Tourists throng Annapurna Base Camp

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२२ कार्तिक २०८३, आईतवार ०८:१३November 8, 2026

Myagdi. The number of tourists has increased at Annapurna Base Camp and Maurice Herzog trekking route at Annapurna Rural Municipality-4 in Myagdi.

The base camp of the 8,091-metre-high Annapurna Mountain, Panchakunda Lake and the Maurice Herzog trekking route have been bustling due to favourable weather conditions.TAG_OPEN_div_30

Tej Gurung, campaigner of the Maurice Herzog Trekking Route, said that around 200 tourists from Nepali, Indian and third countries are visiting the base camp every day after Dashain. “Youths and employed people have chosen the Annapurna Base Camp as they have not been harmed by the monsoon-induced disaster of last September and are safe,” he said, adding that the restaurants and camps along the trekking route are full.TAG_OPEN_div_28 ”

Located at an altitude of 4,05 TAG_OPEN_div_26 0 meters above sea level, the base camp is being developed as a new tourist destination in recent times. Tourism entrepreneurs of Beni, Bhurung-Tatopani and Narchyang are excited.

Prof Manita Rayamajhi of Myagdi Multiple Campus, who returned to Beni after completing a family visit to Annapurna Base Camp, said that the journey to Annapurna Base Camp which can be done in two to three days is short, adventurous and pleasant.TAG_OPEN_div_24

{{TAG_OPEN_div_22} For the convenience of tourists, temporary structures have been constructed at various places from Humkhola to Base Camp along the footpath and tea and snack shops and hotels with food and lodging facilities have been brought into operation. Shelters have been constructed at Sandhikharka, Bhusket Mela and Panchakunda Lake premises.

Drinking water and toilets and other tourism infrastructures have been constructed in Humkhola, Phutphute waterfall, cave, Bhusket and Panchakunda. Trekking routes and suspension bridges have been repaired with the budget of federal, provincial and rural municipalities.TAG_OPEN_div_20

The statues of the first climber Maurice Herzog, Louis Lachenal and Nepali colleague Sonam Wangchuk Sherpa have been kept at the base camp and an open museum has been set up. Last week, a tourist information center was set up at Bansbot, the entrance of the trekking route. Lok Bahadur Phagami, ward chairman of Annapurna Rural Municipality-4, said that the trekking route was named after the first climber, Maurice Herzog.

{{TAG_OPEN_div_16} Under the ‘Maurice Herzog Trekking Route’ which leads to the base area of Annapurna I, known as the ‘Jetho Himal’ in Nepal, one can reach Annapurna Base Camp after 20 kilometers of vehicle from Dobhan-Chhotepa of Narchyang to Humkhola, from there on foot for about 21 kilometers and after two days of trekking. The Phatfute waterfall on the footpath, the Panchakunda lake in the base camp area and the natural beauty of the mountains make the journey of tourists more exciting.