Trekking in Nepal, Himalayan landscape
Mountain Hawk Trek
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Day-by-day accounts of the treks we run most, written by the guides who walk them. No prices and no packing lists: just the walk, in the order it happens.

12
Treks written upWalked by our own guides
195
Itinerary daysAcross all 12 treks
6,476m
Highest pointMera Peak Climb Via Zatra La Pass
64
ChaptersEach tied to real days
A trekker in silhouette on a rocky ridge, trekking pole in hand, looking across a deep valley toward a snow-covered pyramid peak and a small turquoise lake.
Strenuous
Everest RegionPrem Pandit

The Pass Between Thangnak and Dzongla

Thangnak and Dzongla sit on opposite sides of the same wall of rock, 100 metres apart in height and about seven hours apart on foot. Those hours go up a steep slope of loose rock, across a short glacier and down a gully into the valley that leads to Everest Base Camp. The gap you cross between them is the Cho La, and you reach it on day eleven of nineteen.

19 days5,545m
6 chapters, day by day
Six climbers in helmets and glacier gear smiling together on a snow summit, holding a Mountain Hawk banner marked Island Peak Expedition, with snow peaks behind them.
Strenuous
Trekking Peak ClimbingPrem Pandit

The Practice Line at Pareshaya Gyab

Pareshaya Gyab is a tent site at 5,087 metres where, on day twelve, your climbing Sherpa rigs a practice line at base camp and drills crampon steps, jumar work and figure-8 descents. Two days later you use the same moves on a snow-and-ice headwall, then on a narrow ridge that ends at 6,189 metres.

19 days6,189m
7 chapters, day by day
A wide snow-covered Himalayan massif with a plume of cloud blowing off its summit ridge, seen over a dark forested ridgeline against a deep blue sky.
Strenuous
Makalu & KanchenjungaPrem Pandit

The Far Corner of Nepal, Both Base Camps

Before the trail starts there are two days of road, 249 kilometres to Taplejung and 39 more to Sekathum, and the second night is 245 metres lower than the first. Then the walk goes north to a base camp at 5,143 metres on day eleven, comes back, crosses three passes in one day and reaches a second base camp at 4,740 on day fifteen.

21 days5,143m
5 chapters, day by day
A snow-covered mountain with a sharp rocky summit and a small wisp of cloud beside it, rising above bare ridges against a deep blue sky.
Strenuous
Manaslu RegionPrem Pandit

Short Days Before the Long One

The trail follows the Budhi Gandaki upstream from Machha Khola at 870 metres, and the five days before the pass are short ones, four or five hours each, with a rest day in the middle. Day eleven is the long one: up 646 metres to the Larkya La at 5,106, then down 1,386 to Bimtang, in a day that can run to ten hours.

15 days5,106m
5 chapters, day by day
Gokyo village with blue-roofed lodges on the shore of turquoise Gokyo Lake
Challenging
Everest RegionPrem Pandit

A Pass Every Third Day

The three passes fall on days ten, thirteen and sixteen of twenty-two, one every third day, with two days between each. The first gap holds Everest Base Camp and Kala Patthar. The second holds two nights at Gokyo and the climb of Gokyo Ri.

22 days5,545m
6 chapters, day by day
Muktinath Temple pagoda at 3,800m with pilgrims and snow-capped Himalayan peaks behind
Moderate
Upper MustangPrem Pandit

Nine Nights Above 3,000 Metres in Mustang

Day three is a drive to Kagbeni at 2,800 metres, and from day four every night is above 3,000, nine in a row, ending at Muktinath. The walk goes north to a walled city, stays there two nights, and returns through Yara, Tengbe and Tetang. Day eleven, at nine hours, is the longest on the table, and it comes on the way back.

15 days4,200m
5 chapters, day by day
Nepal trekking season 2026

Some mountains
don't wait

Permits close. Weather windows narrow. The best Everest region teahouse beds fill by October, and spring season opens again in March. Our Kathmandu team is already booking for autumn. If you have been planning a trek, this is the window.

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