Day 1
Kathmandu to Soti Khola
0 hrs0 kmsleep 730 m
Manaslu · Strenuous
Manaslu Circuit itinerary, day by day
Every stage from Soti Khola to Dharapani, with the walking hours, distance and sleeping altitude for each day.
Days
14
Highest sleep
4,460 m
Distance
160 km
Rest days
2
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
Soti Khola to Machha Khola
6 hrs15 kmsleep 930 m
Day 3
Machha Khola to Jagat
6 hrs14 kmsleep 1,410 m
Day 4
Jagat to Deng
6 hrs13 kmsleep 1,860 m
Day 5
Deng to Namrung
6 hrs12 kmsleep 2,660 m
Day 6
Namrung to Samagaon
7 hrs16 kmsleep 3,530 m
Sleeping altitude rises 870 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 7
Samagaon acclimatisation
5 hrs8 kmsleep 3,530 m
Day 8
Samagaon to Samdo
4 hrs9 kmsleep 3,860 m
Day 9
Samdo acclimatisation
4 hrs6 kmsleep 3,860 m
Day 10
Samdo to Dharamsala
4 hrs8 kmsleep 4,460 m
Sleeping altitude rises 600 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 11
Dharamsala to Bimthang
9 hrs18 kmsleep 3,720 m
Day 12
Bimthang to Dharapani
7 hrs22 kmsleep 1,860 m
Day 13
Dharapani to Besisahar
0 hrs0 kmsleep 760 m
Day 14
Besisahar to Kathmandu
0 hrs0 kmsleep 1,338 m
Manaslu Circuit itinerary questions
Answers computed from the published day-by-day data for this route.
How many days is the Manaslu Circuit?
14 days as published here, covering 160 km with 64 hours of walking in total and 2 acclimatisation days built in.
What is the highest sleeping altitude on the Manaslu Circuit?
4,460 m. The highest point reached on the route is 5,106 m, which is not the same thing - what your body has to adapt to is where you sleep.
Which day of the Manaslu Circuit climbs the most?
Day 6, Namrung to Samagaon, gains 870 m of sleeping altitude.
Does the Manaslu 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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