From Marpha, we took another bus to Tatopani, another village in Nepal. This journey was one of the craziest so far. After counting, there were 18 extra people standing on the bus. The door was unable to close and the aisle of the bus was full of local produce that was to be sold in Pokhara.

Most of the journey was also on the edge of a cliff! At one stop, there were a group of police officers walking towards the bus. Naively, I thought they were coming to inspect – but no, they too got onboard the already jam packed bus! We made it though!

It was lovely to have a rest day in Tatopani with no hiking. Especially as there were natural hot springs where I spent most of the evening. The water was so hot, which was an incredible treat for everybody! I didn’t take a photo there but robbed this from google. It wasn’t that busy when I was there but there were some familiar faces that I had met along the way so it was a lovely evening all around!

The next morning, we took off reasonably early to head for Ghorepani. What I didn’t realise until this point, was that today we would walk just under 16km with an elevation of over 1,600m! So this day was unexpectedly difficult as it was the highest elevation in any one day, and also the whole day involved climbing steps! It was very warm though which made it easier than walking at the higher altitudes. The scenery along the route today was also beautiful.

About 6 hours later, we arrived in Ghorepani in desperate need of a shower!

The hard work was almost done at this point as all that was left was one last early morning (5am) hike up to Poon Hill for sunrise before a last 8km hike downhill to Ulleri where we got a jeep back to Pokhara to begin the relaxing side of this trip! Before bed through, there was time for one last Dahl Bhat!

Poon Hill Sunrise

8km later, plus a jeep and the trek is officially done!

An incredible experience and delighted to have made it to Pokhara safe and sound.

Now, to relax 🧘‍♀️