The world's eighth-highest mountain, and one of the most coveted 8,000-meter summits in the Himalaya.
Manaslu, rising to 8,163 meters (26,781 feet) in Nepal's Gorkha district, ranks as the eighth-highest mountain on Earth. Its name derives from the Sanskrit term ‘manasa,’ broadly translated as ‘mountain of the spirit,’ and it stands as the highest summit of the Mansiri Himal range, near coordinates 28.55°N, 84.56°E. A long, glaciated ridge defines its profile, and the mountain's northeast face, now the standard climbing route, has made it one of the more attainable 8,000-metre objectives of recent decades.
Two Japanese climbers, Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu, reached the summit first in 1956, beginning a long association between Japanese mountaineers and the peak that continues today; the mountain is still informally known as ‘Japan's mountain.’
The approach follows the Manaslu Circuit trail, threading through Gurung and Tibetan-influenced settlements along the Budhi Gandaki valley en route to base camp at roughly 4,700 meters. Above camp, the climb is organized across a series of high camps leading to the summit ridge, with acclimatization built into the multi-day walk-in and reinforced by rotations through the lower camps.
Global Exped runs its autumn Manaslu program to the same operational standard it applies on Everest, drawing on years of high-altitude logistics experience across one of the region's busiest post-monsoon climbing seasons.
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15 Days
5,545m / 18,192ft
5 or more
Nepal