Is the Kapuche Lake & Sikles Trek Affected by the 2026 Nepal Floods?

Safety & Advisories No — Kapuche Lake and Sikles sit in the Annapurna region east of Pokhara, on a different river system from the Rasuwa flood, and the route is running… By Bishnu Adhikari · Aug 29, 2026 Read the full story

📍 Developing story — live updates The 2026 Nepal floods are a nationwide, still-developing emergency and the figures are rising. For the latest verified death toll, missing and rescued numbers and region-by-region trek status, follow our continuously updated… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News

Why the eastern Annapurna foothills are a world away from Rasuwa

Nepal's trekking regions are separated by great ranges and drained by rivers that never meet in the mountains. The 26 August flood came down the Bhote Koshi out of Tibet into Rasuwa, hitting Timure and Syabrubesi hardest according to reporting collated by… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News

The Kapuche & Sikles trek, stage by stage

Here is the whole trek, checked stage by stage against the flood zone. The trek runs on the ACAP permit plus the TIMS card , both issued in Pokhara or Kathmandu — not in Rasuwa, and not affected by the flood. Nepal's permit desks are open and processing as… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News

How we run Kapuche this autumn

This is a short, low, high-reward trek, and autumn is when it is at its best. Once the monsoon clears the rough road to Sikles firms up, the forest dries and the leeches go, and Kapuche's water turns the clear turquoise the photos are famous for. We keep it… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News

What you can book for autumn

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Kapuche & Sikles departures running normally this autumn

This is the exact trip we are running right now, priced from the per-person rate a small group pays: Kapuche Lake & Sikles Trek — 5 days &middot; from US$340 per person in a group of eight (US$490 solo). Pokhara, Sikles, and the lowest glacial lake in Nepal —… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News

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