Dispatches tagged "mardi-himal".
Permit changes, route conditions, post-walk dispatches, ops decisions. Written by people who walked the route last month, not last decade. Dated, signed, no SEO.
Mardi Himal in 4 days from Pokhara: the weekend itinerary that actually works
Friday-night Pokhara to Sunday-afternoon Pokhara — 4 days, 4,200 m, NPR 12,400 total. The exact plan we walk twice a month with Nepali clients. Day-by-day, lodge by lodge, NPR price by NPR price.
Mardi Himal Upper Viewpoint sunrise (4,200 m): hour-by-hour from 04:30 at High Camp
The 2.5 h dawn climb from High Camp to the Annapurna South sunrise — failure modes, kit list, and the Base Camp vs Viewpoint decision that saves you 90 minutes.
Mardi Himal lodge directory 2026: every camp, every verified phone number
The most-comprehensive Mardi Himal lodge phone directory online — 22 lodges, 9 camps, 70+ field-verified numbers from Pokhara to Base Camp. Save offline before your trek.
Mardi Himal without a guide in 2026: the lowest-stakes solo trek in Nepal
Legal status, check-post reality, when to solo + when to hire a guide. The 2023 mandatory-guide rule explained, the Pothana enforcement gap, the Nepali/SAARC exception.