Manaslu Circuit Trek

The Manaslu Circuit Trek is perfect for everyone who is looking for a variety of landscapes. You can find snowy mountains, alpine treks, hanging bridges, wild rivers and rhododendron forests on this route. We loved it and the trek as well as getting to know the Nepali culture by staying in the tea houses and getting the culture explained by our guide Ashok was unforgettable. Thank you to Ashok for the last 2 weeks for supporting and guiding us during this trek. You have became a great friend. Also many thanks to the tour operator for organizing everything and helping with every question! After arriving in Nepal we decided spontaneously to do the Manaslu Trek instead of the Annapurna Trek and this company made it possible to change everything and to provide us with a new program. We are more than happy for choosing this company.

Me and my friend did the Manaslu Circuit trek with this tour company and it was indeed unique! Had an amazing experience with our experienced guide Dev Shrestha. His English is great and he’s full with knowledge. The whole paper process and the bureaucracy was smooth and wonderful. Highly recommend.

We had a fantastic time on our Manaslu circuit trek with our guide Raju. It was really easy and straightforward to book our trek, the company provided us with lots of information beforehand and were very responsive to our questions. They met us at the airport and organised everything for us. Our guide was amazing, and flexible and made sure we had a great time each day - he really looked after us, and we felt lucky to have him. Raju was very accommodating with some slight changes in the itinerary as we went along. The trek itself can be difficult at times, steep on some days with high elevations (we needed an extra acclimatisation day at one point and Raju was able to fit it into the itinerary with short notice). We’d recommend going over the itinerary with the guide before hand, they have excellent information on each village and day’s walk. We went in early April and were lucky with the weather and had some great mountain views, especially in the morning time. The villages we stayed in were lovely, and the people were always nice. The guesthouses get more basic and cold as you climb up, and the food is the same almost everywhere so might be an idea to some vitamins, supplements and snacks. One of us had issues with altitude sickness from 3000 metres up, so it is a good idea to take it slow and to be aware of that. Overall, we had a great time and would highly recommend both this local travel specialist and Raju!

Everything about this trip was great! Mr Khum was very responsive to all of my questions. Puran and Megendra were so helpful during the trek. Especially on the day we crossed Larkya Pass. The ascent was not too difficult but the descent was extremely hard for me. Puran helped me the entire way down, even slipping and falling just to help me. And Megendra offered to carry my bags on that day because I had food poisoning on top of the difficult hike. Overall I am really pleased with this trip, with the guides and porters being so friendly and helpful. I can't wait to plan for my next Nepal adventure!

The trekking offers fantastic views of the best Annapurna and Manaslu region. It takes you through a relative off-the-beaten remote path, escape the masses, and see the beautiful landscapes, snow-capped mountains, high glacier lakes and spot the most stunning flora and fauna. Especially, the circuit passes many Nepalese and Tibetan cultural heritage sites, which gives you an authentic insight in the local Nepalese culture. One highlight to note is that the route is a lot less tourists, and this sets the trek apart from its busier neighbours the Annapurna Circuit and EBC. People said Manaslu Circuit is everything the Annapurna Circuit is, but it allows for more genuine trekking experience.

was all paradise .Very highly competent agency. Best staff. We do not have any problem. everything was fine.Thanks to Mr. Khum Subedi whu are Director of the agency.

I have finished the 18 days Manaslu trekking with this tour operator two weeks ago and I can only say it has been a fantastic and great experience! We had a great guide called Lakpa, telling us constantly about the country, its people, nature and mountains - but also the rest of the team was very friendly and helpful and made the trip definitely a wonderful adventure. Especially as we had the opportunity to talk to many other trekkers during the trip and hardly found anybody with a comparable well-informed and experienced guide! It's only a question of time till my next visit in Nepal!

A fantastic experience doing the Manaslu Circuit. Awesome impressions of both nature and people! The company was very helpful and supportive. The trek brought along some minor communicational issues but we always met ends. Thanks for helping making a dream come true!

We enjoyed trekking slowly with a wonderful local guide. On the way, there was a problem with my shoe, an issue that the guide was also able to help with. The trekking route is under development, but the old villages remain and this is definitely recommended as a trekking route that you will fully appreciate and enjoy.

Doing the Manaslu Circuit Trek is definitely challenging, but we have enjoyed every single step of it! The view from the Larke Pass is breathtaking and the local people are so friendly.

From the start to the end of our Manaslu Circuit Trek everything was very well organised. What a great trek, especially after two days when there is no jeep road anymore. Raju is a very experienced tour guide and safety is always his first priority. Furthermore is Raju always upbeat and a real mountain lover. Highly recommend!

I hiked the Manaslu Circuit back in November as part of one of the group tours by this tour operator, as I was a lone female traveller. Despite being a small group of only 3, I had the most amazing time! The trail was interesting and not crowded with other trekkers, and the views were breathtaking. Our guide, Raju, was incredible, going above and beyond to make our experience as enjoyable as possible, whilst always putting our safety first. We also had two amazing porters, Abinash and Amir. I would highly recommend the Manaslu Circuit with this tour company, and Raju in particular, to anyone planning a trek in Nepal!

I was happy of my trekking with my young but experienced guide Dawa. He called me Badje: grandfather, but I think is a respectful title !

My brother and I hiked the Manaslu circuit over 14 days with an incredible guide, Attam. He went above and beyond to make sure that we had a great trip. Highlights included staying at some of the smaller villages on the trail (which were less crowded), including Tal and Yak Kharke (where you stay in a farmhouse surrounded by freely roaming goats and cows). We loved hiking the Larkye La pass at sunrise - our calves are still aching from the downhill! When my brother and I got sick, Attam looked after us with great care. He is a wonderful guide, always willing to answer silly questions, and loves to chat. I would recommend bringing plenty of water purification tablets (or a water filter) as bottled water becomes very expensive the higher you go. Also make sure sure to bring antibiotics and altitude sickness medications as pharmacies are very scarce on this relatively remote hike. Possible to do this hike without a porter if you are used to doing multi-day hikes carrying relatively heavy loads, however most of the other trekkers employed local porters.

Unfortunately, we were not able to complete even one full day of the Manaslu Circuit trek, as we got hit by a rock fall on the very first day. My boyfriend was hit by the stones, but luckily, only on the leg. However, he couldn't walk any further and we had to get evacuated by helicopter the following morning. Our guide Raju and porter Amrit, were wonderful through all this and helped us as much as they could, which was extremely precious. Even Khum from the office came to the hospital when we arrived and helped us with all the arrangements. We are extremely grateful for their great help and assistance and surely will be back to complete the trek next year !

Manaslu Circuit Trek is a really nice trek with beautiful scenery and just demanding enough to make it also a hiking adventure. It is also easily doable to carry your own backpack. However I did not have the greatest time since I am a solo woman traveller and I booked a group tour only to find out one day before when I asked that I am the only one who will go with just the guide (they would not have offered me this information by themselves). I do not recommend to do the same. I normally travel a lot on my own but it was really lonely and I sometimes did not feel comfortable alone with the guide. You will not meet many other hikers (at least I did not) and if feels weird if you are always eating and sitting on your own having nothing to do when it's dark early and already cold outside. Otherwise from sleeping arrangement over food everything went well. Just make sure your not alone and have a group to go with (actually from the manaslu rules you should be at least 2 pple and a guide to get the permit apparently the agency must have gotten a "ghost" permit without informing me I just learned about that rule while coming back to kathmandu, which I also think it is not nice to not inform me of me beeing actually illegal).