Scenic Annapurna Sanctuary Trek leads into the hidden alpine amphitheatre of the Annapurna Base Camp with famous Poon hill exploration hike.

The aptly named Annapurna Sanctuary trek is one of the scenic teahouse trekking in Annapurna region. Annapurna sanctuary - high glacier basin, is also known as Annapurna base camp trek, surrounded by more than a dozen peaks higher above 7000 meters and numerous peaks over 6000 meters. High peaks all aorund including the 8000 meter peak of Annapurna I just on the north very close and glaciated wilderness of the sanctuary is simply awe - inspiring. New York Times quoted trekking to the Annapurna sanctuary, a place that "marries natural grandeur, cultural immersion and relative luxury in a union found nowhere else". This Annapurna teahouse trekking routes explore the diverse ranges of climate from sub tropical to alpine as the vegetation changes and direse thenic groups of inhabitant people in being displace like an open museum giving the trekkers a fascinating firsthand experience of Nepal's cultural and natural beauties.

We start this popular Annapurna sanctaury trek with ascends through cultivated fields and lust forests of oak, magnolia and rhododendron before arriving at the hill top at Ghorepani. We hike Poon hill ( 3232 meter) in the morning for best sunsire view. It portraits an impressive mountain panoramic vistas of 8000 meter peaks like Annapurna I, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu and many more other peaks including Hiunchuli, Annapurna south and the fluted peak of Machhapuchhare, known as the fishtail as its distinctive summit shape. The combination of tiny thatched roofed villages set amongst the terraced fields on the backdrop of stunning mountain ranges makes this teahouse trekking to Annapurna sanctuary is one of the most picturesque treks in Nepal.

We trek along the narrow Modi Khola valley seeing the towering peaks and dizzyingly high rock walls with waterfall tumbling down into the roar of the river below.  We ascend to Machhapuchhare base cmap as the valley get widens on the lateral moraine of Annapurna South glacier. The mountain views are simply great from here: Hiunchuli, Annapurna south, Annapurna I, Annapurna III, Gangapurna, Macchapuchhare itself makes a fabulous panorama. Anohter 2 to 3 hours of climb takes you to the Annapurna base camp, a natural alpine amphitheatre, an awesome SANCTUARY. The enoromous south face of Annapurna dominates the basin. Annapurna base camp set within the vast spectacular natural amphitheatre of the Annapurna sanctuary, an unbelievably vista where you are surrounded by stunning, glistering peaks - a truely unforgettable Himalayan sceneries.