Langtang Valley Trek – 11 days

You will land at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu (1,300 m). Team Ambition Himalaya will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to your hotel in a private vehicle. You will freshen up and rest in your hotel room. We will welcome you with traditional Nepali dinner in the evening. Dinner will be followed by dance and music. Our guide will prepare you for the upcoming trek by providing you information necessary for the trek.

We will go sightseeing in the Kathmandu valley today. Kathmandu has many age old cultural and historical landmarks. It possesses many UNESCO world heritage sites including ancient temples, monasteries, stupas, palaces, squares, chowks and alleys that are rich in carvings, monuments and symbolic paintings. We will visit the Pashupatinath Temple, Swyambhunath Stupa, Boudhanath Stupa and the Kathmandu Durbar Square.

We wake up early, have breakfast and head for Syabrubesi (1,420 m). The drive normally takes 7-8 hours. We have two options to reach Syabrubesi – one via Kakani in the north of Kathmandu and another via Galchhi in the south-west of Kathmandu. Syabrubesi is a small mountainous village. It is the gateway of Langtang Valley Trek. Syabrubesi provides wonderful view of the Manaslu, Annapurna and Ganesh Himal. We drive along the bank of Trishuli river for most part of our journey. We rest at Syabrubesi village overnight.

We start from Syabrubesi, cross the raging and wild Bhote Koshi river and slowly move along the bank of Langtang Khola (rivulet). We will walk through beautiful rhododendron and oak forests and rest upon reaching Bamboo Village (1,960 m). You can watch wild honey collection in steep cliffs by the locals if time permits. We move towards Lama Hotel (2,350 m) after a short rest and stay overnight here.

We get an early head start today. We pass by beautiful waterfalls, creeks and meadows on our way. We rest at Ghoda Tabela (meaning horse stable) and have our lunch there. The road to Langtang Village (3,500 m) has many beautiful Yak grazing pastures. You will also enjoy the majestic view of the mountains in the Langtang range up north. Langtang village has been badly devastated by the 2015 earthquake but is slowly regaining life and we spend our night here.

We will trek to Kyanjin Gompa today. Kyanjin Gompa is a famous Buddhist monastery. The path to Kyanjin Gompa is full of prayer wheels, water mills, smaller shrines and stones with inscriptions written on them. Before we reach the village of Mundu, there is a large Mani wall with prayers written on them. This is the largest Mani wall in Nepal. There is a famous cheese factory near Kyanjin Gompa and we will enjoy fresh cheese here. We will get a beautiful view of Mt. Ganchempo and Langtang Lirung from Kyanjin Gompa (3,900 m).

We have two options today. If your physical condition permits and if you are willing then we will travel to Tserko Ri (5,000 m). The mountain view from Tserko Ri is extraordinary and the images of the great Himalaya falls right in front of your eyes. The other option is to travel to the famous Yak grazing pastures of Langsisa Kharka. We will get back to Kyanjin Gompa for the night’s stay.

We will start going back downhill today. Resting often in the beautiful Tamang villages on our way, we head back to Lama hotel. This stretch of the travel is abundant with mountain wildlife. Because the downhill trek is shorter in time, we take breaks for discovering flora/fauna, mountain view and getting drenched in the waterfalls. The view of the mountains are quite different from the one we got on our way up.

Today is the last day of walking and we head back to the beautiful village of Syabrubesi from Lama hotel. We will begin our walk after breakfast. We will roll back on the path we took on our way up earlier. The path goes uphill and downhill on a frequent basis and passes through dense forests. We will rest often in the beautiful Tamang villages that lie in our way. We will reach Syabrubesi on the latter part of the day because we will be walking slowly, enjoying the natural beauty of the region.

We will say goodbye to Langtang region and head back to Kathmandu today. We will once again follow the trail of the meandering Trishuli river for most part of our journey. We have two options to travel to Kathmandu once we reach a place called Trishuli Bazaar. We can either travel via Kakani or choose to follow the Trishuli river and travel to Kathmandu via Galchhi. We will chill with an evening musical fiesta in Thamel before resting in our hotel.

We will bid you farewell today. Ambition Himalaya will organize a small cultural program to mark your departure and we will drop you at the Tribhuvan International Airport – from where you will head back to your destination. You also have the option of extending your trip by taking part in other treks.