Tamang Heritage and Langtang Valley Trek - 12 Days

After an early breakfast, your journey begins with a drive from kathmandu to Syabrubesi. The highway heads north from kathmandu through the beautiful Nepalese countryside, which will take about seven to eight hours. As the road follows the Trishuli river, you will catch glimpses of Ganesh Himal and never-ending green hills. The path takes you to a busy town called Dhunche and continuing forward, you will arrive at Syabrubesi. Overnight in local mountain lodge.

Our day will start after early breakfast. After two to three hours of ascent from Syabrubesi on steep trail, we will reach Ronga Bhanjyang. On the route, you will stop by viewpoints that provide fantastic views of Ganesh Himal, the Gosaikunda range, and the Goljang valley. We head down to Goljang valley (lunch stop) which is an hour walking down hill from our view point. Then, you will trek for three more hours to reach Gatlang - the beautiful, traditional Tamang village. Today we walk through many villages and along the trails there are numerous Buddhist chortens and mani walls. You can visit the Parbati Kund and an ancient monastery at Gatlang. Gatlang is a beautiful Tamang village that is set high on a hillside among terraced fields. Stay overnight in lodge or home.

After breakfast, you will start by descending to Thangbuchet, near Chilime village by the Bhotekoshi River where Chilime Hydropower dam is situated. En-route, passing many Chortens, mani walls, and the deep forests until you reach Chilime. It takes abouts two and a half hours. Then you will cross a suspension bridge and climb past the terrace fields to reach Gonggang Village, which takes about one and half hours. You will have lunch at Gonggang, and after lunch, you will follow a gently ascending path to reach Tatopani, means ´hot water'. Locals believe that the waters have a healing quality that eases away your aches and pains. Stay overnight in lodge.

After early breakfast, we start our day trekking through the forests and dense jungles, slowly gaining elevation while passing several ups and downs. After hiking for about two hours, you will reach Brimdang. Climb to Nagthali for about 2 hours, which is at the height of 3165 m. It was once used as a popular meditation center for the local monks and priests. You will be having lunch at Nagthali, enjoying the views of Langtang Lirung (7,227m), Shishapangma (8,013m), Ganesh Himal (7,422m), Tibetan Himal, and other snowy peaks. There are small monasteries for us to visit and If we are lucky, we might come across large troops of Nepal Gray Langur Monkeys. You will then continue down to Thuman, a heavily Tibetan influenced Tamang village. Stay overnight in lodge.

The destination for today lies across the valley on the other side of the Bhote Koshi River. The first section of the trekking path has a flatter section and then descends to Timure on the way along the old trade route to Tibet, and we stop at Timure for lunch. Rasuwaghadi, an ancient fort at the Nepal-Tibet border, is just a 3-hour walk from Timure. After lunch, the trail takes a steep ascent to Briddim, another Tibetan-influenced Tamang village. Briddim is another Tibetan-influenced Tamang community located in the bosom of the Langtang Himal, where we stay in a local home for a traditionally unique experience.

After breakfast from Briddim, you will trek to Lama Hotel. Continuing along with Langtang, a very popular Sherpa village (Sherpa Gau) visit a popular ethnic group of Nepal. Crossing a couple of interesting villages and parts of the jungle of Langtang National Park full of rhododendron, we will slowly hike up and up toward Lama Hotel. You can have a crystal clear view of Langtang Himal depending upon the condition of the weather, as well as you might have the chance to spot rare local wildlife like the red pandas. As you continue, you will eventually reach Lama Hotel, where we will stay for the night.

Your day starts with an early morning breakfast. After breakfast, you will trek along the river valley through a lush landscape, slowly ascending while enjoying the views of snowy peaks. The river valley suddenly becomes broad at Ghoda Tabela (3,030 m). Ghoda Tabela literally means "the Horse Stable" in English. In the past, there was a Tibetan resettlement project running in this region, but now there is an army checkpoint, and we'll be registering our permits at Ghoda Tabela. The trail is slightly gradual further past Chymki Village (3,230 m) on a trail adorned with prayer flags and beautiful in the valley with the grazing yaks.  After some time ascending, you will see prayer wheels, mani walls, water mills, and chortens, and these monuments indicate that Langtang, a large Tamang village, is nearby. Stay overnight in the lodge.

After a good cup of tea and breakfast, you will start on the trails. Today's trek will be short and exciting through the tiny village, stone-built houses and climb to a Chorten and pass a huge mani along a gentle path of a hill. Since your path will be ascending, you will trek slowly to provide your body enough time for acclimatization.

Soon after, you will come across water mills, prayer wheels, and sacred mounds of rocks with inscriptions on them. It indicates that we have arrived at the ancient monastery of the Kyanjin Gompa. Kyanjin Gompa is a wonderful village in the Langtang region and sits surrounded by the stunning Himalayas. You have a chance to test cheese and curd by Yak milk. Stay overnight in the beautiful Kyanjin village, in the lap of Mount Langtang Lirung and other peaks.

Today, you will be acclimatizing while exploring this beautiful village. This area of the valley has so much to offer for trekkers. Because of the higher elevation, you will get stunning views of the Himalayan ranges and glaciers. Kyangjin Gompa provides various venues worth seeing. You can visit the monastery and the cheese factory or you can also take optional hikes to Langshisa Kharka, or ascend Kyangjin Ri (4350m) and Tserko Ri (4985m), which is highest point of this trek, directly behind the village. From this viewpoint, you can observe peaks like Langtang Lirung (7,227m), Langtang II (6,586m), and many more. As the sun starts to set, you will return to Kyanjin Gompa to spend the night.

From Kyangjin Gompa, we admire the last glimpses of the beautiful mountains, standing tall and proud, and then head out of the valley. The trail descends down passing the yak pastureland until reaching Langtang which takes about 2 hours then continue walk and cross the suspension bridge and climb down till Thangshyap. It takes about 1 hour. After the leisurely lunch, we continue down through the dense forests of the river valley to Lama Hotel.

Today will be the final trekking day as we head to Syabrubensi. From Sybrubensi, we will drive back to Kathmandu. You will walk along the Langtang river, heading downwards. While descending through bamboo and birch forests, you will get stunning landscape views. After crossing the Langtang and the Bhote Koshi rivers, you will arrive at Syabrubensi- the town from where we started the trek. You will be driving to Kathmandu the following morning. Stay overnight in a mountain lodge.

After breakfast, we will drive from Syabrubensi to Kathmandu, which will take about seven to nine hours. During this drive, you can enjoy scenic views of the Trishuli River Valley. As the bus heads southwards, you will see the terraced farmlands, meadows, and final glimpses of the snow-capped mountains. Once you arrive at Kathmandu, your trek ends. Please check our amazing add on trips after the trek such as sound healing journey, cooking courses or wildlife safari tour to chitwan / Bardia National Park.