Follow the below-written steps if you wish to book this 11-day-long adventure with us.

First, we have a Send Inquiry section on the right where you can write your preferred date and requirements for this trek. Also, you can send us a message if you have any customizations needed for the trek.

Once we get your inquiry, we’ll get in touch with you as soon as possible.

For instant communication, you can directly Contact Us on WhatsApp or email regarding the trek.

Once you agree to book this trek with us, you must send us at least 30% of the total trek cost. We call it the trek confirmation fee, which we’ll use for the trek permits, tea house reservations, etc.

For the confirmation payment, we’ll send you our bank account details, which you can use to transfer the funds.

Note: You may need to pay the service fee for international fund transfers while transferring the trek confirmation fee. This service fee isn’t included in the 30% trek confirmation fee.

Once you transfer us the trek confirmation fee, upon receiving the payment, you’ll get a message about the payment.

We’ll send you an email that includes:

–  Detailed trek itinerary

–  Cost Includes and Excludes

–  Packing list for Manaslu Circuit Trek

–  Physical fitness training exercises and recommendations

–  And other necessary attachments related to the trek

If you wish to cancel the trek for various reasons, you must inform us before the trek’s start date. You’ll get the refunds as per our trek cancellation policy.

Here’s our trek’s cancelation policy for the refunds:

–  canceling the trek a month before the departure date subject to a 50% refund

–  subject to a 20% refund upon canceling the trek a week before the departure date

–  should cancel the trek a few days before the trek subject to no refund

–  should cancel the trek once it starts for various reasons, you must pay the whole trek cost with no refund

Absolutely. Instead of canceling the trek and asking for a refund, it’s better to use the confirmation fee for other trekking. We have high-value treks, like the Everest Base Camp Trek with Gokyo Lakes via Cho La Pass and the Annapurna Circuit Trek, which you can join.

Moreover, these trekking are highly rewarding and are on par with Manaslu Circuit Trek.

Yes. We’ll have our representative at the arrivals to welcome you to Kathmandu. Our representative will be at the arrivals at the arrivals with your name card for ease of recognition.

You’ll then get a private vehicle or a taxi transfer from the airport to the hotel. The hotel transfer is a complimentary service from our side.

Most nationals who fly to Nepal can benefit from an on-arrival visa. An immigration department at the arrivals provides on-arrival visas to all foreign nationals.

You must apply for a visa. The visa application booths at immigration collect your information and process your visa.

For an in-depth guide regarding Nepali on-arrival visas, read this blog.

Yes. You’ll have a trek briefing session at the hotel you’ll stay in Kathmandu. Our manager and the trek guide for Manaslu Circuit Trek will brief you about the trek.

The session runs for an hour with a photo/video presentation. Also, you could chat with your trek guide to learn more about him/her and the trek.

You must pay the remaining trek cost after the trek briefing session. Or, if you’re in Nepal a few days before the trek, you can make the payment a day before the trek’s start date.

Note: We recommend you pay the remaining payment in USD rather than in Nepali rupees.

Here’s what you’ll get after paying the full trek cost:

–  Airport pickup

–  Kathmandu to Machha Khola bus drive

–  Machha Khola to Bangsing jeep drive

–  Tilche to Besisahar jeep drive

–  Besisahar to Kathmandu public bus drive

The trek cost doesn’t include the private jeep ride for the trek. However, if you wish to drive on a private jeep from Kathmandu to Machha Khola and Besisahar to Kathmandu, you must pay additional USD 440 per person.

In USD 440, you’ll get:

–  Private jeep from Kathmandu to Machha Khola

–  Private Jeep from Besisahar to Kathmandu

Yes. A trekking guide is a must when trekking in the Manaslu Circuit. Most of the trek route is in the Manaslu Restricted Area.

You won’t get a trekking permit (Manaslu Restricted Area Permit) for solo trekking. Thus, you must book Manaslu Circuit Trek with a trekking agency in Nepal and must trek with a licensed trek guide.

All of our trekking guides are fluent English speakers. Our trekking guides, who specialize in doing Manaslu Circuit Trek, can communicate fluently and are great storytellers.

Our primary goal in assigning fluent English-speaking guides is to ensure that you have better communication on the trek.

Yes. We have experienced male and female trekking guides. And, if you prefer trekking with a female guide, we’ll organize this trek with a female guide.

Female guides at NepTrek Adventures are vastly experienced, with their extensive trekking in the Himalayas over the years. Moreover, they’re friendly, adventurous, humorous, and supportive.

You’ll have an adventurous walk in Manaslu with our female guide.

The group size determines the number of trek guides and porters we employ for the Manaslu Circuit Trek.

We usually allocate one trekking guide for a group of five trekkers. However, we provide one trek leader and an assistant guide for groups of more than five.

Regarding the trekking porter, the two trekkers can share a trekking porter. A trek porter carries a combined 20 kg of luggage.

However, an additional USD 200 is required to hire a trekking porter for an individual trekker.

If you’re trekking individually, you’ll get a trek guide, which is more like private guiding. However, upon request, you’ll get a private trekking guide, that too, while trekking in a group. To do this, you must pay an additional USD 300 for the private guide.

Note: During the season, the trekking guides often get busy with treks and tours. Thus, if you want a private guide, you must inform us while booking the trek. In this way, we can allocate the guide for you.

Yes. We purchase travel insurance for our trekking guides and porters. On top, Manaslu is a restricted area, and trekking there can get challenging sometimes. Thus, for their health and safety, we purchase annual travel insurance with helicopter rescue and accidental coverage.

The amount of tip depends on how wholesome your trek experience will be at the end. If you’re satisfied with the overall guidance and other services from the guide, you can tip as much as you want. There’s no standard fee for this.

However, most trekkers prefer tipping at least 15% of the total trek cost.

Note: We pay salaries to our trek guides and porters per the industry standards.

The tea houses you’ll accommodate during the Manaslu Circuit Trek are good. Compared to the last few years, recently, the tea houses along the route have upgraded hugely.

They provide cozy twin-sharing rooms with warm blankets, clean bedsheets, and electricity charging ports. Moreover, you’ll get a hot water shower, wifi (at all places except Dharmashala), and more. The tea houses light the oven during the evening to make the trekkers warm and feel good.

They provide happy meals with expansive meal choices. And, in most regions, the locals grow vegetables and other stuff in the greenhouse which comes onto your plate, cooked.

For overnight accommodation, you’ll get a twin-sharing room. Twin-sharing rooms are usually spacious, clean, and have an electricity charging plug.

Most twin-sharing rooms in Manaslu have attached bathrooms. For example, you’ll find attached bathrooms at Namrung, Lho, Sama Gaun, Shyala, and Samdo.

During the season, the tea houses get fully occupied. Thus, the availability of private rooms depends on the number of trekkers in the tea house.

A sleeping bag of -10 ˚C is highly recommended for this trek. During the season, the tea houses get occupied. Thus, they won’t provide multiple blankets to trekkers.

Moreover, at Dharmashala, the tea houses run short of blankets, and if they are in stock, you have to pay to use them.

Thus, a sleeping bag is a must if you’re planning this trek during the season (March-May and September-December). It keeps you warm and cozy and also saves some bucks.

Yes. Except for the ones at Dharmashala, all the tea houses in Manaslu provide hot showers. Most of the hot showers are gas geysers with proper ventilation.

Note: The hot showers cost Rs. 300-500. You must pay for the hot shower as it’s an additional amenity that Manaslu Circuit Trek doesn’t cover.

Yes. Electricity is available in every tea house in Manaslu Circuit. The good part you can charge your electrical devices for free at most places.

Remember to bring a power bank for the trek because, at some tea houses, the room doesn’t come with a charging plug.

Yes. Except in Dharmashala, all the tea houses in other places on the trek provide high-speed wifi to the trekkers. The wifi costs Rs. 200-300, depending on the elevation you’re in.

The tea houses along Manaslu Circuit Trek are decent and provide expansive meal choices. You’ll get hygienic, delicious, and adequate proportions.

Here’s a brief of what meals you can expect during this trek:

–  Soup

–  Chapati and Breads

–  Pancake

–  Porridge

–  Egg

–  Curry

–  Rice and Veg Curry

–  Momo

–  Potato Dish

–  Noodle

–  Spring Roll

–  Macaroni

–  Spaghetti

–  Salads

–  Desserts

You’ll have at least 4-5 options to choose from each of these meals.

It depends on what you prefer. But we recommend drinking hot water at higher elevations to avoid cough and throat issues. Usually, trekkers drink cold water, which results in severe cough, chest pain, and cold.

At lower elevations, you can fill in the running water from the tap and put one or two water purifying tablets. The cold water often contains bacteria and earth minerals that may not suit your belly.

Thus, hot water at higher elevations and cold water with purifying tablets at lower elevations are good choices.

No. Being a vegetarian is excellent for the Manaslu Circuit Trek. Moreover, we suggest our clients not eat meat while trekking.

While on trekking, food digestion, and poisoning are often common among trekkers. The main issue behind this is the consumption of meat.

Thus, avoiding the meat on the trek is the safest option.

Absolutely. We operate this trek in Spring and Autumn, the safest and best times for the Manaslu Circuit Trek. However, the months like July, August, early September, and January to February end are not recommended times.

The altitude gain in this trek is gradual. Thus, you’ll get proper acclimatization and rest throughout the trek. Moreover, crossing Larke Pass is easy as most sections are flat, and the altitude profile is not high.

However, the entire route remains closed in January and February due to heavy snowfall. Also, these are the extreme cold months.

July and August rain heavily. In Manaslu, most sections at lower elevations are landslide-prone. Thus, landslides and floods can cause serious issues in summer.

We always prioritize your safety on the trek. Thus, we follow a series of steps if you get sick while trekking in Manalsu.

Here’s how we’ll respond if you get sick.

–  Your trekking guide will assess your physical condition and consult with our manager.

–  If the altitude sickness symptoms are mild, you’ll rest for a day or two at the same place.

–  If the symptoms are severe, you’ll ride back on a horse to the lower elevation trek down to Philim and take a jeep to Arughat and Kathmandu.

–  If you need an emergency rescue, you’ll need a helicopter evacuation. However, you must have travel insurance with helicopter rescue coverage for the helicopter rescue.

Note: Manaslu Circuit Trek is in a restricted area. Thus, getting the helicopter can take a day due to the paperwork across multiple governing authorities.

Absolutely. Manaslu and all over Nepal are safe for female trekkers. In Manaslu, you’ll be with a trekking guide and a porter who keeps you safe and sound throughout the trek. Moreover, the tea houses are friendly and welcoming. On top of this, we’ll send our most experienced female guide with you on the trek if you want a female trekking guide.

Thus, as a female trekker, you’ll feel safe and welcomed in Manaslu.

Yes. Your trekking guide comes with a valid Nepal government trekking guide license. Moreover, our trekking guides are Wilderness First Aid responders. Thus, you’ll get a licensed trekking guide with first aid responder training expertise.

It ensures that you’ll receive an on-the-spot first aid treatment for minor injuries during the trek.

Travel insurance, including helicopter rescue coverage, is a must for Manaslu. It’s because during emergencies like altitude sickness, landslides, and heavy snowfall, you may need a helicopter evacuation.

Also, the helicopter rescue from Manaslu can cost $8k on average, which paying from your pocket isn’t feasible. Moreover, to get the helicopter for rescue, you must have travel insurance. Otherwise, the helicopter won’t fly to rescue you.

Furthermore, travel insurance compensates for the loss and damage of trek gear and personal stuff.

Hence, travel insurance is a must for Manaslu.

No. We don’t guide people with existing health conditions. The health issues include:

–  Blood Pressure

–  Chronic Heart Issue

–  Pregnant women

–  Elderly over aged 70 years

If you’re in any of these, trekking to Manaslu Circuit can be challenging and risky, given the health conditions.