Arkhet Bazar is the trail head for Tsum Valley & Manasulu Trek. This is where your trek guide will register all the trekkers with local police and show your trekking permit. Arkhet is a small village town on the bank of Buri Gandhaki river. This town will be biggest town for the next two to three weeks. It is relatively warm and you will see rice paddies and green fields. Typically Nepali lowland farming village.