Tsum Valley 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, colorful 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.

Today, we leave Kathmandu city and take a drive to Arughat. We drive along the lush hills, rivers and river to Dhading Besi. The highway route till Dhading Besi is concrete and smooth. We enjoy our drive with views of hills, terrace fields, countryside houses on the way. From Dhading Besi, we further drive to Arughat. The way from Dhading Besi to Arughat is quite rough and bumpy. After around four hours of smooth ride and then another four hours of rough ride, we reach Arughat. We get off from our ride and take a local jeep that will lead us to Soti Khola in around one and half hours. We stay at a guesthouse in Soti Khola for the night. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Today we initiate our actual trekking journey. The day consists of around six to seven hours walk to Maccha Khola. We take our breakfast and follow our trail. At first, we cross a popular suspension bridge over the Soti Khola and walk through a forest until we reach top of a ridge. We can see and hear the water of Budhigandaki river splashing with its rapids. At Khursane, our trail gets rocky as we pass the stunning waterfall, terraced farmlands and few settlements until we reach a Gurung village popular as Lapubesi. We further climb a cliff and walk along the sandy river bed until we reach Maccha Khola. We even cross some suspension bridges in between. As we reach Maccha Khola, we stay at a guesthouse for the night. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Our trail narrows as we walk ahead towards Khorlabesi. After few ups and downs, we reach a popular place with natural hot springs known as Tatopani. Here we can enjoy a hot water bath to stimulate ourselves for our journey ahead. Leaving Tatopani, we climb up a ridge and cross a suspension bridge over Budi Gandaki river. We climb up the stone paved staircases to Doban which further leads us to the Thado Bharyang. We again climb up a ridge and cross Budi gandaki river and ascend up until we reach the village of Jagat. We stay at a guesthouse in Jagat for the night. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Today, we enter the restricted area of Manaslu region i.e. into Tsum valley. At the checkpoint in Jagat, your guide will take the permit to Manaslu Conservation Area. We walk for a while along the riverbank and wind up through some ups and downs of Shridibas to Philim. We pass a suspension bridge and explore the Philim village for a while. As we move ahead, we pass Eklebhatti from where our trail gets separated towards Tsum valley and Manaslu. We take a trail to Tsum valley and hike up until we reach Lokpa. As you enter, the hidden valley of Tsum in Lokpa, you will be the remoteness in air. The view from Lokpa includes forests and hillsides in every direction.(Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

If you are exploring the Tsum valley, you should be aware about the fact that the valley is divided into two parts: upper tsum valley and lower tsum valley. Lokla is the first settlement of the valley which is nothing more than three guesthouses. Leaving, Lokpa, we head towards Chumling today. Chumling is an old village in the valley where people are very traditional. As modernization has not touched this area at all, people follow their traditional lifestyle, culture, thoughts and everything. We visit an old monastery in the village from where the view of Ganesh Himal is splendid and the old chorten made up of stones and mud looks exotic. Admiring the wild nature along with the barley fields in Chumling, we spend our night at a guesthouse in Chumling. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Leaving Chumling, we cross a suspension bridge and walk through the fields of maize and potatoes. We can find the traditionally built Tibetan style houses made up of stones with firewood piled upon the roof. We the cross a flood cleared area which is the same place where five people were killed in 1999. Passing the area, we traverse into the forest until we reach up the valley from where we can get some superb views of Ganesh Himal. Further, we cross Srpukhola and climb up to upper Tsum until we reach the joined village of Chhokang Paro. As we reach the village, we can see the stone houses and crop fields. We stay at a guesthouse in Chhokang Paro or the night. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Today, we head towards Nile in Tsum valley. In the morning, we explore the Chhokang Paro village and climb north to a place where Lama Kongchog had died after 26 years long meditation. We further walk east and pass small villages, school and climb up over a ridge to Lamagaun. Further we reach the nunnery – Rachengompa that resembles the Kapan monastery in Kathmandu. We can also get a key to Milarepa’s cave at Lamagaun. Moving ahead, we cross a bridge over Shyarriver and pass the hamlets of Phurbe and Pangdun and reach an impressive gate that takes us to the village of Chhule. From the village, we ascend up until we reach Nile. We stay at a teahouse in Nile for the night. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Today, we leave the last settlement of the area i.e. Nile and move ahead to Mu Gompa which is our destination for the day. We cross a suspension bridge over the river and ascend up towards the Tibetan border. We walk in the dry land adorned with chortens, mani walls ans prayer flags until we reach Mu Gompa. Upon our arrival in Mu Gompa, we further hike up to DherpuDomaGompa and explore the monastery. After exploring the monastery and taking good photos, we return back down to Mu Gompa where we will be spending our night today. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

We return down to valley through Chhule and continue down to Phurbe. We stay at the east bank of Siyarriver and cross the flat plains covered by boulders followed by power lines to RachenGompa. Upon arrival, we explore the Gompa and interact with the friendly nuns’in the gompa. We stay at the gompa for the night. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

After exploring the gompa, we retrace ur journey back to the Chumling village in the Tsum valley. We walk along the same stone built houses and crop fields of maize and potatoes to Chumling. We stay at a guesthouse in Chumling for the night. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

We leave Chumling village and retrace our journey back through same path to Lokpa. We stay at a guesthouse in Lokpa for the night. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

We continue retracing our journey back the same path to Jagat. We stay at a guesthouse in Jagat for overnight halt. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Today, we walk down along the stone paved stairs toYaruphant. From here, we further descend down to Tatopani via Doban. Tatopani is a natural hot spring where you can soothe your muscles with a hot water bath. After resting in this place for a while we walk ahead to Khorlabesi and then to Lapubesi. We stop at a guesthouse in Lapubesi for the night. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Leaving Lapubesi, we walk along a steep rocky trail to BudhiGandakiriver. We cross the bridge over the river and continue walking until we reach SotiKhola.From Sotikhola, we catch a local jeep that will take us to Arughat. During our drive in jeep, we pass beautiful waterfall, ArkhetKhola and Mangaltar. We pass various small villages, lush forests and Budi Gandankiriver to Arughat. We stay at a guesthouse in Arughat for the night and conclude our trekking journey. (Breakfast, lunch and dinner included)

Today, we head towards the capital city – Kathmandu. After a drive of around eight hours along the countryside landscape of Nepal, we reach Kathmandu. Spend your night at a hotel in Kathmandu. (Breakfast 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.