ʻO ke awāwa ʻo Kaligandaki Trek

Pae mākou ma ke kahua mokulele honua ʻo Tribhuvan ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 1,400 mika. Hoʻokipa kā mākou hui iā ʻoe me kahi ʻaʻahu khada kuʻuna. Hoʻoili pololei ʻoe i kou hōkele ʻāpana ʻo Thamel. Ua pālahalaha ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu ma lalo o 1,400 mika i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā puʻu ulu lāʻau. Lawe ka ea o ke kūlanakauhale i ka lepo, ka mea ʻala, a me nā ʻala o nā meaʻai alanui.

Hoʻomaha ʻoe ma kēia kiʻekiʻe kūpono e hoʻōla ai mai kāu lele ʻana. Nānā kā mākou alakaʻi hele wāwae ʻo Kaligandaki Valley i kāu mau palapala ʻae hele wāwae a me nā lako i kēia awakea. Hele wāwae ʻoe i nā wahi pōkole e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā kūlana kūloko. Kūʻai aku nā mea kūʻai aku alanui i nā momos a me ka wai hou kokoke i kou hōkele. Hāʻule ka mahana o ke ahiahi e pono ai nā ʻaʻahu māmā. Ke wehe mau nei ʻo Durbar Square mōʻaukala o Kathmandu ma hope o ke kūkulu hou ʻana. Moe mua ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau ana no ka huakaʻi lōʻihi o ka lā ʻapōpō.

ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kūlanakauhale e hāʻawi i kahi hoʻomaka palekana no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana. Ua mālie loa ke kaʻa alanui ma hope o ka hola 10 PM e ʻae ana i ka hiamoe mālie. Hōʻoia kā mākou hui i nā palapala huakaʻi āpau ma mua o ka ʻaina ahiahi. ʻAi ʻoe i ka dal bhat ma kahi hale ʻaina kūloko e ʻike i ka meaʻai Nepali. Manaʻo nui ka ikehu o Kathmandu ma hope o kāu lele ʻana. ʻIke ʻoe i nā huila pule e huli ana ma nā stupa kokoke.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

1,334 m.

ʻai

awakea

Nā hale noho

Hotel

ka halihali

Kahua mokulele i ka Hōkele

ʻEhiku a ʻewalu hola ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi ma ke Alanui Nui ʻo Prithvi, he 200 kilomita ka lōʻihi. Hoʻomaka koke kā mākou huakaʻi ma ke awāwa ʻo Kaligandaki, haʻalele kā mākou kaʻa iā Kathmandu i ka hola 6 AM e pale ana i ke kaʻa o ke kakahiaka. Maʻa ʻoe i nā māla laiki i hoʻolālā ʻia a me nā kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi e like me Malekhu. Hahai ke alanui i ka muliwai ʻo Trishuli ma waena o nā ʻawāwa haiki.

Kū mākou no ke kī ma Muglin Bazaar kahi e kūʻai aku ai nā kamaʻāina i ka wai kō. Hāʻule mālie ke kiʻekiʻe mai 1,400 mika a i 822 mika ma Pokhara. ʻOi aku ka ʻino o ke kūlana o ke alanui ma waena o Malekhu lāua ʻo Muglin me nā ʻāpana i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia. ʻIke ʻoe i nā mea lawe ukana e hāpai ana i nā ukana nui ma ko lākou kua ma ke alaloa. Hoʻololi ke ʻano o ka ʻāina mai nā puʻu a i nā pāpū awāwa pālahalaha kokoke i Pokhara. ʻIke ʻia ka loko ʻo Phewa me Annapurna Hema i ka wā mālamalama.

Hoʻokele kā mākou mea hoʻokele i nā alanui piha o Pokhara i kou hōkele ʻo Lakeside. Hoʻomaha ʻoe i loko o kou lumi e nānā ana i ka loko ma hope o ka holo lōʻihi. Manaʻo ʻia ka ea o Pokhara he pulu ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka maloʻo o Kathmandu. E hōʻoia mākou i nā lako hele wāwae o ka lā ʻapōpō me ʻoe ma mua o ka ʻaina ahiahi. ʻAi ʻoe i nā meaʻai hou ma kahi hale ʻaina ma ka loko i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā. Hōʻike nā kukui alanui ma luna o ka ʻili mālie o ka loko ʻo Phewa i kēia pō.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

915 m.

ʻai

ʻAina kakahiaka a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Nā hale noho

Hotel

ka halihali

7 hola Kaʻa

Hoʻokele mākou i 45 kilomita ma ke kahawai ʻo Seti a i Nayapul. Hoʻopau ʻia ka huakaʻi alanui ʻelua hola ma ke kiʻekiʻe o 1,010 mika. Waiho ʻoe i nā kaʻa ma hope ma kēia kauhale mua o ke alahele. Hoʻomaka ka Kaligandaki Valley Trek ma waena o nā ululāʻau subtropical me nā kumu maiʻa. Piʻi mālie nā ʻanuʻu pōhaku ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā wailele nani.

Ke hele nei ʻoe ma waena o ʻekolu mau alahaka kau ma luna o nā kahawai ʻaoʻao. Hoʻomalu nā lāʻau Rhododendron a me nā lāʻau ʻoka i ka ʻāpana mua o ke ala. Ke hele nei ke ala ma nā kauhale ʻo Gurung kahi e hana ai nā mahiʻai i nā mahina ʻai pāpaʻi. Piʻi ʻoe i 530 mika kiʻekiʻe ma luna o 11 kilomita a hiki i Tikhedhunga. Hoʻopuni nā hale kī i ke kikowaena o ke kauhale me nā wahi noho lāʻau maʻamau.

Aia ʻo Tikhedhunga ma 1,540 mika i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā puʻu pali. Lawe mai ke ahiahi i ka ea mauna anuanu e pono ai nā papa mahana. Kuhikuhi kā mākou alakaʻi i nā mea kanu lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā mea kanu hoihoi ma ke ala. Holoi ʻoe me ka wai anuanu ma ka hale kī i kēia pō. Hoʻonui ka huakaʻi ʻelima hola i ka ikaika wāwae mua no nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻāʻo nā ʻanuʻu pōhaku i kou mau ʻiʻo bipi ma mua o nā alanui pālahalaha.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

1,577 m.

ʻai

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina awakea

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

5 hola Trek

Nā hale noho

Loko Kuloko

ka halihali

90 minuke Kaʻa

Piʻi mau nā ʻanuʻu pōhaku mai ka lihi o Tikhedhunga. I ka lā 4 o ka Kaligandaki Valley Trek, piʻi ʻoe i 1,320 mika ma luna o 12 kilomita i kēia lā. Hōʻailona ke kauhale ʻo Ulleri i ka hapalua ma 2,070 mika. Ke kaʻapuni nei ke ala ma waena o nā ululāʻau rhododendron mānoanoa e hōʻike ana i nā pua kau. Ke hele nei ʻoe ma nā wili wai i hoʻoikaika ʻia e nā kahawai o nā mauna.

Piʻi ke ala kokoke iā Banthanti me nā alapiʻi pōhaku pau ʻole. ʻIke ʻia ʻo Ghorepani ma ke kiʻekiʻe o 2,800 mika ma luna o kahi kualono. ʻIke ʻoe i nā piko o Annapurna Hema a me Machhapuchhre i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā. Hāʻawi nā hale kī i ke kī lemona wela ma hope o ko mākou hiki ʻana i kahi i manaʻo ʻia ai ka lā. Hoʻopili nā kuli i ka hopena ma nā ʻāpana iho i lalo ma waena o nā kauhale.

ʻO nā mea halihali kūloko e hoʻoili ana i nā waiwai ma kahi kokoke e halihali i nā ukana he 30 a 40 kilokani paha me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kaula poʻo. Hāʻule ka mahana o ke ahiahi ma lalo o 10°C e pono ai nā papa wela. ʻAi ʻoe i ka thukpa mea kanu no ka ʻaina ahiahi ma ka lumi ʻaina like. Hoʻāʻo ka huakaʻi ʻeono hola i ke ahonui cardio koʻikoʻi. Pono ka inu wai hou aku no ke kiʻekiʻe o Ghorepani. Hiki koke mai ka hiamoe ma hope o ka pilikia kino o kēia lā.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

2,810 m.

ʻai

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

6 hola Trek

Nā hale noho

Hale hale kīʻaha

Iho koke mākou mai ke kualono o Ghorepani ma o nā ululāʻau ʻoka. Hāʻule ke ala i 865 mika ma luna o 10 kilomita a hiki i Shikha. Hele ʻoe ma ke kauhale ʻo Chitre me nā hale pōhaku kuʻuna. Hahai ke ala hele wāwae ʻo Kaligandaki Valley i kēia lā i ke awāwa o ka muliwai ʻo Ghar Khola ma lalo.

Ke hele nei nā alahaka kau ma waena o nā kahawai anuanu he nui i kēia lā. Ke ʻike hou ʻia nei nā kumu maiʻa i ka emi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe i 1,930 mika. ʻIke ʻoe i nā mahiʻai e ʻohi ana i nā ʻuala ma nā mahina ʻai pāpaʻi. Aia ʻo Shikha ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai ma ke kiʻekiʻe o 1,930 mika. Hoʻohana nā hale kī ma ʻaneʻi i ka wai o ka muliwai no ka kuke ʻana a me ka holoi ʻana. Ua maʻalahi ka hele wāwae ʻehā hola ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana o nehinei.

Pono nā kuli e hele mālie ma nā ʻāpana ʻiliʻili palupalu. Lawe mai ke ahiahi i nā mahana mahana e ʻae ana i nā ʻeke moe māmā. Inu ʻoe i ka wai hua kūloko ma kahi hale inu kī ma kahakai. Hoʻomākaukau ka iho ʻana i kou kino no ka hele wāwae ʻana i ke awāwa i ka lā ʻapōpō. Hōʻailona ke kahua o Shikha i ka neʻe ʻana i loko o ke awāwa ʻo Kali Gandaki. Hoʻomaha mua ʻoe e kali ana i nā pūnāwai wela o Tatopani i ka lā ʻapōpō.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

3,210 m.

ʻai

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

5 hola Trek

Nā hale noho

Lodge

I lalo o 740 mika ma luna o 15 kilomita i Tatopani ke ala hele wāwae ʻo Kaligandaki Valley i kēia lā. Hahai ʻoe i ka muliwai ʻo Kali Gandaki ma o ka ululāʻau subtropical. Holo mau nā ʻanuʻu pōhaku i lalo i nā pali awāwa piʻi. Ke hele nei ʻoe ma waena o nā alahaka kau he nui ma luna o nā kahawai. Ulu nā lāʻau maiʻa a me nā mango ma nā kapa o ka muliwai.

ʻO ke ʻano o Tatopani ʻo ia hoʻi ka wai wela e pili ana i nā pūnāwai wela maoli. Aia ke kauhale ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 1,190 mika kokoke i ka hui ʻana o ka muliwai. Hoʻomaʻū ʻoe i nā ʻiʻo ʻeha i loko o nā pūnāwai wela ma hope o ka hele wāwae ʻana. Hiki i ka mahana o ke ahiahi ke piʻi i 25°C ma kēia awāwa haʻahaʻa. Hāʻawi nā hale kī i nā iʻa muliwai hou no ka ʻaina ahiahi i kēia pō. ʻO ka hele wāwae ʻelima hola e komo pū ana me nā ʻāpana iho i lalo paʻakikī.

Kōkua nā kākoʻo kuli i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hopena o nā hono ma nā iho ʻana i lalo. Hāpai nā mea lawe lima kūloko i nā pepa metala a i ʻole nā ​​​​tin no nā papahana kūkulu kūloko. ʻIke ʻoe i ka piʻi ʻana o ka makū i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā wahi kiʻekiʻe. Hāʻawi ʻo Tatopani i ka hoʻōla koʻikoʻi ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana o ka lā ʻapōpō. Hiki mai ka hiamoe hohonu ma hope o ka hoʻoluʻu ʻana o ka pūnāwai wela.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

2,920 m.

ʻai

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

6 hola Trek

Nā hale noho

ʻO Teahouse

I ka lā 7 o ka Kaligandaki Valley Trek, piʻi mākou i 820 mika ma luna o 14 kilomita mai Tatopani a i Ghasa. Hahai ke ala i ka muliwai ʻo Kali Gandaki ma uka. Piʻi mālie nā ʻanuʻu pōhaku ma nā ala pali. Ke hele nei ʻoe ma kekahi mau alahaka kau ma luna o nā kahawai muliwai. ʻIke ʻia ʻo Ghasa ma ke kiʻekiʻe o 2,010 mika ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai.

Hōʻike nā hale kī ma ʻaneʻi i ke ʻano hana pōhaku kuʻuna. Hele ke ala ma waena o ka ululāʻau nui me nā lāʻau paina a me ka ʻoka. ʻIke ʻoe i nā mahiʻai e hoʻoinu ana i nā mahina ʻai bale me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kahawai wai o ka muliwai. Hoʻohālikelike pono ka huakaʻi ʻehā hola i ka iho ʻana o nehinei. Hana ʻo Ghasa ma ke ʻano he wahi kālepa koʻikoʻi no ka ʻāina ʻo Mustang.

ʻAi ʻoe i ka dal bhat me nā mea kanu i ulu ʻia ma kahi kūloko. ʻAʻole paʻakikī ka piʻi ʻana i kēia lā ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana o Ghorepani. Hāʻawi nā leo o ka muliwai i ka walaʻau mau i ka pō. Hāʻawi ke kiʻekiʻe o Ghasa i nā kūlana hoʻomaʻamaʻa paʻa. Hoʻomaha maikaʻi ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau ana no ka huakaʻi o ka lā ʻapōpō i Larjung.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

2,013 m.

ʻai

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

6 hola Trek

Nā hale noho

Lodge

I kekahi lā aʻe, hele mākou i 16 kilomita e piʻi ana i 540 mika i Larjung. Hahai ke ala i ka muliwai ma o nā ʻāpana awāwa haiki. Piʻi mālie nā ʻanuʻu pōhaku ma waena o nā wahi ululāʻau. Aia ʻo Larjung ma ke kiʻekiʻe o 2,550 mika me nā hale kaila Tibet. Hōʻike ke ala i ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka mana moʻomeheu Tibet i kēia lā.

ʻIke pinepine ʻia nā huila pule a me nā paia mani ma ke ala. Hōʻike ʻo Larjung i nā hale i hoʻokeʻokeʻo ʻia me nā kiʻi kālai lāʻau paʻakikī. Hāʻawi nā hale kī i ke kī pata a me ka porridge tsampa i kēia pō. Mālama ka huakaʻi ʻelima hola i ka holomua o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana. Hiki ke anuanu iki ka mahana o ka pō i kēia pō. ʻIke ʻoe i nā mahiʻai e ʻohi ana i ka buckwheat ma nā mahina ʻai terraced. Hōʻailona ke kauhale i ke komo ʻana i ka ʻāpana moʻomeheu o Upper Mustang.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

2,543 m.

ʻai

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

6 hola Trek

Nā hale noho

Lodge

Ma ka lā 9 o ka Kaligandaki Valley Trek, hele mākou i 12 kilomita me ka piʻi iki ʻana i Marpha. Hahai ke ala i ka muliwai ʻo Kali Gandaki ma o nā māla ʻāpala. Aia ʻo Marpha ma 2,670 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai i kaulana no ka brandy ʻāpala. Hele ʻoe ma waena o kahi kauhale liʻiliʻi me nā hale pōhaku kuʻuna.

Aia i loko o ke ala nā ʻāpana pālahalaha ma kapa muliwai a me nā pali mālie. Loaʻa iā Marpha nā alanui haiki i hoʻopuni ʻia me nā ʻūpā maloʻo ʻāpala. Hāʻawi nā hale kī i nā pai ʻāpala hou a me nā laʻana brandy kūloko. Kipa ʻoe i ka hale mōneka mōʻaukala o Marpha me nā kiʻi pena kahiko. Hāʻawi ka huakaʻi ʻekolu hola i ka hana māmā ma hope o ka hele wāwae lōʻihi o nehinei.

Lawe mai ke ahiahi i nā mauna anuanu a ʻai ʻoe i ka berena buckwheat i kālua ʻia me ka meli no ka ʻaina kakahiaka i ka lā ʻapōpō. Hāʻawi ke kiʻekiʻe o Marpha i nā kūlana paʻa no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana. Ua mālie ka hiamoe ma hope o ka hele wāwae mālie o kēia lā.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

2,676 m.

ʻai

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

5 hola Trek

Nā hale noho

Lodge

I kekahi lā aʻe, hele mākou i 24 kilomita ma ke kahawai ʻo Kali Gandaki a i Eklebhatti. ʻO ka huakaʻi hele wāwae o Kaligandaki Valley i kēia lā e piʻi aʻe ana i 156 mika ma luna o ka ʻāina neʻe. Aia ʻo Eklebhatti ma 2,830 mika kokoke i ka hui ʻana o ka muliwai. Hele ʻoe ma waena o ke kauhale ʻo Tukche me nā hale kuʻuna Tibet.

Hoʻohaiki nā paia o ke awāwa e hana ana i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o ka ʻāina. Lawe mai nā kahawai hoʻoinu wai i ka wai o ka muliwai i nā mahina ʻai i hoʻolālā ʻia. Loaʻa iā Eklebhatti nā hale kī maʻamau me nā ʻōnaehana mana o ka lā. Uhi ka huakaʻi ʻeono hola i kahi mamao lōʻihi me ka nui o nā piʻi a me nā iho, akā liʻiliʻi ka loli o ke kiʻekiʻe holoʻokoʻa.

ʻIke ʻoe i nā kālepa Tibet e halihali ana i nā waiwai ma luna o ka lio. Hāʻule ka mahana o ke ahiahi, e koi ana i nā papa wela no ka hiamoe ʻana. Hāʻawi nā hale kī i nā ʻai mea kanu momona no ka ʻaina ahiahi i kēia pō. Manaʻo ʻia he ʻokoʻa ke aniau maloʻo mai ka haʻahaʻa o ke awāwa. Hāʻawi ke kahua o Eklebhatti i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hope loa ma mua o Kagbeni. Hoʻomaha maikaʻi ʻoe no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ke komo ʻana i ka lā ʻapōpō i Upper Mustang.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

2,832 m.

ʻai

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

6 hola Trek

Nā hale noho

Lodge

Uhi mākou i 10.6 kilomita ma ke kahawai ʻo Kali Gandaki i kēia lā. Piʻi ke ala i 95 mika ke kiʻekiʻe a hiki i 2,890 mika o Kagbeni. Hōʻike ka lā 11 o ka Kaligandaki Valley Trek i nā ala pōhaku e wili ana ma waena o nā ʻāpana awāwa haiki me nā hiʻohiʻona muliwai kupaianaha. Maʻa ʻoe i ke kauhale ʻo Kobang me nā hale Tibet i hoʻokeʻokeʻo ʻia a me nā paia mani kahiko.

ʻO Kagbeni ke puka kūhelu o Upper Mustang e koi ana i ka hōʻoia ʻana o ka palapala ʻae. Hoʻokuʻi mau nā makani awāwa ikaika i nā hae pule ma kahi kokoke i ka wahi nānā. ʻEkolu mau alahaka kau e hele ana ma waena o nā kahawai ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i ke kauhale. Hoʻohana nā hale kī ma ʻaneʻi i nā panela solar no ka hoʻomālamalama ahiahi palena.

I kekahi kau monsoon, ua hoʻololi mākou i ke ala o nā mea hele wāwae i ka wā i hōʻino ai nā waikahe koke i ke ala nui kokoke iā Kobang. Loaʻa i kā mākou alakaʻi nā kelepona ukali no nā makaʻala o ke aniau ma kēia ʻāpana canyon. Hāʻule ka mahana o ke ahiahi i 12°C e pono ai nā papa wela no ka hiamoe ʻana. ʻAi ʻoe i ka dal bhat me ka berena buckwheat i ulu ʻia ma nā mahina ʻai kūloko.

Aia i loko o ka hale mōneka o Kagbeni o ke kenekulia 14 nā kiʻi pena nani e pono ai ke mālama pono ʻia. Ua aʻo mākou e hoʻonohonoho i ka poʻe hiki mua ma ʻaneʻi e pale aku i nā makani ʻauinalā.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

2,840 m.

ʻai

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

4 hola Trek

Nā hale noho

Lodge

Ma ka lā 12 o ka hele wāwae ʻana ma ke awāwa ʻo Kaligandaki, pono mākou e piʻi i 14 kilomita e piʻi ana i 815 mika a hiki i 3,710 mika o Muktinath. Hahai ke ala i nā ala kālepa paʻakai kahiko ma o nā ʻāina maloʻo. Hele ʻoe i ke kauhale ʻo Jharkot me nā hale pōhaku e pili ana i nā paia o ke awāwa. Piʻi aʻe ke ala ma ʻō aku o Ranipauwa me nā ʻiliʻili palupalu e pono ai ke hele pono ʻana.

Loaʻa i ka Luakini ʻo Muktinath he 108 mau ʻōmole wai a me nā wahi kapu lapalapa. Hana nā malihini i nā hana hoʻomana i ka makahiki a puni me ka nānā ʻole i ke ʻano o ka wā. Hoʻopilikia ka ea lahilahi i ka hanu ʻana ma luna o 3,500 mika, e koi ana i ka hele mālie. ʻElua mahina wale nō i hala aku nei ua loaʻa i kahi mea kūʻai aku ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe ma ʻaneʻi; ua hāʻawi koke mākou i ka oxygen. Ua iho ʻo ia i kahi kiʻekiʻe palekana me ke kōkua o ke alakaʻi.

Hāpai kā mākou mau alakaʻi i nā pahu oxygen lawe lima ma luna o 3,500 mika e like me ke kaʻina hana maʻamau. Hāʻule nā ​​mahana ahiahi kokoke i ka hau, e koi ana i nā ʻeke moe kaumaha. ʻAi ʻoe i ka sopa mea kanu maʻalahi no ka maʻalahi o ka ʻai ʻana ma kēia kiʻekiʻe. Hōʻike nā hiʻohiʻona kakahiaka maopopo i nā piko o Nilgiri ma ke awāwa. Nānā mau mākou i nā wānana o ke aniau ma mua o kēia piʻi ʻana ma muli o nā ʻino hau koke.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

3,802 m.

ʻai

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

6 hola Trek

Nā hale noho

Lodge

I kekahi lā aʻe, iho mākou i lalo i 16.7 kilomita, e nalowale ana i ke kiʻekiʻe o 990 mika i Jomsom. ʻO ke ala hele wāwae ʻo Kaligandaki Valley i kēia lā e hahai ana i ka muliwai ʻo Kali Gandaki ma o nā awāwa kupaianaha. Aia ʻo Jomsom ma 2,720 mika me kahi kahua mokulele Himalayan e hana nei. Pā mau nā makani awāwa ikaika e pono ai nā pale maka e hoʻopakele iā ʻoe iho mai ka lepo.

ʻAʻole lawe nā lālā o kā mākou hui i nā pale maka keu, no laila e aho ʻoe e hele mākaukau. ʻO ka manawa hope loa a mākou i hele mai ai ma ʻaneʻi, ʻaʻole i lepo loa, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hele mākaukau ʻana. Hāʻawi nā hale kī i nā pai ʻāpala wela me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hua kanu kaulana o Marpha. ʻIke ʻoe i nā kamaʻāina e mālama nei i nā ʻoihana ulana kuʻuna ma ʻaneʻi.

Hiki i ka mahana o ke ahiahi ke piʻi i 15°C e hāʻawi ana i ka hōʻoluʻolu mai ke anu o Muktinath. Hoʻohana nā poʻe lawe ukana i nā kaʻa hoki e halihali ana i nā mea hana hale ma kēia ala. Hoʻolālā mākou i ka iho ʻana i lalo e hōʻea ma mua o ka ikaika o ka makani awakea ma Jomsom. Hiki maʻalahi ka hiamoe ma hope o ka hele wāwae mau ʻana i lalo i kēia lā.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

3,802 m.

ʻai

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

3 hola Trek

Nā hale noho

Lodge

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ke koho ʻana i ka mokulele ma mua o ka holo ʻana i lalo a hiki i Pokhara. Eia nō naʻe, i kekahi manawa hiki i nā kūlana o ke aniau ke hōʻino i kā mākou hoʻolālā a hoʻokele iā mākou i Pokhara. Hāʻawi ka mokulele iwakālua minuke i nā hiʻohiʻona panoramic Himalayan e komo pū ana me Dhaulagiri. ʻO ka huakaʻi alanui e uhi ana i 149 kilomita ma o nā kūlanakauhale ʻo Beni lāua ʻo Kusma.

ʻIke ʻoe i nā loli ʻāina mai Mustang maloʻo a i nā awāwa subtropical ʻōmaʻomaʻo. ʻOkoʻa loa nā kūlana alanui ma hope o ka pōʻino o ke kau monsoon. I ka monsoon i hala aku nei, ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi huakaʻi ʻano ʻē aʻe i Pokhara. Mālama kā mākou keʻena i nā pilina me nā kamaʻāina no nā mea hou. Aia ʻo Pokhara ma ke kiʻekiʻe he 822 mika ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka loko ʻo Phewa.

Lawe mai ke ahiahi i nā mahana haʻahaʻa he 20°C kūpono no ka hele wāwae ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka loko. ʻAi ʻoe i ka iʻa hou ma nā hale ʻaina e nānā ana i ka wai. Piha ka ʻāpana ʻo Lakeside me nā mākaʻikaʻi a me nā hale kūʻai mea hoʻomanaʻo a hiki i ka hola 10 PM. Hoʻopaʻa mau mākou i nā hōkele ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka loko me nā hiʻohiʻona muliwai no ka hoʻomaha ma hope o ka hele wāwae ʻana ma ke awāwa ʻo Kaligandaki. Hāʻawi nā hale kī i nā ʻauʻau wela ma hope o ka noho ʻana ma ka mauna. Manaʻo ka hiamoe i ka hanohano ma hope o ka neʻe ʻana mai nā moena hale kī.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

2,713 m.

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ʻO ka kakahiaka kakahiaka

Nā hale noho

Hotel

ka halihali

20 minuke Holoi

Hele mākou i 200 kilomita ma ke Alanui ʻo Prithvi a i Kathmandu. ʻO ka holo kaʻa ʻehiku a ʻewalu hola e hele ana ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale ʻo Muglin lāua ʻo Naubise. ʻIke ʻoe i nā mahiʻai ʻāina ma nā pali awāwa piʻi i ka huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ke kūlana o ke alanui ma hope o nā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o ke kahua o ka makahiki i hala.

Kū mākou no nā hoʻomaha kī ma nā hale kūʻai ma ke alanui e kūʻai aku ana i nā samosas. ʻO wau iho, makemake nui nā lālā o kā mākou hui i ka hui pū ʻana. Pono ʻoe e hoʻāʻo i ka samosa a me ke kī i hoʻokahi manawa ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana i nā mea ʻē aʻe. Aia ʻo Kathmandu ma 1,400 mika ma kahi awāwa mōʻaukala. Piʻi nui ka nui o ke kaʻa ma ke alanui e komo ana i ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale.

ʻIke ʻoe i nā ʻala kūlanakauhale ikaika o ka pau ʻana a me ka meaʻai alanui. Hāʻawi ka ʻāpana ʻo Thamel i nā hale noho maʻamau kokoke i nā keʻena hele wāwae. Hōʻoia kā mākou hui i nā logistics haʻalele i ka wā o nā ʻaina ahiahi o kēia pō. Nānā ʻoe i nā kiʻi e hoʻopaʻa ana i kāu huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa ʻo Kaligandaki Valley. ʻOluʻolu loa nā moena hōkele ma hope o ka hele wāwae mauna.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

1,334 m.

ʻai

ʻO ka kakahiaka kakahiaka

Nā hale noho

Hotel

ka halihali

8 hola Kaʻa

He lā mākaʻikaʻi ka lā 16 o ka Kaligandaki Valley Trek. E kipa aku kākou iā Patan Durbar Square ma ke kiʻekiʻe o 1,400 mika. Aia ma ka pūnaewele UNESCO ka hale aliʻi me 55 mau puka makani a me ka Luakini ʻo Bhimsen. Ke hele nei ʻoe ma waena o nā pā hale me nā kiʻi pōhaku i kālai ʻia i nā kenekulia. Aia ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Patan nā hōʻiliʻili kiʻi koʻikoʻi o Newari. Hōʻike nā mea hana alanui i nā ʻano hana hoʻoheheʻe metala i mua o kou mau maka.

Ua ʻike mākou i ka nui o kā mākou mau tekkers e hoʻoikaika ʻia a kāhāhā ʻia e ka waiwai noʻeau o kēia huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi. Hoʻokomo pū ʻia ka ʻaina awakea i nā kīʻaha Newari kuʻuna e like me yomari a me chatamari. Lawe mai ke ahiahi i ka ʻaina ahiahi aloha ma kahi hale ʻaina Thamel me ke mele ola. Hāʻawi kā mākou hui i nā palapala hōʻoia e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka pau ʻana o kāu huakaʻi.

Ke kaʻana like nei ʻoe i nā moʻolelo e pili ana i nā ʻike ma ke awāwa ʻo Kali Gandaki. Hōʻike ka ʻai ʻono i nā meaʻai kūikawā Nepali i hoʻomākaukau kuʻuna ʻia. Hoʻomālamalama nā kukui alanui i nā hale kūʻai mea hoʻomanaʻo a hiki i ka hola 10 PM i kēia pō. Kōkua mākou me nā kūʻai makana minuke hope loa no nā ʻohana. Hoʻopaʻa nā limahana hōkele i ka ʻaina kakahiaka no ka lawe ʻana i ke kahua mokulele i ka lā ʻapōpō.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

1,334 m.

ʻai

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻAina ahiahi

Nā hale noho

Hotel

Hoʻoili mākou iā ʻoe i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tribhuvan International ʻelua hola ma mua o ka lele ʻana. Hōʻike ka mālamalama o ke kakahiaka i ke apo o nā puʻu ulu lāʻau o ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu. Hoʻopau ʻoe i nā hana haʻalele me ke kōkua o kā mākou hui. Kūʻai aku nā mea kūʻai aku alanui i nā lei marigold no ka laki maikaʻi ma ke komo ʻana. Ua lilo kekahi o kā mākou poʻe hele wāwae i mea naʻau i ka wā e haʻi aku ai i kā lākou aloha.

Mālama kā mākou keʻena i kahi pilina ʻoihana, akā hōʻike pū kekahi i nā ʻano maikaʻi āu e hāʻawi nei. Noʻonoʻo ʻoe i nā loli kiʻekiʻe mai 1,010 a i 3,710 mika. Ua uhi ʻia ka huakaʻi he 117 kilomita ma o nā wahi moʻomeheu like ʻole. Ua ʻike pono ʻoe i nā kaiāulu ʻo Gurung, Thakali, a me Tibet.

Ua hoʻolako ʻo Dal bhat i ka hapa nui o nā meaʻai me nā ʻano mea kanu kau like ʻole. Ke lawe nei ʻoe i nā hoʻomanaʻo o nā ʻōmole wai kapu o Muktinath. Nalo nā puʻu o Kathmandu ma lalo i ka piʻi ʻana o ka mokulele.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

1,334 m.

ʻai

ʻO ka kakahiaka kakahiaka

ka halihali

Hokele i ka Airport Transport