Day by day
Altitude, rest days and a bit of ceremony. Mountain weather can shuffle the high days around, but the shape of the trip stays the same.
Kathmandu · Pokhara
A private flight, then a briefing with the aviation crew at the lakeside hangar.
Tilicho Lake reconnaissance
Glacial turquoise at the world's highest lake. Champagne at 4,900 m, if the weather agrees.
Annapurna Sanctuary
Land at ABC. Walk the moraine. Breakfast staring down Annapurna I. Unreal.
Weather reserve
Spa, Sarangkot sunrise, or a second shot if weather ghosted us yesterday.
Kali Gandaki gorge
The world's deepest gorge. Jomsom and the Thakali kitchens. Eat like you mean it.
Return Kathmandu
Afternoon in Patan. Trip recap and a proper goodbye.