Food and Accommodation in Mardi Himal Trek

The food you consume and the bed you sleep in are the major determiners for achieving the expected goals of your trip. Since you are on the Himalayan trek and need to walk 4 to 7 hours each day, your body requires food rich in nutrition that gives you high energy. Similarly, you need to have sound sleep every night. So that you will be physically and mentally fit and fresh each morning to resume the adventurous hike.

Most importantly, the teahouses, the guesthouses, and the hotels on this trail are highly aware of keeping the visitors safe and comfortable.

This article briefly describes the food and accommodations in Mardi Himal Base Camp Trek.

Food And Water for Mardi Himal Trek

You will enjoy the delicious food along the Mardi Himal base camp trail.

While trekking in the Himalayas, you had better focus more on what your body requires rather than your favourites. The quality and quantity of food and water you consume during the trip determines the amount of stamina in your body, which is essential for making your trek pleasing and purposeful.

There are some shops along the trail where you can buy some snacks, chocolates and bottled water. The bottled water on the Mardi Himal Low camp, especially at higher altitudes, is significantly more expensive. We suggest you take your own reusable water bottle and fill it at the teahouse before you begin the trek.

You might find some natural sources of water along the trail, but we suggest you do not drink such water directly. You need to purify it with a purification tablet and only drink it. It can be a great idea for you to save money and stay hydrated all the time.

When talking about food in teahouses, Dal Bhat is the most common food. More than 80% of Nepalese take Dal Bhat twice a day. Dal Bhat is a set of rice, lentil or bean soup, vegetable curry, spinach, pickle, etc. It is a popular dish containing plenty of calories and the nutrition our body needs.

Apart from Dal Bhat, the teahouses offer you Indian, Chinese, and Western foods.

What should you expect for breakfast, lunch, and dinner?

In the lower section of the trek, trekkers can find a wide range of food menus. They offer Indian, Chinese, and Western food menus. However, in the upper regions of the Mardi Trek, the foods are basic.

Typically, the breakfast menu includes tea/coffee, Tibetan bread with yak cheese and milk, porridge with milk and honey, pancakes, roti, chapati, eggs, etc. Moreover, the lunch and dinner menus are somewhat the same. They offer Dal Bhat, pasta, Mo: Mo, chowmin, noodles soup, Nepali-style pizza, etc.

The teahouses also provide a dessert menu, which includes puddings, chocolate rolls, sneaker rolls, curd, etc. Additionally, they also have a few hard and soft drink options, like beer, chhyang, tongba, fermented millet alcohol, and many more. But we do not recommend you drink alcoholic drinks during the trek.

Accommodation in Mardi Himal Trek

Before you begin the trek, you will be spending at least a single night either in Kathmandu or in Pokhara. So, you have many options to choose the accommodation according to your interest and budget.

Do not expect the luxurious and sophisticated accommodation on the trekking trail you had in the cities. However, you will have a cozy bed with a warm blanket and soft mattress on four legs, a wooden structure known as ‘Khat’ in Nepali.

Almost all of Nepal’s Himalayan treks are teahouse treks, so the teahouses are the common accommodation in many of the trekking routes, providing just the basic requirements.

Rooms in the teahouses are mostly on a sharing basis.  The Mardi Himal Base Camp trail is not a very old route. So, the number of hotels in Mardi Himal Trek and teahouses is comparatively less than other common routes like ABC and Poon Hill. So, in some of the stations, you may have to share the rooms with 5 to 8 persons.

During peak season, you may have to book the bed 2 to 3 days in advance. Otherwise, you might not be getting a bed. In that case, you will be given a wooden bench where you have to spend the night with just the sleeping bag, probably in the corridor or in the dining hall.

Accommodation Cost in the Mardi Himal Base Camp Trail

The accommodation cost in the Mardi Himal base camp trail is relatively cheaper than that of other trails. However, you are supposed to take at least two meals (usually dinner and breakfast) in the same teahouse. The hotels in Mardi Himal Trek are sustaining themselves mostly with the cost of food.

Do not be surprised if there is no electricity in your room. Some of the areas are so remote that you need to use your headlamp. The attached bathroom is hardly available. Taking a hot shower, using Wi-Fi and even charging your electronic devices charge you an extra little amount.

Types of Accommodation in Mardi Trek

Trekkers can stay from basic teahouses to luxurious hotels in Mardi Himal trek. The accommodation during the trek is basically in simple yet good teahouses. Meanwhile, in cities like Kathmandu and Pokhara, trekkers can stay in luxurious, comfortable hotels.

Teahouses are local houses converted to provide beds and blankets to sleep in and food to eat. It is the most common type of accommodation in Mardi Himal Trek and other treks in Nepal.

They offer basic services such as a bed and blanket to sleep and food to eat. Teahouses provide delicious meals prepared from locally grown organic vegetables. Additionally, they also provide hot water, Wi-Fi, hot water showers, and battery charging, and some teahouses also have attached bathrooms.

In contrast, hotels in Kathmandu and Pokhara have all kinds of modern facilities like AC rooms, attached bathrooms, hot water showers, Wi-Fi, and international and Nepali food menus. Their warm hospitality and mouth-watering food is something that the trekkers can enjoy.