Day 1
Besisahar to Chame
3 hrs8 kmsleep 2,670 m
Annapurna · Challenging
Tilicho Lake Trek itinerary, day by day
Every stage from Besisahar to Jomsom, with the walking hours, distance and sleeping altitude for each day.
Days
12
Highest sleep
4,450 m
Distance
145 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
Chame to Upper Pisang
5 hrs15 kmsleep 3,310 m
Sleeping altitude rises 640 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 3
Upper Pisang to Manang
6 hrs18 kmsleep 3,540 m
Day 4
Manang acclimatisation
4 hrs6 kmsleep 3,540 m
Day 5
Manang to Khangsar
3 hrs8 kmsleep 3,734 m
Day 6
Khangsar to Tilicho Base Camp
5 hrs10 kmsleep 4,150 m
Day 7
Tilicho Base Camp to Tilicho Base Camp
7 hrs14 kmsleep 4,150 m
Day 8
Tilicho Base Camp to Yak Kharka
5 hrs10 kmsleep 4,050 m
Day 9
Yak Kharka to Thorong Phedi
3 hrs7 kmsleep 4,450 m
Day 10
Thorong Phedi to Muktinath
8 hrs16 kmsleep 3,760 m
Day 11
Muktinath to Jomsom
5 hrs20 kmsleep 2,720 m
Day 12
Jomsom to Pokhara
0 hrs0 kmsleep 827 m
Tilicho Lake Trek itinerary questions
Answers computed from the published day-by-day data for this route.
How many days is the Tilicho Lake Trek?
12 days as published here, covering 145 km with 54 hours of walking in total and 1 acclimatisation day built in.
What is the highest sleeping altitude on the Tilicho Lake Trek?
4,450 m. The highest point reached on the route is 4,919 m, which is not the same thing - what your body has to adapt to is where you sleep.
Which day of the Tilicho Lake Trek climbs the most?
Day 1, Besisahar to Chame, gains 1,910 m of sleeping altitude.
Does the Tilicho Lake Trek itinerary allow enough time to acclimatise?
There is 1 night 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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Add rest days and see how the sleeping-altitude profile changes before you commit to a booking.
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