On reaching Kathmandu International Airport received by our guide and staff and then transfer to your hotel in the hub of Kathmandu.
After checking in your rooms, join with other members of the group for Langtang and Gosainkunda Trek briefing with other related information required during your stay with us, provided by our expert guides or company staff.
In the Morning, taking a smaller vehicle or a charted bus as per group size for overland journey, leads you beyond Kathmandu valley heading towards lowland warmer region of Trisuli Bazaar, a nice and old town of Nuwakot district .As drive continues on mountain highway passing farm villages and town, journey keeps heading toward cooler alpine town of Dhunche above 1,950 m high, where Langtang National Park starts from.
From Dhunche, on downhill zig-zag road to reach our overnight stop at Syabrubesi, a village populated by Tamang people with interesting Buddhist culture, by the confluence of Bhotekosh(Tibetan river)and Langtang river.
Our First day of walk starts from crossing a Bhotekoshi river and leads towards Langtang River .Then , we cross a bridge over Langtang Khola (river) which later joins to great Trisuli River, and uphill walking through scattered farm villages and terraces with views of surrounding landscapes. Afterwards, we walk into forest of rhododendron, pines, bamboo tree lines. Langtang National park area is the home for rare and elusive Red Panda and other wildlives. after a good day’s walk reaching at Lama Hotel located within forest surrounding.
Morning walk takes you on high trails with uphill above the Langtang river gorge into dense woodlands of tall trees of pines, rhododendron, following few farm houses of cattle herders shelters and then to more cooler place in beautiful forest surrounding at Ghoda Tabela.
After a refreshing stops, another few hours of good walk gets you to Langtang village which was washed out by Langtang Himal avalanche due 2015 devastating earthquake.we go further 10 minutes walk to place called Mundu,the last settlement before Kyanjing, for the overnight accomodation.
After a wonderful overnight stop in Mundu, morning walk leads to a short steep climb on winding trail, and then gorge opens into a wide beautiful valley with spectacular views of snow capped peaks that surrounds Langtang valley.
As walk continues along some prayer or Mani walls , then we reach at our final destination in Kyanjin, a beautiful spot located within Langtang valley, overlooking views of Langtang Lirung glacier with high peaks that surround Kyanjin, and Langtang valley.
Today,we have few options for exploration.We can either climb up to Kyanjin Ri 4000m(peak) or hike up further to observe kimshun Glacier. Climbing on the top of Tsego or Kyanjin Ri at above 4,000 m high offers you great panorama of mountains and, helps you to overcome altitude sickness, a perfect way to get acclimatized.
From this high hill enjoy incredible panorama of Langtang Himal, Ghengu Liru (Langtang II - 6571m), Langtang Lirung (7,425m) Kimshun (6,745m) with Shalbachum (6,918m) to the south where Chimsedang Himal forms into a ridge of peaks that includes Naya-Kanga / Ganjala peak at 5,846m and Gangchempo, Tilman's beautiful Fluted Peak.
Panorama of peaks continues towards east with Jugal Himal, includes Dorje Lakpa (6,980m), which makes a huge wall of mountains between Nepal and Tibet.
Morning catching last awesome views of surrounding high snow-capped mountains within scenic Langtang valley, where walk leads on downhill route to reach back at Lama Hotel and back into cool shade of forest.
Trek today follows on the same route for a while, then crossing a bridge walk gets pleasant into the rain and bamboo forest, on leaving the river way down below then starts climb through farm terrace and fields to reach at Thulo or Upper Syabru, a village with row of houses perched on a ridge with an old monastery few minutes up from the village.
The walk from here follows the uphill winding trail above the Monastery, as the trek gains more height, superb view of Ganesh-Himal, Manaslu, Langtang and Annapurna range in the far west, after a few refreshing stops in the teahouse un route, our journey continues one hour uphill from the farmlands to the cool shade of the alpine forest, once out of the thick forest, comes to a meadow with one or two teahouses, a lunch break can be had here depending upon the availability of clean fresh water. From this spot the walk is almost gradual with good walk through the pines and rhododendron forest with view of Dhunche town down below. On arriving at Sing-Gompa, the first few houses are cheese processing factory, overnight stop near its Monastery.
Trek today offers more views facing array of snow peaks from Langtang to Ganesh-Himal range with Manaslu and Annapurna range due west, walk on gradual up for an hour as route enters woodland of oaks, pines and rhododendron. After being in cool shade of forest reaching a wide clearing where few teahouses located, after a brief stop here with excellent view of Langtang range, the trail continues uphill leaving the tree lines and lush vegetation behind for dwarf rhododendron, juniper and alpine shrubs bushes.
The path unwinds uphill passing through few teahouses at Laurabinaya, with more views of Himalayan range, after Laurabinaya which means a place with walking sticks, from here trail drops for half hour coming at the first and second ponds of Saraswati and Bhiarav kund.
After a small climb reaching at Gosainkund for overnight stop by the shore of the glacial pristine pond.
Here find traces left behind by the pilgrims, where in auspicious times month of August in full moon as per the Nepali Luna calendar, thousands of pilgrims comes to pay homage for ritual bath at Gosainkund pond belief it delivers a paradise and drink of its holy water relinquishes the sins of a hundred lifetimes, where Hindu pilgrims visits to change their holy thread as well.
From Gosainkund a gradual walk on the small path along the bank of the pond, and climbing up near the small creek in between the rocks and boulders, the walk up brings us close to the small pond of Surjakund the trail here is more gradual winding up to the last pass of Gosainkund or the east Laurabina La the highest spot of this trek. After reaching the top, a long descent brings you to Phedi (bottom) 3,694m a place with one or two teahouses for lunch stop after a long downhill.
After lunch break, journey continues towards east towards Helambu region, the trail from here mixed with gradual, short few ups and downhill as reach back into green vegetation of junipers, rhododendron and other alpine bushes.
Walk for another hours to reach at Ghopte for overnight stops (meaning overhanging rocks, a nature’s gift of cozy shelter for the pilgrims) around this area there are few small caves formed by overhanging large rocks.
After being in complete wilderness, trail from here joins path of Helambu and Kathmandu, walk today is pleasant through alpine forest for an hour, with an hour uphill to Tharepati 3,597m. A lovely spot on a high ridge overlooking views of snow capped peaks with Jugal Himal range in the east and Ganesh-Manaslu towards west.
A lunch break here after a short walk from Ghopte, its worth a view for lunch stop, from here the trail descents for few hours to Mange-Gghot, a nice spot with a grassy field and then walk past farm fields, villages to overnight stop in Kutumsang a village of Sherpa and Tamang hill tribes.
Walk from here gets much pleasant past number of rural farm villages as our route brings you at Pati Bhanjyang after few hours trek, from this village a short climb to overnight stop at Chisapani a scenic spot on a hilltop on-route Kathmandu.
Chisapani, a scenic viewpoint with few nice lodge offers fantastic view of sunrise over Jugal Himal range in the north east and Ganesh Himal-Manaslu and Annapurna range in the west. Apart from the snow peaks, a lovely view of the surrounding landscapes and valleys down below.
Last day of the adventure, after catching views of sunrise over chain of peaks morning walk through cool forest and farmlands, after few hour of gradual walk climb to a ridge of Burlang and Chepu Bhanjyang at 2,438m with views of Kathmandu Valley.
From here walk descend to Sundarijal (meaning beautiful water) a lovely spot with cool patch of forest with monkeys and fresh streams, a picnic spot for most of the Kathmandu people to escape for a day from busy hustle-bustle metropolitan city life.
In the early days a summer resident and palace of Rana aristocrat rulers, from here an hour downhill brings you at Sundarijal town for drive to inner Kathmandu starting from its eastern suburb at Sundarijal where drive lead past Bouddhanath a place with huge Buddhist Chaitya or Stupa with the ever-present all seeing mystical eyes of Lord Buddha.
After a nice short drive back into your hotel in Kathmandu, with rest of the day free for individual activities and shopping.
Last day in amazing Nepal Himalaya, as per your flight homeward bound or to next respective connecting countries, depart from the hotel for Kathmandu International Airport with fond memories of great marvelous adventure on Langtang Gosainkund Trekking.
Last day in amazing Nepal Himalaya, as per your flight homeward bound or to next respective connecting countries, depart from the hotel for Kathmandu International Airport with fond memories of great marvelous adventure on Langtang Gosainkund Trekking.
