Langtang Gosainkunda Pass Trek

In the morning, after breakfast, our trip leader will visit you at your hotel lobby then you will be driving to Syabru Besi. You will enjoy beautiful landscapes, Trisuli River and pass through small village called Dhunche and reach Syabru Besi. It takes us 6 hours to reach.

The first part of the trail trekking crosses the Bhote Koshi River and follows the Langtang Khola (river), and it is rugged gradually ascends to Bamboo (1,960m), which lies on the bank of the Langtang Khola. From here, you trek gently to Rimche (2,400m), where you will have your lunch and then head off to Lama Hotel. It takes us approx. 5 hours to reach.

From Lama Hotel, the trekking trail passes through the dense forest, which is located uphill. It also takes you to the hill top, from where you can see the marvelous view of Langtang Lirung (7227m). When the trail heads off to Langtang village, you pass by the water mills, prayer wheels, and Buddhist stupas. This village is remote and beautiful. It takes us approx. 5 hours to reach.

Today, you cover a short distance and explore the cheese factory, which is located on the base of Langtang Lirung. Its cheese is famous throughout the Langtang Valley, so you should try it. There are small peaks around the valley. It takes approx. 4 hours to reach.

Today, you explore Kyanjin Gompa, cheese factory, and walk up the moraine to see the spectacular glaciers of Langtang Lirung or ascend to Kyangjin Ri (4,350 m), the highest point of Langtang Valley Trek, which offers the breathtaking and panoramic view of the Langtang Peaks.

In the morning, you climb to Tserko Ri to see the spectacular view of sunrise, then you return to Lama Hotel by walking downhill, then you trek through the forest and Tamang villages. It take us approx. 6 hours to reach.

We carry on our Langtang Gosaikunda Trek further making our way through the landslide prone area and climb steep to popular Thulo Syabru along Trishuli River. It will be more of the flora and fauna exploration day as we will spot birds, red pandas along with beautiful views of Ganesh Himal, Langtang Himal and nearby Langtang Himalayas. It will take us to approx. 5 hours to reach there.

We gradually ascend towards Thulo Syabru to Foprang Danda that follows a steep ascent towards Dursagang from where excellent views of Langtang Himal along with Ganesh Himal and other nearby Himalayas are seen and Also beautiful landscape views of dense forests and hamlets is offered. We do visit local cheese factory and nearby Buddhist monastery at Sin Gompa. It take approx. 4.5 hours to reach.

During the initial time of the day, we slowly ascend towards Laurebinayak. The view from top of the ridge is absolutely stunning. Further ascending to higher altitude we finally arrive at serene and pilgrimage site of Gosaikunda. If the weather is clear, the views of nearby Himalayas become even more appealing from Langtang to even Annapurna range on western direction. There we can see small settlements along with many lakes around, the major being Gosaikunda, Bhairabkunda and Saraswatikunda. There are many mythological stories behind the creation of these lakes. We will surely know about these stories which will be explained by our professional trekking leader. It take us approx. 6 hours to reach.

In this way we say good bye to pilgrimage site of Gosaikunda then head towards popular high pass of Laurebinayak pass or Laurebina pass which is also the highest point of this amazing adventure. With excellent views of Manaslu, Ganesh and Langtang Himalayan range, we descend towards fertile land of Ghopte. It takes us approx. 8 hours to reach there.

We continue our Langtang Gosaikunda trek crossing the pine forests for around couple of hours to Thadepati. After walking uphill to Thadepati, the route is mostly a descending. There are plenty of hotel, lodges and guest houses available over there with amazing views of Himalayas blended with local people’s culture and tradition. It take us apprx 6 hours to reach there.

We have our early meal at our teahouse and slowly trek downhill towards Patti Bhanjyang. Then further after couple of hours walk we arrive at Chisopani. We will certainly feel much easier to breathe as we are now at low altitude. It will be a great refreshing walk walking downhill towards Chisopani. It take us approx. 6 hours to reach there.

We will be at Shivapuri National Park, walking through the rhododendron forests, beautiful waterfalls, gorges and river dam. In about 4 hours of downhill trek, we arrive at Sundarijal, a popular picnic spot for locals nearby Kathmandu city. From Sundarijal, we take about an hour drive to arrive at hotel.