Day 1
Besisahar to Jagat
6 hrs18 kmsleep 1,300 m
Annapurna · Strenuous
Annapurna Circuit itinerary, day by day
Every stage from Besisahar to Jomsom, with the walking hours, distance and sleeping altitude for each day.
Days
14
Highest sleep
4,450 m
Distance
160 km
Rest days
1
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
Jagat to Dharapani
6 hrs14 kmsleep 1,860 m
Day 3
Dharapani to Chame
6 hrs15 kmsleep 2,670 m
Day 4
Chame to Upper Pisang
5 hrs13 kmsleep 3,300 m
Sleeping altitude rises 630 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
Upper Pisang to Manang
6 hrs16 kmsleep 3,540 m
Day 6
Manang acclimatisation
4 hrs6 kmsleep 3,540 m
Day 7
Manang to Yak Kharka
4 hrs9 kmsleep 4,110 m
Sleeping altitude rises 570 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 8
Yak Kharka to Thorong Phedi
3 hrs7 kmsleep 4,450 m
Day 9
Thorong Phedi to Muktinath
8 hrs15 kmsleep 3,760 m
Day 10
Muktinath to Marpha
6 hrs20 kmsleep 2,670 m
Day 11
Marpha to Tatopani
7 hrs22 kmsleep 1,190 m
Day 12
Tatopani to Ghorepani
7 hrs13 kmsleep 2,860 m
Day 13
Ghorepani to Nayapul
7 hrs18 kmsleep 1,070 m
Day 14
Pokhara to Kathmandu
0 hrs0 kmsleep 1,338 m
Annapurna Circuit itinerary questions
Answers computed from the published day-by-day data for this route.
How many days is the Annapurna Circuit?
14 days as published here, covering 160 km with 75 hours of walking in total and 1 acclimatisation day built in.
What is the highest sleeping altitude on the Annapurna Circuit?
4,450 m. The highest point reached on the route is 5,416 m, which is not the same thing - what your body has to adapt to is where you sleep.
Which day of the Annapurna Circuit climbs the most?
Day 12, Tatopani to Ghorepani, gains 1,670 m of sleeping altitude.
Does the Annapurna Circuit 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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