Langtang Trekking

Langtang is a beautiful region lies in the Himalayas of Nepal to the north, 19 miles away from the Kathmandu Valley and bordering Tibet. The Langtang National Park is located in this area. The majority of the residents are Tamang. Langtang trekking is a popular and classic trek of Nepal. Langtang valley trekking is also called the valley of glaciers trek since this place is the closest place where you could get the view of massive snow capped mountains and beautiful glaciers.The trekking route goes through the traditional ethnic villages and untouched forests on the way to the peaks of langtang –lirung.The highlighted part of this trek includes a visit to the beautiful langtang valley, Buddhist monastery kyanjin Gompa, langtang Gompa , pine forest, rugged rock ,swift mountain streams, grassy down and plenty of yak herds on alpine meadows and langtang –Lirung glacier.

 The starting point of this trekking is Dhunche which takes around 8 to 9 hours drive from capital city Kathmandu. The first few days of the trek are spent climbing briskly up the Gorge-like lower langtang valley , overnighting at Syabru Besi, Syabru gaun and lama Hotel (2470m). Oaks and rhododendron give way to peaceful hemlock and larch forest ,after ascending an old moraine ,snowy peaks suddenly loom ahead and the gorge opens into a U-shaped wonderful scenic glacial valley.  On the next day you will arrive at langtang valley ,where you can visit two ethnic villages occupy the upper valley ;langtang (3300m), the bigger of the two , makes a good place to spend an extra night and acclimatize , while kyanjin Gompa (3750m) boasts a small monastery , a cheese ‘’Factory’’ (fabulous yoghurt) and a cluster of chalet –lodges which fill up early in high season. You can spend one more day to ascend Kyanjin Ri (4350m).from its top you will get spectacular views of mountains. From this place, you can retrace your route back down the valley to syabrubesi and then drive back to Kathmandu by collecting pleasant experience of beautiful langtang valley trek .

To find out more about this trekking please contact hare.

Itinerary:

• Day 01:  Arrival at Kathmandu and transfer to Hotel

• Day 02:  Kathmandu valley sightseeing and trek preparation

• Day 03:  Drive from Kathmandu to Syabrubesi

• Day 04:  Trek from Syabrubesi to Lama Hotel

• Day 05:  Trek from Lama Hotel to Langtang valley

• Day 06:  Trek from Langtang valley to Kyanjin Gompa

• Day 07:  Explore day. Ascend Kyanjin Ri and back to Kyanjin Gompa

• Day 08:  Trek from Kyanjin Gompa to Lama Hotel

• Day 09:  Trek from Lama Hotel to Syabrubesi

• Day 10:  Drive from Syabrubesi to Kathmandu

• Day 11:  Free day in Kathmandu

• Day 12:  Final departure. Transfer to the airport.