Langtang & HelambhuTrekking


The Langtang valley is aptly called ‘the valley of glaciers’. Here, mountain rise, soaring towards the sky. The valley offers pine forest, swift mountain streams, rugged rock and snowcapped peaks, grassy downs and meadows strewn with daisies and wild primal. A variety of sights including Buddhist monasteries, a cheese factory, yaks, glaciers and mountain lakes make this trek an exciting one. You will visit Gosainkunda, one of the holiest lake in Nepal, where thousands of pilgrims throng each August to bathe in its cold and spiritually refreshing water.

One hour drive brings the trekkers to Sundarijal, the starting point of this trek, where there are sparkling waterfalls flowing down through an oak forest. This trek offers the experience of being in a typical Sherpa village and many ancient monasteries. It is a golden chance to learn about life in our villages. The trek ends at Melamchipul Bazar on the banks of Indravati River.

Day 01
Kathmandu – Syabru Besi
We drive to Shyabru Besi through Trisuli and Dhunche to Syabru Besi and over night at Syabru Besi.

Day 02
Syabru Besi- Lamahotel
We climb through the victory of small villages and tracts of dense forest. In the afternoon, some few hour walking hours brings us to the village of Syabrugaon Then again the trail winds up and down through the forest to Ghora Tabela.

Day 03
Lama hotel- Langtang
From here a short climb bring us to a pass to the right of where the Langtang valley begins.

Day 04
Langtang- Kyanging Gompa
From the pass, the trail leads to the large village of Langtang before ascending a ridge dotted with tiny village. As the valley widens, we climb up through yak pastures to Kyangjin.

Day 05
Kyanging Gompa
An excellent look- out can be reached by climbing the slopes immediately behind the Kyangjin. The majestic 7200m Langtang Lirung rises above the glaciers. A visit to cheese factory completes the day. It is really good experience to try climb to Tesrgo Ri(5033)

Day 06
Kyangjin Gompa – Ghora Tabela
Then come back to Langtang by the same route to Ghora Tabela

Day 07
Ghora Tabela – Syabru
Trek back to Syabru by the same way

Day 08
Syabru – Sing Gompa
Today we climb through forests of fir and rhododendron. The only signs of Human habitation are the occasional shepherds` huts at the water points. We camp near Sin Gompa and Cheese Factory.

Day 09
Sing Gompa – Gosainkunda
We follow a rugged trail with dramatic views; to the west Himal chuli(7893m) Manaslu (8156mm) and Ganesh Himal(7406m). On a clear day even the Annapurna range can be seen rising up behind and to the north across the valley is Langtang Lirung. We pass a few huts in the high picture of Laurebina, cross a small ridge and have our first views of the holy lakes. There are about a dozen lakes in the Gosainkunda Basin, the main three being Saraswatikunda, Bhairabkunda, and Gosainkunda. According to legend, Gosainkunda was created by Shiva when he pierced a glacier with his trident to obtain water to quench his thirst after having swallowed a poison that threatened to destroy the world.

Day 10
Gosainkunda – Thare Pati
We continue over rugged trails and pass several other smaller lakes to the Thare pati pass(4602m)then descend to the tree line. The trail run past beautiful waterfalls, through juniper and rhododendron forest. We descend to the huts of Thare pati.

Day 11
Thare pati – Gul Bhanjyang
We drop steadily all day through fir and rhododendron forests and then through prickly-leaved Oak forests. We camp at the Tamang village of Gul Bhanjyang. This ridge walk provides excellent views of the mountains and the Helambu valley.

Day 12
Gul Bhanjyang - Chisapani
Today`s walk consists of gentle ups and downs, following a ridge to our campsite just above Chisapani(2194m) from there excellent views of the Himalayan range from Manaslu to Everest.

Day 13
Chisapani - Kathmandu
We climb to the small pass at Burlang Bhanjyang(2438m) and take our last look at the great line of snow peaks of the Himalayas before descending to Sundarijal.and the drive to Kathmandu.

Note: Also you can start from Sundarijal, Helambu and Gosainkunda cross rich up to Langtang then end at Dhunche and drive to Kathmandu.

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