Whenever we dreamt about traveling to and around Nepal we never even considered trekking, simply writing it off because we had kids and who goes trekking with kids? Well, apparently lots of people do, as I later discovered whilst perusing Pinterest.

at Nayapul getting our trekking permits stamped

on their way to Hile
After much research, emails sent and googling we settled on the trekking company Adventure Treks Nepal as well as the route; the Ghorepani/Poonhill Trek which is typically a 4 night/5 day trek but we opted to do it in 5 nights/6 days giving us a little break halfway through.

on our way to Ulleri for lunch

on the way to Banthanti

donkeys

a horse in Banthanti
For now lets get on to the trekking…

our teahouse in Banthanti

watching the rain from our room
The morning of our trek we were collected from our hotel in Pokhara by our guide and 3 porters and driven 1.5 hours to Nayapul (1,070m) where we were meant to start our trek however part way through the driver informed our guide that he was going to be collecting another party from Hile so if we wanted we could drive further. We decided that this was the best option cutting our trekking time down from 5-6 hours to only 3-4.

rainy Banthanti

our first breakfast, Banthanti

Eden with a really nice gentlemen originally from Ethiopia now living in DC – he was in his 80’s

Clio with Deb

snow on the ground on the way to Ghorepani

beautiful Ghorepani

Clio chilling in our room in Ghorepani

the girls with our guide looking at videos!
The next morning we woke to beautiful clear skies and ate our breakfast on the table outside overlooking the valley. Another wow moment!

Clio & Matt hanging by the fire in the teahouse in Ghorepani

And then we climbed more stairs. Seriously, they sucked I can’t even express how sucky those stairs were but along the way we saw some beautiful sites, donkeys and horses which somewhat made up for those dang stairs.

beautiful Ghorepani and our teahouse/room
Elevation gain for day 2, 565 meters.

Poonhill for sunrise
This was our only super early start; I think we departed for Poonhill (3,210m) around 4.45am and guess what…more stairs! By this point I was over the stairs situation.

so much cloud at Poonhill

Eden jumping for joy at Poonhill

drinking hot chocolate at Poonhill

Matt taking Clio to the restroom…that blue shed in the background!

our crew!

heading back down to Ghorepani from Poonhill
When I think about our trek this is the day that always comes to mind; it snowed, it rained, there was sun, we walked through snow and mud and a rhododendron jungle, it was long (5-6 hours), it was rough but we had so many laughs. Eden did AMAZING.

Eden and Deb

after trek treat after all that handwork being carried!

Ghorepani – Chule

so breathtaking

snow!

on the way to lunch

Clio, Deb and Bishnu
Poor Eden woke up with a slight fever, despite that she pushed on through and it wasn’t until we were about 30 minutes out that a porter decided to give her a shoulder ride as we could all tell she was going down hill quickly and when we arrived she skipped lunch and spent the day in bed.

Eden on top of the world!

the girls with Bhuwan
Being our last night we enjoyed a delicious meal with our guide and porters as well as some beverages, it was quite sad knowing that we were almost at the end of our trek.
Day 6 Ghandruk – Nayapul
Another long day but with it mostly downhill the 5 hours didn’t seem too long and by lunchtime we were at Nayapul where we chilled out at a restaurant with the porters and guide sharing one last meal together before a driver came to pick us up and drive us the 1.5 hours back to Pokhara.

snow fight

To tell you the truth, no stories or photos will do Nepal or trekking, Adventure Treks Nepal, the teahouses or the many people you met along the way any justice. I think you really just need to experience it for yourself and its something we absolutely plan on doing again.
Been missing your blog and looking forward to when you’d do this one. Enjoyed it very much. I admire your willingness to share these adventures with the girls and their can do attitude.
It was so cool, we definitely want to do it again!
It looks like so much fun and so beautiful! Never thought of going to Nepal but after reading this, I’m definitely adding it to our list.
Nepal was amazing, I would definitely recommend it, we did 3 weeks splitting our time between Kathmandu, Pokhara, trekking and Chitwan. If you do go, time your visit for the annual Holi festival (March-ish) it was so much fun!
Wow! So awesome that you guys did this trek! I bet you built up some serious leg muscles from all the stairs….
Wonderful writing. Awesome pictures. Thanks for sharing:))
Thank you 🙂 we adored Nepal, definitely want to go back
Wow, Kermit and I are so impressed. What a great adventure! Linda
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Was so much fun Linda, your recent adventure looked amazing too! Camino de Santiago is something I really want to do with the girls before the “leave the nest”!
it looks amazing. Thanks for sharing.
It really was! Can’t wait to see pictures from your Ireland adventure!
Good account, might help others considering taking little ones.