Day 1
Beni to Babiachaur
5 hrs14 kmsleep 1,100 m
Dhaulagiri · Strenuous
Dhaulagiri Circuit itinerary, day by day
Every stage from Beni to Marpha, with the walking hours, distance and sleeping altitude for each day.
Days
16
Highest sleep
5,100 m
Distance
120 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
Babiachaur to Muri
6 hrs12 kmsleep 1,850 m
Day 3
Muri to Boghara
5 hrs8 kmsleep 2,080 m
Day 4
Boghara to Dobang
6 hrs10 kmsleep 2,500 m
Day 5
Dobang to Sallaghari
7 hrs11 kmsleep 3,500 m
Sleeping altitude rises 1,000 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
Sallaghari to Italian Base Camp
5 hrs8 kmsleep 3,660 m
Day 7
Italian Base Camp to Dhaulagiri Base Camp
6 hrs7 kmsleep 4,750 m
Sleeping altitude rises 1,090 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
Dhaulagiri Base Camp acclimatisation
3 hrs4 kmsleep 4,750 m
Day 9
Dhaulagiri Base Camp to Hidden Valley
8 hrs8 kmsleep 5,100 m
Day 10
Hidden Valley to Yak Kharka
7 hrs10 kmsleep 3,680 m
Day 11
Yak Kharka to Marpha
5 hrs12 kmsleep 2,670 m
Dhaulagiri Circuit itinerary questions
Answers computed from the published day-by-day data for this route.
How many days is the Dhaulagiri Circuit?
16 days as published here, covering 120 km with 63 hours of walking in total and 1 acclimatisation day built in.
What is the highest sleeping altitude on the Dhaulagiri Circuit?
5,100 m. The highest point reached on the route is 5,360 m, which is not the same thing - what your body has to adapt to is where you sleep.
Which day of the Dhaulagiri Circuit climbs the most?
Day 7, Italian Base Camp to Dhaulagiri Base Camp, gains 1,090 m of sleeping altitude.
Does the Dhaulagiri 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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