Mardi Himal Trek

The Mardi Himal trek is a moderate trek. You have to walk around 5,6 hours on average every day. The path is not much steep as in the Everest base camp trek.

In general Mardi Himal trek is a short trek that takes 12 days maximum. Within 12 days you can have a Kathmandu day tour, rest days, and Pokhara short tour as well. If you exclude Kathmandu and Pokhara tours your trek will finish in 9 days. Even you can complete it in 8 days if you don’t spend 2 nights on High camp.

Mardi Himal trek is a moderate trek. The major difficulty is altitude sickness with rising elevation. Until reaching Mardi Himal base camp 4500m, your body can acclimatize and you may feel easy. You should take precautions to maintain your better health as suggested by the guide.

The best time for the Mardi Himal trek is the spring season (months of March, April, and May) and autumn season (months of September, October, and November). During the spring and autumn season, the weather remains pleasant. The clear sky, no rainfall, and blooming of flowers adds beauty to the place with increasing our enthusiasm.

Nepali, Chinese, and local food items are most common. Breakfast lunch and dinner comes within your package. In your breakfast tea, coffee, toasted bread, jam, chapatti, omelets, fried or boiled egg, fruits, biscuits, etc remain on the menu. During lunch and dinner most commonly you will have Nepali thali which includes lentils, rice, curry, pickle, pappad. Other food items such as chowmein, momo, pancake, pasta, porridge, noodles, etc are also on the menu, you can choose your choice.An interesting fact is while having Nepali thali you will be offered to add rice and lentils as much as you want at the same price.

You will have a luxurious hotel in Kathmandu and Pokhara. In Mardi Himal trek it was very hard to get tea houses en route before few years. Recently many tea houses have been developed and you don’t need to spend the night in a tent. A clean room with a bed is available. Bathrooms may not be attached in most tea houses. You should use a common bathroom a bit far from your room.

Mardi Himal trek trail is moderate. Uphills and down hills, crossing a suspension bridge, wooden bridge, walking through forest, villages and camps-Australian camp, Forest camp, Low camp, high camp, and base camp are the major part of trekking.

Yes, it is possible to trek Annapurna base camp from Mardi Himal trek. During the Mardi Himal trek there comes a junction called Deurali from where you can start the Annapurna base camp trek.

Yes, we can combine Mardi Himal trek and Poonhill trekking. For this first, you can have a Poonhill trek and after returning from Poonhill you can continue the trek following trial towards the Mardi Himal base camp.Also, you can have a Poonhill trek after returning from the Mardi Himal trek through Landruk.

TIMs and Annapurna Conservation Area Permit are two permits required for the Mardi Himal trek. For each permit, you need two passport size photos and a copy of your passport.

Yes, you can trek Mardi Himal without a guide, before that you should know the route and have a permit.

Yes, it is necessary to carry a sleeping bag with us because the blankets of the tea house may not be sufficient to bear the severe cold of the night. Thus it is far better to carry sleeping with you. Also if you don’t want to buy a sleeping bag then you can hire a sleeping bag from Pokhara as well.

Yes, you can customize the trek. To customize the trek first you should say to your guide about the plan of customization. You can elongate your trek as well as make your trek shorter. Doing combine trek or having more rest days, Pokhara and Kathmandu tour you can elongate your trek. To shorten your trek, the day tour of Pokhara and Kathmandu can be excluded.

Yes, a solo trek is possible but we suggest to trek with a guide. Because in Mardi Himal trek, tea houses are less available, and perfect planning is needed. The solo trek may create difficulties due to an unknown route and lack of tea houses for rest at night.

Charging the gadget is available throughout the trek but you should pay extra for it. The charging facility will be outside the bedroom, which is in the dining hall.

Yes, you can get a mobile tower and wifi throughout the trek. It is better to get dual sim cards including both Namaste and N cell so that tower of anyone remains always active. For Wi-Fi, you should buy data in the tea house.

Simple tea houses providing clean rooms and good food are found. Don’t expect high because the place is remote and developing infrastructure at that altitude itself is a challenge. Before few years no tea houses were found and night stays have to be done in a tent. Now the development of tea houses has made the trek easier.

Mardi Himal trek is easier than Annapurna base camp trek because Mardi Himal trek is a short trek and lies in less altitude than Annapurna base camp trek.

You can book Mardi Himal trek from travel sites or direct contact from the available number in trek sites. You should fill the inquiry form and pay few advances for pre-booking.

Physically and mentally fit healthy person can have Mardi Himal trek. Generally age group from 16 to 50 years can easily do Mardi Himal trek.

You can pay (30 – 40) % of the money from money transfer while you are in your country and the remaining payment can be done after arriving in Nepal.

Yes, travel insurance is important. In case if you suffer from altitude sickness or other health issues then you should untimely return back to Helicopter. In this situation, you can claim insurance for treatment and returning to Kathmandu safely.

It is better to have a guide and Porter. The guidance of a guide, planning, and arrangement makes you free and enjoy the trek which is not possible in a solo trek. Similarly, with the help of a porter, you can walk freely without a heavy backpack. We always suggest you trek with a guide and porter but it’s all upon you what kind of trek you want to do (solo trek, trek with a guide, trek with guide and porter, or trek in a group with guide and porter).

Your guide will be declared by the company through which you are doing the trek. The company will provide you well an experienced guide with a license. All the responsibilities regarding your day trip, night stay, breakfast, lunch, dinner, rest will be under your guide. You will get a briefing and further planning of each day from your guide. In short, the backbone of your trip management is your guide.

No ATM is not available in the trekking trial because the Mardi Himal trekking trial is remote and situated at a high altitude. Thus you should drag money either in Kathmandu or Pokhara where ATMs are easily available.

No, you cannot have the Mardi Himal trek in winter. During winter, the temperature falls below -10 degrees and tea houses remain closed. The trial will be hidden under snow. It would be very difficult, almost impossible to reach the destination Mardi Himal base camp in winter.

The maximum altitude during the trek is 4500m, the Mardi Himal base camp.

There are five camps in Mardi Himal Trek. They are Australian camp, forest camp, low camp, mid camp, high camp, and base camp.

Yes, pure water is available during the trek. You will get mineral water and can fill your water bottle in the tea house before starting your trek. We suggest taking hot water to prevent from the common cold.

Mardi Himal trek is a moderate trek. You don’t need experience but preparation should be done before 1 month. Regular running and physical exercise should be done to make your body fit for trekking. You should practice 2, 3 hours of walking every day so that you can easily walk 5, 6 hours during your trek. A medical checkup is essential to know your body condition. Proper diet and good mental and physical health are basic in preparation.