Warming up the yaks…
Multi-day routes with stop-by-stop tea-house intel — 59 places
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Nepal's most famous trek: Sherpa villages, high-altitude monasteries and the Khumbu Icefall amphitheatre beneath Everest itself. Well-developed teahouse route with serious altitude.
Best: Mar–May, Oct–Nov
$35–60/day
Challenging· 12–14 days
Into the Annapurna Sanctuary — a glacial amphitheatre ringed by Annapurna I, Machapuchare and Hiunchuli — through Gurung villages, bamboo forest and the Jhinu hot springs.
$25–45/day
Moderate· 7–11 days
The legendary lap of the Annapurna massif: subtropical valleys to the arid Manang plateau, over the 5,416 m Thorong La to Muktinath and the Kali Gandaki gorge.
Challenging· 10–16 days
Nepal's classic short trek: rhododendron forests, Magar villages and the famous Poon Hill sunrise over Dhaulagiri and the Annapurnas. The best first trek in the Himalaya.
Best: Oct–May (rhododendrons bloom Mar–Apr)
$25–40/day
Easy· 3–5 days
A ridge-line trek straight at Machapuchare: forest camps giving way to alpine grass at High Camp, with a stiff pre-dawn push to the Mardi viewpoints. Pokhara's favourite 4–5 day escape.
Best: Mar–May, Oct–Dec
Moderate· 4–6 days
A restricted-area journey into the former Kingdom of Lo: eroded desert canyons, cave monasteries and the walled capital Lo Manthang, culturally Tibetan and rain-shadow dry.
Best: Mar–Nov (one of the few monsoon-friendly treks)
$40–70/day
Challenging· 10–14 days
The closest big-mountain valley to Kathmandu: Tamang villages rebuilt after the 2015 earthquake, yak pastures at Kyanjin Gompa and the Tserko Ri viewpoint at nearly 5,000 m.
Moderate· 6–8 days
The circuit many now rate above Annapurna: the deep Budhi Gandaki gorge, Tibetan-Buddhist Nubri villages, and the glacial Larkya La (5,106 m) beneath the world's eighth-highest peak.
$35–55/day
Difficult· 12–16 days
Short trek from Juphal to Nepal's deepest lake — the impossibly turquoise Phoksundo beneath Ringmo's Bon monastery, inside Shey Phoksundo National Park.
Best: Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov
$30–50/day
Moderate· 5–7 days
Nepal's biggest lake, ringed by pine forest inside its smallest national park — reached by short flights to Talcha or a scenic walk-in from Jumla. Serenely quiet outside October.
Moderate· 4–9 days
Nepal's great eastern expedition: three weeks to the north (Pangpema) and/or south (Oktang) base camps of the world's third-highest mountain, through Limbu and Sherpa country.
Best: Apr–May, Oct–Nov
Extreme· 18–24 days
The connoisseur's EBC: approach through the turquoise Gokyo Lakes and Gokyo Ri, crossing the glaciated Cho La pass to join the classic route at Lobuche.
Difficult· 15–18 days
A quieter Khumbu alternative ending at the sacred turquoise lakes below Cho Oyu, with the Gokyo Ri viewpoint rivalling Kala Patthar.
Challenging· 10–12 days
The complete Khumbu circuit over Kongma La, Cho La and Renjo La (all ~5,400 m), linking Chhukung, EBC and Gokyo. The hardest standard teahouse route in the region.
Extreme· 17–21 days
A short, lower-altitude taste of Khumbu: Lukla to Namche and the Everest View Hotel ridge, with Everest, Lhotse and Ama Dablam on the horizon.
Extends the Everest View route to Khumbu's spiritual heart at Tengboche Monastery, without pushing into the highest, coldest villages.
Moderate· 7–9 days
Lower Solu ridge trek to the 4,065 m Pikey Peak — reputedly Sir Edmund Hillary's favourite Everest view — through Sherpa villages far from the Lukla crowds.
Moderate· 5–8 days
The original expedition walk-in used before the Lukla airstrip: a week of mid-hill villages and river valleys from Jiri, joining today's trail at Phakding.
$25–50/day
Difficult· 18–22 days
The budget, no-flight way into Khumbu: jeep from Kathmandu to Salleri/Thamdanda, then two to three walking days to join the main trail below Lukla.
Challenging· 14–18 days
A quiet side valley west of Namche, home of many famous Sherpa mountaineers and the ancient Thame Gompa, on the old salt-trade route toward the Nangpa La.
A side-trip from Pangboche to the grassy base camp (4,570 m) beneath the most beautiful peak in Khumbu — often added to an Everest View or EBC itinerary.
Challenging· 8–10 days
Climbing peak
Nepal's highest trekking peak (6,476 m): a long approach through the wild Hinku valley and a glacier climb that is physically huge but technically straightforward.
Extreme· 16–18 days
The Khumbu's most popular 6,000 m climbing objective (6,189 m), usually combined with EBC for acclimatisation; includes a headwall and summit ridge on fixed ropes.
Extreme· 14–18 days
Remote valley beneath Gaurishankar with the huge Tsho Rolpa glacial lake; experienced parties cross the technical Tashi Lapcha pass into Khumbu.
Extreme· 12–18 days
The newly opened route from Narchyang to the north-side base camp used by Maurice Herzog's 1950 Annapurna I first ascent — wild, uncrowded and dramatically close to the mountain's huge north face.
Challenging· 4–6 days
Community-lodge ridge trek between Ghorepani and the Kali Gandaki rim, with in-your-face Dhaulagiri views and an optional pilgrimage day-hike to sacred Khayer Lake (4,660 m).
Moderate· 6–9 days
A community-run eco-lodge route to the 3,300 m Mohare ridge — the 'quiet Poon Hill' — where lodge income funds local schools and clinics.
Best: Oct–May
$20–35/day
Easy· 4–6 days
The gentlest overnight 'trek' from Pokhara: an easy ridge walk to Australian Camp and Dhampus village for sunrise over the whole Annapurna skyline. Ideal with kids.
Best: Year-round (clearest Oct–Apr)
Easy· 1–2 days
Two to three easy days to Nepal's most celebrated Gurung village: stone houses, a heritage museum and Annapurna South filling the horizon.
Best: Year-round (monsoon is wet)
Easy· 2–3 days
A quiet forested ridge south-west of Phewa Lake mixing sacred Panchase peak (2,500 m), mixed Gurung-Magar villages and huge Annapurna–Dhaulagiri panoramas.
Best: Oct–Apr
Easy· 3–4 days
The low-ridge route east of Pokhara walked by Prince Charles in 1980 — rice terraces, Gurung hamlets and Annapurna views, ending near Begnas Lake.
Short trek to one of Nepal's largest Gurung villages beneath Annapurna II and Lamjung Himal, on a quiet corner of the conservation area with strong village-homestay culture.
The classic lower-Mustang walk through the windswept Kali Gandaki gorge: medieval Kagbeni, apple-famous Marpha and the Muktinath pilgrimage temple, with flights or jeeps at both ends.
Best: Mar–Nov (windy afternoons year-round)
Hidden side valleys off the Annapurna Circuit: the medieval stone villages of Nar and Phu, Tibetan-Buddhist herding culture, and the Kang La pass back to Ngawal.
Best: Apr–May, Sep–Nov
Difficult· 9–12 days
A dramatic Annapurna Circuit side-trip to one of the world's highest large lakes (4,919 m), beneath the Grande Barrière — often combined with the Mesokanto La for experienced parties.
Difficult· 2–4 days
Pilgrimage trek to the sacred alpine lakes where Shiva is said to have quenched the poison's fire — thousands attend the Janai Purnima festival each August.
The full link-up: Langtang valley, the holy Gosaikunda lakes over the Laurebina La (4,610 m), then down the Helambu ridges almost to Kathmandu's doorstep.
Challenging· 12–16 days
Gentle ridges and Hyolmo Buddhist villages within a day's drive of Kathmandu — mid-altitude, monastery-dotted and far quieter than the big-name routes.
Homestay circuit through Tamang villages west of Langtang — Gatlang, Thuman, Briddhim — with hot springs, carved wooden houses and Ganesh Himal views.
Five sacred alpine lakes at 4,100 m north-east of Kathmandu — a short, quiet camping/teahouse trek that spikes with Hindu pilgrims at Janai Purnima.
The hard way out of Langtang: a technical, often-snowbound 5,130 m pass from Kyanjin Gompa south into Helambu. Camping gear and an experienced guide required.
Extreme· 9–12 days
Homestay trails between Langtang and Manaslu under the Ganesh Himal — mixed Tamang and Gurung villages, ridge passes and almost no other trekkers.
Moderate· 7–10 days
A sacred hidden valley (beyul) off the Manaslu trail: ancient gompas at Mu and Rachen, polyandrous Tibetan culture and a tradition of non-violence where hunting is banned.
Challenging· 9–13 days
The standard acclimatisation day on the Manaslu Circuit: a stiff climb from Samagaun past Birendra Lake to the expedition base camp at ~4,800 m.
Challenging· 1 day
Mid-hill circuit through Gorkha's historic and earthquake-rebuilt villages — Barpak, Laprak, Gorkha Durbar — with Manaslu and Buddha Himal on the skyline. No restricted permit needed.
The circuit joining Phoksundo Lake and the Tibetan-farming Dho Tarap valley over the Numa La and Baga La (both ~5,100 m) — wild, high and mostly camping.
Best: May–Jun, Sep–Oct
Difficult· 14–18 days
One of the Himalaya's great expeditions: weeks beyond the road to Shey Gompa and the Crystal Mountain kora, through the land made famous by 'The Snow Leopard' and 'Himalaya'.
Best: May–Sep (rain-shadow)
Extreme· 20–27 days
Nepal's remotest corner: the old Kailash pilgrim route from Simikot through the closed-off Limi villages of Til, Halji and Jang, brushing the Tibetan border.
Best: May–Oct
Rolling 3,000 m grassland plateaus (patans), oak-rhododendron forest and the ashram of Khaptad Baba — far-west Nepal's spiritual heartland, all but unknown to foreign trekkers.
High grassland ridges to the Badimalika temple (4,200 m), one of far-west Nepal's holiest Bhagwati shrines — a major pilgrimage in August, empty wilderness otherwise.
Challenging· 6–9 days
To the foot of Api (7,132 m), the far west's highest peak, past Kali Dhunga lake — a raw, newly promoted route inside Api Nampa Conservation Area.
Difficult· 8–12 days
The classic overland approach to Rara Lake through the historic Sinja valley — cradle of the Nepali language — and Chuchemara ridge viewpoints.
$20–40/day
Through the biodiverse Barun valley of Makalu Barun National Park to the base of the world's fifth-highest peak — steep, wild and rewarding, with basic lodges most of the way.
Steep forest trail to the wish-granting Pathibhara Devi temple (3,794 m) with Kanchenjunga on the horizon — eastern Nepal's most important pilgrimage, now also served by a cable car.
Moderate· 2–4 days
Nepal's 'rhododendron capital': a gentle ridge walk through the world's largest natural rhododendron forest, blazing red and pink each March–April, with Makalu and Kanchenjunga views.
Best: Mar–Apr (bloom), Oct–Nov
A community-built ridge trail through the Kirat Rai heartland — shamanic Mundum culture, homestays, and a horizon running from Everest to Kanchenjunga.
The old Everest approach from the east: subtropical Arun river country over the Salpa Bhanjyang into Solu — village life, low-altitude warmth and almost no trekkers.
The Great Himalaya Trail connector between the Kanchenjunga and Makalu regions over the 5,177 m Lumba Sumba pass — expedition-style camping through genuinely untouched country.
Extreme· 16–20 days
A serious, remote camping expedition around the world's seventh-highest peak, crossing the French Pass and Dhampus Pass.
Best: April-May, October-November
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