Dhaulagiri, the White Mountain was first climbed by the Swiss in 1960. Its name is derived from Sanskrit “Dhavala- means white” and Giri is mountain – The White Mountain. It is an enormous Himalaya massif located in the North Central Nepal. It was first sighted by the British surveyors in India in the early 1800s and it remained as highest peak in the world till 1848 AD. Later it was mapped by one of the secret Indian surveyors in 1873 AD. But the region remained largely unknown until a Swiss aerial survey in 1949.

Dhaulagiri 8167m is one of the most popular 8000m. Peak for climbing in Nepal. Dhaulagiri expedition offers a nice trek of Around Dhaulagiri, Dhaulagiri pass trekking, Dhaulagiri circuit in Annapurna region. Normally, four camps will be set up for climbing Dhaulagiri mountaineering. Advance Dhaulagiri base camp will be set up at 5,300m. This is used for depositing the stuff and not as camping due to avalanche danger. Camp I will be set up at 5,900m. On the Col. which requires climbing towards the east from the Advance Dhaulagiri Base Camp. Dhaulagiri Camp II will be fixed at 6,400m. This will require stretches of steep climbing. From Dhaulagiri Camp II, we climb towards west side with steep climbing and arrive Dhaulagiri Camp III at 7,200m. We then climb towards the East Ridge. When we get over the ridge, we will have to be very careful climbing over the ridge and probably, we will have to face strong wind while climbing and arrive at Dhaulagiri Camp IV, 7,500m. The climbing of this section is considered the most difficult in the expedition. Then we will push the summit and return to Dhaulagiri Camp III if everything goes well as planned. If we could not approach the summit from Dhaulagiri Camp IV due to bad weather or other reasons, we will have to fix bivouac at 7,900m.and next day try to push to the summit.

Itinerary in details (Mt. Dhaulagiri Expedition)

Day 01: Arrival at Kathmandu Airport (1345 meters)
Meet our airport representative and transfer to the hotel by private vehicle. Overnight at hotel

Day 02: Sightseeing around Kathmandu Valley.
Start the sightseeing trip at 9 am in the morning after breakfast. Where you will be provided with a Private vehicle and a professional tour guide. You will be visiting Pashupatinath Temple, Buddhanath Temple, Monkey Temple, Bhaktapur Durbar Square and Kathmandu Durbar Square. The afternoon includes a final briefing and preparation of the trek. Overnight at hotel.

Day 03: Fly from Kathmandu to Pokhara. Stay overnight at hotel in Pokhara.

Day 04: Fly from Pokhara to Jomsom. Stay overnight in Jomsom

Day 05: Trek from Jomsom to Kagbeni. Stay overnight in tea house.

Day 06:  Day hike to Muktinath, back to Jomsom. Stay overnight in tea house

 Day 07: Trek to Yak Kharka/Alu bari. Camping

Day 08: Trek from Yak Kharka to Kalo pani. Camping

Day 09: Trek from Kalo Pani to Hidden Valley. Camping

Day 10: Trek from Hidden Valley to Dhauligir Base camp. Camping

Day 11-13: Base camp 

Day 14-52: Mt. Dhaulagiri climbing period

Day 53: Trek back to Hidden Valley. Camping

Day 54: Trek from Hidden Valley to Yak Kharka. Camping

Day 55: Trek from Yak Kharka to Jomsom. Camping

Day 56:  Fly back to Kathmandu via Pokhara. 

Day 57: Leisure day in Kathmandu
It's also spare day in case of bad weather in Lukla. If you are interested in continuing onto Chitwan Jungle Safari, River Rafting Adventure, Kathmandu Shopping Tour or Scenic Everest Flight. Overnight at Hotel.

Day 58: Transfer for your final flight departure
The trip ends, our Airport Representative will drop you to the Kathmandu International Airport for your flight departure from Nepal.