Everest Base camp trek or annapurna trek

Hi

I am going to Nepal beginning of November 08 and trying to decide whether to do the Everest Base Camp trek or Annapurna Circuit. Has anyone got advice as to which would be better for a first timer in Nepal? I have read the scenery on the Annapurna circuit is better but then would be amazing to see everest? Also is Chitwan worth doing?

Any thoughts/advice appreciated.

Thanks

Everest Base camp trek or annapurna trek

Both are great treks !

Annapurna Circuit (allow c.20 days) offers very varied scenery, forested valleys, austere high mountain scenery, the arid upper Kali Gandaki, etc., and a number of fascinating villages.

One difficulty is that as you trek for up to ten days to reach Manang at c.3500 metres and then two days later are at 5400 metres on the Thorung La the altitude can hit as you haven%26#39;t really been able to acclimatise.

Apart from Dhaulagiri it%26#39;s difficult to get really good views of the JHimalayan giants because you are almost too close under the northside of the Annapurnas.

Everest Base Camp / Kala Pattar is shorter (c.15 days Lukhla - Lukhla). Again superb scenery, and interesting culture. Disadvantages are that it%26#39;s a there and back route (though it looks different on the way back) as opposed to a circuit (as I don%26#39;t recommend Gokyo - Cho La - Lobuche - Everest Base Camp as a route for a first trek)

Both areas are visited by large numbers of tekkers, with the attendant disadvantages (particularly if you seek the solitude of the hills !) and advantages (there%26#39;s a lot of good accommodation available)

Of course Chitwan is worth it (unless you often have the chance to ride on an elephant through tropical forest, watching rhinos, etc.) and enjoying a Nepalese experience totally different from the trekking experience.

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