Annapurna Base Camp trekking anticipates with its sanctuaries which begin from Chomrong and Himalpani Tatopani. From base camp you will be able to see Annapurna1 which is rare. Once you are in base camp both the MBC and ABC in the night you will feel like stars are falling into your head. The base camp valley is very wide. The Annapurna Sanctuary is “high glacial basin lying forty km directly north of Pokhara. This oval-shaped plateau sits at an altitude of over 4000 meters, [1] and is surrounded by a ring of mountains, the Annapurna range, most of which are over 7000 meters.[2] With the only entrance a narrow pass between the peaks of Hiunchuli and Machapuchare, where run-off from glaciers drain into Modi Khola River, the Sanctuary was not penetrated by outsiders until 1956.[1] Because of high mountains on all sides, the Annapurna Sanctuary receives only 7 hours of sunlight a day at the height of summer.[1] The unique combination of heights and depths in the Annapurna Sanctuary give rise to an extraordinary variety of ecosystems. The south-facing slopes are “covered in dense tropical jungles of rhododendron and bamboo”, while the north-facing slopes, in the rain shadow, have “a drier colder climate similar to that of the near-by Tibetan Plateau.”[1] In recent years, the number of trekkers to the Sanctuary has increased substantially, in part because the Sanctuary forms the base of one of the major routes to the peaks of the Annapurna range. The Annapurna Sanctuary is now part of the Annapurna Conservation Area Project, which places restrictions on number of outside travelers, gathering of firewood, and domestic animal grazing.[5]
Posted on: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 05:09:42 +0000
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