5 Days Hiking the Mardi Himal Trek Nepal (What to Expect)

Last year, we spent 5 days trekking through some of the most incredible mountain scenery in the world, on the Mardi Himal trek in Nepal.
Starting in the town of Pokhara - the gateway to the Annapurna region of the Himalayas - we spend the next 5 days trekking 50 kilometres (31 miles) through the foothills, eventually gaining over 3000 metres (9800 feet) in elevation to reach High Camp below the Mardi Himal Base Camp.
This is everything we experienced as we trekked up through both rainforest and snow, spending 5 days staying at teahouses in the mountains of Nepal. Join our awesome journey into the Annapurnas, and see exactly what to expect on a long trek like this into the Himalayas of Nepal.
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Who are Dani and Brenna?
@daniandbrenna
Originally from London, England, we quit our “normal” lives in 2017 to travel the world together.
Starting in Asia, we backpacked our way around the continent for 12 months, before hiking over 1000 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail for 3 months.
Since then, we’ve travelled to over 45 countries together, and embarked on some pretty crazy challenges (including cycling from Seattle to LA on the Pacific Coast Highway)!
We’ve lived in some amazing parts of the world, and together we’ve been slowly ticking off our travel bucket list for over 7 years!
Follow our journey as we explore and experience more - documenting the ups and downs on the way!
00:00 - Intro 🎤
00:41 - Day One 🚕🐈
07:32 - Day Two 🌳☔️
14:18 - Day Three 🌧☃️
20:36 - Day Four 🌅🏔
27:01 - Day Five 🛻🌆

[@sangeetkatila]

Love from Pokhara. ❤

[@syedmanzurilahi8177]

Excellent presentation! Keep hiking and show us more interesting videos of the Himalayas .

[@kusalsava5686]

Incredible views, I also hv a dream to go there and admire the nature

[@lalitshrestha5733]

Thankyou for visiting and exploring our country💕👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@jeward88]

Awesome. I will be hiking the mardi himal route to base camp in October 2025 so going through some vlogs and this is really helpful. 👌🏽

[@0808anwar]

thx for the video. i ve just did ABC and now hoping someday can do Mardi Himal too

[@3496biddhya]

Thanks for visit and exploring our country 🙏

[@Harkag2023]

Great exploring our country 🙏

[@AshishSingh-qq5rv]

I was there in Fall 2015. Mardi BC used to be a little hidden jewel in the foothills of Himalaya back then. Not many hikers. But I hear its crowded to the brim nowadays. Anyways, nice video.

[@daniandbrenna]

I bet it was awesome back then! You’re very lucky 😅

[@MINDWISEMAN]

Nice relaxed presented video, easy to follow & good details. Contributing to final decision to do this trail with plenty of options to overnight stay lodges. Primarily don't want to do this on a mission, maybe staying longer at some locations, prospecting the trek over 6 to 7 days enjoying staying longer at forests & mountain views. Safe travels!

[@daniandbrenna]

Thanks! ☺️ sounds like a great plan - it’s a very beautiful place to spend some time!

[@bandanatamang1886]

Hi from Kathmandu Nepal 🇳🇵. Enjoy and me too hope to go trekking there soon

[@daniandbrenna]

You totally should!

[@rambmji]

Nice to see your video......Keep visiting Nepal and keep promoting virgin places of Nepal.

[@sudhirlama154]

Nice veiw nepal is beautiful country ❤❤❤ well come to nepal both of you❤❤be safe journey always 👌👌👍👍👍

[@daniandbrenna]

Thank you! 😊

[@dipakkarki9785]

Both of you so lovely and very nice video n voice too, The highest himalayas in the world and bravest people in the world , WEL COME TO NEPAL

[@daniandbrenna]

Thank you so much 😀

[@mariannemarlow]

Thanks for this. Well put together and narrated. I love seeing what you ate so thanks for that detail!!

[@daniandbrenna]

Thank you so much!

[@ronallimbu3577]

amazing view ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Dgyreyj]

Wow so beautiful and interesting 😮

[@chelisaki3829]

Welcome to Nepal wish you all the best 🎉🎉🎉

[@khusimangurung7476]

Welcome to Pokhara 😊. By the way you pronounced Macchepucchre correctly wow

[@daniandbrenna]

Thank you ☺️ it did take a few tries to pronounce it correctly 😅

[@ajaykoirala6941]

Beautiful place It took 3 days for us back and forth

[@daniandbrenna]

Wow, three days! You walk faster than us 😅☺️ it is so beautiful up there!

[@kimjr.8115]

Great effort.... love from Nepal ❤️

[@daniandbrenna]

Thank you 🙌

[@limbulimbu7059]

Wow 😍😍❤️❤️🇳🇵🇳🇵🙏🙏

[@wuichong]

Thank you for your sharing. It is really good references for people looking forward to do the same hike. But I always confused and get different information about the need to engage guide. Some people that I communicated with telling me it is mandatory to engage local guide for all hikes in Nepal. But seeing your video and other videos here, I am really confused.

[@deeptipandey9817]

As of April 2023, the Nepal Government has made it mandatory for all trekkers (especially foreigners) to hire a licensed guide, regardless of the trekking area.

[@daniandbrenna]

Thanks for watching! So we actually did this trek in Feb/March 2023, and it wasn't mandatory when we did it (so we didn't hire a guide).

[@easyx636]

Refreshed my video and you stayed at the same tea house I stayed loved the video

[@daniandbrenna]

That’s awesome! Thank you ☺️

[@manishbishowkarma23]

Amazing place to explore. 👍

[@daniandbrenna]

It really is!

[@razraj3373]

Great ...enjoyed it

[@bikalmagar6165]

love form Pokhara ❤️🇳🇵

[@Jiweerai]

Welcome to Nepal 🇳🇵🙏☺️❤️

[@somtamang1635]

Wow beautiful video 😍😍

[@daniandbrenna]

Thank you so much 🥰

[@Userbrokenheart-2411]

Love 💕 from PTN Nepal

[@sushantvoozzeel-t7u]

Welcome to Nepal Ladies, Have a Wonderful Time☺☺

[@daniandbrenna]

Thank you! 😊

[@Izumi_223]

Great 👍

[@samratdhakal5921]

Welcome to Nepal awesome content love it .

[@daniandbrenna]

Thank you 🙌

[@riddhiray5428]

That was very well put ....great video. Just wanted to ask ....can I do this trek mid January?

[@daniandbrenna]

Thank you! I believe there won’t be as many places open in January, but assuming you don’t mind hiking in the snow, then I guess so!

[@riddhiray5428]

Thanks

[@rajlimbu5997]

Enjoy guys 🤟🤟🇳🇵🇳🇵

[@GBLama-o4d]

Hi sis welcome again in again visit nepal thank you love you 🇳🇵🙏👍👍

[@BikashGaming2000]

Mountain View 💀 🔥 ❤🩵🫶🥱😴💤

[@aviyantriki2805]

19:57 i don't know why i am laughing when you said 'weird consistency snow ' 😂. In engineering I studied about different types of precipitation i guess this one's called 'Graupel'

[@daniandbrenna]

Haha I didn’t know how to describe it! I didn’t realise there was an actual name for it 😮😅

[@lucyswanson1176]

Did you do this without a guide? I would love to do it this month but trying to find out if it’s possible to do independently!

[@daniandbrenna]

Yes, we did this without a guide! ☺️

[@lalitshrestha5733]

You should have gone from Dhampus it was shortest route and less budget friendly

[@daniandbrenna]

Next time! ☺️

[@chabilalmagar9679]

Nice❤❤❤sapotig

[@Vib-q3g]

Is the trail clear/well marked throughout?

[@daniandbrenna]

Yes!

[@Hunter_wolf25]

Love from 🇳🇵🇳🇵

[@gyanbanks74]

Next please go to the west of Nepal!

[@funkbudhaagurung9649]

Welcome to Nepal 🇳🇵

[@daniandbrenna]

Thank you!!

[@manjit-xtha2000]

Welcome to my country full of exercise 😁

[@MRSALS]

When did your trek start?

[@daniandbrenna]

The end of February last year

[@CURAIN-NEPAL]

Nice visit nepal

[@IndraSundas-v5t]

❤❤❤

[@Ghanshyamchaudhry-g8d]

Welcome come our country Nepal 🇳🇵

[@daniandbrenna]

Thank you ☺️

[@Ghanshyamchaudhry-g8d]

@@daniandbrenna your most welcome 🤗

[@14-Peaks]

👍👍👍

[@gulqureshi5681]

Come to Pakistan. The epicenter of hiking & trekking ❤

[@daniandbrenna]

We would love to!!

[@tumyehang]

👍👍👍👍

[@PasangdorjeLama-n8x]

🎉❤

[@maheshrawal1675]

❤️🇳🇵🙏

[@CrazzeUnique-nv1te]

Love from #chitwan

[@technepal8369]

💌

[@LaxmiGurung-ur6it]

Visit chitwan better than other sites ❤😂🎉😢😢😮

[@daniandbrenna]

We went to Chitwan and we loved it!

[@prayaggrg]

Due to the weather, the view from the Austrian base camp was not impressive; otherwise, it would have been beautiful. At that time, the locals didn't know how to pronounce "Austrian," so everyone ended up saying "Australians." It was the Austrians who were the first to set up the camp there, hence the name "Austrian camp."

[@daniandbrenna]

Yeah unfortunately the visibility at the lower elevations wasn’t great when we were there! I didn’t realise that about Australia camp, but that’s fascinating!

[@risemedianetwork1092]

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[@SagarRana]

Nepal also helps u lose weight

[@daniandbrenna]

😅

[@mrkarn4506]

Welcome to nepal lady😊😚

[@GBLama-o4d]

🇳🇵🙏💖💖💖💖

[@samratdhakal5921]

1000 rupees is like 7.5 dollar for a room is expensive for you?

[@daniandbrenna]

No I was saying it was just more expensive than the other rooms 😅

[@Sirasthakuari]

❤❤