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The Annapurna Circuit Trek (ACT), or Around Annapurna Trek, is one of the most celebrated treks in the world and has been consistently rated by many adventure travel writers to be THE ultimate mountain trek . This impressive segment of the Great Himalayan Chain 40-km long holds no less than eleven 7000ers summits and stands almost isolated by profound valleys from neighboring mountain groups from east to west and from the high Tibetan plateau to the north. For many years, until the Nepali government opened up the Manang Valley in 1977, it was effectively a genuine "lost valley" as it remained cut off from the outside world and was virtually closed to foreigners. This is a trek rich in contrasts and it introduces us to the full and glorious spectrum of Nepal's scenery as it threads its way through a mountainous mosaic of picturesque landscapes of often wondrous beauty ... carrying the wide-eyed walker from lowland terraced farms and forests to barren desert steppes, deep gorges & valleys, and alpine tundra & giant glaciated Himalayan peaks in the north. Here on this trek, one can view the three mighty peaks of Manaslu (8156-m), Dhaulagiri (8,167-m) and Annapurna (8,091-m).
This is a challenging long trek of about 250-km in less than 3 weeks. The good thing about this trek is that we have a change of view of a new spectacular mountain every other day, right from the first day of trek to the last day. The highlight of the trek is the crossing of snow-covered Thorung La, which at 5,416-m, is a whole lot higher than the highest peak in the European Alps and presents the most formidable challenge on this trek requiring up to 12 hours or more of continual trekking besides being potentially hazardous if weather or trail conditions is bad. This is a trek that you will remember long after the memories have faded.