LANGTANG

TREK # 24
LANGTANG/JUGAL HIMAL TREK 15 NIGHTS / 16 DAYS.

o Day 01: KATHMANDU/BUDHANILKANTHA/SHIVAPURI (8500 FT.). Drive from Kathmandu to Budhanilkantha for 45 minutes. An ascend for one and half hour will reach you to Nagi Gompa, from here you will have the bird's eye view of Kathmandu valley. Hot lunch will be served near Nagi Gompa. After lunch you will trek through the rhododendron forest with different kind of orchids and wild flowers for three hours. Overnight camp in Shivapuri, from here one can have the good view of Himalayan ranges on one side and other side you will have view of the Kathmandu valley.

o Day 02: SHIVAPURI/PATI BHANJYANG (5860 FT.). Follow the ridge for about 3 hours to reach Sherpa Gaon for lunch stop. After lunch, ascend to Pati Bhanjyang for today's overnight camp via Chisapani.

o Day 03: PATI BHANJYANG/KUTUMSANG (8000 FT.). Ascend steeply to Namche Danda and descend gradually to Kutumsang for overnight camp. Lunch will be served enroute.

o Day 04: KUTUMSANG/THAREPATI (11800 FT.). Today the trail ascends to Golbhanjyang Kharka and then descends gradually towards Thandang Daura. Lunch will be served. Now the trail ascend for about 3 hours passing through the rhododendrons forest to reach our camping place of Tharepati.

o Day 05: THAREPATI/TARKEGYANG (9000 FT.). Descend through the forest quite steeply but it is compensated by the cool shade of rhododendron forest. Lunch will be served in Melamchi river. Cross the river and descend for about 3 hours to reach Tarkegyang. If time permits, you can visit the village to get an idea of the culture and way of life of the people. You may be invited to some homes for 'Chhyang' or local beer or perhaps a cup of lasted butter tea. Most houses are beautifully decorated with carved cupboards containing old pots mostly made of brass. You may able to do some shopping by the way of curios and handicraft items.

o Day 06: TARKEGYANG/SERMATHANG (8600 FT.). From Tarke Gyang the trail leaves the village near the big guesthouse and follows the electricity supply line around the hillside to Parachin. The trail makes a sweep around the wide valley end between Parachin and the pretty village of Ganjwal at around 8200 ft. At the end of the village the lodge sells beer and soft drink. The trail drops down from the ridge of the ridge but then continues at around the same altitude along the side of the ridge crossing a number of streams and waterfalls and picking its way over the debris from a huge landslide. Finally it passes a Gompa at the edge of the large village of Sermathang. There is a Langtang National Park office in the village.

o Day 07: SERMATHANG/YANGRI RIVER (6900 FT.). The trail follows the ridge about 3 hours down to the lunch place. After having lunch, trek along the bank of the river for overnight camp at Yangri.

o Day 08: YANGRI/DUKENG (6900 FT.). Today trek all the way straightly about 5 hours passing through the scattered bushes and trees to reach the camping place at Dukeng. Lunch will be served enroute.

o Day 09: DUKENG/NASIM PATI (11850 FT.). The trail ascends steeply and steadily across stony, grassy pastures to cross the ridge. From the ridge the route descends through forest. The descent to Hile Bhanjyang is steep. In spring this can be in deep snow with difficult icy sections in the gullies. The trail finally climbs steeply to a hillock at 13000 ft., then traverses open ground along a flagstone trail to another crest. The views are wonderful in clear in weather. There is a stone house above Nasim pati and well-trodden trails that lead off the ridge crest to both east and west.

o Day 10: NASIM PATI / PANCH POKHARI (13300 FT.). It's about a four hour climb on a well defined trail to Panch Pokhari, five holy lakes at 13300 ft. There are two metal-roofed huts, a sheet metal enclosed shrine to Shiva and a pile of cast-iron tridents. During the June/July full moon thousands of Nepalese come here to worship. You should not wash in the holy stream near the temples. There is often snow on this ridge.

o Day 11: PANCH POKHARI Rest day for local excursion.

o Day 12: PANCH POKHARI / GAI KHARKA (8300 FT.). Return to Nasim Pati and descend west on a good trail past several ravines with water. Today we overnight here. Lunch will be served enroute.

o Day 13: GAI KHARKA/ YARSA (7200 FT.). The descent continues through forest on a sometimes steep and rough track crossing two major water courses. Pass a few substantial villages then descend a small and very steep trail directly to our today's camping place.

o Day 14: YARSA/ PHUSRE (6600 FT.). Today two hours of easy walking takes you to your lunch place at Barshyap. If weather is fine, you can get magnificent view of Langtang, Gosainthan, Dorje Lakpa, Phubri Chayachu and other peaks. Descend gradually for about 2 hours through a rhododendron forest to reach Phusre, for tonight's camping.

o Day 15: PHUSRE/ SHEOLI (6000 FT.). It is a further steep down for one and half hour through a rhododendron forest. The route continues following a ridge for two hours to reach Phuchusay for lunch. After lunch descent gradually passing through villages for about 4 hours till your camping place.

o Day 16: SHEOLI/ CHAUTARA/ KATHMANDU After breakfast, ascend gradually for two hours passing through villages towards Chautara. From here, transfer by car/coach to Kathmandu for approximately 4 hours.