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People ask me what the Annapurna Base Camp trek is actually like. Not the glossy brochure version. The real version. What are the days like, what will you see, what will you feel, what will surprise you? After leading multiple groups to Himalayan Base Camps, I know exactly what this trek delivers. And it delivers more than most people expect.

Ten days. Kathmandu to Pokhara, rhododendron forest to glacial moraine, tea house dinners to the moment the Annapurna Sanctuary opens up around you at 4,130 metres. Here is the full picture, day by day, based on our group trek departing 28 October 2026.

There's a particular kind of quiet that settles over a group standing above a lake nobody's spoken about yet. That was Rotongata, sun on the water, no one in any hurry to say something.

The July Reset and Recharge Walk took us into the Ōkataina Trails near Rotorua, through towering kahikatea, twin crater lakes, and a 10 metre waterfall called Te Auheke — tumbling water.

This is the story of that day.

I love Kathmandu and I find it genuinely, unreservedly fun. Most trekkers treat it as a formality, something to land in, sleep off, and get through before the main event begins. That's a mistake.

Kathmandu has been at the crossroads of trade, religion, and culture for over two thousand years and it rewards anyone who gives it proper attention.

Here's what's waiting for you, including why I planned our 2026 departure dates deliberately around Tihar, Nepal's Festival of Lights.