Sirubari Vallage Tour

A NEW CONCEPT IN NEPAL TRAVEL

In the past touring in Nepal has meant either trekking along the trails or staying in specially built resorts. Getting to know the local and their culture has been difficult.

Now you can experience a stay in an unspoiled village living as a family member.

SIRUBARI VILLAGE: The village is a totally unspoiled Gurung settlement set in the hiss at 1700 meters above sea level. The climate is ideal at any time during the September to June season with warm days and nights.

Sirubari village is a short drive and walk from Pokhara, the major tourist center for the Annapurna. It is reached from the road to Lumbini. The trail to the village is steep but well made and most people manage to reach the village after a three hour walk.

You will be welcomed into the community and invited to stay in the home of one of the villages. The accommodation is simple but comfortable with good bedding as well as clean toilet facilities. The food is delicious and you will be eating your meals as one of the family.

Each night there will be entertainment provided by the community, One evening this will be in the form of traditional Gurung and Nepali dancing and singing. You can join in if you leave.

THERE ARE THE MOUNTAINS: Just because you are not trekking it doesn’t mean that you won’t see the mountains. An easy one hour walk above the village is the viewpoint at Thumro. At 2300 meters this is the highest point of Pokhara and the views on a clear day are spectacular.

Spread before you are rolling foothills dotted with isolated farming communities and crowned by an array of snow peaks that will leave you breathless. From Manaslu in the east through Machhapuchare and the Annapurnas and around to Dhaulagiri the Himalaya giants all line up for your camera to capture.

VILLAGE LIFE: During your stay you will be able to feel what it is like to live the life of a Nepali villager. Walk with your family while they go about their daily chores, tending animals, tilling the fields, going to school with the children, or just sitting in the sun talking to neighbors. Feel free to wander, safely, by yourself and look at all of the developments that the community have supported and funded, the primary health center with its doctor, the agricultural service center. The veterinary hospital. The plant nursery and forest plantation. The list goes on.

And, at the end of your stay, you will be overwhelmed by the farewell that your new family will give you. If you never come this way again the village and its people will remain in your heart forever.

PACKAGES: Our packages normally start and end in Pokhara. Once you leave town all of your expenses are covered by the package price.

The standard packages are two nights/three days and ľ days starting after breakfast at Pokhara and finishing back in Pokhara late afternoon on the last day. Extensions are always possible on request. Helicopter transfers can be arranged, provided at least 48 hrs notices is given. We can arrange extended trekking itineraries that also include the village visit, ask us for details.

WHAT YOU WON’T GET: Hot showers, television, bottled beer, hamburgers, rubbish on the trail and thousands of tourists.

WHAT YOU WILL GET: Delicious local food and drink, comfortable accommodation, a welcome like you have never had before and the culture experience of a lifetime.