Langtang valley is one of the most beautiful places in Nepal with its appallingly verdant landscape and authentic culture furnished with the attitude of gratitude. Being on the northern side of capital, this valley holds several guesthouses adorned with modern sophistication for your comfortable stay throughout the trek. This valley is amazingly beautiful having the potential to linger every eye on its charm. Perhaps, this is why Langtang valley had been the soul of every adventurer for several decades until the 2015 earthquake.
Local inhabitants were greatly threatened by the earthquake that hit Nepal in 2015. Because of this, they were compelled to leave the valley and now when the situation is better, they have returned to re-establish Langtang valley in a more sustainable and safer way. However, this is a big challenge for them to do it.
By choosing this trek, you will be a part of this new and sustainable Langtang. They are not asking for charity; they just want you to enjoy the bewildered nature of Langtang valley and pay for what you do. This is a win-win situation. On the one hand, you will have a good time in the alpine grassland of Langtang alongside the incredible view of mountain vistas, while on the other hand, you will assist in the renovation of this wonderful region of Nepal.
The route is suitable for all the trekkers and takes you to some of the beautiful monasteries and lush woodlands. As most do, at the end of the day, you become convinced with the question, why Langtang? Do a survey and choose the best one.
Evrery trekking In Nepal is customizeable according to our guests interests. Langtang valley trek we have many opptions to customize itineraries depend on your time and iterest of the side trips from Kyaingumpa.Trekking in Langtang valley we can trek for 7 days to 10 days , it means if want to only walk to Last settlement of the Langtang valley to Kyanjingumpa then It takes only 7 days from Kathmandu to Kathmandu. Langtang valley short trek provide you only vally walk to Last settlement to Kyanjin gumpa. And you can extend your trek to 9 days langtang trek to 10 days.
Mostly in Langtang vally there are many side trips which you can hike from Kyanjin gumpa. Most famous side trips are Cherkhori 4985, Kyanjin Ri 4720m, Langsisha kharka 4400, and kimjung glacier 4210m and Gan Lan base camp.
Chrerkhori 4984m- Normanlly it takes about 7-9 hours to hike up and down from Kyanjon gumpa 3780m. That view point provide you panorama view of the surraunded mountains in 360 degree of langtang Lirung, Langsisha peak, Gangchengpo peak, Ganja La peak and Yalapeak and more others moutains.
Beautiful walk through the Langtang river to Langsisha khara is one of the most beautiful walk, mosttly people avoid because they don't know the beautiness of the langsisha kharka walk throgh the Langtang river.Moutain Yaks, Himalayan Thar and surraunded valley walk is the main thing in Langsisha kharka valley walk.
Equeally, Kimjung glacier and langtang lirung glacier walk is the also heart-breathing hike from the Kyanjin gumpa.
Ganja La base cam is he one of the opptional hike from Langtang valley trek which lead from Kyanjin Gumpa , in 6 hours we can do up and down and provide you stunning views of the Yala peak, Langtang lirung and Kimjung peak with glacier and wide valley renges of the Kyanjing gumpa.
Many side trips makes you Langtang valley trek unforgetable and memoriable.
Day 01 - Airport Pick up and transfer to your Hotel
Day 02 - Trek preparation and some sightseen in KTM
Day 03 - Kathmandu to Syabrubensi (1420m) -Drive 6 hours
Day 04 - Syabrubesi to Lama Hotel (2470m) 6 hours
Day 05 -Lama Hotel to Langtang village (3420) 6-7 hours
Day 06 - Lantang to Kyanjin Gompa (3860m) 4 hours
Day 07 - Kyanjin Gompa to Chherkhori (4960m) to Kyanjin Gompa (3780m) 8 hours
Day 08 - Kyanjin Gompa to Lama Hotel (2460m) 6 hours
Day 09- Lama Hotel to Syabrubesi (1420m) 5 hours
Day 10 - Drive to Kathmandu (823m) 6 hours
When you arrive at Kathmandu International Airport then you will transfer to your hotel in Kathmandu by a member of Friendly Nepal. And short briefing will give you concerning the necessary formalities and your trekking plan then you may spend your free time visiting local markets having testy food of Nepal.
Your City tour Guide picks you up from your hotel and takes you Kathmandu valley tour for half day.your will have great experiences of Nepal's cultures and old tradition and Religion and prepare trek gears for trekking.
This morning your trekking guide will pick you up from your hotel and drive to Syabrubesi via Trisuli Bazar (540m). It takes 6 hours drive to reach Syabrubesi.when you reach Syabrubesi then look around the locals' village and overnight in Hotel.
Today we start to walk slowly east onwards the slopes then soon the walk start descend down to Rimche. Now the trail leads east to lama Hotel,(2470m). When you reach the Lama Hotel the trail leads you northeast upwards to Riverside and Gumna chowk through maple, oaks, rhododendron .when you reach Riverside then you can view the Langtang Lirung mountain (7246m). after climbing from Riverside then soon you reach Goratabela (horse stumble 2970m) where there is an army post. the walk after the Goratabela becomes wider and gradual towards Langtang village. Now you finished the trek in Gora Tabela. Overnight in Hotel.
Now the valley is wide and you can see Langtang Lirung (7246m), Nayakang peak, Cherkhori (4930m), and the valley all the way up to Langtang. The trail leads you gradual climb to Gompa where is the monastery and nice view of the Langtang village and Langtang glacier, Nayakang peak, and cherkhori (4930m).then after the Gompa soon we cross the Langtang glacier to the Langtang village. It takes 3-4 hours to walk in total to reach Langtang village from Gora Tabela. When you reach Lantang then we eat lunch and look around the Langtang village, Mundu and sildum village, All three small villages contain the wheat, buckwheat and vegetable, and potatoes. Back to Langtang.Over nigh n Hotel.
today we walk through the Langtang village upwards to Mundu and sildum village where you can observe the Buddhist mani walls and Tibetan inscriptions to please the gods. Now the trail continues through the Yak pastures to the Yamphu close to the Langtang Khola then the trail slowly upwards to the Kyanjin Village (3860m). when you reach the Kyanjin then the views of the Langtang Lirung glacier, Khimsung Kyanjin RI north of kyanjin, and southeast from Kyanjin are also so beautiful views of the Nayakang, Ganjala peak. Now after eating lunchtime to look around the kyanjin Monastry, cheese factory, and slowly upwards to nice hike way of Langtang Lirung glacier. It is said true go high sleep law. So back to hotel.time to relax with warm
dinner.
Today we are climbing the cherkhori (4890m) to look around the views of the surrounded mountains of the Langtang Lirung, Kinshung peak, Yala Peak, Naya Kang peak, Ganjala peak, and more others mountains from the tip of the Cherkhori. After leaving Kyanjin Gompa toward the Langsisa Kharka for 45 minutes the trail turn right hand to the peak after crossing the river. The trail upwards alongside the edges to the peak for 2:30 close to the peak and we walk in lose and boulders for 145 minutes then we reach the top and Very nice view of the surrounded mountains and Kayjin and Langtang valley. And slowly we back through the same way to Kyanjin.
Today we follow the same trail back to Lama Hotel which we already walked. Mostly our walk today is descending around 1400 meters back to Lama hotel. After descending 1400 meters you may little tire. have rest with a warm dinner.
Today we walk the same trail back to Rimche for 45 minutes and the trail descends down to New bridge, Bamboo, Landslide, when we reach Landslide Then 30 minutes walk we turn to the right to Dovan. today is mostly downhill from the Lama Hotel to Dovan through the aok, and bamboo and nettles forest. Now the trail leads you fairly level to Syabrubesi from Dovan. It takes 5 hours to reach Syabrubesi from Lama Hotel. Overnight in Hotel.
We are driving to Kathmandu via the Trisuli river (540m) by tourist bus or Private transport. when we reach KTM then time to look around or rest or shopping. Overnight in Hotel.
Well experienced local guides and proper mountain porters and well management are main rules to make our customers satisfied. Experiences of the two decades in tourism sector managing their trekking plan and others activities properly to make their ’s dream to bring into the reality according to our customer’s interest, time and trekking areas. We focus on suitable, comfortable and safety plans for our valuable guests to experiences doing mainly trekking, climbing and any tours without ant obstacles. Our team always focus on to provides services to meet our guests ‘s targets, destination and aims in the remote areas of the Himalaya with open heart.
We are easy going local company to manage every single plan for our guests according to their interest. What we say is” GUEST IS GOD”. We value the guests first in our business. What we have is experienced staffs to manage every single thing easily in proper way. Well experienced field staff such as Guides and helpers/porters are the main back bone to stand among you to provides best services. “COME AS A GUEST GO AS A FRIEND”.
We spent more than two decades supporting to the local people in remote area of Nepal. We always provide proper local guides for the proper trekking area/routes. All guides are trained by Nepal government with some training of the First aids. All field staffs are selected sincerely to make sure you are in right in high mountains. Friendly Nepal team is coordinating to peoples who are scattering on the all over the world. I hope our two-decade working experiences in mountains and management in tourism sector may help you to explore the Nepal with confident with right people!!!
We can rent or hire, most of the trekking gear in Kathmandu/Nepal such as a four-season sleeping bag, Puffy down jackets, Micro pikes, trekking shoes, and others. we help you to hire or rent all required trekking gear before your trekking.
Hired trekking gears are must to keep safely if rented gears found damaged then you need to pay the same coast of the gear. You should keep certain amount of money to rent trekking gears. Normally, Trekking gears shop keep deposit $ 100 USD for a sleeping bag and a Puffy down jacket. Renting charge per day is approx. USD 1.50.
One of the re-presentative from Friendly Nepal treks come with private bus or car to pick you up from Tribhuvan airport and drop you in your guest house. With your details of the international flight and your full name, they will be standing in front of the arrival gate in Nepal airport.
Easily you can recognize the staff from Friendly Nepal treks with their T-Short and your name in holding bord. we always make you sure you are in right destination.
Tourists easily can apply their Nepali Visa upon the arrival in Tribhuvan Airport. It may take a few 30 minutes because same time a lot of tourists in the same process to obtain the Nepali Visa in Nepal Airport.
What you can do is please fill the all details to apply the Nepali Visa before landing the Tribhuvan Airport. It help you to obtain visa quicker than usual. You should bring passport photo copy and passport size Photo to apply the Nepali visa in the Nepal Airport.
Trekking in Himalayas are mostly remote. In modern days there are many choices of food menu in every guests houses in mountains and serve you proper ordered food. You can enjoy with continental breakfast with fresh fruit as well as lunch and dinner with verities of continental American, Nepali, and Indian foods with hot soups. Most of the food in high mountain supply by helicopter or local porter. Mostly in mountain you get Potatoes items, rice Items, Pasta, Pizza items, breads items and proper vegetables.
Dhal Bhat is the well- known food in Nepal that you get everywhere, Food in mountain cook properly by proper experienced cook. Local food is mostly organic and grown in same region. So, you can enjoy your trek with proper food in high Himalaya. We suggest you to have local food which are grown locally by local peoples.
You can leave your non-trekking gears in Kathmandu hotel safely. Every Hotel, they have proper safe store room to keep the non-trekking gears for the Hotel guests.
Hotel provides you TAG/receive to make sure that your non trekking gears or others backpack are stored in certain hotel. You get your stored belonging when you want. You no need to pay any money to store your luggage.
Flexibilities are the main prior for our guests. Just you send us your international flight tickets and passport copy with PP size photo to make all required trekking permit for your booked trek.
If you booked trek for the Everest, Upper Mustang, kanchenjanga, Dolpo region and other remote areas then you should deposit 15 percent ahead of time to manage flight, trekking permits.
1 porter carry 20-25 kg in high Himalaya in trekking. We have weight limit for Porters because they need to carry their backpack too, So, 20 kg per porter is quite limit weight excluding porter bag pack.
Every 2 guests get 1 porter. Porter are main backbone of the trekking. And good supporters.
Mid-winter treks are getting popular in Nepal. And numbers of tourists are increasing in mid-winter. The data of the report of every trekking areas shows that mid-winter trekkers are increasing in good way.
All are related with global warming, and high glaciers are melting unusually. So, number of tourists are trekking in Nepal in mid- winter. However, you need well preparation with right trekking gears to deal with minus temperature.
We value the safety of yours in mountain or anywhere in Nepal. So, highly suggested to bring travel insurance to cover mighty accident or if anything went wrong to anybody in unexpected ways in remote trekking route. Travel insurance help you to cover your expenditure if you need emergency rescue from mountain to nearest hospital or treatment in Nepal.
Equally travel insurance give you mentally secure and you will find life is safe with travel insurance.
You get warm and nice hot shower every day if you want. Every guest house they have hot shower service, mostly you get hot shower which runs by electricity or cooking gas.
Per shower, per person cost approx $5 USD. In some trekking region such as Dolpo, Manaslu, Kanchejanga and other remote area them don not have proper hot shower but provide hot buckets water for shower.
Safe drinking water is most important to make sure you are in good shape in mountain. We suggest you to get normal drinking water from water tap or gest house and use water purify tablets and wait 30 minute to drink.
Filtering the water from the river or water tap is the also best way to get safe drinking water in trekking but you should come with proper filtering water bottle.
Bottled- water also available to drink but we discourage to use bottled-water to keep environment clean.
We value your goal and always give first priority of what you want. So easily you can customize any trekking area according to you interest, time, we are quite flexible to customize your trekking as your request as can as possible.
Written plan in webpage may not work out for you sometime because of your interest and time or you want to extra days somewhere you like. This is most asked question for us and please feel free and we always customize or make any itinerary according to you interest, time.
Best months for the trekking are the September to Mid-January, which is known as Autumn season and mainly most of the trekkers love to trek during the Autumn because of the beautiful weather and clear days and less chance to get heavy snow in high mountain, Autumn coordinate best weather than others season.
During the Autumn season in high mountain weather would be sunny with plus temperature and some snow refreshment over 3000m. charming mountains are shine with stunning glacier with lush forest lower down.
Second best months are the February to mid-June, which is known as spring season. During the Spring season trekkers have opportunities to glance the colourful Rhododendron flowers in the elevation of the below 3000m and others alpine flowers blooms in late spring season. Weather would be little windy with some hailstones in hilly region and some snow refreshment in high mountain.
Number of solo women- trekkers are trekking in mountain and Nepal is the still safe country for the solo trekkers in mountain. Solo women always safe with Friendly Nepal.
Some exercises are important before the hitting the mountain, everyday running for 1 hour for few weeks, jugging, and Gym and stay active and proper food with high carb as well as jumping.
Hiking up and down every day makes your muscle strong and keep fit your body. Move around your body, push up and down, play food ball, volley ball and other game which gives you physical exercises.
Well mental preparation plays main roles to trek in Himalayas. Be positive with mountains, get enough information regarding the coming trek. And Planning well to get ready to climb up and down.
Depend on where you are going to trek, some wherein big town they may have ATM machine to draw the money but most of the trekking places in mountain there are not any ATM, So Credit cards is not worth using in mountain.
Make sure getting enough cash with some contingency budget for the trekking.
It cost you depend how much you spend. Approx $ 20-25 USD is quite enough for additional expenditures. You can buy water, chocolates, coffee and Biscuits and others fancy things.
Minus 10 sleeping bags require from September to November and minus 20 sleeping bags require from early December to mid- January). In case of the weather change in high mountain then you get extra banket in additional cost.
You can charge easily your batteries, cell phone, camera in trekking/mountains. When you are in the mountain region the, every guest house have sollar systems to charge you electric equipment, make sure charging your batteries before the sun go down. At least you get chance to charge your batteries, and other electric equipment.
Note: if weather get change in unusual situation then no any charging in high mountains because of the no sun.
Definitely you get enough boiled or hot water in trekking in the additional cost.In Annapurna, Langtang and Manaslu and mustang, hot water is little cheaper than in Everest , Makalu, Kanchenjang.
It cost you $2 -5 USD per litter for the boil water in trekking.
You should bring passport size photos -4 pieces.
Passport photo copy – 1 Piece.
Your Travel insurance’s Photo copy -1 piece.
Sure, you can extend the trekking days during the trek, just coordinate with guide and company few days ago you decided.
Some people may like to stay somewhere in nice places more days more than written plan or spend more time in KTM or Pokhara or somewhere.
You can extend your trekking with extra days.
Depend where you are trekking, there are internet services in mountain, If you are trekking in Everest, Annapurna, Langtang, Manaslu and Upper mustang then easily you get internet services in every guesthouses in additional cost.
If you are trekking in far remote areas such as Kanchejanga, Upper Dolpo and Narphu Valleys then internet services are limits.
Short Langtang trek
I hiked the Langtang Trek with Santa as my guide. He had been my guide ten years earlier on the Poon Hill Trek. I had a great experience with him that time and had stayed in touch with him, so when my girlfriend and I decided to go trekking in Nepal this time, I reached out to Santa to see if he was available. He responded right away and in a series of effortless exchanges, he found out what we were looking for, provided a number of different options and once we had decided, he arranged everything for us. We decided to go with the Langtang trek as it was within in our timeframe, had beautiful scenery and had friendly local people along the way. Santa anticipated the experience we were looking for and ensured that we would have a great trek. After meeting us at the airport he set us up in a guest house in Tamel and gave us some time to rest after the flight. All the travel and accommodation was arranged, but he also ensured flexibility in terms of any changes if we wanted to stay longer or continue further with the guesthouses. Our porter was also very helpful and kind and ensured we were safe and taken care of always. We got along very well with all the guesthouse owners and always bought some of the food they had grown themselves. Our favorite thing was buying different ingredients at each stop along the way and getting the guesthouses to add them to our food as we went along. Each area of elevation was suited for different crops so it was really special having them all together in a soup at the highest point. The range of natural landscapes on the Langtang Trek is really magnificent, and we were amazed at how the terrain changed so quickly from one part of the trek to another. Santa grew up close to the area and had done the Langtang trek many times, so he knew all of the local people who owned the guesthouses and always ensured we were staying with the friendliest guesthouse owners. Santa always went out of his way to help us have a great time and even lent us some money after we had run out until we arrived at the bottom. I would not hesitate to give my highest recommendation to Santa as a trekking guide. He embodies the spirit of Nepalese hospitality like no other and is very passionate about his work as a guide. If you are taking a trek in Nepal, you will be in great hands and have an excellent trek with Santa leading your way. I would also recommend the Langtang trek specifically as it not too long, has beautiful panaromic views, has wonderful local people and is remote enough to get you away from the crowds. Happy trekking!
Excellent Guide
I feel absolutely honored to have experienced the 8-day Langtang Valley trek with Santa. He is the kindest, most helpful and most knowledgeable guide I have ever had, and I have hiked in countries all over the world! He is always willing to go the extra mile to make your experience better. This was my first multi-day hike, and Santa enabled my partner and I to climb the Tsergo Ri summit (4984m high). I am so proud of myself for achieving this, and it is all down to Santa. His organizational skills are excellent and he always made sure we stayed in the nicest rooms possible, ensuring we had a beautiful view and ensuite wherever possible. He is almost fluent in English and knows all the best spots to eat. He seems to know all the locals wherever we go and is clearly very well-regarded in the trekking world. I would thoroughly recommend him to anyone. It became so obvious to us why so many of his clients are repeat customers, who wish to explore Nepal with Santa time and time again Jasmine- UK
14 days with Santa!
Jan 2023 • Solo I did a 14 day Nepal trek (without any real research????) with Santa Ghale. We did Langtang trial to Chirk Hori, KG ri and KG glacier and then doubled back for Gosainkund and Laurabina la pass. Santa was great; it was just he and I during January. He’s extremely knowledgeable, empathetic, kind and positive. He takes your safety and trek enjoyment very seriously and I highly recommend.