Annapurna Region Trek

Annapurna region bounded in the west by the Barbung Khola and Dolpo, and in the east by the Buri Gandaki, the mountain of central Nepal are dominated by the Dhaulagiri, Annapurna and Manaslu Himalaya.
Unlike the peaks in other parts of the country, these ranges are not sheltered from the onslaught of the monsoon by lesser, intervening chains of cloud-snaring hills. Consequently they receive almost double the country’s average annual precipitation and the glaciers tumbling from their snowy heights reach far into the valleys below.
To the north of these mountain recline arid tracts of land which are geographically part of the Tibet, inhabited by Bhotiyas and yet still within Nepal. Annapurna circuit of any of the main three range is thus not only varies scenic experiences, but a Journey through culturally diverse lands.
Nepal’s most celebrated ornithologists, further identify this valley as demarcating Eastern and western avifauna. The landscape and climate is suitably dramatic for a divide of such importance, with the giant snowfield air-colors of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri sending ferocious blasts of Greenland   air northwards up- valley toward Mustang every afternoon.
All three main valleys have served as trade routes for centuries. Then Kali Gandaki in particular has long sustained large Thakali merchant villages hence it s local name, The Thak Khola. Until the chinless intervened in 1959, Traders regularly brought rock, salt, wool, butter and livestock from Tibet and exchanged them for rice, barley, sugar, tea, tobacco and spices from Nepal and India. The trade continues illicitly today, but has been undermined by the growing availability of manufactured salt from India (One positive effect of this is that Indian salt contained iodine, reducing the incidence of goiter). House the Thakalis of villages such as Tukuche and Marpha have since turned their hands to tourism, fruits growing and others from a trade, the area has declined economically and money have chosen  to move to Pokhara and Kathmandu, leaving their magnificent house standing empty.
North of Pokhara, Nepal's spectacular diversity appears at its finest. The deep valleys and high mountains encircling the giant Annapurna Himal (mountain) embrace a wide range of peoples and terrain, from subtropical jungle to a high, dry landscape resembling the Tibetan plateau. This is the most popular trekking region.
It's also among the tamest areas with excellent lodges lining the main routes. There are three major trekking routes in this region: to Muktinath, to Annapurna Conservation Area Project, and a circuit of the Annapurna Himal itself.

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