Pisang Peak Climbing is one of the popular climbing destinations in the Annapurna region of Nepal. Though it is icy and glaciated, this climbing is considered as one of the easy climbing routes whistle comparing to other climbing routes. Pisang Peak Climbing Itinerary is a little longer itinerary while comparing to the trekking destinations.
For more information, please, go through our Pisang Peak Climbing detail itinerary.
After your arrival at Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu, you will be greeted by a representative from Rising Adventure at the arrival gate and transferred to the hotel.
This is your day for sightseeing. So, you are picked up by your tour guide from your hotel. Basically, Kathmandu Sightseeing involves the four UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Kathmandu. They are Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swayabhunath Stupa, Boudhnath Stupa, and the Pashupatinath Temple. However, we also organize other sightseeing tours nearby Kathmandu in accordances with your desires like Patan and Bhaktapur Durbar Squares those too are enlisted in UNESCO.
In the evening, Rising Adventure will discuss your trip and introduce our trekking guide as well as other members.
The Tourist Bus to Pokhara leaves at 7 am from Kathmandu. So, your trekking guide will pick up you at 6:30 am from the hotel. You will reach Besisahar within around 8 hours traveling through the magnificent beauty of hills, rivers, and mountains. So, the roadway will be as same as for going towards Pokhara until Dumre and have U-turn to Besisahar. In order to reach Khudi from Besisahar, you have a choice either to go to by bus within half an hour or to have an hour hike.
This is the first day of your trekking. On this day, you will trek through the suspension bridges, waterfalls, up and down hills across the rice, paddy, and subtropical forest. On the way to Sirung, you will come across the village, called Taranche, full of ethnic groups especially Tamang. Finally, you will reach the Sirung, a place where you can also enjoy the cultural program organized by the villagers for the visitors.
Your trek will continue along the Marsyangdi River via the semi-circular-shaped rice terraces, cliff face to the stone village, etc to Syange at 1100m. From there, you will ascend steeply to Jagat(1300m) and continue ascending to the Chamje.
The trail goes through the fertile flat and the forest of bamboo and rhododendron. Then you will reach the first village of Manang district. The trail will continue to Dharapani passing through Khotro and Karte.
Today you will trek almost 6 hours to reach to Chame. From Chame, you can see the scenic of the Himalayas such as Lamjung Himal, Annapurna II, and Annapurna IV.
The trail will go through the deep forest and the narrow valley. On the way to Pisang, you will recross the brides again and again; and through the wonderful sites, you will reach Pisang. Then you will go through the upper route and finally reach Upper Pisang, where you will have magnificent views of mountain peaks such as Annapurna, Pisang peak as well as many others.
The day of today is actually not for rest only, but for acclimatization too. So, you will spend the whole day enjoying the scenic views of Himalayas.
Your trail will go up to Kharka at the altitude of almost 4380m. You will reach there at Kharka after walking for almost 4 hours, which is a flat alpine place for setting up the Base Camp. Overnight stay at tent.
Today your trail will ascend to the Pisang Peak High Camp at 5400m. It takes approximately 4 hours to reach the High Camp.
Today you are going to meet your destination. So, you will climb to the peak of Pisang very early in the morning. Finally, you will be succeeded to summit the Pisang Peak. After visiting the stunning scenery from the peak, you will descend to the Base Camp following the previous route.
Your trail will go ahead to Manang Valley passing through the Pisang Village. En route, you will see the incredible views of the towering Himalayan Peaks. In Manang Village, you will have a chance to observe the traditional culture and customs of the local people, who are especially from the ethnic group.
Your trail will go up steadily from Manang to the Tengi village and Marsyangdi Valley and continue along the Jarsang Khola. Then on the way, you will find that the vegetation is being shorter as well as you will see the grazing horses and yaks on the meadow; and finally, you will reach to Yak Kharka.
Today you will cross the river at 4310m and reach to Thorong Phedi, a place at the bottom of the pass. There is a small number of settlements in Thorong Phedi, but it is the busy area where most of the trekkers spend a night as the point of base camp.
Today your trek will start early in the morning and ascend steeply almost 6 hours to reach to Thorong La Pass where you can see the stunning views of high Himalayas. From there, you will descend and reach the important temple of Hindus and Buddhists, known as Muktinath Temple. You will spend a night there in Muktinath.
Today in the morning, you will visit the Vishnu Temple and Gompa nearby Muktinath Temple. Then your trail will descend firstly to Jarkot Village, which still has the Tibetan culture. After then the continuation of descending will take you to Kagbeni through the desert landscape.
Your trail will go to Jomsom along the Kali Gandaki River. Finally, you will reach to Jomsom, where most of the offices of Mustang districts are situated because of the full facilities.
You will have a flight to Pokhara in the early morning. But you will not have a flight in the day time because of the usual weather problem. It takes almost 20 minutes to reach Pokhara and transfer to the hotel. Then you will do sightseeing there.
The leaving time of the Tourist Bus in Pokhara is also at 7:30 am. So, your trekking guide will pick up you to Tourist Bus Park at 7:00 am as same as before. Then the roadway will be as different as before until Dumre but from there will follow the previous way to come back to Kathmandu.
Today your trip in Nepal comes to an end and A representative from Rising Adventure will take you to the airport approximately 3 hours before your scheduled flight.