Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek

One of the shortest and most moderate treks around the Nepal Himalayas and southern Annapurna Himalaya range.
The walk leads with a gradual rise in altitude each day reaching the height of 3,210 m / at Poon Hill. On each day trek leads get you acclimatized by spending overnights at certain heights on route Ghorepani village. The tough part of the trek is climbing uphill with a long downhill.

All meals are served with care and hygiene in every lodge on route trekking, where our guides all make sure that the meal is all right for you, meals are served as per the menu provided by the lodge.
Main meals Nepali Dal / Bhat (boiled rice-mild vegetable curry with Dal and pickles of your choice) vegetable serves depends upon the season, meals include fried/boiled noodles with eggs/veg or plain of your choices. Continental dishes are also available in most of the lodges on treks.

The only hospital is in Pokhara (the start and end point of the trek) rest of the bigger villages and towns have small health posts. But it lacks experienced doctors or medical staff. On the trek, the Brown Bear Trail guide will carry a comprehensive medical box with medications for general illness and wounds only.

At every lodge that you stay overnights, our guide and lodge owner will refill your water bottles with hot boiled (or cooled) water, which is safe for drinking purposes, in some areas of Annapurna areas. There are few safe drinking water stations provided by ACAP (Annapurna Conservation Area Project).
Which is much cheaper than in lodge restaurants. Buying bottled water can be quite expensive in mountain areas it will be a hazard to waste empty water bottles. As Brown Bear Trails are committed to Eco and Responsible Tourism, our guide will discourage buying plastic water bottles, only in emergency situations.
Purifying tablets work only 30-40 % in Himalayan waters (due to heavy minerals contained like magnesium-iron and bi-carbonates), the only safe is way boiled cooled water.

Depending upon the area if you are in a deep gorge or valley chances of communication on cell / mobile phone is less, but in high ridge and hills, most of the mobile do receive signals.
In most local areas where cell-phone works mostly in towns and villages, most lodge and shops/stores on trekking have STD / ISTD phones which can cost much higher due to their remoteness. But in deep gorges and hidden valleys, the net is disturbing sometimes.

Ghorepani & Poon Hill is one of the most impressive and short trekking in the whole Himalayan area. Where trekkers can experience varied climate-vegetation-landscapes to local culture in each village. From low paddy fields to cooler hills walking amidst rhododendron and pine forest. Enjoying stunning sunrise views over the panorama of Himalayan peaks from Dhaulagiri, Annapurna to Manaslu with majestic Machhapuchare Himal the Fish Tail peak.

Depending upon your choices of extra expenses on refreshments drinks/snacks on routes as well as buying local souvenirs, hard drinks and beers can be expensive in higher altitude villages than in lower areas, (try to avoid hard drinks and beer on routes higher altitude for safe trekking it can cause de-hydrations and make problem with altitude sickness.
On the way back downhill one can enjoy drinking at the end of the treks, an average of NRS 300-400 per day (just in case you need to spend for your own personal use), otherwise all meals and accommodation will be included in the package.
Tipping and gratitude after the treks at your own will (however a long history and traditions in trekking/climbing or in tours where staff-guides-porters will expect tipping from the services provided).

For minor sickness stay for a few days at the same lodges, accompanied by friends or our trekking staff. Continue to walk to the end at Pokhara, for serious illness has to be brought down to safe areas or reach Pokhara for medical help.
In critical cases, using the service of a Helicopter for the safest rescue to bring the patient to Pokhara or Kathmandu for medical treatment. Where one can claim through your medical Insurance back home.