Nepal, as a diverse country, in the prospect of the geology as well as the topographical, climatic, and vegetation variation, is one of the nice and beautiful excursion destinations to make lifelong travel experiences. This article is meant to help you choose one of the best trekking destinations among 3 trekking destinations: Everest, Annapurna, and Manaslu.
Geography of Nepal—country of Mount Everest
Most of the trekking destinations in Nepal are differently beautiful from each other. As far as I have been working with people from different parts of the world and as they share their experience. They feel some place from Nepal to Turkey, some like Switzerland, some like South America or New Zealand. The main reason behind this is the geographical variation of Nepal. In a total area of 147181 km2 of Nepal, it has diversified geology extending from the flat Terai region to towering Himalaya or Everest Annapurna and Manaslu. This varying feature of the country Nepal, is capable of giving different tastes in the different parts of Nepal. Lower region as flat Terai, middle region as hilly region, and high towering mountain region including Everest 8848 m has made Nepal not just more beautiful but also mysterious.
Regarding the cost-short Manaslu trek and Everest panorama view being similar to each other, that means Manaslu is a restricted trail and Everest needs to be done by the air if you want to do it in two weeks of time. Far from that,, we can discuss separately as well.
Manaslu—home for a remote trek:
The Manaslu circuit trek has the initiation point (starting point of the trek) at a height of 560 m and then ascends up to a height of 5106 m at Larkey Pass.The change in the geography and every environmental variation is interesting every day in the Manaslu Circuit Trek Trail.Trekkers will find each day different in this Manaslu Circuit trekking. Manaslu, famous as the Numri Valley Trek, has more of Gurung, Tamang, and some Bhramin and Chhetri as the caste variation of the people in the region.
With this, we can say the trekking trail is mostly with people from Bainse and Sudra in the lower part of the Manaslu trail, whereas Tamang and Gurundg reside higher in the mountain region as the dominant population.
Natural and geographical aspects of Manaslu:
Apart from the cultural attraction of the Manaslu circuit trek, the landscape that you will see from the base camp of Everest and the base camp of Annapurna is available in this region, with many of the base camps that you will see from the distance.Once you start trekking from Samdo to Dharamshala, this day will be more walking on the glacier than just hiking.Dharamshala is like a Glacier destination, where we spend that night right next to the Larkey Glacier. This is one day before the Lakey Pass, in general itinerary of the Manaslu Circuit Trek. From this place, Dharamshala, we witness Larkey Peak really near us.
As we move the next day from Dharamshala (4470 m towards Larkey Pass at a height of 5106 m, it’s all day of walking on the glacier, even after the top of Manaslu Pass. This hiking trail is a beautiful and adventurous trail of the Manaslu trekking trail before we reach Bhimtal for the night. Those stunning villages of Manaslu that make trekkers happy, conserving the blue ships, leopards, and jackals despite the primitive daily lives of people in this remote trek of Nepal; you meet local people on the trail of Manaslu, which makes you smile on the faces of everyone you greet along the route.
The major attraction of the people and tradition is reflected in the long mane walls and gompa you will see in each and every village of the Manaslu trekking region. Centuries of old Gompa and the mane walls on the trail of the Manaslu region (also called the Tsum Numbri region) can never beat the cultural and traditional aspects that you explore on the trail of Annapurna and the Everest trekking region of Nepal, Himalaya.
One of the amazing things about Manaslu is that there are many people whom you meet on the trail, and they cannot speak Nepali and don’t understand Nepali language as well. People here speak similar dialects of Tibetan people,, and Samdo village has access to the Tibetan border off the route from Larkey Bazaar.
We can say this place is one of the isolated parts of Nepal, but things are changing coming to date. Larkey Pass above five thousand and the scenery of the mountain that you see from the different stations, different prospects, and numerous mountains. This is one big difference between the Manaslu circuit trekking trail and the trail of Annapurna and the Everest Himalaya region.
Everest: A common bucket-list item for millions of people around the world:
One of the most greatly admired places on earth and the most famous place in the world, the Everest trekking region is a UNESCO world heritage site.
The Everest Base Camp trek trail is beautiful, with unlimited mountains and close sightings on its way to the famous Himalayan base camp. But the fact is that entire Everest region trails are much more spoiled and often overcrowded. Everest trekking trail in the comparative analysis with Manaslu has wide differences.
The trail in the Everest region is more like a highway to the Himalayan base camp road for the pro-trekkers. People you meet on the trail of the Everest trek will be more modernized and very few marginalized, and the entire scenario of Everest base camp trekking is much more advanced than in the Manaslu region: accommodation, service, and people.
The culture and tradition of the people are no more primitive for the Nepali trekkers, but for the westerners, the people you meet there will be different from their home land, but for sure, westerners will feel the difference even in the comparison between the Everest and Manaslu trekking experiences. In general, Everest trekking starts from the height of 2800 m (at Lukla); if it is a ‘fly in’ trekking itinerary, if it is a ‘drive in’ the height is around 2000 m.
But the case of the Manaslu circuit trek itinerary is different; you start trekking from the height of 500 m and go to the height of 5170 m at Larkey Pass. The Manaslu circuit has enough of an acclimatization itinerary, and the maximum altitude of Manaslu is also lower than that of the Everest trek.
Annapurna region: home for the famous ABC or APC trek:
There are many waterfalls in route of Annapurna trekking; the picture is Syange waterfall. Talking about Annapurna conservation area, it is different from Everest region and Manaslu.You can see some similarities in the people you meet in the Annapurna trail and those from the Manaslu region, but if you go to the depths of the people’s history and their activity, it’s different again.People you see in the Manaslu trekking region are more primitive and culturally beautiful and traditionally decorated than people from Annapurna. Manne Wall and Gompa you see in Manaslu are much older than you imagine, and you will not see these things in Annapurna base camp trek.
However, the APC (Annapurna Circuit Trek) of the Annapurna region has enough of these mountain monasteries, monks, Buddhist prayer flags, glaciers, glacial lakes, and most of those you see either in Manaslu or Everest. But ironically, Annapurna Circuit has roads all the way to 2 days before the high pass, Thorong La Pass, on one side and right after the pass on the other side.
In the case of Annapurna base camp, which does not have a road. Annapurna base camp trek is few villages and clean people and more jungle. Beautiful mountain view from base camp, which already starts from MBC, is stunning for sure. I can say this trail is not primitively decorated by nature but a bit more modern than Manaslu trekking.
The trail of Annapurna base camp has many features, such as a jungle trail, close to the mountain, and taking you really near to the deep glacier of the Annapurna range, but the ABC base camp trek is not as remote and beautiful as Manaslu and not as high-altitude trekking as the Everest region trek.
There are many things that I have seen as the difference between Everest and Manaslu more and Manaslu and Annapurna, but this is the time that I need to give to the guest.
Annapurna region is famous for diverse adventure trails and climbing peaks. Among the oldest and most famous is Thorong La Pass trekking.
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