Day 1 : Arrival in Kathmandu Airport
Arrival at Kathmandu Airport and transfer to the requested category hotel accommodation in Kathmandu (1350M/4430ft).
Siklis And Ghale Gaun (2200/7217ft)
Trip Facts
Group Size
1-20+ Pax
Meal
B/B plan in Kathmandu & Pokhara. B/L/D during the trekking and climbing period
Grade
Easy
Accomodation
Three star to five star as request
Transportation
Private car, flights
Best Months
Autumn(September to December &(Spring) March to May
Max Elevation
(2200/7217ft)
Trip Length
10 Days
Trekking Style
Trekking/Hiking, Explore
Wi-fi
Aavailable
Trekking Region
Annapurna Region
Climbing Route
Normal
Highest Access
(2200/7217ft)
Airport
Kathmandu (TIA)
Siklis and Ghale Gaun Overview
Siklis and Ghale Gaun Trek is one of the shortest and easiest treks in Nepal. It lies at a low altitude (2000m) near Pokhara. Siklis, believed to be the second largest Gurung village in Nepal, is located to the north-east of Pokhara and Ghale Gaun, as the title suggests (Gurungs are also called Ghale and ‘Gaun’ is village in English), is a very popular Gurung village primarily for its cordial hospitality, friendly Gurungs and indeed its awesome natural beauty.
This trek starts from Bijayapur, not even a one-hour drive from Pokhara. From Bijayapur, the trek proceeds downhill to the river valley through the waterfalls, a one-hour walk through paddy fields, and rhododendron and bamboo forests. You will take a rest in Siklis. On the excursion day around the Gurung village of Sikils, we will explore the Gurungs’ lifestyle, their culture, traditions and the ancient water-driven flourmills.
Ghale Gaun is next to Sirubari of Syanja in terms of the most popular rural tourist attraction. Apart from cherishing the rural beauty, you can enjoy the fabulous view of a panoramic the Himalayas, such as Manasalu, Lamjung Himal, Machhapuchhre and Himalchuli. Descending from Ghale Gaun to Besisahar, you will pass through dense forest and also Lama Gaun.
It is normally a 10-day package. However, Satori Adventures will design your itinerary as per your time constraints, desires and interests. You can trek through this route throughout the year. This trek can be the ideal one for those who travel as a family.
Route Map
Siklis and Ghale Gaun Detailed Itinerary
Day 2 : Drive or flights from Kathmandu to Pokhara (915m/3,002ft.)
Drive or flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara (915m/3,002ft.) Takes about seven hours by bus and 25 minutes by flight. Overnight at a request hotel accommodation in Pokhara.
Day 3 : Drive from Pokhara to Kalikasthan (1,370m/4,496ft 06-07hrs).
Drive from Pokhara to Bijaypur, then trek to Kalikasthan (1,370m/4,496ft 06-07hrs), lodge accommodation.
Day 4 : Trek from Kalikasthan to Lama Chaur (1350m/4428ft, 05hrs).
Trek from Kalikasthan to Lama Chaur (1350m/4428ft, 05hrs)Camping.
Day 5 : Trek from Lamachaur to Siklish (1980m/6495ft, 07hrs).
Trek from Lamachaur to Siklish (1980m/6495ft, 07hrs) Camping.
Day 6 : Trek from Siklish to Bhaisikarka (2200/7217ft, 05hrs)
Trek from Siklish to Bhaisikarka (2200/7217ft, 05hrs) Camping.
Day 7 : Trek from Bhaisirkarka to Ghale Gaon (1620m/5,314ft, 04hrs).
Trek from Bhaisirkarka to Ghale Gaon (1620m/5,314ft, 04hrs) Camping.
Day 8 : Trek from Ghale Gaon to Pokhara (915m/3,002ft).
Trek from Ghale Gaon to Purano Chaur and drive back to Pokhara (915m/3,002ft). Hotel accommodation.
Day 9 : Drive from Pokhara
Drive from Pokhara to Kathmandu by tourist bus, which takes about seven hours or You can also take a flight, which takes about 25 minutes, and overnight at a request category Hotel accommodation. Farewell dinner with a cultural program in the Evening.
Day 10 : Final departure
Drop off at the airport for final departure, or alternatively join other programs.
Cost Details
Siklis and Ghale Gaun Cost Includes
The services we provide in the package
(Cost Includes):
- To ensure your safety and avoid the natural panic of people entering a new destination for the first time, Satori Adventures provides pick-up and drop services from international and domestic airports on your arrivals and departures.
- Representatives of Satori adventures will be waiting for you on arrival at both domestic and international airports with a Satori banner with your placard so that you can easily find our person. Satori's identity card will accompany the person for your confirmation.
- According to the above trekking package schedule, Satori Adventures will arrange Three nights demanded category (from tourist star to five-star) of hotel accommodations in Kathmandu and two nights hotel accommodation in Pokhara.
- Satori Adventures will provide Experienced and government authorized (licensed holder) high altitude trekking guide during the trekking period.
- Surface transportation will only be included during the trekking and major city for members as per the itinerary.
- According to the schedule program, Satori Adventures arranged regular flight tickets from Kathmandu to Pokhara and pokhara to Kathmandu for trekking members and guides.
- Apart from Camping trekking, Satori Adventures Will provide you with a lovely tea house (except chain hotels) to stay in and eat during the trekking.
- Most of the trekking trail, lunch is done on the way between the starting and ending the day of hiking while dinner and breakfast at the tea house where you have your overnight stay. Satori Adventures provides a clean and fresh breakfast, lunch, and dinner with tea/coffee at the tea house's menu throughout the trekking.
- We will provide clean and warm down jackets and sleeping bags during the trekking, taking care of your comfort and health to not have a cold problem and do not weigh too much on international flights.
- Satori Adventures allow up to 15kg of personal trekking equipment per person during the flight onboard and the trekking period carried by porter or yak or mules.
- As Skills and ghale gaoun is at the Annapurna Conservation territory, Satori adventures provide you a permit for Annapurna conservation.
- The Trekkers' Information Management Systems permit issued by the trekking agency association of Nepal is required to enter the area of Annapurna Conservation, so Satori adventures provide you a TIMS permit too.
- As far as possible, we will provide you weather reports throughout the trekking period.
- Satori Adventures provides all wages, clinical, equipment, and accidental insurance for all elaborate trekking staff.
- We provide first aid medical kits for the group and the staff, taking care of your climbing and health safety.
- Trekking trails are often inaccessible and far from information, communication, and transportation in the Himalayas, so that information communication is a significant factor for safety and a successful trip. That's why Satori Adventures provides satellite phones with your trekking guide in case of emergency required.
- During your trekking, satori adventures offer you clean, Nutritious, and fresh food at the tea house.
- Satori Adventure always has a concern and top priority about our trekking guides, cooks, porters, and involved trekking staff safety during the period of trekking. For this reason, we always do medical insurance, helicopter evacuation insurance, and treatment insurance for all engaged staff with a reputed insurance company.
- For your convenience, we always provide maps of related trekking trails.
- The above offer price includes our official service charges, government charges, and all taxes and vat. Except for the above amount, there are not any hidden costs charged by us.
- If you need any assistance with departure information, Flight ticket reconfirmation, Visa extension procedure services, Satori adventures fully support you without any charges.
- We want to offer you to have dinner with us before you departed from Kathmandu. It will be an opportunity for you to see and learn about Nepali culture and tradition. Thus, satori adventures offer you farewell dinner at a typical Nepali restaurant with a cultural show in Kathmandu before departure.
- Before your departure, as a memory of your lifetime experience, Satori Adventures would like to handover Satori T-shirt/Pashmina and Brochure.
Siklis and Ghale Gaun Cost Excludes
Things you need to manage yourself in the package
(Cost Exclude):
- Kathmandu is Nepal's capital, and since this place offers high quality and delicious food from different countries and groups, we were hoping you could taste the food you like. For that reason, during your stay in Kathmandu, you will have to arrange lunch and dinner (except farewell dinner) yourself.
- Suppose you want to take any packed food, snacks, aerated drinks, energy drinks, mineral water, and carbonated soft drinks, any types of alcohol, cigarettes, chocolates, and nutria-bars during the trek. In that case, you have to buy it yourself as a customer often requires these items during the trekking. No, and there is no guessing how much it will take by the client and its cost.
- Expenses incurred towards usage of Items of personal nature trekking equipment, laundry expenses, tips, Landlines, mobiles, walkie-talkies, satellite phones, and the internet service exclude in the package. You have to pay for it yourself when you use it.
- Trekking is, in itself, an adventurous activity that always takes place in remote areas. So, safety is the primary factor for us. Therefore, you have to have your travel insurance covering the cost of emergency rescue, medical treatment, medical tests, and hospitalization before you arrive for the trip to Nepal.
- The package cost offered above does not include your international flight ticket and Nepal's tourist visa, so that you have to pay for your international flight ticket and tourist visa yourself.
- Any extra expenses arising out of various/unforeseen situations like natural disasters, landslides, political disturbances, strikes, changes in government regulations costs exclude in the package cost.
- Additional costs for extra workers then what we have included in the package.
- The short sentence, "The services we provide in the above package cost inclusive," will cost extra if you want additional services.
- Employees involved in your trekking are hoping for tips, gifts, or something at the end of the trip, which is an opportunity to say how happy you are with our staff and what kind of service you have rendered. Your guide and porters expect tips according to the international system in the trekking package for your information.
Package Options
Service Details
Siklis and Ghale Gaun Standard Service Includes
The services we provide in the package
(Cost Includes):
- To ensure your safety and avoid the natural panic of people entering a new destination for the first time, Satori Adventures provides pick-up and drop services from international and domestic airports on your arrivals and departures.
- Representatives of Satori adventures will be waiting for you on arrival at both domestic and international airports with a Satori banner with your placard so that you can easily find our person. Satori's identity card will accompany the person for your confirmation.
- According to the above trekking package schedule, Satori Adventures will arrange Three nights demanded category (from tourist star to five-star) of hotel accommodations in Kathmandu and two nights hotel accommodation in Pokhara.
- Satori Adventures will provide Experienced and government authorized (licensed holder) high altitude trekking guide during the trekking period.
- Surface transportation will only be included during the trekking and major city for members as per the itinerary.
- According to the schedule program, Satori Adventures arranged regular flight tickets from Kathmandu to Pokhara and pokhara to Kathmandu for trekking members and guides.
- Apart from Camping trekking, Satori Adventures Will provide you with a lovely tea house (except chain hotels) to stay in and eat during the trekking.
- Most of the trekking trail, lunch is done on the way between the starting and ending the day of hiking while dinner and breakfast at the tea house where you have your overnight stay. Satori Adventures provides a clean and fresh breakfast, lunch, and dinner with tea/coffee at the tea house's menu throughout the trekking.
- We will provide clean and warm down jackets and sleeping bags during the trekking, taking care of your comfort and health to not have a cold problem and do not weigh too much on international flights.
- Satori Adventures allow up to 15kg of personal trekking equipment per person during the flight onboard and the trekking period carried by porter or yak or mules.
- As Skills and ghale gaoun is at the Annapurna Conservation territory, Satori adventures provide you a permit for Annapurna conservation.
- The Trekkers' Information Management Systems permit issued by the trekking agency association of Nepal is required to enter the area of Annapurna Conservation, so Satori adventures provide you a TIMS permit too.
- As far as possible, we will provide you weather reports throughout the trekking period.
- Satori Adventures provides all wages, clinical, equipment, and accidental insurance for all elaborate trekking staff.
- We provide first aid medical kits for the group and the staff, taking care of your climbing and health safety.
- Trekking trails are often inaccessible and far from information, communication, and transportation in the Himalayas, so that information communication is a significant factor for safety and a successful trip. That's why Satori Adventures provides satellite phones with your trekking guide in case of emergency required.
- During your trekking, satori adventures offer you clean, Nutritious, and fresh food at the tea house.
- Satori Adventure always has a concern and top priority about our trekking guides, cooks, porters, and involved trekking staff safety during the period of trekking. For this reason, we always do medical insurance, helicopter evacuation insurance, and treatment insurance for all engaged staff with a reputed insurance company.
- For your convenience, we always provide maps of related trekking trails.
- The above offer price includes our official service charges, government charges, and all taxes and vat. Except for the above amount, there are not any hidden costs charged by us.
- If you need any assistance with departure information, Flight ticket reconfirmation, Visa extension procedure services, Satori adventures fully support you without any charges.
- We want to offer you to have dinner with us before you departed from Kathmandu. It will be an opportunity for you to see and learn about Nepali culture and tradition. Thus, satori adventures offer you farewell dinner at a typical Nepali restaurant with a cultural show in Kathmandu before departure.
- Before your departure, as a memory of your lifetime experience, Satori Adventures would like to handover Satori T-shirt/Pashmina and Brochure.
Siklis and Ghale Gaun Standard Service Cost Excludes
Things you need to manage yourself in the package
(Cost Exclude):
- Kathmandu is Nepal's capital, and since this place offers high quality and delicious food from different countries and groups, we were hoping you could taste the food you like. For that reason, during your stay in Kathmandu, you will have to arrange lunch and dinner (except farewell dinner) yourself.
- Suppose you want to take any packed food, snacks, aerated drinks, energy drinks, mineral water, and carbonated soft drinks, any types of alcohol, cigarettes, chocolates, and nutria-bars during the trek. In that case, you have to buy it yourself as a customer often requires these items during the trekking. No, and there is no guessing how much it will take by the client and its cost.
- Expenses incurred towards usage of Items of personal nature trekking equipment, laundry expenses, tips, Landlines, mobiles, walkie-talkies, satellite phones, and the internet service exclude in the package. You have to pay for it yourself when you use it.
- Trekking is, in itself, an adventurous activity that always takes place in remote areas. So, safety is the primary factor for us. Therefore, you have to have your travel insurance covering the cost of emergency rescue, medical treatment, medical tests, and hospitalization before you arrive for the trip to Nepal.
- The package cost offered above does not include your international flight ticket and Nepal's tourist visa, so that you have to pay for your international flight ticket and tourist visa yourself.
- Any extra expenses arising out of various/unforeseen situations like natural disasters, landslides, political disturbances, strikes, changes in government regulations costs exclude in the package cost.
- Additional costs for extra workers then what we have included in the package.
- The short sentence, "The services we provide in the above package cost inclusive," will cost extra if you want additional services.
- Employees involved in your trekking are hoping for tips, gifts, or something at the end of the trip, which is an opportunity to say how happy you are with our staff and what kind of service you have rendered. Your guide and porters expect tips according to the international system in the trekking package for your information.
