Trip Overview
| Duration: 18 days |
Country: Nepal |
| Max. Altitude: 3,700m/12,140ft. |
Walking Per Day: 4-5 hrs |
| Accommodation: Tea House, Tent Camp |
 Grade: Strenuous
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| Best Season: Autumn and Spring |
Group Size: 1-10 |
| Mode: Tea-House, Home-Stay |
Culture: Thakur Culture, Mixed Culture |
With so many magical and memorable trekking experiences in Nepal, it can be hard to know which Himalayan adventure holiday to choose. If what you seek is a blissful escape and a chance to see nature at its most magnificent, then you need to follow the path less traveled to Rara Lake.
Exploring the unspoiled and extreme beauty of nature in the Rara National Park is an experience you will carry with you for the rest of your days. It is the perfect holiday for anyone who wants to walk off the beaten trail, meditate in the Himalayas, or simply immerse themselves in a multitude of nature's greatest achievements.
For those who are short of time, we also have a 12-day Rara Short Trek which can be further shortened and completed within 10 days or less depending upon the pace of walking, weather conditions, and so on.
Overview - Rara Lake Trekking
The natural and cultural journey towards Rara Lake begins with a flight from Kathmandu to Nepalgunj followed by another connecting flight to Simikot. Then we follow off the beaten path through beautiful villages, forested lands, grasslands, riverbanks, and several ascends and descends for around ten days of adventure trekking to attain Rara.
Accommodations: Rara Lake Trek
Accommodation during the trek would be a mixture of camping and homestay that provides us a real feeling of adventure with a chance to get close to locals. Farming local produce with honey hunting also comes under the local profession living in these areas.
Most of the local inhabitants belong to poor underprivileged backward societies unknown to modernization and complicated technologies. Their life isn't simple but simplicity is found in them. Therefore, travelers visiting this beautiful place also will play a significant role in uplifting their lifestyles. Tourism creates jobs. Also, Tourism is the main source of income and best thanks to supporting the local economy.
In this way, the magnificence of exploring rural areas around Rara Lake is continued for several more days towards Chauta, Nauri Ghat, and Jumla before catching a flight to Nepalgunj or flying directly from Talcha to Nepalgunj. Finally after getting back to the capital city of Kathmandu conclude our naturally beautiful and culturally rich Rara Lake Trek.
Rara Lake and Rara National Park
Trekking around majestic Rara Lake is like watching a stunning piece of art. As a painter dissolves several colors and creates magic on his canvas; with a similar passion, nature has blended its colors and created a heavenly site offering an exclusive opportunity for visitors to witness amazing fantastic things about nature.
While we rehearse lush green forests and invest our energy to urge on top of the valley, across pasture lands, and culturally rich villages; the authentic lifestyle of local inhabitants is experienced personally with utmost simplicity.
Rara National Park
Rara Lake itself is the main highlight of this trip, It is the largest lake in Nepal in the smallest but diversified Rara Park. Believed to be the most beautiful park, it's covered with coniferous forest which is the home to numerous floras and faunas. Rare habitats like snow trout fish are merely found here in the crystal clear water of Rara Lake.
The park is additionally a great spot for bird watching and spotting other species like Danfe, cervid, etc. Kanjirowa Himal is reflected on Rara Lake on a transparent day creating the right panoramic picture that enchants every visitor of course.
Physical Fitness and Best Season
Rara Lake Trek isn't a high altitude trekking; therefore hypoxia shouldn't be a controversy. However, you need to be physically fit and will be able to take up challenges in front of you while walking on the agricultural off-the-beaten trails. If you visit during the spring months of March, April, and will, you may be endowed with blossoming rhododendron trees. and through the autumn season, the weather is okay with crystal clear magnificent landscapes and neighboring Himalayan views. So, if it's Rara Lake Trek then make it happen with Nepal Mountain Trekkers!
Equipment Checklist
Equipment lists for 18 days Rara Trek
HEAD
Sun hat or scarf
Light balaclava or warm fleece hat
Sunglasses
Head Torch
Suncreams(40+) and Lip Balms
UPPER BODY
Cotton t-shirts and thermals
Fleece jacket
Waterproof jacket
Down jacket
LOWER BODY
Lightweight cotton pants (long)
Waterproof pants
Inner thermals
FEET
Thin inner socks (3 pairs)
Thick, warm wool hiking socks
Comfortable hiking boots
Shower sandals
HANDS
Gloves (Cotton and Waterproof)
Creams
Sanitizer
ACCESSORIES
Sleeping bag rated to -10°C +
Trekking bag (Rucksack)
Duffel bag
Large plastic bags (for keeping items dry inside trek bag)
Trekking poles (optional, recommended)
Water bottle or camel bag
Toiletries and Tissue Papers
First Aid Kits
Personal Regular Medicines
Knee Caps
Bandages
Ointments
Blister Tape
MISCELLANEOUS
Medicines: We recommend you bring your regular medicines; we will provide a first aid kit from our side.
Light-weighted Towel
Swiss Knife
Passport and extra passport photos
Water Purifying Iodine Tablets, Drop or Sterilizer
