposes you to the wilderness. And at times, the wilderness can put you at risk. Hence, against the risk, you’ll need travel insurance with helicopter rescue coverage.

For example, if you get altitude sickness or get injured along the trek, you’ll need a rapid descent. During such instances, you’ll need a helicopter rescue for rapid descent. Moreover, travel insurance covers hospitalization costs, medications, and other emergencies.

Thus, it’s highly recommended that you get travel insurance with helicopter rescue for Mardi Himal Trek.

In Kathmandu?

Mardi is a five-day trek from Pokhara-High Camp-View Point- to Pokhara. Thus, we’ll count five days from Pokhara.

However, if you’re in Kathmandu and want to start the trek from there, it’ll be a six-day trek. Moreover, if you want to return to Kathmandu with us, the trek will last seven days.

To reach Pokhara, you’ll have the option of 20-minute flight or a 10-hour drive. If you prefer a flight, it costs USD 98, one way. Likewise, the tourist bus ticket costs USD 15.

Mardi Himal and Annapurna Base Camp Trek

Combining Mardi and Annapurna Base Camp Trek can be an exciting adventure in Annapurna Sanctuary. Moreover, if you’ve already been to Ghorepani and Poon Hill, Mardi Himal Trek before embarking on Annapurna Base Camp can be an ideal choice.

Mardi Himal and Landruk are doable in four days. Likewise, Chhomrong via Ghorepani is also doable in four days. On the fifth day of either trek, you’ll join the Annapurna Base Camp Trek Route at Chhomrong. And from Chhomrong, you’ll trek for three days to the base camp.

Thus, Mardi Himal and Annapurna Base Camp Trek can be alternated to 10 days Annapurna Base Camp Trek via Poon Hill. Moreover, the number of trek days is similar in both treks.

Physical Fitness

Anyone with decent physical fitness can embark on the Mardi Himal Trek and complete it successfully. Since the trek route’s grade is easy to moderate, a regular walker can easily complete the trek each day.

If you’re wondering what physical fitness exercises are best to prepare for this trek, here are some:

• Hiking
• 30-60 minutes walk each day for at least a month before the trek
• Cycling and swimming for cardio

These exercises are adequate for physical fitness for Mardi Himal Trek.