This trek is slightly shorter version of the Dhaulagiri Circuit trek. The trail follows the same route up the beautiful Myagdi river valley, past Italian and Japanese base camps and to Dhaulagiri Base Camp. On the return jurney, the trek takes a different route to Hidden Valley bipassing the difficult 5360m French Pass and also the 5280m Dhampus Pass from Hidden Valey to Yak Kharka. It is still a very challenging trek requiring experience of high altitude trekking.