Every Step Around Annapurna Trains the Next Sister
12 daysModerate to Challenging
Adventure12 days circling the Annapurna massif — from subtropical forests through the Tibetan plateau and over the legendary Thorong La Pass at 5,416m. SASANE Sisterhood was founded in 2016 with a single mission: train trafficking survivors into certified professional trekking guides. Your guide on this circuit completed 6 months of intensive trekking and first-aid training before earning her government certification. She knows every teahouse, every weather window, every altitude risk on this route — because she walked it dozens of times during training. You get a world-class trek. She gets a career that rewrote her story.
12 days circling the Annapurna massif — from subtropical forests through the Tibetan plateau and over the legendary Thorong La Pass at 5,416m. SASANE Sisterhood was founded in 2016 with a single mission: train trafficking survivors into certified professional trekking guides. Your guide on this circuit completed 6 months of intensive trekking and first-aid training before earning her government certification. She knows every teahouse, every weather window, every altitude risk on this route — because she walked it dozens of times during training. You get a world-class trek. She gets a career that rewrote her story.
What to Expect
Thorong La Pass
At 5,416m, crossing Thorong La is the defining moment of the circuit. You start before dawn with headlamps, ascending steadily for 3-4 hours through snow-dusted terrain.
Kali Gandaki Gorge
Flanked by Dhaulagiri (8,167m) and Annapurna I (8,091m), this is the deepest gorge on earth. You descend through apple orchards and wind-blasted desert landscapes that feel like another planet.
Guided by SASANE survivors
Your SASANE guide completed 6 months of intensive trekking and first-aid training before earning her government certification. She has walked this circuit dozens of times and knows every teahouse family, weather pattern, and altitude concern personally.
Cultural crossroads
The circuit crosses from Hindu lowlands through Gurung and Manangi settlements to the Buddhist highlands. Muktinath temple is sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists — one of the rare convergences in the Himalayas.
Every Step Funds the Next Survivor's Training
Your guide completed a 6-month professional travel and trekking program after surviving trafficking. The revenue from this trek will fund the next cohort of women entering that same program. Since 2016, over 200 women have graduated from survivors to certified professionals. . Read their journey to the prestigious To Do Award 2023 for Human Rights in Tourism — the first Nepali enterprise to receive this sort of recognition in an international arena. Read more in our blog
200+
Women trained as certified guides
6 months
Professional training per graduate
10+ yrs
Running as a social enterprise
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