Welcome to Nepal! Your international flight lands at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. We’ll pick you up and bring you to your hotel.

At the hotel, you’ll meet your guide and have your pre-trip meeting. Got questions? Feel free to ask! You can also check your gear and trekking equipment together.

airport transfer – hotel

From Kathmandu, you set off to Dhunche, the starting point of your trek. Dhunche is north of the Kathmandu Valley in Langtang National Park. This is also the capital of the Rasuwa district. It takes a 6 to 7 hours drive to reach the place.

breakfast – private vehicle – dinner – mountain lodge

In the morning, you cross the river Trisuli Khola and climb steeply through a beautiful forest of blue pine. This day is excellent for seeing wildlife. For instance, troops of langur monkeys and red pandas make this forest their home.

If the weather is clear, the Langtang Valley as well as snowy peaks of Tibet become visible as you approach Thulo Syabru.

breakfast, lunch & dinner – mountain lodge

Today, the route goes steeply up through forests of rhododendron, pine and banyan trees. These forests are the habitat of many different species of birds and wild animals.

After reaching Sing Gompa, you can visit the Newari-style monastery if it’s open and the nearby yak cheese factory.

breakfast, lunch & dinner – mountain lodge

From Sing Gompa, the route climbs steeply up a ridge. This ridge marks a transition zone between rich, moist mountain forests on the northern slopes, and the dry scrub vegetation on the slopes that face south.

Later on, you begin to see the waterfalls from the first of the lakes, Saraswati Kund. The trail climbs gently but continuously to a spur marked by prayer flags and two rock carvings of Ganesh. Shortly after, the second lake in the chain appears, Bhairav Kund. Then it is only a further 35 minutes untill you reach the third and largest lake Gosainkunda.

At Gosainkunda are half a dozen lodges, a Shiva shrine and a helipad. And on the northwestern side of the lake are numerous small stone shelters for pilgrims.

breakfast, lunch & dinner – mountain lodge

The trail traverses the northern side of Gosainkunda Lake and climbs on a rocky trail marked with cairns towards the pass. Passing three more small lakes, the trail finally reaches Laurebina La pass (4,610 m / 15,124 ft). From the pass, you can have some fine views over the surrounding hills and the large Surya Kund (Sun Lake).

The trail descends alongside a stream through alpine country to High Camp. Then, the trail goes along a rough, knee-busting route that descends for an hour down the middle of the valley to Phedi. From here, the route drops down to a stream then climbs through scrub bamboo to a crest (3,750 m / 12,303 ft). Then, the trail descends further through forests, climbing in and out ravines below the towering cliffs of Thare Danda. On one of these ridges are some prayer flags. Just beyond these is Gopte, the village where you’ll have dinner and spend the night.

breakfast, lunch & dinner – mountain lodge

Descending from the ridge at Gopte, the trail makes numerous ups and downs. You trek across ravines and the boulders of old moraines, and make a final ascent to Tharepati (3,640 m / 11,940 ft). This is a stunning place, as it ‘hovers’ beneath a jaw-dropping curtain of Himalayan peaks.

Then, the trail goes steeply down through a dense pine forest till you reach the small village of Magin Goth (3,285 m / 10,775 ft). From here, we have an ongoing descend. The trail ducks in and out fir and rhododendrons forests, passes isolated farms till we reach a big white chorten towards a ridge. And by passing this chorten, you reach Khutumsang.

breakfast, lunch & dinner – mountain lodge

You start off by climbing the ridge and continue over a small pass (2,580 m). And then descend on the other side and pass the Tamang village of Golphu Bhanjyang. You pass a white chorten and leave the village behind you and ascend again.

The trail leads further south, via the Tamang village of Thotong (2,260 m / 7,415 ft), Lapchu Danda (2,420 m / 7,940 ft) and Chipling (2,170 m / 7,120 ft). Then you’ll pass the Brahmin and Chhetri village of Pati Bhanjyang (1,770 m / 5,805 ft). And, as you get near Chisopani, you can get a rewarding view of the mountains.

breakfast, lunch & dinner – mountain lodge

Today is the final day of your trek. You trek uphill through peaceful forests of brown oak and rhododendron, till you reach the pass at Borlang Bhanjyang (2,440 m / 8,005 ft). You descend on the other side through a rhododendron forest. If the sky is clear, you can see the Kathmandu Valley from here. And maybe even flights taking off and landing at Tribhuvan Airport.

You pass the Tamang village of Mulkharka (1,800 m / 5,900 ft) and follow the trail downhill till you reach the entry checkpost for the Shivapuri National Park.

The final part is a steep walk downhill to Sundarijal. Here, your driver will be waiting for you and bring you back to Kathmandu.

breakfast & lunch – private vehicle – hotel

If it’s the final day of your holiday in Nepal. Your international flight departs from Tribhuvan International Airport Kathmandu.

Goodbye friends! We hope that you will cherish these memories we’ve made together forever.

breakfast – airport transfer