Our first day of trip starts with an early
drive to our trek starting point at Syabrubeshi. Syabrubeshi is also known as
gateway to Langtang region trek. The road takes us via north-west part of
Kathmandu valley following beautiful scenery and traditional village along the
route. En-route we would able to witness the superb panorama of the Himalayas,
including the Annapurna, Manaslu, Ganesh Himal and Langtang ranges. After
having quick lunch at Trishuli or Kalikasthan we proceed further towards the
traditional village of Syabrubeshi. Overnight stay at teahouse in Syabrubeshi.
Today is the first ever walk in the land of
Langtang region. Our walk begins after having breakfast at teahouse. Trekking
through the green fields our trial leads us towards the fascinating view point
Bahun Danda Pass from where we can witness the lovely traditional village of
Gatlang. Afterwards, we trek through the different ancient Buddhist
monasteries, chortens, mani walls to get into the Goljung valley where we enjoy
our lunch. Enjoying the views of Ganesh Himal, Langtang Lirung and mighty of
peaks we reach to Gatlang village. Gatlang is a picturesque village set on a
hillside where houses have wooden and stones shutters with art, colorful
Tibetan decorations. Overnight stay at teahouse in Gatlang village.
After having breakfast at teahouse our day
begins with a steep descend to Thangbuche near Chilime village. Then we visit
the Chilime Hydropower dam and ascend up to cross the suspension bridge over
Chilime River. After having lunch at Cherka we slowly move upwards towards the
Gonggang village. Enjoying the outstanding views of the Langtang ranges and Ganesh
Himal, we reach to Tatopani village. Tatopani literally means hot spring
and local beliefs that the water have a healing quality that eases away your
aches and pains after long walk. Overnight stay at teahouse at Tatopani.
After having breakfast at teahouse our day
begins passing through the alpine forest as well Tamang settlement of Brimdang.
Then after we walk few hours uphill until we reach the Nagthali danda which is
the popular view point at the height of 3,165 m offering a panoramic view of
Mt. Langtang Lirung, Ganesh Himal, Paldor peak and mighty of peaks. It is also
popular meditation center for the local monks and priests. After having our
lunch here we continues our trek passing through beautiful landscape along with
the spectacular views of mountains all the way to beautiful Thuman village. It
is another beautiful Tamnag settlement with a traditional and charming houses.
Overnight stay at teahouse in Thuman.
After morning breakfast our trek begins
walking through the rhododendron forest and meadows. Our trial passes through
the Bhote Koshi River and uphill towards Dalphedi village. Then we trek upwards
to Timure village which is an ancient trade route to Tibet. It is a historical
reminder of Nepal-Tibet relation that has existed for many centuries. After
enjoying lunch at Timure, we continue our walk through different mani walls and
descends steeply towards the valley of waterfalls and towards Lingling village.
Our walk continues towards the beautiful Tamang village of Briddim. Briddim is
a Tibetan influenced Tamang community, ideally located in the lap of Langtang
Lirung. At Briddim you will experience the warm cultural hospitality at the
homestay. Overnight stay at community homestay at Briddim.
Today we enjoy the breakfast at homestay
where we experience real taste of local Nepalese cuisines. We start our
day with a steep descends through pine forest towards the Ghopche Khola. Then
we cross the bridge over Langtang khola and ascends on a steep trial towards
the Rimche village. After having lunch our trial lead us towards the Lama
Hotel. En-route to Lama Hotel if you are lucky enough you might see the
abundant wildlife such as Red Panda, Himalayan black bear, Snow leopard etc.
Overnight stay at Lama Hotel.
Today we continue our day after having
breakfast at Lama Hotel. Our trek continues ascending from Lama Hotel enjoying
the mountain land along with the natural beauty of Langtang region. Then we
reach the green meadows of Ghore Tabela. After having lunch here we beings our
trek to see the first occasional sights of pure white Mt. Langtang Lirung and
its ranges. Our trail continues to climb up the widening valley, passing a few
temporary settlements of Tamang, old Buddhist monasteries to reach the
beautiful Langtang village- headquarter of the Langtang National Park.
Overnight at teahouse in Langtang village.
After breakfast, we will start our journey
following the gradual uphill trial through small villages and yak meadows. Then
we trek through typical village of Mundu and Singdum along the way. Then we
will be walking along with numerous Yaks grazing lands, small streams and
rubble, water mills, prayer flags, chortens, with sacred mounds of rocks with
inscriptions carved on them. We also pass by the largest mani wall in
Nepal, made from stone with prayers mantras written on them. Kyanjin Gompa is
an oldest Buddhist monastery of the Langtang valley Overnight stay at teahouse
in Kyanjin Gompa.
Our day begins with the breakfast at
teahouse before starting descending towards the Lama Hotel. We follow the same
trial that we have trek already since there is no other route to Lama Hotel.
Most of our day descend downhill passing through Rhododendron and oak forests
as well charming mountain villages. Enjoying the spectacular views of Himalayas
we slowly back to Lama Hotel. Lama Hotel is situated alongside of Langtang
River where we will spend our night hearing the sound of thundering river.
Overnight stay at Lama Hotel.
After having breakfast at Lama Hotel, we
begins our trek with a steep climb towards Rimche village. Then we descend to
the bank of Langtang Khola and easy walk towards Bamboo village. Giving
continuity to our trek, we will be at front of two trial which separates the
way to Syabrubeshi and Thulo Syabru village. From here we continue our trek
crossing the beautiful lush green forest, suspension bridges, waterfalls to
reach Pahare hotel. After enjoying our lunch we slowly trek enjoying the
magnificent view of Ganesh Himal until we reach Thuylo Syabru village. It is a
pretty village with a minimal facilities of telephones, internet and nice
lodges. Overnight stay at teahouse in Thulo Syabru.
Our day begins after having breakfast at
teahouse. Our trial starts ascending uphill leaving Thulo Syabru village. We
will be passing through the checkpoint and continue towards traditional village
of Garda village, Phulung Ghyang, Chandanbari (oldest Yak cheese factories of
Nepal) before we reach Sing Gompa. After enjoying our lunch at Sing Gompa, we
heads following the beautiful Rhododendron forest to Cholang Pati, Overnight
stay at teahouse in Cholang Pati.
Today you feel slightly difficult as the
trial takes you towards the high altitude. After having breakfast at teahouse
we continue our walk slowly begins with the beautiful landscape and fantastic
panoramic views of Himalayas including Langtang Lirung, Annapurna, Hiunchuli,
& Ganesh Himal and so on. Then we slightly ascends the uphill and reach
Lauribinayak. After having lunch our walk continues with an impressive view of
Gosainkunda Lake. We then continue further via stone cliffs and tiny trial with
occasional short downhill towards Goshainkunda Lake, our main destination point
in Langtang Circuit trek. Gosainkunda is one of the major pilgrimage and
Holy Lake of both Hindus and Buddhist of Nepal. This lake is surrounded by
mountains on almost all sides and has a great ensemble of nine other lakes
besides it. Every year during Janai Purnima in the month of August, thousands
of Hindus pilgrims visit Gosainkunda to take a holy bath. Overnight stay at
teahouse in Gosainkunda.
This is reasonably easy down hills through Himalayan grassland but above the tree lines. As the trail goes further down is more smoother down hills, from the top of Singumpa, the valley view smiles greatly and a very wide views. Sing Gumpa is one of the most important old buddhist monasteries in this valley. It has a great yak cheese factory that you have last chance to buy yak cheese before heading to Kathmandu on following day.
This
might not be an easy downhill today, the hike today is sharp down hills
to Dhunche, Dhunche is the headquarter of this district. Lunch at Dhunche and
then driving back to Kathmandu for about 6 hours.
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