Annapurna Region Trek

Annapurna region is bounded in the west by the Barbung Khola and Dolpo, and in the east by the Buri Gandaki River and the mountains dominating central Nepal are Dhaulagiri, Annapurna and Manaslu.
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 Tibet, inhabited by Bhotiyas and yet still within Nepal. Annapurna circuit on any of the main three ranges not only varies in scenic experiences, but is also a journey through culturally diverse lands. Nepal's most celebrated ornithologists, further identify this valley as demarcating Eastern and Western avifauna.
All three main valleys have served as trade routes for centuries. The Kali Gandaki in particular has long sustained large Thakali merchant villages hence it s local name, The Thak Khola. Until the Chinese 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 contain iodine, reducing the occurrence of goiter).
Nepal's spectacular diversity appears at its finest in the region north of Pokhara. 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 several major trekking routes in this region:

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