Langtang - Gosaikunda Trek

Langtang - Gosaikunda

Description

Langtang National park is first national park in Nepal. It is 130 km far from the north of Kathmandu valley. It is the nearest trekking destination from the Kathmandu valley, close to the border with Tibet. It is the ancient trade route through the mountain between Ganesh and Langtang Himal to Kerong in Tibet. It is also called the valley of glacier trek. Visit to the area is an opportunity explore with natural beauty, local Tibetan villages, Buddhist monasteries, life style, culture of the tamang ethnicity and Flora and fauna.

After way back from langtang valley we will reach high altitude lakes like Gosaikunda, saraswati kunda , parbati kunda, etc. These lakes are very famous in Hindu religion in Buddhist area. Every year in august many Hindu pilgrims from all around Nepal and India visit there. It also call frozen lakes trek. Along the trekking we will reach close to 5ooom height and see Ganesh Himal, langtang himal, Tibetan border himal and Annapurna range.

Itinerary

Day Place Altitude Duration
1. Kathmandu to syabrubesi (by jeep) 2238m 6h
2. Syabrubesi to Lama Hotel 3030m 7h
3. Lama Hotel to Langtang Village 3230m 6.5h
4. Langtang village to Kyanging 3830m 5h
5. Kyanging to kyanging ri (4700m, morning view) back to Kyanging and back to langtang village 3230m 7h
6. Langtang to Bamboo 1970m 5h
7. Bamboo to Thulo syabru 2250m 5h
8. Thulo syabru to Chandanbari 3330m 6h
9. Chandanbari to Lauribinaya 3910m 5h
10. Lauribinayk to Gosaikunda 4380m 4h
11. Gosaikunda to Chandanbari ( way back) 3330m 5h
12. Chandanbari to Dhunche 1960m 3h
13. Dhunche to Kathmandu 1110m 5h