Here are some lists of the short and easy trekking itineraries which have no risk of mountain sickness and freezing cold. These short and easy trekking routes are perfect for the families, elderly, and to the children and enjoy the nature, culture, lifestyle of the villages, and more with an easy walk through the beautiful nature of Nepal.

We are providing you with the information about the short and easy trekking routes in this article if you cannot offer the hard physical pressure, then Nepal still has some beautiful trekking trails which give you a lot of scenic view of the Himalayas and much more.

Nepal is one of the best trekking destinations in the world for trekking and hiking lovers. There are hundreds of trekking trails as adventurous long treks non-adventurous short and easy treks. Nepal satisfies to the all kind of trekkers as their desire, budget, fitness, and the time duration.

Don't have a long holiday for Nepal? Are you looking for a suitable trek for your time frame? don't worry there are numerous short and easy trekking packages in Nepal. If you are the first time trekkers or planning a trek with your family and elderly, these short and easy trekking packages are perfect. You can choose any trekking route according to your time and interest from the list below.

List of the short and easy trekking trails

Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek



Poon hill tower

Number of Days: 5

Trip Grade: Easy

Best Time for the Trek: October - May

Maximum Elevation: 3110 m.

Trip Highlights

View of the stunning Dhaulagiri and Annapurna Massif including the most beautiful mountain Fishtail.

Gurung and Magar (Gurkha Regiment) people culture, lifestyle, and activities.

Nepali national flower rhododendron, Cherry blossom, and other trees green forest.

Ghorepani Poon hill trek is five days long trek in the Annapurna region. This is the most visited trek by the internal and external trekkers every year. The Poon hill tower is the main attraction to see the scenic Dhaulagiri and Annapurna mountains ranges. The Nepali National flowers in the spring and the cherry blossoms in the late autumn make the trail more attractive.

The biggest Gurung village Ghandruk supplies the balance between the nature, culture, and the tradition of an ethnic people of Nepal. Traditional museum and the wonderful Annapurna Mountains welcome to their visitors.

This is a well-managed lodge trek to make your trip luxury with the verities of the food menu.

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Chisapani Nagarkot Trek



View of Langtang Himalayan range from Nagarkot

Number of Days:3-4

Trip Grade: Easy

Best Time for the Trek: October- May

Maximum Elevation: 2175 m.

Trip Highlights

Stunning view of Manaslu, Ganesh Himal, Langtang, Gauri Shankar, and Everest massif.

National park walking and see the wildlife and the vegetation.

Sunrise from Chisapani and Nagarkot.

Chisapani Nagarkot trek is one of the nearest trekking trails from Kathmandu to see beautiful panoramic mountains and more. This trekking is not very cold and the people who have very limited time as less than a week for Nepal and would like to see Nepali Himalayas, we recommend this short and easy trek. Chisapani Nagarkot trek offers local villages, the lifestyle of the villagers, vegetation, sunrise with the stunning Himalayas, and more.

Chisapani Nagarkot trek is 3 days long trek but you may extend another day to Dhulikhel and visit Namobuddha. This trek is very suitable for the families, the elderly, children, and school/university students. This trek starts from Sundarijal and goes through Shivapuri national park to Chisapani and Trek to Nagarkot.

Everest View Trek



View from Everest view hotel

Number of Days: 7

Trip Grade: Moderate

Best time for the Trek: October - May.

Maximum Elevation: 3860 m.

Trip Highlights

Scenic Mountain flight from Kathmandu to Lukla.

Everest Himalayan range including Mt. Everest, Amadablam, Lhotse, and more.

Sherpa culture, lifestyle, and daily activities.

Traditional Sherpa villages and buildings.

Buddhist monasteries, Stupas, and other monuments.

Everest view trek is the best trek to see the world’s highest mountain with having limited time. This one-week long trek provides the beautiful Everest Himalayan range, lifestyle of the mountain legend people Sherpa, Buddhist monuments, wildlife, and much more different experience of Nepal. After having a short flight in a small plane to Lukla, the trek begins passing through the most beautiful Sherpa village Namche.

Everest view trek is the mixture of the culture and the nature leading the trail to the Everest base camp trek. It covers two different viewpoints like the Everest view hotel and the Tengboche hill from where you can see amazing Everest massif. More than a hundred years old monastery stands at the Tengboche hill where you can see the offering by the Lamas. The rare animals, musk deer and red panda can be seen somehow in this area and you also see the Himalayan Thar.

This clean and well-managed lodge trek gives you a warm Sherpa hospitality and lots of nice memories of trekking in Nepal.

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Dhampus Sarangkot Trek



Sunrise view from Sarangkot

Number of Days: 3

Trip Grade: Easy

Best Time for the trek: October - May

Maximum Elevation: 1600 m.

Trip Highlights

The scenic mountain range of Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, and Manaslu.

View of Lake and valley.

The most beautiful sunrise.

Gurung, Brahmin, Chhetri, and other ethnic group and their lifestyle.

Dhampus Sarangkot trek offers the superb view of the Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, and Manaslu ranged mountains including Mt. Machhapuchchre. This trek starts from Phedi, after driving for about a half an hour from Pokhara by private transport and ascent three hours to Dhampus from where you see Annapurna and Manaslu Himalayan range with a beautiful sunrise and trek through a nice and clear long day trek to Sarangkot next day.

Sarangkot is a sunrise hill station near Pokhara so you see the beautiful lake city Pokhara on your right and the stunning Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, and Manaslu massif with the best sunrise of Nepal than a short hike down to Pokhara. You see so many paragliding flights while you are enjoying the view from the hill.

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Mohare Danda Trek



Mohare hill

Number of Days: 6

Trip Grade: Easy

Best time for the trek: October - May

Maximum elevation: 3300 m.

Trip Highlights

Panoramic view of the Dhaulagiri and Annapurna massif.

Gurung and Magar culture, lifestyle, and actives. These people are famous for the Gurkha force.

Beautiful sunrise and sunset from Poon hill and Mohare hill.

Green hills, forest, waterfall, valleys, and rivers.

Mohare Danda Trek offers two different viewpoints like Poon hill and Mohare hill to see the incredible Himalayas, sunrise, and sunset. This six days long easy trek is off the beaten trekking trail where you don’t see many tourists and stay in the community lodges. Mohare Danda trek is the perfect trek for the trekkers who don’t like to trek with the crowd. This trek is very suitable for families, elderly, and children. It may the great help to support the local economy and increase the lifestyle of the locals.

This short and easy Mohare Danda trek starts the trail following to the Ghorepani Poon hill trek and trek to the Mohare hill passing the Poon hill and descends through rhododendron and bamboo forest to the Galeshwor where your trek ends.

You really feel the rural lifestyle and very much enjoy the local hospitality from this trek.

Khopra Danda Trek



Khopra Danda

Number of days: 9

Trip Grade: Moderate

Best Time for the trek: October - May

Maximum Elevation: 3660 m.

Trip Highlights

View of Dhaulagiri and Annapurna Himalayan range from very close.

Stunning view from the Mulde and Poon hill viewpoints.

The biggest traditional Gurung village Ghandruk.

Gurung and Magar culture, lifestyle, and daily activities.

Khopra Danda (ridge) trek is an ideal trek for families and children with the super Annapurna and Dhaulagiri massif and much more. The forest will be very much colourful during the spring with blooming rhododendron. You feel like touching to the high snow-capped mountains from the Mulde viewpoint.

The Khopra danda trek leads after driving about an hour to the Nayapul and trek to the biggest Gurung village Ghandruk. After spending the first night in Ghandruk, then trek continue to Tadapani from where the trails divide to Annapurna Base camp and Ghorepani Poon hill. Following the trail to Dobato, Khopra ridge, and Chistibung, you then trek to Swanta and ascend to the famous place Ghorepani. Here you will visit the Poon hill tour for the unblocked sunrise and the Himalayas then trek down to Tikhedhunga and Pokhara.

This newly opened Khopra Danda trek gives you lots of memories and natural stamps, by the heart touching hospitality of the locals and the superb view.

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Mardi Himal Trek



Mt. Fishtail from Mardi high camp

Number of days: 7

Trip Grade: Moderate

Best time for the Trek: October - May

Maximum elevation: 4250 m.

Trip Highlights

Unblocked Himalayan view every day.

Yak shelters.

Beautiful flowers like rhododendron and cherry blossom.

Traditional Gurung village, their lifestyle, and culture.

Mardi Himal Trek is the best trekking trail to see the Annapurna Himalayan range every day and nice valleys all around. Most of the trekking days trek through the ridge so the views are outstanding. You see the Pokhara valley on your right and Modi valley which the trail leads to the Annapurna base camp on your left. Mardi Himal trek is even better than trekking to the Annapurna base camp.

This one-week long trek starts from Phedi, after driving for about a half an hour from Pokhara and ascend to Deurali leaving Dhampus and Pothana behind. You trek through rhododendron forest after Pothana and Deurali than reach Forest camp. Ghandruk and Chhomrong village looks very nice from here. You trek on the ridge with an open view after this place and enjoy the view every moment.

This new Annapurna trekking route defiantly makes you happy with a sweet memory of trekking in Nepal.

Tamang Heritage Trek



View from Nagthali

Number of the Days: 7

Trip Grade: Easy

Best time for the Trek: October – May

Maximum Elevation: 3165 m.

Trip Highlights

Great view of Ganesh Himal, Langtang, and Tibetan Himalayan range.

The culture, lifestyle, and daily activities of Tamang and Sherpa people.

Bird watching.

Rivers, valleys, green hills, waterfalls, and more.

Tamang heritage trek is a combined culture of Tamang and Sherpa with the great view of mountain ranges. This is a trek that can be done with a low budget. Tamang heritage trail trek is one of the best cultural and nature trek for the family, elderly, and cultural lovers.

Tamang heritage trek starts with about seven hours drive from Kathmandu to Syabrubensi. The trail follows upwards to Goljung Bhanjyang from where you can enjoy the view of Sanjen Himal, Chilime valley, and a big Tamang village Goljung. Following a flat and easy trail with the sounds of beautiful birds, reach to the main village Gatlang.

Nagthali hill is the main place to see the stunning mountains with sunrise and sunset than pass a Sherpa village Thuman. After Thuman, you descend to Bhotekoshi river and ascend to the Bridim where are nice monasteries and other Buddhist monuments. You trek to Syabrubesi back through the pine forest and the trek ends here.

This cultural trek offers a cultural and natural experience of Nepal with the warm hospitality of Tamang people.

Langtang Valley Trek



Langtang Lirung

Number of days: 8

Trip Grade: Easy

Best time for the trek: October – May

Maximum Elevation: 3870 m.

Trip Highlights

The culture, lifestyle, religion, history of the Tibetan looking Tamang People.

Buddhist monasteries, Stupas, other monuments, and Yak cheese factory.

Langtang Massif.

Beautiful Langtang valley.

This 8 days long Langtang valley trek supplies the history about the settlement of the Tibetan people and how they are staying as Tamang now. Outstanding Langtang valley trek is a really nice trek for the trekkers who are looking a trek in Nepal without hard physical fitness.

After the long journey drive from Kathmandu to Syabrubesi, the trek starts with following the Langtang River. Naturally growing marijuana fields, waterfalls, green forest, beehives, and much more other factors make your trek wonderful. Langtang valley trek is a perfect trek for the birdwatchers with more than 300 species of the birds. Sebok (natural thorn berries) juice is nice to have here and real Yak cheese factory in Kyanjin Gompa. Kyanjin Ri and T-Serkori are amazing viewpoints to see the Langtang Himalayan range.

This Langtang valley trek was badly affected by the big earthquake in 2015 so you may still see some destruction somewhere.

Gosainkunda Trek



Gosaikunda lake

Number of Days: 7

Trip Grade: Moderate

Best time for the Trek: October – May

Maximum Elevation: 4380 m.

Trip Highlights

Unblocked view of Manaslu, Ganesh Himal, and Langtang massif.

Beautiful high mountain holy lakes

Tamang culture, lifestyle, and daily activities.

Hindu/ Buddhist temples and Yak cheese factory.

This one week long Gosainkunda trek is a gateway to heaven. The stunning mountain view of Manaslu, Ganesh Himal, and Langtang Himalayan ranges from the Lauribinayak is worth to see with the sunrise and sunset over those mountains. Gosainkunda trek is the perfect trekking destination for the Hindu/Buddhist pilgrims, families, elderly, and children to enjoy with the beloved nature.

Gosainkunda lake trek is also known as the frozen lakes trek which starts from Dhunche, after driving about 6 hours from Kathmandu. Following through the pine and rhododendron forest, reach a big Tamang village Syabru. You see the really good view from here than trek continues to Lauribinayak. Lauribinayak is an open place above the tree line from here, you see the stunning standing big snow-capped mountains with sunset and sunrise. Gosainkunda and the other lakes are after this place and there is a temple of Shiva. There are lots of Hindu pilgrims for their worship in August during the festival. The lakes will be freeze during the winter.

This Gosainkunda frozen lakes trek has the lodges with the food menu for your stays up here and the locals welcome you with their best hospitality.

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Helambu Trek



Helambu trekking trail

Number of Days: 7

Trip Grade: Easy

Best time for the Trek: October – May

Maximum Elevation: 3650 m.

Trip Highlights

Langtang and Gauri Shankar Himalayan range.

Hyolmo (Sherpa looking) people, their culture, activities, and activities.

Monasteries, Stupas, and other Buddhist monuments.

Helambu trek is one of the trekking trails with fewer trekkers so if you would like to trek with peaceful environment, you defiantly love this trekking. This one-week long trekking offers the beautiful Himalayan range and real rural experience to the visitors.

Helambu trek starts from Kathmandu after driving for about an hour to Sundarijal and trek through the Shivapuri national park. Chisapani leads the trails to Nagarkot on the right and Helambu on the left. The trail is nice and easy until Patibhanjyang and ascends to Kutumsang and Thadepati. You take right to the Helambu from Thadepati and see Buddhist monuments and Hyolmo culture with Gauri Shankar and Langtang Himalayan range.

This less crowded trekking trail gives you the cultural, religious, and much more Nepali experiences with their great hospitality.

Indigenous Peoples Trek



Indigenous peoples trail

Number of Days: 8

Trip Grade: Easy

Best time for the Trek: October – May

Maximum Elevation: 2800 m.

Trip Highlights

Long ranged Himalayan view from east to west.

The local cultural experience of Indigenous people.

Hindu and Buddhist temples and shrines.

Not much popular but very nice trekking trail to see different ethnic people, their culture, and lifestyle, indigenous peoples trail trek is one of the best options. Scenic mountains range with sunrise and sunset from different hills and feel the real rural lifestyle from a few hours’ drives from the capital city of Nepal, we recommend visiting indigenous peoples trail. Tamang, Sherpa, Sherpa, and Majhi are the main inhabitants of this trekking trail. Staying with Majhi near the riverside, see their cultural program and have the fresh fish which cooked in Majhi’s kitchen are the typical experience which you may not have with other trekking trails in Nepal.

Drive for about 5 hours from Kathmandu, you reach to Mude than the trek starts towards to Deurali. Crossing some village, traces, hills, Hindu and Buddhist temples with the great view, you trek down to the Lubughat and Nepalthok than drive back to Kathmandu with an unforgettable natural and cultural experience.

Indigenous peoples trail has not well-managed lodges and western foods so you need to stay with locals and in the community lodges during your trek.

Jomsom Muktinath Trek



Jomsom airport

Number of Days: 9

Trip Grade: Easy

Best time for the trek: October – May

Maximum Elevation: 3760 m.

Trip Highlights

Beautiful Annapurna and Dhaulagiri Himalayan range.

Poon hill viewpoint for unblocked sunrise and mountains.

Natural hot spring.

High mountain desert.

Delightful apple orchids.

Jomsom Muktinath trek is also known as Kaligandaki valley trek with surrounding snow-capped high mountains. This 9 days long trek is recommended for the families, elderly, and all the trekking lovers. The deepest Kaligandaki river gorge, fossil, waterfall, and other attractions are the main attractions of this trek.

Jomsom Muktinath trek is a mixture of the greenery and the high mountain desert starting the trek following the Ghorepani Poon hill trek and reaches to a Hindu and Buddhist holy place Muktinath. You see Hindu temples, shrines, Buddhist monasteries and other monuments with a natural gas flame inside a monastery. This is a rain shadow region so you see the roofs of the houses with soil. You may visit more than 500 years monastery in Kagbeni and lots of manmade caves for the meditation than fly back to Pokhara from Jomsom.

The main inhabitants of this trekking trail are Thakali who is really famous for Nepali food Dalbhat with luxury lodges and nice hospitalities.

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Annapurna Base Camp Trek



Annapurna Base Camp (4130m.)

Number of Days: 11

Trip grade: Moderate

Best time for the Trek: October – May

Maximum elevation: 4130 m.

Trip Highlights

Scenic Annapurna and Dhaulagiri Himalayan view.

Pon hill tower for the sunrise and the Mountain View.

Gurung and Magar culture and tradition.

Natural hot spring.

Very close to the mountains and glacier.

Annapurna base camp trekking is a famous moderate trekking trail which thousand of trekkers visit every year. You don’t have the very good stamina for this trek so it is another trekking route recommendation for the family, children, and all kind of hiking fans. Annapurna base camp trekking also can be done in a week.

Annapurna base camp trek supplies a lot of different Nepal experiences like attractive mountains, green forest, culture, hot spring, and much more. This trek leads the trail through Ghorepani Poon hill at the beginning and ends also to the same place.

Annapurna base camp trek is managed by the lodge association comity and really safe trekking zone in Annapurna region.

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