Langtang Gosaikunda Lake Trek

Nepal Intrepid Treks will be your dedicated travel companion until you return to your home country. Once you arrive at Kathmandu airport, we will be there to pick you up and take you to your hotel. Accommodation for our valued customers includes room and breakfast in a three star hotel in Kathmandu.

Take in the impressions of Nepal as we drive you from the airport to your hotel. We will assist you with the check-in and provide you with further information regarding your Everest Base Camp Trek. You may then have a rest or stroll through the bustling, colourful streets and alleys of Kathmandu.

Prepare for a day of immersion into the Nepalese culture, while visiting the most important landmarks of this fascinating city and its outskirts. Our experienced guide will take you to Kathmandu Durbar Square, a UNESCO heritage site which represents the political and historical values of Nepalese civilization.

We then proceed to Swayambhu Nath Temple, also known as ‘Monkey Temple’ thanks to its adorable colony of monkeys that run free. This temple is the symbol of harmony between Buddhists and Hindus.  At the top of the stupa you will have a splendid birds-eye view of Kathmandu Valley and its surroundings.

We continue to the sacred Pashupatinath Temple, a holy place for Hindu devotees. Especially interesting is the holy cremation area where preparations and daily cremation ceremonies take place. From here we return to the hotel.

Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel. Your guide will pick you up at the hotel and escort you to the vehicle which will take you to the Syabru Besi. We drive north-west to Kathmandu enjoying the views of lush hills and terraced farmlands until we reach Syanbru Besi. Spend your night at a guesthouse in Syabru besi. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

We start our actual trekking journey from today. We follow our trail and start walking on our own pace. Slowly, our trail ascends up through a forest until we reach Bamboo village. We stop for our lunch here and rest for a while. We continue our path through a well paved forested area watching the birds fly and enjoying the pristine forest environment. We can see the bee hives, birds nest and small animals like squirrels running here and there. We climb up through the bamboo forest until we reach Lama hotel. We stay at a guesthouse for the night. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Leaving Lama Hotel, we continue walking through the rhododendron and pine forest along a pleasant path until we reach Ghoda Tabela. The literal meaning of Ghoda Tabela in English literature is horse stable. We stop at Ghoda Tabela for lunch and explore the area as we rest for a while. We can see dense wild habitat and herbal plants around this area. We leave Ghoda Tabela and walk for around three hours through a scenic path that takes us to Langtang village. We stop at a guesthouse in Langtang village for the night. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Our trail climbs up gradually through small villages and yak pastures until a valley opens up. We cross Laja Khola and climb up a moraine to get a view of Kyangjin Gompa and an icefall that flows from Langtang Lirung. From here the views of gompa and icefall are outstanding. We can also get a view of snow capped mountains like Ganjala, Langtang Lirung, Tserko Ri and Langsisa Ri. As we reach Kyangjin gompa, we hike up to Kyangjin Ri and trek back to gompa. We spend our night at a guesthouse in the gompa. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Today is a leisure day in the Langtang valley. We spend our day exploring around the gompa. We visit the cheese factory and monastery in Langtang valley. We then hike up to Chokari Ri which offers and excellent views of icefalls and mountains. Chokari Ri at 5050 metres is the highest point of Langtang Gosaikunda Lake trek. In the evening, we descend down to the gompa for overnight stay (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Today we leave the gompa and retrace our journey back to Lama Hotel via Langtang village and Ghoda Tabela. We stop at a guesthouse called Lama Hotel for overnight stay. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

We descend down through the pine and rhododendron forests for around one and half hour until we reach Pairo. We enjoy a sip of tea/coffee and continue descend down to the bank of Langtang Khola. We cross a waterfall and ascend up through pine and rhododendron forest. As we ascend up, we can notice trail getting narrower and slippery. We continue through our trail and cross a suspension bridge until we reach the bottom of Thulo Syabru. We further ascend up through stone staircase until we reach our guesthouse where we will stay for the night. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

We leave Thulo Syabru and follow a trail that ascends up through a monastery and courtyard of school to Langtang National Park. We pass an army check point and walk along the alpine forest for around half an hour to top of the ridge. We then continue our walk through the rhododendron forest admiring the magnificent view of Dhunche downhill. After an hour walk from this place, we reach Shin Gompa which would be our stopping point for the day. We stay at a guesthouse in Shin Gompa for the night. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Our trail for the day ascends up smooth through rhododendron forest and continues along a forested area until we reach Laurebinayak. Today we pass a sanctuary that preserves red panda therefore we can get a glimpse of a cute panda if lucky. As we ascend up, we follow a rugged trail that offers some fascinating views of Ganesh Himal, Manaslu range, Langtang Lirung and other Tibetan peaks. As we walk further, we reach a holy and mystic land of Gosaikunda. This place has many lakes around amongst which Bhairab kunda, Saraswati kunda, and Gosaikunda are the popular one. As per Hindu mythology, Gosaikunda lake was formed when Lord Shiva had pierced a glacier with his trident to quench his thirst after swallowing the poison that was supposed to destroy the world. We stay at a guesthouse in Gosaikunda for the night. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Leaving Gosaikunda, our trail drops downhill to the village of Dhunche. We walk through the dense rhododendron, bamboo and pine forests with the views of beautiful landscape around us. On the way we pass a beautiful village called Ramche. The trail will further lead us to Dhunche. We stay at a guesthouse in Dhunche for the night. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

From Dhunche, we catch a ride that will take us to Syaphrubesi. We further drive from Pokhara via Prithivi Highway to Syaphrubesi. We return to the same scenic route along the Trishuli River with views of the lush landscape on sight. We stay at a hotel in Kathmandu for the night. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

After this wonderful adventure, it’s finally time to bid you a farewell. We will pick you up from the hotel and escort you to the airport for your journey home! We hope with all our hearts that we served you well and look forward to seeing you or your friends again someday.