Langtang Gosainkunda Trekking

On arrival, get received by our staff and guide and transfer to your respective hotels in the hub of Kathmandu. After checking into your lovely rooms, get refreshed from jet-leg. Then join in with other members of Langtang Gosainkunda Trek.

Our guide/leader will brief us with information about the hotels-including detail of trekking regarding the local lodge, walks, views, history, and culture. Simultaneously, with a few important do’s and don’ts while you have enjoyable times with us.

The evening includes a nice dinner(including traditional Nepali foods) in a pleasant Nepalese restaurant with local cultural programs. Remember, the following day, we will be heading towards Syabrubesi village.

Early morning start with scenic and interesting drive beyond north of Kathmandu valley. Where journey leads on winding road past many farm villages and towns within warm areas of Trisuli and Nuwakot district.

As drive continues head uphill within cooler country to reach at Dhunche, headquarter town of Rasuwa district within Langtang Himal. Also it is a starting point for Langtang National Park. From here downhill to our overnight stop at Syabrubesi within Tamang tribe village.

Our first day trek starts after a hearty breakfast, walking to cross a small bridge and uphill climb to a hill within farm villages. As walk continues head into cool shade of rhododendron-magnolia and pine trees. Then finally reaching  Lama Hotel for overnight in this small village.

Today’s walk leads to climbing within the deep forest. So, rare and endangered wildlife is often seen on treks. Nature, like the Red-Panda with other mountain antelopes, including different species of birds, is visible.

The walk continues to reach the lovely spot of Ghoretabla, with time for a possible lunch break. This is located amid the lovely alpine forest. A few hours of the walk takes us to our overnight destination at Langtang village, a beautiful area within a gorge and tree lines.

Avalanches severely damaged this village and around the Rasuwa area due to Nepal's big earthquake in 2015. The devastating earthquake shook the mid-east and mid-west of Nepal on April 25^th and May 15^th, 2015. Now, the village is slowly returning to everyday life as it was before.

Morning from Langtang village, a short steep climb, takes to good trails entering into a wide valley. This valley is enclosed with giant peaks of Langtang on reaching Kyanjin for lunch and an overnight stop.

The few hour's walks takes you to the highest point of the journey at Kyanjin, located within beautiful Langtang Valley. Enjoy close views of Langtang Lirung glacier and the peaks surrounding this beautiful spot.

A rest day is managed at Kyanjin in trek to Langtang valley. on this day take a short hike to close scenic hill top of Tsego-Ri or Kyanjin Ri. Which offers magnificent panorama of Ganesh Himal (7,405 m), Langtang Lirung (7,234 m), Ghengu Liru (Langtang II  6,571m), Kimshun (6,745 m) and Shalbachum(6,918m) towards south Chimsedang. Also, arrays of peaks includes Naya-Kanga (5,846m) and Gangchempo, Tilman’s beautiful Fluted Peak, Jugal Himal and ending to eastern horizon at Dorje Lakpa (6,980m).

Rest of the afternoon will be leisure. So, marvel the views of lovely surrounding in the comfort of nice lodge and warm hospitality of the local Tamang. They are the villagers of Kyanjin and around Langtang areas.

With lovely moments in Langtang Valley at Kyanjin, morning walks lead back on the same trail. So you will get enough time for views you might have missed on the way to Kyanjin.

Then walk takes back into the farm villages of Langtang and passes Ghoretabla within dense rhododendron and bamboo forest. The main aim is to reach Lama Hotel for overnight stops amid wonderful green surroundings in a river gorge of upper Trisuli or Langtang Khola.

As similar, the trek today  follows on the same route for an hour. While reaching a river side,crossing a small bridge and walk into rain forest with bamboo groves. Then, we reach a place called Bamboo, a small spot with few simple shades serving as inn and tea-house.

From here after leaving the river down below, the trek leads to steep uphill within landslide section of rocks and boulders. Then, enter farm terraces of Thulo Syabru, where houses stands on a row with an old monastery above the village.

Morning walks on winding uphill trails within the dense alpine forest as the climb gains more heights and views of Ganesh-Himal, Manaslu, and Langtang. And also, as far towards Annapurna Himalaya range due west. After some refreshing stops on the route, the walk continues within farmlands, then into the enchanting forests for a while. Then,  suddenly reaching a clearing at Sing Gompa for an overnight stop near its old monastery.

Walk offers more better views of Langtang in the north with Ganesh-Himal towards north west includes Manaslu and Annapurna range. As walk continues into a forest and then leaving the woodland behind for dwarf rhododendron, juniper and alpine shrubs bushes from the place called Laurebina.

Our route continues with uphill past few teahouses of Laurebina, which means a place of walking sticks. (in auspicious time of full moon where religious Hindu festival takes place, called Janai Purnima as per the Nepali Lunar calendar, pilgrims visits in mass number to Gosainkunda pond for ritual bathe and a dip where belief is that its holy water relinquishes sins of a hundred lifetimes) here Hindu pilgrims leaves their walking poles so the name got as Laurebina.

After reaching a high hill then with short descend coming across Saraswati and Bhiaravkund where a short climb reaches you at overnight stop in Gosainkunda near its holy crystal clear pond. It is also the place where you can find some traces left by the pilgrims.

With pleasant and wonderful time in Gosainkund, where morning leads along the side of the pond. And then reaching for climb after a small creek heading between rocks and boulders. As before, the walk leads past other smaller ponds of Suryakunda.

Finally our route leads to cross the highest point of the adventure over Gosainkunda pass or East Laurebina La at above 4,609 m /15,100 ft high. The pass offers the trekkers with marvelous views of surrounding dramatic landscapes with white peaks towards north direction.

From the top where long descend reaches at Phedi (bottom) a place with few teahouses, here for possible lunch break. In the afternoon walk continues towards east reaching back into green vegetations of junipers, rhododendron and then reaching at Ghopte (meaning overhanging rocks) for overnight stop.

After being in complete wilderness, from here on heading back into villages where route joins with Helambu and Kathmandu trail.  As walk leads into forest for an hour then an hour climb to Thadepati ridge at above 3,597m, a scenic hill top facing views of Jugal Himal and Ganesh-Manaslu towards west direction.

Then, from here a walk leads downhill to a lovely grassy field. And then into farm fields to reach our overnight stop at Kutumsang, a nice village with Sherpa, Hyalmo and Tamang hill people.

This is a long day walk where treks leads on winding path with few ups and down heading past farm villages to reach a nice village at Pati Bhanjyang. From here with short climb, also we reach our last overnight stops at Chisapani. It’s a nice and scenic small village with marvelous mountain views and close to north of Kathmandu Valley rim.

A scenic spot offers striking sunrise and sunset views over range of peaks from Jugal Himal range towards north east and Ganesh Himal-Manaslu and Annapurna range towards west.

Today is the last day of our  trek where we will be ending our walk.Morning we catch super sunrise views over chain of Himalayan peaks. Then our final walk leads into cool forest and farmlands for few hours then at on top of a ridge top of Burlang and Chepu Bhanjyang. It offers a grand view of Kathmandu valley. And then we head towards a long downhill to reach the end of our trek at Sundarijal (means beautiful water). It’s a nice and lovely spot within cool small forest with fresh clear streams.

Then, we take a scenic drive back to Kathmandu after an enjoyable and marvelous time in Langtang valley and Gosainkunda Trek. The drive leads past great Stupa of Bouddhanath, enter into a busy road then back at your hotel in Kathmandu.

Afternoon  will be free and leisure for shopping souvenirs. In evening farewell group dinner in nice Nepalese restaurants with folk cultural programs as entertainment.

Finally all good things must come to an end. With grand memories and exciting experience on Langtang  Gosainkunda trekking. With last final day in Nepal, our staff and guide transfer you to Kathmandu international airport for your flight, home or to respective countries.