Mardi Himal Trek

One of the shortest and most moderate adventurous treks of the week a duration for which you have problems with altitude sickness or AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness).
The walk leads with a gradual rise in altitude each day reaching a height of 4,500 m at
Mardi Himal high View Point. Each day trek leads get you acclimatized to spending
overnights at certain heights on route Mardi Himal View Point Hill or high ridge.
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 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
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 where 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. Buying bottled water can be quite expensive in the mountainous area it will be
a hazard with 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 contain like magnesium-iron and bi-carbonates), the only safe is way
boiled cooled water.

Depending upon the area if you are in deep gorge and valley chances of
communication on cell / mobile phone is less but in high ridge and hills most of
the mobile does 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.

Mardi Himal Trek is one of the most impressive trekking in the whole Himalayas area.
Where trekkers can experience varied climate-vegetation-landscapes to local

culture in each village. From low paddy fields to cooler hills then reaching at
panoramic viewpoint at Mardi Himal View Point with close views of
Machhapuchare Himal the Fish Tail with Mardi Himal at a near distance, facing
grand views of the Annapurna Himalaya range of peaks.

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 route at higher altitudes for safe trekking can cause de-hydrations and
make problems with altitude sickness.
On the way back downhill one can enjoy drinking at the end of the treks, 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. Till the main group returns from Mardi Himal View
Point Hill, and then continue walking to the end at Pokhara. 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.