Manaslu
Manaslu is one of the most spectacular peaks to look at, and a pleasure and an enticing challenge to climb.
Trip Overview
Standing as a relatively isolated 8000m peak in Nepal’s central mountain region, Manaslu (8,156m) is the world’s 8th highest mountain. Like Cho Oyu, it’s a great mountain to test extreme high altitude climbing before taking on the challenge of the world’s highest peak, Mt Everest. Manaslu is largely a non-technical climb when compared to other 8,000m peaks. However, its avalanche-prone slopes mean that careful climbing is required throughout the expedition. Extensive knowledge of the mountain, sound leadership and strategy offered by Expedition Base put you in a position for success on this commanding peak.
Your Expedition Base experience will see you trekking in from the village of Arughat, which at an altitude of only 530m is subtropical! The trail to Manaslu closely follows the Budhi Gandaki river, and weaves through Gurung farming villages, bamboo forests and countless waterfalls during summer, before climbing steeply into high alpine Bhotia villages inhabited by Tibetan descendents. This expedition has an all-round experience! This expedition will summit Manaslu via the North-West ridge by placing four high camps above base camp. The most technical section is through the icefall between Camps 1 and 2, with some potential for serac fall in certain conditions. The remainder of the route is relatively straight forward, with increasing steep sections from Camp 3 to the summit.
In addition to trekking into this amazing mountain, for those who are short on time, we have a heli ingress option available. For those who elect to avail themselves of this option, the start date in Kathmandu for 2019 is 6 September 2019. The revised trip cost for heli ingress option is from $US20,500pp (current to October 2018).
Why join with Expedition Base?
When it comes to mountaineering expeditions, for any peak, we are known for our sound strategy, strong leadership and well-resourced approach to our expeditions. The mountains are fun and full of wonderful experiences. But, we also recognise that they also carry with them risk. For that reason, we approach the mountains on the basis of ‘safety first’. With safety as our first focus, fun and amazing experiences will follow. Few companies offer logistics as good as ours for a reasonable price point. Our goal is to put our clients in the best position for success, whatever their personal goal in the mountains may be. Our guides are some of the best in the business, with experience on a wide range of peaks from small, right up to the 8,000m peaks, many with multiple summits on the 8,000m peaks. We see strong leadership as critical to success on the world’s highest peaks and we can offer that leadership here at Expedition Base – and not all companies can. We offer the level of services historically offered by leading western companies, but without costly western overheads. In the mountains, your safety is our prime importance. We know our clients value our commitment to them and with that flows a great experience.
Trip Highlights
- The 8th highest mountain in the world
- Trek into base camp through the ‘valley of 1,000 waterfalls’
- A magical part of Nepal
- A special climb in itself, but also great preparation for a climb of Mt Everest
