Gorilla Trekking in Nepal

Gorilla Trekking in Nepal

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Trip at a Glance
Duration15 Days
CountryNepal
Maximum Altitude3900 m
Best TimeAll Seasons

View Nepal Treks organizing most famous  trekking as well as off the beaten path trekking in rural area in Nepal. these type of trekking provides immense please for trekkers  of local people, their culture and society. Gorilla Trekking in Nepal is newly opened trekking route of Nepal. If you are seeking for the place from where the Maoists revolution and the decade-long civil war started in Nepal then this is the best package.

The trekking trip  is full of authentic rural Nepal villages. During the trip of the Gorilla Trekking, you will come across the Mongolian and Aryan tribes of Nepal. The major destination of the Gorilla trek is the Rukum  district of Nepal. This is  very much effected  place from where the Maoists activities and civil war  started. There are presences of numerous landmark houses where the Maoists did the meetings and were attacked. The place still has the various bunkers and war holes. The people of the Rukum district of Nepal recently launched the idea of a home stay program  in the zone. Lots of the domestic and international tourists have shown great interest in the place and its history. The journey starts from Beni bazaar and ends in the Sulichour. The journey  passes by the famous hunting reserve of Nepal “Dhorpatan Hunting  Reserve” a  National Conservation Park. The major animals and the birds that are present in the region are Thar, Blue Sheep, Bharal/ Ghoral and other mysterious Himalayan animals. Lots of the hunters too come to Nepal for the hunting. The majority of the people living in the area are Magars, Gurung, newar, Dalit, Kshetri while others too reside harmoniously. You can observe the war emotions, sentiments and the culture of such multi-ethnic people in the region. The Himalayas that you will see in this trekking route are Api Himal, Saipal Himal, and Dhaulagiri mountain Range .

This trekking route gives an extraordinary trekking journey to all travel enthusiast through the heart in up-conflicted region. View Nepal Treks & Expedition help you arrange gorilla trekking, a newly delivered notable location for the natural majesty in addition to the welcoming people. You are ending up your trekking capturing several water falls, caves, rivers and lakes including Kamala & Solar Daha and towering Himalayas in the north side.

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You will be picked up from airport and transfer to hotel and meeting with guide.

Max Altitude: 1,335 m Meals: DinnerAccommodation: Hotel

Drive from Kathmandu to Beni 850m (10 hours by bus) via Pokhara.

Max Altitude: 850 m Meals: B-L-DAccommodation: Guest House

Beni Is headquarters of Mygdi which is popular for official and local business junction, we follow a gravel road for 24km to Darbang Mgar Village and start walking to Takam, three hour walk away with Gurjal, Himal towering overhead.

Max Altitude: 1,665 m Meals: B-L-DAccommodation: Lodge

This is where the scenery starts getting even more dramatic. This is what Nepal used to be like before the trekkers got here. Locals are not used to feigners and have a lot of stories to tell about the war.

Max Altitude: 2,250 m Meals: B-L-DAccommodation: Home Stay

Ascend through dense pine forests, with musk deer barking in the bushes. The grazing land on the ridge offer 180 degree views of Dhaulagiri the entire range up to Churen Himal in the west.

Max Altitude: 3,020 m Meals: B-L-DAccommodation: Homestay

You cross over from Myagdi to Baglung and into the former Tibetan refugee camp which was serviced by an airfield built by the Swiss in the 1950s. This is also the entrance to Dhorpatan, a Hunting Reserve, where you can spot mountain goats and blue sheeps(Bharal).

Max Altitude: 2,860 m Meals: B-L-DAccommodation: Tea House

This is a heaven for birds. Watch Danphe (national bird of Nepal) pheasants, and other migratory sorts that you have seen only in bird guides. Stiff to imagine that people fought a war here. There are cow sheds in the monsoon, but in the winter these high pastures are deserted.

Max Altitude: 3,100 m Meals: B-L-DAccommodation: Home Stay

Traverse over from Baglung to Rukum into Magar region and enter the former Maoist base area. There are dense forests all the way, so it must have been easy to hide here during the insurgency. The villages are picturesque and there is always some kind of Magar festival going on.

Max Altitude: 2,650 m Meals: B-L-DAccommodation: Home Stay

Hike to Lukum in Rukum, a village populated only by Magars and Dalits (low cast). This is about as medieval as it gets in Nepal nowadays.

Meals: B-L-DAccommodation: Home Stay

Thabang is the cradle of the Maoist revolution. It was damaged in army attacks and parts of the town were flattened by 'tora bora' mortar shells dropped from helicopters. There has been some development of infrastructure after the war ended, and the people are eager and friendly

Max Altitude: 3,100 m Meals: B-L-DAccommodation: Home Stay

The highest point in Jaljale is Dharampani (3900m) and there is a great view from Apisaipal in the west to Dhaulagiri in the east

Max Altitude: 3,900 m Meals: B-L-DAccommodation: Home Stay

Now we're moving down from the high mountains and the village is ethnically mixed.

Max Altitude: 2,500 m Meals: B-L-DAccommodation: Home Stay

This is where we finally get to Rolpa and the road head. Rolpa was also a rebel base area and for many of the ten years of war under total Maoist control. You can eat at one of the many commune restaurants run by Maoist cooperative, where staff is relatives of those who were killed in the war.

Max Altitude: 1,850 m Meals: B-L-DAccommodation: Lodge

Today you are taking early bus to Kathmandu with lots of scenic view of hills, mountain, river and some flat land and end up your trip in Kathmandu and drop to your hotel in Thamel.

Max Altitude: 1,335 m Meals: B-L-DAccommodation: Hotel

After your break fast you will be taken to airport for final farewell. fly out to your home.

Meals: Breakfast
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Includes
  • All pick up and drop to airport
  • 2 night hotel in Kathmandu with breakfast.
  • A Responsible, experience English-speaking Trekking guide
  • Porter (every 2 clients: 1 porter) who will carry 15--20 kg
  • full board meals in trekking B, L, D
  • Accommodation in tea house, Lodge, home stay.
  • National Park Fee, TIMS card all official document and local village permits
  • All grounded transportation
  • Guide travel insurance his salary, food, accommodation transportation etc.
  • Welcome or farewell dinner.
Excludes
  • Soft and hard drinks, hot shower, personal expenses, telephone & internet use, shopping and grocery items.
  • Any expenses caused by reason beyond our control such as roadblock due to natural climates and accidents and unforeseen events etc… • Personal insurance (medical & evacuation)
  • Lunch and dinner in Kathmandu
  • Trekking equipment
  • Tips for guide and staff
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