The Annapurna region is Nepal's the most popular trekking destination with four of the world's highest mountains, and the world's deepest valley within its boundaries. Annapurna Trek through forests of rhododendron & isolated mountain villages encountering temples, monasteries and taking in breathtaking landscapes. Annapurna is a series of peaks in the Himalaya, a 55-km-long massif whose highest point, Annapurna I, stands at 8,091 m (26,538 ft), making it the 10th-highest summit in the world and one of the 14 "eight-thousanders". It is located east of a great gorge cut through the Himalaya by the Kali Gandaki River, which separates it from the Dhaulagiri massif. (Dhaulagiri I lie 34km (21 mi) west of Annapurna I.) Annapurna is a Sanskrit name which is translated as Goddess of the Harvests.