03 Mohare Danda
A 16-day Trek in the Annapurna region of Nepal .. covering Mohare-Danda, Khopra-Danda, Muldhai, Macchepuchare-BC (MBC) and Annapurna-BC (ABC)
Day-03 Trek from Nangi to Mohare Danda
Awesome view of Annapurna Range and Machhepuchhare ..... as we near the Mohare Danda Community Lodge ... still ahead
Day-03 (7th Dec) Trek from Nangi to Mohare Danda
We left Nangi at 8:00AM and the trail seemed to go south initially skirting the mountain that we had to climb and then started climbing slowly till we reached and the turned sharply North at a Shed (which I saw marked as Hampal Jaljala on Google recently) where we rested for a few minutes and ate my packed breakfast of one Boiled Egg and Tibetan Bread.
The Shed where we ate our pack breakfast at 11:00AM (See: Hampal Jalala)
From here the trail turns North and climbs gradually along a Ridgeline for 2-3 Hours and reached finally at 2:30PM at the Mohara Danda Teahouse alt. 3300M. It is a nice Community built Lodge with a big Dining Hall cum Kitchen and a seperate Building housing multiple DBL guest rooms around a Central grassy quadrangle. Nice setup! The View of Snow Peaks of Dhaulagiri and Annapurna range was super awesome from here!
Mohare GH Rooms under Red Roof (L) ... and Mt. Dhaulagiri (R)
Inside view of Guest Rooms surrounding the central quad
Perfect clear weather ... Mt Dhaulagiri at 3:30PM
Tukuche Peak .... to the right of Dhaulagiri
Golden Sunrise on Dhaulagiri peak
After watching awesome sunset from front-lawn and taking lots of pictures had a Dal-Bhat dinner. Very fast Wi-Fi was available here. Went to sleep by 8:00PM.
Btw: Don't miss seeing 3 Videos (360deg Views) that I shot from Mohare in this Album on Flickr (see end of album): HERE.
Day-Wise Trek Diaries in sub-pages below:
Reaching Mohare Lodge (3300M) ... seen ahead at 2:25PM (click to enlarge)
Annapurna and Machhepuchhare ... from the Lawn in front of Mohare Lodge
Me at Mohare ... GH Rooms under Red Roof (L) and Mt. Dhaulagiri (R)
The Mohare Community Lodge Dining Hall cum Kitchen entrance side
The Lodge had super fast wifi - we were the only trekkers staying there.
View inside Dining Hall ... at the Kitchen Counter
Fang (L) and Annapurna Main (R)
Machhepuchhare peak (zoomed view) ... from Mohare-Danda
Next morning (6:50AM) watching sunrise from Mohare-Danda front lawn
Sunrise golden rays fall on Annapurna South (R)
Next morning a last posed shot at 8:00AM before leaving Mohare
Trek Itinerary :
Date ------> Day-# From Place (via) To Place (Walking Hours)
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05-Dec-2016 Day-01 Nayapul - Puranogaon - Lespar (8Hrs)
06-Dec-2016 Day-02 Lespar - Nangi (6Hrs)
07-Dec-2016 Day-03 Nangi - Mohare Danda (6Hrs)
08-Dec-2016 Day-04 Mohare - Phulbari - Phalate - Swanta (6Hrs)
09-Dec-2016 Day-05 Swanta - Chistibang - Khopra Danda (7Hrs)
10-Dec-2016 Day-06 Khopra -via UpperTrail - Bayeli (5Hrs)
11-Dec-2016 Day-07 Bayeli - Dobato - Muldhai - Isharu - Tadapani (7Hrs)
12-Dec-2016 Day-08 Tadapani - Chiule - Chomrung (5Hrs)
13-Dec-2016 Day-09 Chomrung - Sinuwa - Bamboo - Dovan (6Hrs)
14-Dec-2016 Day-10 Dovan - Himalaya - Deorali (3Hrs)
15-Dec-2016 Day-11 Deorali - MBC - ABC (4.5Hrs)
16-Dec-2016 Day-12 ABC - MBC - Deorali - Dovan (4.5Hrs)
17-Dec-2016 Day-13 Dovan - Sinuwa - Chomrung (6Hrs)
18-Dec-2016 Day-14 Chomrung - JhinuDanda - NewBridge - Landruk (5Hrs)
19-Dec-2016 Day-15 Landruk - Tolga - Pitam Deorali - Pothana (4Hrs)
20-Dec-2016 Day-16 Pothana - Australian Camp - Kande (2Hrs)
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Total Trek Hours = 84 Hrs and Distance (guesstimate) = 210KMs