Today you have a city tour at Kathmandu valley. You will visit the  ancient city Bhaktapur, the holiest Hindu temple Pashupatinath and the  largest stupa in the world Boudhanath. These destinations are the UNESCO  World Heritage Sites and highly visited by locals and tourists. After  the city tour, drive back to your hotel and unpack for the trek 

 After breakfast, you will drive west along Kathmandu- Pokhara Highway  towards the village of Soti Khola, turning off towards the hilltop  village of Dhading. The drive passes through rural communities, small  towns, green terraces, and lush hill sides. The road will eventually  become a rutted, dirt path and you will start to see views of the  southern slope of Annapurna, Manaslu, Ganesh Himal, and Langtang Himal.  Finally, you will arrive at Soti Khola, located in the Budi Gandaki  Valley for dinner. 

 After breakfast at Soti Khola, you will begin this epic trek up and down  through various landscapes including forests, paddy fields, ridges and  cliffs, rivers, streams and waterfalls. The journey begins by crossing a  bridge before you trek through a forest. You will climb onto a ridge  above the wild rapids of Budhi Gandaki River. You will then reach  Khursane on a rocky trail, pass two tropical waterfalls and you will  eventually descend past few paddy fields and continue up and around the  Gurung Village of Labubesi. From here, you will further climb over a  side ridge and head along the shore until you reach the village of  Machha Khola. 

 The trail is narrow at first and gently heads up and down. We will be  crossing the Tharo Khola to reach Khorlabesi. After much ascending and  descending, you will arrive at a small hot spring in Tatopani- a good  place to take a break. From here you will climb over another ridge, then  cross the Budhi Gandaki River. After that, you will climb up a  staircase and head over a ridge to Dobhan. Similarly, crossing another  suspension bridge over the Yaru Khola, you will keep ascending Tharo  Bharyang. Then crossing the west bank of Budhi Gandaki, you will trek  along the river and then climb towards the village of Jagat. 

 From here you will make your way through various landscapes and dense  sub-tropical forest, small rivers, rustic villages to reach to your  final destination. Climb to Salleri and then descend to Sirdibas. The  trail continues to Ghatta Khola. You will continue walking upstream to a  long suspension bridge at  Philim, a large Gurung Village. Our trail  enters a steep uninhabited gorge towards the tiny village of Deng. This  region is known as Kutung. 

 We follow up and down trails towards Ghap- a small village of five or  six stone houses famous for its Mani walls with distinctive carvings of  Buddha. The route ascends making a long climb through bamboo and  rhododendron filled forest to Namrung. Namrung is a small village with  lovely stone houses and a police check post. 

 From Namrung we will move towards the Nupri Region which is inhabited by  descendants of Tibetan immigrants. After passing through the villages  of Barcham, Li and Sho- the trail finally emerges on to a plateau of  Shya. From here we will get to enjoy one of the most spectacular view  sites in the Himalayas with wide vistas of Himal Chuli and Manaslu. We  will spend the overnight here. 

 The trek is rather short for this day. After having through breakfast we  leave Shya and follow the trail that crosses the ridge. Then we enter  and then exit a side canyon. From there we climb across the rocky slope  to emerge on to a ridge overlooking the extensive pastures and fields of  Samagaon. Samagaon is a busy village.