Day 1
Nayapul to Ghandruk
5 hrs12 kmsleep 1,940 m
Annapurna · Moderate
Annapurna Base Camp Trek itinerary, day by day
Every stage from Nayapul to Nayapul, with the walking hours, distance and sleeping altitude for each day.
Days
10
Highest sleep
4,130 m
Distance
110 km
Rest days
0
Altitude profile
Where you sleep each night
The single biggest safety factor on a high trek is how fast your sleeping altitude rises - not how high the route eventually goes.
Stages
The full schedule
Day 2
Ghandruk to Chhomrong
5 hrs9 kmsleep 2,170 m
Day 3
Chhomrong to Bamboo
5 hrs8 kmsleep 2,310 m
Day 4
Bamboo to Deurali
5 hrs9 kmsleep 3,230 m
Sleeping altitude rises 920 m on this night, above 3,000 m. That is more than the commonly cited 500 m guideline - worth a look if you have spare days to place.
Day 5
Deurali to Annapurna Base Camp
5 hrs8 kmsleep 4,130 m
Sleeping altitude rises 900 m on this night, above 3,000 m. That is more than the commonly cited 500 m guideline - worth a look if you have spare days to place.
Day 6
Annapurna Base Camp to Bamboo
6 hrs17 kmsleep 2,310 m
Day 7
Bamboo to Jhinu Danda
5 hrs10 kmsleep 1,780 m
Day 8
Jhinu Danda to Ghorepani
7 hrs14 kmsleep 2,860 m
Day 9
Ghorepani to Nayapul
6 hrs18 kmsleep 1,070 m
Day 10
Pokhara to Kathmandu
0 hrs0 kmsleep 1,338 m
Annapurna Base Camp Trek itinerary questions
Answers computed from the published day-by-day data for this route.
How many days is the Annapurna Base Camp Trek?
10 days as published here, covering 110 km with 49 hours of walking in total.
What is the highest sleeping altitude on the Annapurna Base Camp Trek?
4,130 m. The highest point reached on the route is 4,130 m, which is not the same thing - what your body has to adapt to is where you sleep.
Which day of the Annapurna Base Camp Trek climbs the most?
Day 8, Jhinu Danda to Ghorepani, gains 1,080 m of sleeping altitude.
Does the Annapurna Base Camp Trek itinerary allow enough time to acclimatise?
There are 2 nights above 3,000 m where sleeping altitude rises by more than 500 m, which is more than the commonly cited guideline. That does not make the itinerary wrong, but those are the nights to look at first if you are adding spare days.
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