Langtang Valley Trek

You will be welcomed at the Tribhuvan International Airport by our representative, who will escort you to the hotel by private vehicle. Today will be a day to dive into the mesmerizing and messy alleys of Kathmandu as you get familiar with Thamel.

You can either have your breakfast or lunch, depending on your arrival, at a local restaurant in the city, where you will have the opportunity to taste delicious local food such as momo. As you travel around, you are surrounded by the hustle and bustle of markets and the ancient temples, which make it clear Nepal is a rich place of culture. In the afternoon, you will have your briefing session on your trek and sort out equipment.

Wake up early at 6 am, to avoid the traffic of the city. Enjoy a proper breakfast at the hotel before taking a Jeep or Bus to the destination for 122 km, which is a lovely drive through the middle hills of Nepal, guiding you through the turning, twisting hills of the middle hills through the commercial town of Trishuli Bazaar. Have a taste of local dal bhat while having a short halt for lunch along the road. This road would lead toward the Ganesh Himal when it goes uphill for Dhache. Reach Syabrubesi in the late evening, enjoy dinner in the tea house, and take a rest. A long drive through a turning & twisting road may possibly give you motion sickness, so take enough fluid in the entire duration.

After waking up to the roar of the Langtang Khola River, we’ll enjoy breakfast on Tibetan bread and eggs in Syabrubesi.

After a quick introduction to our trek, the beginning is made across the suspension bridge to go farther into this wild nature. While walking along, watch for langurs and red pandas in its natural habitat around those woods areas of oaks and rhododendrons. Our mid-morning stop provides us with lunch at the small settlement of Bamboo, surrounded by high walls that give us a beautiful backdrop view from where we rest after our long hike along these winding trails.

The afternoon brings a continuous ascent towards Rimche until we finally arrive back home. After dinner, we can expect some hearty portions consisting mostly of hot soup & pasta at our beloved Lama Hotel to fill us up again (extra cost applies here).

Start the trek by going through the "Land of the Trees", where the forests start thinning. You can leave your overnight stay at the Lama Hotel after having a decent breakfast and walk into the serene meadow of Ghoda Tabela, where there used to be a Tibetan resettlement village. You might even get the slight feeling that the attitude is changing and that the air is slightly thinner than the last few days.

Lunch will be in Thangshyap with spectacular views of Langtang Lirung, then reaching and leaving the memorial of old Langtang village and observing how much everything has changed since the earthquake of 2015.

You can make it to Mundu village and sit down for an early evening Sherpa stew meal; then you might feel that it's significantly colder. There are mani stones on every side of the trail.

Today involves a shorter, gently sloping walk for your body to take notice and adjust to the changing altitudes. In Mundu, have breakfast in the lodge, then after that walk through a field of yaks and large rocks/chortens, leading you into the glacial valley with yet another walk through yak pastures again. Lunch will be at the early standard location of Kyanjin Gompa, which will also be the last occupied village on this trail. Spend the afternoon touring the well-liked village of Kyanjin Gompa with the tourist favorite yak's cheese factory before touring an ancient monastery and receiving a huge serving of hot soup as you check the saturation levels of oxygen during dinner.

A critical point on our journey is whether we want to rest in our village or attempt the Kyanjin Ri viewpoint. Following a slow breakfast at your lodge, the majority of trekkers decide that they need to take on this challenging ascent.

You’ll make the gradual ascent past these rugged ridges decorated with prayer flags flying in the high-altitude wind. At the summit, you’re rewarded with unparalleled sights, taking in a 360-degree view of Ganchenpo and Langshisa Ri.

Returning to our village, you can enjoy a delicious lunch consisting of noodles or soup before the afternoon is free time. Here, we can either use the chance to get some great photographs taken or just sit around relaxing up for the big summit challenge tomorrow.

Dinner is served quite early today, which gives us an opportunity for a health check by our guide. This is such an important part of the trek because it really does help push forward with acclimatization.

Today will be our longest, most satisfying day of trekking, which starts well before sunrise (around 4 a.m) in order for us to make it for the sunrise. Eat a short, very energizing breakfast and embark on the long, steep climb to Tserko Ri (5,033m, the highest point) of our trek, passing steep, icy slopes and thin, cold air. The summit affords great views of Tibet's Mr. Shishapangma. We eat lunch in Kyanjin Gompa (late lunch, as the day has been so rewarding for us), then head down the valley- a very tough one on our knees, but it gets easier as our air gets thicker- arriving at the Lama Hotel at dusk to find a well-cooked meal waiting and, finally, a night of truly restful slumber.

The morning starts nice and easy; the hardest stages are well behind you, and after breakfast at Lama Hotel, you get to wander down through the familiar trees again slowly. You’ll have all the waterfalls and suspension bridges to walk past once again, as seen on day 3, but from a different point of view. You’ll stop for lunch at Bamboo or Rimche, which should also be much more enjoyable to eat at a restaurant due to the higher temperatures.

Energy levels tend to rocket when the deeper valley is reached, which has so much more oxygen at this level, and this walk downhill is so comfortable.

The afternoon hike would be a casual trek back to the trailhead. Dinner in Syabrubesi would be the time to celebrate with and thank your porters and guide, and recount tales of the trek during a final mountain meal.

This day is your last mountain breakfast in Syabrubesi, followed by boarding your vehicle for the return. You will drive back through the same mountainous highway via Dhunche and Trishuli; on your way, you get an opportunity to see the rural side of the highway of Nepal. After the driving, you have lunch on a side of the riverside; you get to relish the last dal bhat in this beautiful mountain country.

As you are nearing the capital, you will feel the silence and peace of the Himalayas turn into the busiest capital. At the hotel, you will enjoy a hot shower.

You can have dinner at your new hotel to celebrate your accomplishment of trekking in the Himalayas with all of your new friends, and your last dinner in Kathmandu could be opportunities to exchange your successful photos with friends and contact no's.

Your last morning of the trip ends peacefully, over breakfast at the hotel, reflecting on your adventure through the Langtang Valley. Depending on your flight time, there may be time for some final sightseeing at Swayambhunath or even some last-minute bargain hunting for trinkets at Thamel's bright colored stalls. You would pass by the tourist market one more time, trying to acquire a warm blanket of yak wool or local tea.

Transfer via a private vehicle back to the airport by a member of staff 3 hours prior to your flight time. You fly out carrying a memory of 5000m landscapes, ancient monasteries and some incredibly hospitable Tamang people. The tour ends as you fly internationally.

Your expedition starts with a thrilling feel as your international flight reaches Tribhuvan International Airport, and you are greeted with a marigold mala by the dedicated representative of our company. Proceed through baggage claim and get through with immigration and customs formalities, you finally come to the arrival hall and be picked up for your journey by private vehicle to reach a city Hotel. Get checked into your hotel and make yourself comfortable with no mountain fatigue to be felt at the 1,350m above sea level in capital Kathmandu. This evening, get lost wandering around Thamel's liveliest neighborhoods, buy your last-minute requirements of trekking gear, and discuss your entire tour itinerary with a professional trekking guide; later, retire to bed early.

After breakfast you will meet your transport, driver, and trekking crew for your drive to the north. After leaving the Kathmandu Valley behind, the drive takes you along country roads, through highways up the mountainside, and rough, bumpy dirt trails with views of green terraced farmlands on the hillsides, waterfalls tumbling down the mountains and through primitive rural farming settlements. The halfway point of the drive takes you to the local busy teahouse with a local lunch stop offering hot, good food.

There are no altitude problems at all in Syabrubesi at 1,400 meters. Along the way, you can expect to see cows along the side of the road, along with the goats, plus a host of native birds. Syabrubesi is the start village for the trek, and when you finally arrive here by late afternoon, the plan will be to check in, get settled in the lodge, unpack your duffel and prepare them for the trip.

Have an early morning breakfast at your Syabrubesi lodge, tie up your boots, and hit the mountain trail. The walking trail involves crossing firm suspension bridges over the thundering Bhote Kosi River. It continues with the ever-uphill, shaded jungle terrain covered with oak, maple, and tall rhododendron trees. Have lunch at an adequate rest stop during midday along a quaint teahouse village, like Pairo or Bamboo, right on the banks of the river. At a height of 2,470 meters, while the respiration rate might increase at few steep segments, actual high-altitude maladies are unheard of. Troops of fun-loving langur monkeys are a common sight as they bound between tree canopies on this river corridor heavy with jungle, where colorful forest birds are sighted before reaching Lama Hotel for dinner and sleep.

Have a filling breakfast at your Lama Hotel lodge in the bracing mountain air this morning and resume walking. The trail keeps gently climbing through prime pine and rhododendron woods, after which the valley slowly opens up in front of you, near Ghora Tabela, from where you can clearly get astonishing views of vast, snow-capped mountains in the distance. Have lunch at the top river portion of the valley at the traditional teahouse of your selection to recharge for the upward climb. At a trekking height of 3,500 meters, you may experience light adaptation to higher altitude with minimal initial breathlessness while climbing uphill parts. Pass by big mani walls, spinning prayer wheels, stone built traditional houses, depicting their distinct, rich culture before reaching the rich & ancient village of Langtang, where you rest and admire the awesome view of the mountains.

After breakfast, we will head out for our short and scenic trek. We’ll pass some sweeping yak pastures, huge glacial moraines, and several sacred Buddhist monuments, and we should arrive in the high settlement of Kyanjin Gompa by midday to enjoy a hot lunch.

Once we have had a good meal, we can embark on our afternoon acclimatization hike – this time heading up towards Kyanjin Ri. We will scale the ridgeline that rises all the way up to 4,773 meters, which brings us very close to the 4,800-meter threshold (and the problems associated with climbing there). Our ascent also brings us into cold and windy conditions, although the panorama from the top of Langtang Lirung and the surrounding icefalls more than compensates! At the end of a hard day’s work, we carefully make our descent back down to the village of Kyanjin Gompa and spend a restful night at a cozy local teahouse.

Before the first rays of sunlight make their appearance, we have our light breakfast at Kyanjin Gompa and head out for an incredibly tough climb towards the high-altitude viewpoint of Tsergo Ri (5,033m). The temperature will be quite cold, with chilly alpine winds blowing from time to time and also the thinning of air.

We will eat lunch while reaching the high-point view of Tsergo Ri or when coming down after that journey. We experience shortness of breath due to the height, which adds more exhaustion as well, but since we descend quickly, this part becomes bearable.

Once we conquer such an amazing view, we take a tour right till the bottom of the hill. Passing through Langtang Village, we reach the Lama Hotel to stay overnight.

After a relaxed morning breakfast at your Lama Hotel lodge, you head out on the last leg of your trek. This section of the trail will bring you down into dense forests and deep river gorges once again.

As you make your way downwards past some of the same bamboo groves and waterfalls that you walked by earlier this week, you’ll encounter several more suspension bridges over various rivers. The lunch stop today (along with the entire descent) puts you right down to an elevation of just 1,470m, which eliminates any effect of walking at high altitude – you should be able to breathe normally! As well as being one of the most beautiful areas in Nepal, the trail features quite an array of different birds and even some monkeys. You should be arriving back in Syabrubesi tonight for a relaxed evening celebrating with your trekking crew.

You start your morning with breakfast at the Syabrubesi lodge. Afterwards, board your private return vehicle, which takes you along some winding mountain highways back towards the Kathmandu Valley where you’ll have a few last moments of breathtaking scenery as well as views of the fast-moving rivers, the steep terraced farmlands, and the rural hilltowns.

The drive takes around 4 hours and includes lunch at a lovely local restaurant by the side of the road midway through the trip. As we arrive in Kathmandu in the late afternoon, we’ve got enough spare time that you can just kick back, chill out, relax, unpack all that trekkers’ gear you brought with you, tidy up your souvenirs for later packing, and just make the most of an enjoyable night alone, enjoying all this freedom to yourself!

It's your last day here! According to the scheduled international flights for departure today, we'll be spending this morning relaxing and having a nice breakfast. You may do some last-minute packing and then proceed to check out from the hotel.

At the designated departure time of the day, our private vehicle, along with a company rep, will come and pick you up at the hotel lobby to take you through all the city traffic to Tribhuvan International Airport in comfort and safety. So that you can board your plane back home safely as well, with lots of beautiful and incredible memories of your amazing Himalayan trekking adventure in Langtang Valley. Have an awesome trip back.

As the day unfolds dynamically, you start your ride from Kathmandu on a winding, steep road to the northwest towards Syabrubesi. You will be riding through small steep ridges and streams of waterfalls, accompanied by terraced agriculture fields till where you will have lunch break and without pause ride or trek till bamboo. From here onward, you ascend on a downhill terrain through beautiful, subtropical woodland with the rushing Langtang Khola River to the side.

Worry not at this altitude, 1,400 meters will provide you with no effects of altitude, however along with troops of dancing langurs leaping along the branches and butterflies of wide array flapping on the damp forest floor would be an awesome feast for eyes.

By late afternoon, you arrive in the settlement known as Bamboo on the riverside, where you'd be retiring in the comfortable teahouse lodge overnight.

Start your day in Bamboo with a warm breakfast followed by an uphill, steady and rather vigorous climb. Throughout the whole ascend, you will be walking through fragrant pine and rhododendron forest alongside various traditional village settlements like Lama Hotel, Ghore Tabela, etc. At midday, get together for lunch and enjoy it while passing the gorges by visiting a teahouse lodge.

Ascending all through you will find a few mild symptoms like a bit of breathlessness, headaches or cold fingers, etc. You are at an altitude of 3,500m where you will have a sight of domestic yaks on high mountain slopes along with falcons flying high above; the day ends and you will arrive at Langtang Village with reconstructed homes at late evening and then back at your cozy tea house lodge; unwind and drink lots of water and share your day with phenomenal vertical miles that your body covered up.

This morning you are woken early, but breakfast is served inside the village inn at Langtang. Today's trek will be short as we walk back into the high glacial basin; along the path, you may pass yak pastures, old mani walls and carved religious rocks, with vast ice walls towering over us. After an hour or two walking, you will reach your lodging for tonight at Kyanjin Gompa, and we eat lunch on arrival so you have time to adjust to the increased altitude; at 3,800m you can expect to suffer the standard moderate altitude effects: cold hands, thin breath and shortness of breath when walking quickly. You will see herds of shaggy yaks; you'll spot marmots in and out of the alpine plants, spend the day in Kyanjin Gompa investigating a local cheese factory and exploring an old monastery before retiring to bed early to rest before the summit.

This morning will be a pre-dawn start upon consuming a light meal/ energy bars back at Kyanjin Gompa before you leave and begin a long and challenging steep ascent of Kyanjin Ri (4,773m). This demanding high-altitude climb will be the toughest test for cardiovascular endurance to date, and the thin-air effects will be clearly noticed; fatigue and shortness of breath will be intense. Enjoy a picnic lunch at or about the high ridge of the climb before a long and knee-crunching descent back down through the valley forests back down to Lama Hotel for a sleep.

Your final day begins with breakfast at Lama Hotel then you will be making the rapid final descent through dense woods back down to the trailhead at Syabrubesi. You have lunch locally just before boarding your return vehicle. Sliding back down to 1,470 meters immediately takes away all altitude symptoms leaving you with full energy restored. From Syabrubesi you board your transport for the long overland trip back along mountain winding roads toward Kathmandu. Along the way you may see domestic cattle and wildlife along the way in this rural region. Arriving in the capital valley by late afternoon you will transfer back to your hotel, bringing a successful and exciting high speed trekking expedition in Langtang Valley to a close.

You will depart early in the morning via public vehicle or, if preferred, a private jeep, from Kathmandu in a northwest direction toward Syabrubesi, featuring an exciting river gorge. The trip is an adventurous one along the narrow mountain ridges, across waterfalls, up and over terraced farmland, through busy side markets; lunch at a simple side tea house on the highway; there is no altitude risk at 1,400 meters. You will also be able to spot local domesticated livestock as well as fauna native to Nepal along this stretch of your journey.

Late in the afternoon, you’ll arrive at Syabrubesi village by the river and enjoy an evening at the local tea house lodge.

Breakfast will be provided at the Syabrubesi teahouse in the morning, then you will begin to trek. The trail ascends via several suspension bridges across raging rivers through the humid, dense, subtropical forest composed of oak, maple, bamboo, etc. You would halt for your lunch at a lodge perched on a riverside halfway along the trail. As the elevation starts to increase to 2,470m, it becomes a relatively easy climb; however, altitude sickness would be very uncommon this high up. Whilst in this steep valley corridor the langur monkey can easily be seen skipping through the tree canopy, and bright, colourful butterflies swarm all over you due to the fascination with their wet habitat and the humid climate. Arrive at Lama Hotel in the evening.

You wake at Lama Hotel for a large breakfast before embarking on a constant, strenuous upward trek. Pine forests form the majority of the pathway until the valley starts to widen again near Ghore Tabela, where you stop for lunch in a teahouse just along the gorge route. Crossing the 3,500m threshold to Langtang Village is possible this evening, as some people get slight altitude symptoms here, or may feel a little short of breath or coldness in their hands. Wild-looking surrounding landscapes with herds of domestic yaks and large, soaring Himalayan birds of prey surround you as you stay in the afternoon, recuperating within the restored, rich cultural village.

An early breakfast this morning is served at your Langtang Village lodge. The trek today is shorter, however. It leads you further into the high-alpine glacier basin through grazing yaks, old mani walls, and Buddhist prayer stones beneath formidable ice titans. Lunch will be taken upon arrival in Kyanjin Gompa while you acclimatize to the altitude increase. Operating at 3,800 meters, mildly noticeable cold extremities, an obvious quickness of breath upon strenuous activity are not uncommon. Long, shaggy yaks wander the floor of the wide valley, and you are invited to explore the cheese factory and an old monastery that afternoon.

During the morning hours, you may consume a small breakfast or some energy bars in the Kyanjin Gompa before a tremendous high-mountain scramble. The trip up towards the rocky slopes of Tsergo Ri at 5,033 meters is strenuous to the highest degree, and there really are some big climbs up there with major altitude reactions; you simply become completely spent and out of breath at these dizzying levels. Lunch is a packed lunch eaten in relative proximity to the summit ridge or the trip down. The panoramic views from the summit, looking out over the entire range of vast glaciers and sharply etched rock peaks, are completely unparalleled. You begin your descent back to the Kyanjin Gompa, where supper is reheated, and you recover in bed.

Begin the day by having your breakfast at Kyanjin Gompa before hiking for a second time on a subsequent acclimatization hike to the scenic ups and downs of Kyanjin Ri (4,773 m), which gives wonderful alternative views overlooking the sunrise. Lunch boxes are given during the day out, and the day is spent walking through beautiful trails that offer marvelous scenes. As per schedule, you return to your lodge after the acclimatization hike, pack your rucksacks, and start walking all the way down - a journey of pain in your knees through valley forests to reach Lama Hotel in the evening. By descending to the lower level, you will definitely feel comfortable opening your lungs to deep inhales in the surrounding forest area.

After breakfast at Lama Hotel, you take a swift final descent through thick vegetation back to your starting point at Syabrubesi. During the hike down, you will eat lunch at a rudimentary village teahouse on the side of the track. The altitude sickness will cease having any impact once you get all the way down to the initial 1,470m elevation. Your stamina will be rejuvenated when returning to the more populated jungle environment with an abundance of langur monkeys and lowland bird species. And getting back into Syabrubesi in the afternoon, you can spend your remaining hours in the trekking village relaxing or browsing the street shops or having a drink with your guide celebrating the completion of your trek.

A final morning breakfast at your hotel in Syabrubesi sets you off to board your waiting vehicle for the protracted overland journey back to Kathmandu. You will enjoy a highway restaurant lunch midway through the day. Back through lovely valleys with rice terraces, your transport to Kathmandu will travel via these attractive rural views with grazing domestic animals and other small rural animal life along the highway, as you make your way back into the vibrant and exotic capital by late afternoon and transfer back to your hotel. This successful adventure trek to the high valley of Langtang has come to an enjoyable conclusion today.

Today's trek starts with a jeep/local bus journey from Kathmandu, which we have planned (after your arrival) for an early hour, as our route goes northwest through some really nice mountains.

We'll be taking you all the way from Syabrubesi to Kathmandu. As we travel, you'll see the roads cut sharply up some mountain ranges, streams that fall, lush green terraces, bustling marketplaces, and we'll even take a lovely roadside lunch in a tea house while we are traveling along the highways.

At this altitude, since it's only about 1,400 meters above sea level right now, don't worry too much about high altitudes causing problems. But here's what you can look forward to seeing as you drive around - lots of domestic animals and a lot of wildlife. Then, at last, when it gets quite dark in the evening, you get to relax at Riverside Place, where you check into your local lodge in Syabrubesi.

After a good, hot breakfast in a Syabrubesi teahouse, you take the path. The track crosses a number of swing bridges which span the river, which rushes noisily by and cuts into the land as it ascends. These paths pass through humid, subtropical forests full of trees such as oak, maple and bamboo.

A good halfway house lunch is to be had in an eating house along the river.

Climbing gradually towards 2,470m, true altitude sickness has not really been a problem, though there is some steady climbing at this point. Troops of lively langur monkeys leap between the trees while multi coloured butterflies dart through the thick atmosphere around your evening’s sleeping accommodation at the Lama Hotel. This trek goes deep into the conservation valleys corridor.

You start the day with a filling breakfast at Lama Hotel, then it is an ongoing and steep climb throughout the whole day. Pine forests cover the entire track up until the valley opens out at about Ghore Tabela, where you stop off. You will have lunch at a tea house along the gorge crossing.

After arriving in the Langtang village, your altitude will be over 3500m. A slight symptom of altitude problems may be felt by some of you and this is shortness of breath or cold fingertips, etc.

Domestic yaks roam across the surrounding terrain at high-flying levels accompanied by birds of prey, and you relax in the village for the afternoon in what seems like an amazing and historic rebuilt village.

Your accommodation will offer you breakfast at an early hour. Then you start walking to the high-altitude glacier region. On your way, you enjoy beautiful views of huge yak grass fields and ancient mani and Buddhist prayer walls, with a background of enormous ice peaks. Lunch will be served to you upon your arrival in the area, once you reach an altitude of 3,800m, where you can feel the beginning of altitude sickness due to low oxygen levels. You will feel coldness in your legs and also shortness of breath. You may also see yaks walking around in the valley and following the program.

You’ll be having either a light breakfast or some energy bars before getting prepared for another one-day hike tour here with us. That’s going to be really challenging for most people because during that walk, they might experience some effects from the altitude.

We start our hiking journey early in the morning, just before sunrise, towards the breathtaking view of the beautiful slope of Kyanjin Ri (4,773m) with its stunning landscape. But you don’t need to worry about physical exhaustion while trekking, because you will receive your lunch package.

Once we finish covering all those amazing sights during our half-day sightseeing tour together today, we go back down to Kyanjin Gompa again, where everything was packed neatly yesterday night. So now, after quickly checking out your stuff, head straight over to enjoy another nice stroll back through these forested hillsides until finally reaching Lama Hotel tonight.

After breakfast at Lama Hotel, your morning trek begins with the swift descent through the forest to a quick finish at the trailhead at Syabrubesi. Midway through the walk, a humble roadside teahouse provides you with a quick lunch. The complete and rapid drop down to 1,470 m will immediately solve all your residual altitude symptoms, and full energy levels will be regained.

The scenery reverts back to the warm green forests where langurs and different lowland bird species once again put in an appearance.

You will be reaching Syabrubesi in the afternoon, so you have ample time to rest your weary feet, stroll around in the village streets visiting its market stalls and commemorate with your guide the conclusion of your trekking ordeal.

Following a breakfast in your teahouse at Syabrubesi, you will then embark on a day-long bumpy ride through rugged and serpentine mountain roads toward Kathmandu. The same journey of traversing back down the various ridges you had hiked uphill in the earlier days will allow you a first-hand view and understanding of the Nepalese cultures at another roadside restaurant during lunch in the middle of the journey. Terrestrial birds and lots of cattle and domestic animals would still entertain you on the way, confirming that they are drawing nearer to the populated valley now. Your hotel in Kathmandu by the end of the evening would also mark the achievement of an adventurous high-altitude trek in Langtang Valley.