Langtang Valley Trek

Sherpa Expedition and Trekking team is ecstatic to welcome you to Nepal. At any time and any day of your arrival Kathmandu, you will be greeted by one of our representatives at the airport. You will be taken to a hotel where our team members will guide you about the Langtang Valley trek and prepare you for the next day. All the vital information and plans will be discussed and shared. The first day you will spend in Thamel Kathmandu.

Today, after early morning breakfast, the drive to Syabrubesi begins. We head out of Kathmandu to the highway, heading towards the north along the main valley road. We will come across many beautiful views of the small villages, rivers, terraced fields, and snowcapped mountains if the sky is clear. The drives take you to a little busy town called Dhunche. While we passing along the road at the bank of Trishuli river, you will catch glimpse of Mount Ganesh Himal, terraces, and greenery hills. Crossing through Dhunche will make us feel as though we are heading towards deep land. Then continue the drive, we will reach at Syabrubesi with many things to explore and a riverside natural hot spring. We will stay in Syabrubesi at the hotel.

After having breakfast, we start our trek from Syabrubensi following the route of the Bhote Kosi river and Langtang river. The trek follows the trail of the fertile jungle, terraced fields, and passes through rural settlements with bamboo and birch groves. We might have the chance to spot rare and local wildlife like the red panda, black beer, and Snow Leopard. Afterward, the trail ascends gently to Rimche (2,400m) through Bamboo which lies at the bank of the Langtang River. Following the path, we arriving at the Lama Hotel.

Today after having breakfast, we start our day with an early morning and we will trek alongside the river through the lush landscape as we climb upward through dense rhododendern forests. Along the way, we will see the snowy peaks ahead if the weather is clear. Finally, the narrow river valley broadens out at GhoraTabela (3,030m). There was once a Tibetan resettlement project running, and currently, Ghora Tabela has an army check post that will register our permit and a few nearby lodges in this area. After we pass Ghora Tabela we will come across Chyamki village (3,230m); a small Tibetan settlement. As we walk past chortens, water mills, mani walls and prayer flags, prayer wheels, it means that we are nearing to arrive at the Langtang village. We continue past prayer wheels driven by flowing water and prayer flags to scenic Langtang, a large settlement of mostly Tamang people with a nearby monastery. We will stay in Langtang Village at the teahouse.

After hortly breakfast, our journey waits for us. The trail today will be short and easy. We will pass by many small villages, small plateaus, big mani walls, yak pastures, and meadows. Afterward, we will be walking towards a higher elevation, we can hike slowly so that our body can adjust to the high altitude. After a few hours, we will come across water mills, prayer wheels, sacred mounds of rocks with inscriptions carved on them. When we arrive at an ancient monastery the Kyang jinGompa. The Kyanjin Gompa is another famous land of Langtang region that is surrounded by the Himalayas and we get magnificent views of the snow-capped peaks. we will stay in Kyanjin Gompa at the teahouse.

Today is the exploration and acclimatize to the high altitude and also explore this beautiful land in Langtang region. Kyanjin Gompa of the valley has so much to offer for trekkers. Since the elevation is high, you will definitely be getting magnificent views of the high Himalaya ranges. Also, sighting of the Lirung and Kimshung glaciers will be seen too. The full day of exploration remains as there is so much to do. We will be visiting the monastery that portrays the religion; Buddhism and we may also get to see the monks do their prayer. We also visit the Cheese factory would be another interesting to see. Besides these, we also have optional trekkers to LangshisaKharka and the viewpoint of Kyanjin Ri and Tserko Ri (5,450m). It will be the highest point of the trek. Tserko Ri is the best place to see the peaks like Langtang Lirung (7,227m), Langtang II (6,586m), and many more Himalayas. As the sun begins to set, we will return back to Kyanjin Gompa. We will stay in Kyanjin Gompa at the teahouse.

After visit Kyanjin Gompa, we admire the last glimpse of the beautiful Himalayas standing with pride and trek back down and out of the valley. We retrace the arrival route through Langtang Village and break for lunch at Ghora Tabela where the army check post we register our permit exit. After having lunch, we trek down through the dense forests of the Langtang river valley to Lama Hotel.

Today is our last day trek we will head to our destination which is Syabrubensi so we will drive back to Kathmandu from there. We will be walking through the Langtang river, trek down to the beautiful river valley. Descending down through bamboo and birch forests, we will be seeing an amazing landscape to cross the Langtang and the Bhote Koshi rivers to Syabrubensi. We will stay in Syabrubensi at the hotel.

Today we drive from Syabrubensi to Kathmandu which will take about seven to nine hours. This drive will begin from early morning at 7:00 am. During the drive, we will be getting scenic views of the Trishuli river valley as we head through the south of the hills. Along the path, we can see the terraced farmlands and meadows and hopefully a final glimpse of the snow-capped mountains. When we arrive at Kathmandu, our guide will drop you in your hotel.

A representative from Sherpa Expedition and Trekking Team will take you to the airport approximately 3 hours before your scheduled flight. we hope this trek has been your cherishable memory. We will send you off with hopes to meet again.