Sleeping in traditional Nepali tea houses and tucking into homemade food while walking is one of the great joys of doing the popular Annapurna Base Camp trek — or ABC trek, for short. These cozy heath bungalows fulfill more than just a sleeping end, they are also deemed to be the heart and soul of Annapurna Base Camp trekking culture and rhythm!

The best places to eat and drink on the Annapurna Base Camp Trek Cost​ READ MORE! Some tea houses are much more comfortable and cleaner than others along the path; some provide better food quality, others have a good view. And how you can use them to achieve the best performance and have a Yummy trek.

Understand What Tea Houses Are

Tea Houses are small, family-run hotels or lodges in the hills of Nepal that provide trekkers with simple rooms and home-cooked meals. There layover, sleep station, as well as the meeting points on abc trek where hikers from around the globe meet!!! Accommodation is basic, normally a wooden bed in bare surroundings with thin walls and shared toilets, but always homely — great food and more importantly, an authentic local spirit around.

Tea houses are abundant; every village has plenty along the Annapurna Base Camp Trek Itinerary​ route. Which means that the busier areas (such as Chhomrong, Ghorepani, or Ghandruk) will probably have a few more westernised options. Lodges farther up are humbler, but more inviting.

Selecting Top-of-the-Line Tea Houses along the Route

But the best of them are also sadly not always the fanciest or busiest tea houses. Plus, remember that what you need to be searching for right away is — it won´t probably be the most luxurious option — cleanliness + hospitality + a warm way. In any case, by the end of your trip, you will probably have been pointed in the direction of a few lodges that are run efficiently, but above all serve good and reliable food.

It’s so much better to be around a nice, friendly owner after y long, hard day trekking. Like, some tea houses have better insulation or thicker Blankets, and again, they are a must in the higher altitude region where the night falls so cold.

Apart from those pre-booked and empty for the visit of a guard or an agent, most often straight into the hands of a careful someone, it is especially important during high season when lodges in some of the smaller villages can get very full quickly.

What Sort of Food to Expect

The food is easy, but tasty and nutritious. There are no difficult dishes offered; however, the humble, fresh ingredients guarantee that those concerned with cooking that they’re nonetheless serving only the healthiest of ingredients on the Annapurna base camp trek. The meal (of which one of the options was the iconic dal bhat — Nepali rice, lentils, and vegetables) fills you, they are tasty, and omnipresent.

Noodle soups, momos (Nepali dumplings), fried rice, pasta/chapati with curry, and Tibetan bread with jam or honey are also available. We generally serve breakfast porridge, followed by pancakes, eggs, or toast. Some diversity might wane up this scale, but always, as you rise higher, the feed remains.

Tea houses. While quenching your thirst, what tea shops offer a variety, from the masala to black ginger lemon honey tea, can do wonders for a sore throat and altitude chill.

Drink Up and Refuel

To make the trek to ABC, you will need yourself fit, which is the main thing, and food and water become a major part going up with no issue. Although tea houses are selling bottled water but it is always nice if you have your reusable bottle + some water purifying tablets or filter bottles in it.Size of the Bottle and Purifying Tablets, etc- Size of bag backpack Ghost trek circuit Trek

An existing community, even when you are tired or a little bit sick from the altitude, narrow it down with your normal eating habits so that the body can recover and slowly get used to it. It is Suitable for acclimatization- Generally, in high altitude treks, as it’s winter, it’s good and hygienic, digestible like hot soup, which helps in acclimatising the best among soups; this is garlic, which is beneficial even if it has to do with digestion during higheraltitudess

Tell Us The Meals That Decide Your ABC Trek Cost

This effectively means, food and lodging are the 2 things that will decide your ABC trek cost – big time. You spend most of your daily budget on eating — a meal in tea houses is very inexpensive, and sometimes free (if you eat all meals there).

But when costs start cranking upwards, it’s really difficult to get things through up into the mountains. For instance, a plate of dal bhat in lower villages will run you about $3–4, but that same plate near base camp could cost as much as $7–8. Instead, they will be charged between $20 – $30 per day for the combined breakfast/lunch/dinner offering.

And trust me, the food cost can rack up a bit, but you get what you pay for — your meal becomes your fuel, and being able to say that you ate at a cozy lodge with snow-filled mountains all around you kind of makes it priceless,

Try some of the tastiest regional specialities at many favourites.

Make sure you get to taste the local dishes while on the ABC Along the way, there are slightly westernized versions of a familiar dish, traditional recipes utilizing seasonal vegetables in Gurung and Magar villages.

One can relish Local Butter Tea, Yak Cheese(with limited options), or Traditional pickles (wherever available), and it serves as a cultural treat along your way. The best tea houses, as the most popular ones,  are about good food, too; notably traditional dishes that can be prepared to order with locally grown products.

Know the  Best Sites to Take a Break

People who travel in the crowd most visited villages. Some of them are Tikhedhunga for lunch counter motels, Ghorepani for chicken, Tadapani, i.e, better still, people go to hike, Chhomron, you get everything u want, water bottle, and tooth brush; everything is available,e, so don’t have to worry. It’s a very commercial village. Bamboo tadi gufa, near base camp near derpali, all these places are known as MBC ( Machhapuchhre base Camp). Each one has its own personality and draws strengths from unique features. Example: Chhomrong is best for full-crowded teahouses and the best dalbhat. It is more basic food than they got at MBC, and ABC has no breakfast or dinner view, but I think the trekkers who make it up here will certainly be willing to forgo a little luxury!

These villages are main tea house villages and serve as a base to organize your ABC trek itinerary. It helps you to get a good night’s sleep and eat well because you are planning where to sleep.

Final Thoughts

Nepal is all about trekking, and naturally enough, the tea houses that surround this popular trek are no different when it comes to great food, which, as far as I am concerned, makes the Annapurna Base Camp trek even more appealing. It’s not only they who feed and house you, these lodges give a flavor to the heart of the Himalaya mountainside, many Nepalese spirits as well.

You might do the same with a ginger-lemon tea after your first day at EBC. Picking your tea houses carefully, slurping local delicacies, etc, makes sure that you make the most out of your ABC trek physically and culturally. After spending a day swimming in the Secret Lake, you may notice your hunger is more insatiable than any long climb to a difficult meal or work than it is beautiful, and even better view from base camp.

Food, yet here food is so out of the way in our thoughts when we plan to come Ato bc and fills ouch for the number of times you eat and dream and everything discharge. But you know what — ten years from now, that tea house might be one of your fondest memories.