Manaslu Local Guide

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Duration11 Days
Trip Grade Challenging
Max Height 5106 Metres
Start From Soti Khola
End From Besishar
Group Size 1-20 Pax
Accommodation Hotel/Lodge/Tea House
Transportation Bus/Car/Taxi
Best Season March, April and May & September, October and November

Detail About Manaslu Local Guide

Are you looking for the best Local Guide and Porters Team for Manaslu Trek?

Hire a Personal Local Trekking Guide and Porters Service for Manaslu Trek. Manaslu is a restricted trekking area in Nepal, so if you are interested in Tsum Valley via Manaslu Larkya La pass (5,106m/16751 feet) trekking. You must hire a guide because it is a controlled area not allowed to trek, without a Government License holder trekking Guide. You need to hire a guide for the Manaslu conservation area permit and issue a special.

Himalayan Local Guide Pvt. Ltd. Trekking Agency organizes; the Manaslu region trek with professional local trekking guides and porters who are too strong and knowledgeable about the whereabouts of the place, nature, trekking trails, its history, culture, floras, and faunas, etc.

We are always here for your service if you are; interested in trekking to the Manaslu Region. We will be pleased to guide you to these heavenly areas where you can delight and spend your leisure time with beautiful mountain sceneries and hills. It will be a lifetime local adventure experience for you.

 

Why You Must Hire a Guide for the Manaslu Circuit Trek?

 
Mandatory Hiring a Guide: Hiring a government-registered licensed holder guide for the Manaslu Circuit Trek is mandatory. The Manaslu region is a restricted trekking area of Nepal. Also, it’s the most important factor in ensuring a safe, smooth, and inspiring trekking experience.
 
Travel Company & Permits: If you are planning to do the Manaslu Circuit and Tsum Valley Trek. So, individual or solo trekker are not allowed to apply the special permit yourself. Therefore, you should join with government -register travel or trekking company. Also, guide will check in and check out your permits along the trek route.
 
Safety & Emergency Support: During the journey, High altitude sickness, weather changes, and trekking route conditions can be changeable. Your expert guide is trained to handle emergencies cases, checking your health condition and coordinate evacuation if necessary.  
 
Cultural insight: The Manaslu area is rich Gurung and Tibetan culture. Your guide helps you understand local culture and customs, monastery, and daily life in villages, making your trek more enjoyable.
 
Route & Accommodations Management: The trekking trail passes through remote villages, dense forests, and high passes like Larke la Pass (5,106m). Trekking trails can be confusing, mainly in once the bad weather condition. You guide ensure you stay on the correct and safety trails. Also, accommodation and meals everything is managed by your guide. This especially helps in rural valley where availability is limited.
 

Guide/Porters Service

We organized a guide and porter service for; your journey to be easy and more knowledgeable. Guide lead trekking paths, check TIMS and entry pass permit. The trekking; provides information on the history, culture, and lifestyle of the people residing there, details knowledge on various aspects of living and non-living beings located; in that region, and gives remedy measures if you contract high altitude sickness. Porter carries heavy bags and luggage if you are bound to take it with you as they are; experienced in carrying heavy loads.

 

Luggage for a Porter

 

  • The guide does not carry your Luggage. (Note) In case you have a high-altitude sickness, then. The guide will help you.
  • Porter carries your backpack from around 15kg to 20 Kg.
  • Porter cum Guide carries your Luggage from around 10 Kg to 12 Kg.

 

Cost of Hiring a Guide and Porter for the Manaslu Circuit Trek

Restricted Area Manaslu Local Guide Service Cost is U$D: 30 per day.
Manaslu Porter Cost is U$D: 25 per day.

 

Permit costs for the Manaslu Circuit Trek (Managed by the Agency)

 
 
Special Manaslu conservation Area permit Sep to Nov fee is USD: 100 per person per week because September to November is a busy season, and (note) after more than 7 days. You should pay per day USD: 15 per person.
The December to August fee is USD 75 per person per week, or USD 15 per person/day. (Beyond one week).
 
  • Special Manaslu permit Cost USD: 100 or 75 per person.
  • Annapurna Conservation Area (ACAP) Permit Cost USD: 30 per person.
  • Mansalu conservation Area (MCAP) permit Cost USD: 30 per person.
  • Chum Nurbi municipality entry fee cost USD: 10 Per person.

Transportation services

 
From Kathmandu to Machhikhola by local bus, which takes around 7/8 Hours. If you want more comfort, you can also hire a private jeep, which takes 6/7 Hours. After the Larke pass, you can get a shared jeep from Dharapani to Besishar. From the Besishar, you will take a local bus or Micronus to Kathmandu. Here are details below:
 
  • Kathmandu – Machhikhola by Local Bus costs 12 USD per person.
  • Dharapani – Besishar by local Jeep costs 20 USD per person.
  • Kathmandu – Machhikhola by Private Jeep costs 200 USD.
  • Dharapani – Kathmandu by Private Jeep costs 250 USD.

Are you planning to do the Manaslu Region Trekking, or are you already in Nepal?

If you are traveling to Nepal or already arrived in Kathmandu and need to hire a Guide and porters! Don’t worry. We are always here for your services to provide honest, knowledgeable mountain trails and experienced Himalayan guides/porters to make your holidays successful because we are a local Guide/porter for the Manaslu circuit region. For more info, please keep; contacting me here: Email: info@himalayanlocalguide.com and My WhatsApp No: +977-9818141334.

 

Note

If you are willing to know about the hire a Guide and porter service Charge for the Manaslu region with Government Taxes +13% VAT.

Are you a single trekker? At this moment, a single trekker can also do a trek in the Manaslu region. However, a solo trekker or individual trekker cannot apply for the permit themselves. But, must join a travel or trekking company. If you want to hire a guide and a porter’s team. We charge you an extra 30 U$D per person as our company service and Government taxes, VAT.



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Trip Itinerary Expand All

  • Walking Distance 145 km /90 Miles
  • Maximum Height 730 Meters
  • Accommodation Hotel/Lodge/Tea House

An early morning breakfast, we will start our journey with along the Prithivi highway west from Capital city of Kathmandu, through an amazing river view cross the trishuli River and join to Dhading Besi. We will stop along on the way for Lunch break. After then we drive continue to passing through the Arughat Bazzar along with scenic drive to  following the Budi Gandaki River side to Arkhet and reach to Soti khola overnight at Lodge.

  • Day Meals Breakfast/Lunch & Dinner

  • Walking Distance 14.1 Km / 8.7 Miles
  • Maximum Height 869 Meters
  • Accommodation Hotel/Lodge/Tea House

After an early morning breakfast, we trek continue to following the low valley to the north, also chance to the majestic Himalayas views from the low place and take a time to picture of the Himalayas and local lifestyle houses, landscape, waterfalls etc. we passing the dense forest, Buddhi Gandaki valley,  and hillside. We walk a series of ascent and descent leads to the typical small and beautiful village of Lapubesi. From this place our trekking trails goes to descending to the wide, sandy and river side which is the beautiful place and reach to Machha Khola overnight at Lodge.

  • Day Meals Breakfast/Lunch & Dinner

  • Walking Distance 20Km/12.42 Miles
  • Maximum Height 1570 Meters
  • Accommodation Hotel/Lodge/Tea House

Today will be more an exciting, first we will cross the suspension bridge and our trail leads to Kholabesi, the trekking route has chance to explore the beautiful landscape, waterfalls, and hills. After then again crossing the suspension bridge at kholabesi our trek will be continue to join the natural hot spring at the Tatopani. From the Tatopani village we cross the again bridge and walking through the passing the delightful village of Dovan, thulo Dunga and trek continue to reach Jagat Village, where we will check the Manaslu permit there, after we trek continue to passing the salleri village, we walk along the river side and cross the Budhi Gandaki River on a long suspension bridge, also trek continue to Philim Village, we will stay overnight at Lodge.

  • Day Meals Breakfast/Lunch & Dinner

  • Walking Distance 19 Km/11.8 Miles
  • Maximum Height 1990 Meters
  • Accommodation Hotel/Lodge/Tea House

After the delicious breakfast, then we trek continue to Ekle Bhatti, The trekking trail you will get separated towards to manaslu and tsum valley, where you will see the trekking trail map on the board and hike up to left side, we will cross the then trek continue to passes the Nayak Phedi, we leads to the dense forest of Bamboo, rhododendron and pine forests, where we can see the wildlife animals likes; Musk deer, Himalayan Thars, white and Brown monkeys on near the trekking trail, after then we trek continue to passing the Pewa, Deng, Rana Village, and reach to Bhimphedi, we will stay overnight at Lodge.

  • Day Meals Breakfast/Lunch & Dinner

  • Walking Distance 15Km/9.3 Miles
  • Maximum Height 2635 Meters
  • Accommodation Hotel/Lodge/Tea House/Home Stay

Today we will head to Namrung village; we will pass the delightful of the Ghap and we will trek valley becomes steeper and long walking on through bamboo, rhododendron and pine forest, crossing the wild river a couple of times to reach to Namrung village has police check point for trekker’s we will go to check our manaslu and Nar phu valley special permit to there and we will stay overnight at Lodge.

  • Day Meals Breakfast/Lunch & Dinner

  • Walking Distance 17Km/10.5 Miles
  • Maximum Height 3525 Meters
  • Accommodation Hotel/Lodge/Tea House

Today will be an exciting day, we will pass the beautiful village of Lihi, Lho, and we follow the bank of the river with views of many more peaks ahead. A couple of hours we will climb uphill through the forest brings us to the village of shyala, offering the Delightful views of Phungi, Manaslu, and Buddha Himal and much more, the village are really beautiful and we trek continue to walking on the flat and reach to sama Gaun , we will stay overnight at Lodge.

  • Day Meals Breakfast/Lunch & Dinner

  • Maximum Height 3525 Meters
  • Accommodation Hotel/Lodge/Tea House

After an early morning breakfast, we will hike up to Manaslu Base Camp, 1st we walking on the pine forest to reach the Birendra Lake, is one of the beautiful and we can spend few hours on there, we will take a picture, after then we hiking continue to ascending to Manaslu Base Camp it takes around ¾ hours to climb uphill. When we reach to Base Camp we will do really enjoy with nature and taking picture with white snow-capped mountains, we will spend few hours on there and we trek back down to Sama Gaon, we will stay Overnight at Lodge.

  • Day Meals Breakfast/Lunch & Dinner

  • Walking Distance 19.9Km/12.36 Miles
  • Maximum Height 4460- Meters
  • Accommodation Hotel/Lodge/Tea House

We’ll star an early in the morning to head towards Samdo Village, which is takes around 2 hours from Sama Gaon, after then we trek continue to cross the wooden bridge over the Budi Ghandaki and ascending gradually up the valley. Another Buddhist mani walls marks the beginning of the ascent to the pass and cross two streams and witness the larke la Glacier. We trek continue to ascending and reach to Dharamshala overnight at Lodge.

  • Day Meals Breakfast/Lunch & Dinner

  • Walking Distance 22Km/13.67 Miles
  • Maximum Height 3590 Meters
  • Accommodation Hotel/Lodge/Tea House

Today we will star very early in the morning. We will walk slowly gradual uphill to Larkya La Pass (5,106meters/16,751feet) from the sea level, from the dharamshala to Larke la top it will be takes around 4/5 hours. From the top if the blue sky then we will be able to see the magical panoramic mountains view of Himlung Himal, Cheo Himal, Samdo Peak, Larkya La Peak, Kanguru and Annapurna II on the possibility. We will be spend few hours on the top for enjoy and take the Group Picture with board of Larke la pass and beautiful mountains, then after we trek descending to reach the Bimtang village, overnight at Lodge.

  • Day Meals Breakfast/Lunch & Dinner

  • Walking Distance 21 km / 13 Miles
  • Maximum Height 1937 Meters
  • Accommodation Hotel/Lodge/Tea House

We will walk down hill through the river side. Along the way we will see the an amazing  view of mountains and ramble on the pine and rhododendron forest it will be more interesting while we on the jungle, and we can see the wild animals of Monkeys, musk deer, leopard, jackal, mountains goats and much more. We will stop for lunch break at the Surki Khola after then we trek continue to downhill to reach the Gho village and trek descending to Dharapani Village, we will stay overnight at Lodge.

  • Day Meals Breakfast/Lunch & Dinner

  • Maximum Height 1350 Meters
  • Accommodation Hotel

After the breakfast, we leave Dharapani from Besishar by local jeep or Bus. It will takes arounds 4/5 hours drive, we passing the beautiful marshyandi rive and the place of Chamje, Jagat, Shyange, Bhulbule, Khudi and reach to Besishar. If we reach the besishar on before the 4:00 pm then we will catch the micro or bus to Kathmandu. On the journey to Kathmandu, the road follows along the scenic Marsyangdi River valley and then meets the Trishuli River as we leads west along the Prithivi Highway. During the drive we will have good views of lush scenery and terraced farmland.    

  • Day Meals Breakfast & Lunch

Frequently Asked Questions Expand All

The main highest point of Manaslu Circuit Trek is 5106meters.

Yes, you can do it privately trek with our local trekking guide and Porters.

Best time to do Manaslu Circuit trek from (September – October – November - December), February – March – April – May).

TIMS Card (Trekking information Management System), Special Manaslu Permit, MCAP (Manaslu Conservation Area Permit) and ACAP (Annnapurna Conservation Area permit), 

  • Do not drink alcohol & smoke
  • Walk slowly while you climb up hill
  • Take a garlic soup and ginger tea
  • Drink water 3 to 4 liters per day
  • Do acclimatization and rest
  • Take a Diamox as per instructors if you got AMS symptoms

Yes, you can change your currency in Nepal; we will help you to exchange your currency

The trekker’s need to be paid 13% of the full trip cost in advance and remaining of the funds for trekking can be made on arrival in Kathmandu. For the booking of your trek please kindly you may go through the system of “BOOKING” form, click on there and make your reservation.

Yes, you can get the internet; most of the tea house has Wi-Fi.

Yes, you can charge your camera battery and phone; they have electricity and Solar Panel.

It is moderate trek and normally, we have to walk 10 to 12 days.

Yes, it is safe for a solo female travel, ours teams are responsible, and who are leading the solo travel through the Nepal Himalayas regions.

No, it is not possible to get ATM and Bank on the Manaslu Circuit trek, so you must to takes Nepali currency from the Kathmandu.

Yes, you need to take a sleeping bag during the trek; it is difficult to get blanket on the lodges because so many Guides and porters does not have blanket.

Yes, of course we will provide you professional local trekking guide and porter’s team, who are from the same place or Himalayas region, our guide have details knowledge of the Himalayas and government license holder trained, speak very well English. Our porters are fully helpful and friendly.

Useful Information

Benefits of Hiring a Guide and Porter's team through Himalayan Local Guide Pvt. Ltd

 
  • Government-registered, licensed, and insured guides with long experience.
  • Strong and reliable porters from the mountains.
  • Essentials permits are managed by the HLG Team.
  • All logistics, food, and transport are handled by your guide.
 

High Pass of Manaslu Larke La (5106m)

 
The Manaslu Larke La Pass (5106m) is one of the most popular high passes in the Manaslu region, where you can get a close view of the Mt. Manaslu, Siringi Hmal, Ganesh Himal, Buddha Himal, Samdo Peak, Larke Peak, and the Annapurna range, etc.
 

Your daily budget for the Manaslu Trek:

 

The Manaslu trek budget, minimum you must take around 4000 to 5000 Nepali Rupees per day for your meals, such as Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and accommodation. Around 35 to 45 USD per day.
 
 

Accommodation

 
 
During the Manaslu region trek, you will stay at teahouses/homestay cozy rooms with double beds, and shared wash rooms. Including a variety of local meal items.

 

TREKKING EQUIPMENT LIST:

Body Clothing:

  • Sleeping Bag
  • Down Jacket
  • Three pairs of trekking t-shirts
  • Long sleeved shirts
  • Thermal Shirt for Colder place
  • Fleece Jacket
  • Warm wool Sweaters
  • Waterproof and windproof Jacket
  • Cotton Trekking pants with folding
  • Waterproof and windproof pants

Head and Face:

  • Sun Hat
  • Wool or fleece hat
  • Headlight
  • Sunglass
  • Sunscreen 50
  • Face wipes and towel

List of Foot wears:

  • Trekking Boats
  • ¾ Paris Preferably Cotton Socks
  • Crampon
  • One pairs extra Sport Shoes

Necessary Gears: 

  • Gaiters just in case if snow
  • Gloves and Thick Gloves
  • Big rucksack above the 40 L
  • Waterproof Bag Cover
  • Rain Coat
  • Trekking Pole (if you needed)
  • Laundry Soap
  • Shampoo
  • Toothbrush
  • Toilet papers
  • Water peals
  • Bottle for drinking water
  • Pen and Note Book
  • Copy and Tourist Guide Book
  • Camera
  • Battery charger
  • Memory card
  • Cell Phone and Charger
  • Money Wallet
  • Altimeters and Playing card

First aid Kid:

  • Diamox
  • Cotton bandages
  • Paracetamol
  • Painkillers
  • Loperamide to Control diarrhea (just in Case).
  • Water purified tablets
  • Lozenges
  • Elastic bandages
  • Thermometer
  • Moleskin and sling.

Trip Review

Aleksandra Książek Posted Date : 21 March, 2023

Deeply recommended this company - very good contact, amaizing support during trekking. Thank you for good time with Samrat Gurung (our guide) and his experience everyday.

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Ronald Pluijmakers Posted Date : 18 January, 2020

Chitra was our guide during the 2-week Manaslu trekking. It was great, he organized everything perfectly, he knows a lot of the nepalese culture, the mountains and the wildlife. On top of that he's also really funny, ask him for his card tricks and games. Definitely recommend him as a guide!! Greetings Ronald and Aniek from the Netherlands

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Emiel K Posted Date : 19 October, 2023

We walked the Manaslu circuit trek with Bashanta, what a great guide! Very nice to be around, very attentive and always helpful. The communication in advance was via WhatsApp and was very easy. Everything is well organized from start to finish and very flexible in both planning and payment in different currencies. We were even dropped off at our next hotel in Chitwan for a small fee. Basantha is really great, I would recommend this company to everyone!

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Mikołaj Janik Posted Date : 21 March, 2023

We are very grateful for the trip. Preparation of the trip and contact with the agency on a great, international level. The proposed Kirshin was a wonderful guide. He took responsibility for us, he helped us in difficult times. He helped us warm up physically every day and guided us psychologically through the evening summaries of the day. At the right moment, he ordered a retreat from the Mountains, due to the bad weather and our condition, which was a difficult and right decision. Also the porter, Rames, was a great traveling companion, full of smiles and good energy. It was a unique adventure for our group.

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