We strictly prioritize our valuable client’s safety and satisfaction while traveling with Alpine Ramble Treks. Your safety is our paramount concern. In every trip with ART, our guides and porters will be carrying useful and necessary equipment as well as the medical kit, which you will be provided by our leaders who have extensive knowledge of first aid if required.
However, during the trip, natural disasters, weather disturbances, health conditions, politics, transport, or a multitude of other factors are beyond our control and can result in a change of the originally planned itinerary or cancel the trip as a safeguard. However, our guide has full authority to alter or even drop the planned itinerary of any part if it is necessary due to safety concerns. In this circumstance, you need to be flexible with your planned itinerary and follow the guideline as instructed by your guide/leader.
Note:- We do everything we can to minimize its effect, but we won’t be responsible for any result of alterations on itineraries or any delays due to unexpected circumstances.
Travel Insurance
Travel insurance is mandatory for all the clients who are going to participate in our Annapurna Base Camp Trek. We highly recommend a comprehensive travel insurance package to all our clients. The insurance must cover helicopter rescue and evacuation expenses at high altitudes for the trekkers to Annapurna base camp; it will be assisted by an adequate protection tour to cover personal injury, medical expenses, repatriation expenses, and any kind of illness will be covered.
Alpine Ramble Treks kindly asks any of our travelers to send a reliable travel insurance copy through email once you book the trip with us. Your travel insurance must cover personal accidents, medical expenses, emergency repatriation, and personal liability. Having good travel insurance will not only guarantee you peace of mind while you travel with us but also provide you with complete coverage for anything that may go wrong.
A Typical Day On The Trek
Every morning during the Annapurna Base Camp trek, you will be served a wake-up tea at about 6 am by our guide, and then we go to have breakfast with the stunning views.
Breakfast normally is served around 7 am, and the walk starts by 8 am. The walking will begin after the stretching and warm-up before we move on every day. Our daily walk is normally around 3-4 hours approximately, but it depends on your level of physical fitness, as well.
Lunch during the trek is usually held between 12 and 1 pm with a 40-minute duration; the fresh and hygienic lunch will typically be taken from the menu, which will be served as fast as possible with a cup of tea or coffee.
Dinner and Overnight camp, Soon we arrive at our camp (trekking lodge), and then we might take some rest before we go to dinner, but our guide and porter will be glad to serve a cup of tea in your room while resting, and we alert you for our dinner around 5-7:30 pm; the rest of the time, you may like to visit the places around or rest in the room.
At the termination of the day, our trekking guide encourages you to visit the local Sherpa settlements to know more about their culture and lifestyle in the Himalayas region while preparing the meals.
Every day our trekking will be nicely pleasured by the stunning scenery of Himalayan mountain views, taking the captivating photos and videos of untouchable mountains and exploring the mountain villages and their lifestyle, which can be the delighted moment.
Note: Every day, after dinner, our guide will be briefing us about the program the next day.
Physical Condition And Experience Requirements
The Annapurna Base Camp Trek is a normal trek of the Annapurna region; it is possible to trek with a basic level of fitness. A good training plan before your Annapurna Base Camp trip will make it that much more enjoyable. It doesn’t require any climbing skills.
We have seen many different ages of travelers completing this trek, like old, young, overweight, and underweight, and they all are very much appreciative about the journey, as it is a non-technical trek that does not require crampons, walking poles, oxygen cylinders, ropes, and technical equipment.
But our company will provide the warm down jackets and sleeping bags if you do not have your own. A normal ABC trek is accessible to most trekkers who have some degree of fitness level and decent drive with a lot of stamina to last two weeks in the cold weather in the mountains.
If you could convenience yourself to take some normal pre-training courses like daily physical exercises, jogging, running, climbing the staircase and walking down, cycling, swimming, hitting the gym, etc., that would greatly help to accomplish the journey easier.
Accommodations
Alpine Ramble Treks will be accommodated in the best hotel-like 3-star categories with the good facilities of WIFI, hot shower, and AC room with the best breakfast services on the selection in Kathmandu, and all accommodations are provided on the twin-sharing basis.
The single supplement will be served if you are a single traveler. Accommodations during the trek in the mountains: basically, you will be staying at basic trekking lodges where you will have a nice and clean room with warm blankets, pillows, and comfortable mattresses (the mattress size cannot be very thick but is still comfortable).
All the facilities during the Annapurna Base Camp trek are not the same as Kathmandu but are still very pleasant and suitable. Do not expect everything to be at a high level of standards in the mountain.
Alpine Ramble Treks would be glad to ensure the attached bathroom in every possible place, even in the Annapurna region booking. In some places, you have to compromise in sharing a bathroom in a high-altitude area because there is no room with an attached bath that has been built in this high-altitude area.
NOTE: High-standard hotels in Kathmandu like 4-5 stars will be provided on your request on an extra cost basis
Meals
The Annapurna Base Camp trek is a well-established trekking route in the Nepal Himalayas where you can get numerous trekking lodges along the way in the whole journey, and basic meals are available in the trekking lodges on this route.
The meals are served by our company as per our inclusive way, which is included in this Annapurna Base Camp trek program. The foods are provided in the same tea house where you stay overnight, and no outside foods are allowed according to the rule and regulations of the local community, but you can simply take the normal snacks, water, and drinking stuff from outside as you wish, which are allowed.
To complete the 5/6-day base camp, food is one of the most important factors that you need for hiking in the Himalayas. The meal in this trek is very convenient and fresh except for meat items; usually, we take our breakfast and dinner at the same lodge where we stay and for the lunch, our trekking guide will choose the best place possible along the way.
Food during the trek: You will have full options to select your preferred meal items from the menu, which are provided by the local tea houses. The menu offers varieties of ethnic cuisines as well as western-style meals, including Sherpa stew, fresh vegetable items, Rara noodles, different soups, handmade bread items, rice items, spaghetti, pizza, eggs, potato items, apple pie, Dal Bhat, and various drinks like black tea, lemon tea, hot chocolate, ginger tea, milk coffee/tea, green tea, black coffee, and lemon ginger tea, which are available on the menu on this trek.
The meals are quite surprising on this trek compared to other trekking routes like Everest and the Langtang region of Nepal; all are selected items from the menu of the lodge and will be fresh, hygienic, and tasty. In some places, there are non-veg item meals available; however, we do not recommend taking these meat items in the Annapurna region, as they are not hygienic and healthy during the trek.
Fresh and healthy meals during the trek, like Dal Bhat, vegetable items, and soup items (garlic soup, potato soup, and onion soup with the food, ) are recommended. They are prepared by the local supplement and do not store for a long period to serve it.
Passport and Visa
All clients must have a valid passport with at least 6 months of prior validity from the return date. Nepalese visas can be obtained from the immigration office or consulate in your country or arrival at Kathmandu Airport.
Last-minute booking
Concerning your desirable interest in any trip with Alpine Ramble Treks, we accept even your last-minute booking. You can book a trip directly Online or by calling anytime. But eventually, last-minute bookings may not be acceptable for Bhutan and Tibet.
Extra personal expenses on trekking
All your foods are included in the package (lunch, breakfast, and dinner with hot drinks); the foods will be served as per the package program, and besides that, the cost will be extra if you extend the trip more than the schedule of our package. last but not least, we would also like to suggest that our client carry some snacks like energy bars, snickers, waters, chocolates, cookies, and personal belonging materials like passport, battery chargers, etc.
Equipment lists
Head and Face
- Warm and a sun hat with scarf
- Headlight
- Sunscreen SPF 40 or above
- Proper sunglass
- Face wipes and tiny towels
List of hands & Body parts
- Lightweight gloves
- And warm gloves
- Down jacket (the company will be provided in rent)
- A thick Sleeping bag (the company will provide it in rent)
- 2 pairs of hiking t-shirts, preferably quick-drying, possibly thermal tops for the treks
- Fleece jacket and sweaters for the cold temperature
- Poncho or rain jacket
- warm Socks, preferably a cotton mix
- Lightweight cotton trekking pants
- The proper Trekking Boots
- crampon (optional)
- walking poles
Essential gear
- Day Backpack above the 30 L
- Pack covers and a thermal bottle
- Water pills for the normal water
- Deodorant
- Laundry soap
- Antibacterial Gel
- Toiletries
- toothbrush
- Shampoo
Personal accessories
- Camera/Cell Phone
- Money wallet with Money
- Padlocks/plastic bag
- Watch/sewing kit
- Extra photos and passport photocopies
First-aid Kit
- Diamox (acetazolamide)
- Lozenges
- Elastic bandages
- Moleskin
- Cotton bandages and band-aids
- Lancing needle
- Antibiotic eye-drops
- Thermometer
- Sling
- Paracetamol
- Antiseptic antibacterial cream or solution
- Painkillers
- Anti-emetic for nausea (not at high altitude)
- Loperamide to control diarrhea
- Norfloxacin or Cipro to cure diarrhea, other infections
Responsible for Tourism
Our experienced field staff/team strongly believes that we all are equally responsible to act in favor of the local culture and environment. We would like to follow the important role of following the rules.
- please respect the local people and their laws, custom and beliefs.
- Please always ask your guides for permission before doing something in the local community.
- please support the environment clean, wherever you would travel and dispose of rubbish
- Please help the local community to encourage the positive sides of tourism as long as possible.
We at Alpine Ramble Treks are involved in the Kathmandu Environmental Education Project (KEEP) and organize eco-friendly trips that teach to make the sustainable positive environmental sensitivity of both travelers and communities.
Best Time To Travel
The Annapurna base camp trek can be done throughout the year, but during the dry season (autumn), which runs from the middle of September to May, and the pre-monsoon season (Spring) from March to May, these months are the absolute time and favorable months for trekking in the Nepal Himalayas. It offers a crystal-clear view of fresh snowy mountains with a nice temperature, and nights are quite cold; normally, the temperature drops to the negative during the nights.
Transportations
Alpine Ramble Treks provides all the necessary transportation for your trip, including the free transportation to and from the airport for our valuable clients. On your arrival, you will be warmly welcomed by our airport representative traditionally and you will be reassigned to your hotel. Similarly, we also provide private vehicles for Kathmandu Valley sightseeing and a small tour of city areas.
Booking and payment process
Alpine Ramble Treks (P) Ltd. is a government-authorized and registered trekking and adventure operator based in Nepal.
The company registered number is 178805/074/075. We are also associated with various local tourism sectors to process the trip booking with Alpine Ramble. The percentage of full trip payments can be made with required documents such as passport, travel insurance copies, and flight details to Nepal within two weeks from the booking date.
Our respected traveler can make the payment online directly from our website, through bank transfer, Western Union, or any other remittance; the remainder can be paid on your arrival at the Kathmandu hotel or office.
Your safety is of paramount concern while traveling with Alpine Ramble Treks. Come and enjoy the trip; book online without any booking and credit card fee!
We look forward to guiding you in the Himalayas for a wonderful trekking experience of a lifetime!
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