This is probably the single most extreme non-exploratory trek you can do in Nepal. You need a high level of fitness, a considerable ease in the outdoors, and basic mountaineering skills. There's a lot of untamed forest and difficult trails lower down, and as you go further up, you truly are all alone in the mountains and there are some extremely demanding parts of what goes for the trail. You truly must be able to hold your own here - a landscape this stark and isolated requires as much mental preparation as physical. The pay-off is an extraordinary sense of calm, as well as proximity to and view of the entire Dhaulagiri Himal and the sixth highest mountain in the world, Dhaulagiri I (8,167 m). And, of course a sense of true extreme adventure. The hardest part is crossing over into the Kali Gandaki Valley, which is separated from the north and west of the Dhaulagiri massif by over a dozen peaks higher than 7,000 m. Once you've managed that, though, you'll be rewarded with the exceptionally pretty and hospitable Thakali villages of Marpha and Tukuche, and hot springs furthre down. You see trans-Himalayan culture at its most 'normal' - it will feel you've got to a very cosmopoltitan town, after what you've accomplished.

itinerary

Day 01 : Kathmandu to by bus Baglung.
Day 02 : Baglung to Babichour (920 m).
Day 03 : Babichour to Dorbang (1,200 m).
Day 04 : Gorban to Dhara (1,930 m).
Day 05 : Dhara to Boghara (2,080 m).
Day 06 :Boghara to Dobang (2,880 m).
Day 07 : Dobang to Italian Camp
Day 08 : next camp at 4,300 m. Stay here to acclimatise.
Day 09 : Italian Camp to Dhaulagiri Base Camp at (4,900 m).
Day 10 : French Pass (5,400 m) named Hidden Valley (5,020 m).
Day 11 : Thapa Pass (5,240 m) to Thapa base camp
Day 12 : Thapa base camp to Marpha (2,680 m).
Day 13 : Marpha to Jomosom (2,713 m),
Day 14 : Jomosom to flight Pokhara (920 m),
Day 15 : Pokhara to by bus Kathmandu.

Cost per person in US $ Dollars

group	1person	2-4 person	5-8 person	9-15 person
Camping	1240	885	800	715

• Airport-hotel transfer at arrival and departure
• Kathmandu by bus.
• All National Park entrance fees
• Applicable trekking and climbing permits and fees
• Porters and/or pack animals to carry personal gear and group equipment 20kg luggage allowance while on trek
• All camping cooking equipment including 2-man tents, sleeping mat
• All meals whilst trekking
• Full trek staff including guides, sherpas, cook and kitchen staff Climbing guide
• Four nights tourist class accommodation in Kathmandu with breakfast