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Annapurna North Base Camp trek

A typical plan runs 9 days from Kathmandu and back, up to Annapurna North Base Camp at 4,190 m.

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Trekkers in team T-shirts with a Nepal flag, a High 5 Adventures scarf and a signed banner, Annapurna North Base Camp, October 2025

Annapurna North Base Camp

4,190 m
Price on request

Trip facts

Days
9 days
High point
Annapurna North Base Camp, 4,190 m
Grade
To be confirmed
When to go
March to May and September to November
Starts
Narchyang
Finishes
Hum Khola roadhead or Narchyang
Days on the trail
5
Walking each day
5 to 7 hours

Typical figures for this route, checked on 1 October 2026. Narbin's team confirms the days, heights and grade for your dates.

Getting there

Drive Kathmandu to Pokhara (about 200 km, 6 to 7 h). Next day drive Pokhara to Narchyang via Baglung, Beni and Tatopani (about 5 to 6 h on a partly rough road). Some itineraries continue by jeep from Narchyang to Hum Khola (about 2 h).

Getting back

By road from Tatopani (or Narchyang, or Lete on the Thulo Bugin variant) to Pokhara, about 4 to 5 h, then Pokhara to Kathmandu, 6 to 7 h; one operator drives straight through to Kathmandu (about 320 km, about 11 h).

Route and altitude

  1. Upper Narchyang2,140 m
  2. Chhotepa (also written Chhote Pa, Choote Pa, Chotep)2,369 m
  3. Sandhi Kharka3,165 m
  4. Annapurna North Base Camp4,190 m
  5. Sandhi Kharka3,165 m
The stops in walking order, with distances left out. The drawn map follows once each stop has a checked position.

Heights on the way

Passes, viewpoints, camps and side trips, highest first.

Annapurna I (main summit)
8,091 m
1950 French expedition base camp (historical)
4,400 m
Annapurna North Base Camp
4,190 m
Panchakunda Lake / camp below base camp
4,050 m
Busket Mela
3,650 m
Thulo Bugin (Lete exit variant)
3,500 m
Guphaphant
3,250 m
Hum Khola (current jeep roadhead)
2,890 m
Lete (Kali Gandaki, Thulo Bugin exit)
2,010 m
Narchyang village
1,400 m
Tatopani (Myagdi, road)
1,190 m
Altitude by dayEach dot is where you sleep that night. On rest days you stay at the same height.
Altitude each night on the Annapurna North Base Camp trek. The high point is Annapurna North Base Camp, 4,190 m, on day 5.
DayOvernightAltitude
1Pokhara822 m
2Upper Narchyang2,140 m
3Chhotepa (camp)2,369 m
4Sandhi Kharka (camp)3,165 m
5Annapurna North Base Camp (camp)4,190 m
6Sandhi Kharka (camp)3,165 m
7Tatopani1,190 m
8Pokhara822 m
9Kathmandu1,400 m

Day by day

A typical plan. The team adjusts it to the weather, the flights and how the group is doing.

  1. Day 1

    Route
    Kathmandu to Pokhara
    Overnight
    Pokhara
    Altitude
    822 m
    Walking
    Travel day, no trekking

  2. Day 2

    Route
    Pokhara to Upper Narchyang
    Overnight
    Upper Narchyang
    Altitude
    2,140 m
    Walking
    about 1 hour

  3. Day 3

    Route
    Upper Narchyang to Chhotepa
    Overnight
    Chhotepa (camp)
    Altitude
    2,369 m
    Walking
    5 to 6 hours

  4. Day 4

    Route
    Chhotepa to Sandhi Kharka
    Overnight
    Sandhi Kharka (camp)
    Altitude
    3,165 m
    Walking
    6 hours

  5. Day 5

    Route
    Sandhi Kharka to Annapurna North Base Camp (4,190 m)
    Overnight
    Annapurna North Base Camp (camp)
    Altitude
    4,190 m
    Walking
    4 to 6 hours

  6. Day 6

    Route
    Annapurna North Base Camp to Sandhi Kharka
    Overnight
    Sandhi Kharka (camp)
    Altitude
    3,165 m
    Walking
    4 to 6 hours

  7. Day 7

    Route
    Sandhi Kharka to Tatopani
    Overnight
    Tatopani
    Altitude
    1,190 m
    Walking
    5 to 6 hours

  8. Day 8

    Route
    Tatopani to Pokhara
    Overnight
    Pokhara
    Altitude
    822 m
    Walking
    Travel day, no trekking

  9. Day 9

    Route
    Pokhara to Kathmandu
    Overnight
    Kathmandu
    Altitude
    1,400 m
    Walking
    Travel day, no trekking

What is included

We confirm what is included in your quote, for your dates and your group.

Permits and rules

We arrange these permits for your trek. Fees are as the issuing office lists them, with the date we checked.

  • Annapurna Conservation Area entry permit

    Issued by National Trust for Nature Conservation

    Foreign visitors
    NPR 3,000person per entry, tax included
    Citizens of SAARC countries
    NPR 1,000person per entry, tax included
    Nepali citizens
    NPR 100person per entry

    Issued by National Trust for Nature Conservation (e-permit online, or counters in Kathmandu and Pokhara). Children under 10: free. Bought at a checkpost on the trail: double fee.

    Source: National Trust for Nature Conservation (Annapurna and Manaslu Conservation Area e-permits), checked 1 October 2026

  • TIMS card (Trekkers' Information Management System)

    Issued by Nepal Tourism Board

    Foreign visitors
    NPR 2,000person
    Citizens of SAARC countries
    NPR 1,000person

    Issued by Nepal Tourism Board with the Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal, through government-registered trekking agencies only since 2023.

    Source: Nepal Tourism Board, checked 1 October 2026

Rules on this route

  • Since 1 April 2023 foreign trekkers in national parks and conservation areas must trek with a licensed guide arranged through a registered agency, and get the TIMS card through that agency.

    The Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality does not apply it in the Everest region; news in 2025 still reports the Everest region as the exception.

    Source: The Kathmandu Post, checked 1 October 2026

Is this trip right for you?

Moderate in operator grading, but remote and rough: steep, narrow and rugged sections (including a steep climb from Hum Khola and steep ground near base camp), long 5 to 7 h days, about 1,000 m of ascent on the final day in the shorter walk-in plans, and at least one river crossing near base camp. No technical climbing. Mostly tented camps with few or no lodges above Narchyang.

Ask us if this trek suits you
Walking each day
5 to 7 hours
Highest night
Annapurna North Base Camp (camp), 4,190 m
Rest days in the plan
0
High point
4,190 m

Price and booking

Price on request

Ask us for this season's price for the Annapurna North Base Camp trek. It depends on the size of your group, the season and whether you travel privately or join a group.

We confirm payment terms in your quote. Nothing is paid online.

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