Langtang Panorama – Helambu Trek

Activities: We will meet you at the airport and drive you to your hotel, just relax for the rest of the day to recover from your long journey.

Highlights: Bustling Thamel, an array of restaurants, bars and shops.

Accommodation: Kathmandu 3 star hotel.

Highlights: Pashupatinath, Boudhanath Stupa, Swaymbhunath and Patan Durbar Square, cultural and historical sights of the Kathmandu Valley.

Accommodation: Kathmandu 3 star hotel.

Hours of walking: 5.

Difficulty: Moderate to difficult.

Elevation reached: 2300m.

Terrain: Steep stone staircases, long, steep inclines.

Views on offer: Panoramic, Langtang views from Chisapani.

Highlights: Sunset views from Chisapani over the Langtang mountain range.

What’s to see?: The Shivapuri National Park, houses perched on the hillside and terraced rice fields.

Accommodation: Basic Teahouse.

Hours of walking: 6.

Difficulty: Easy to moderate.

Elevation reached: 2470m.

Terrain: Gentle inclines, rocky tracks, steady descents.

Views on offer: The mountains of the Langtang range.

Highlights: Seeing the traditional people of the mountain practicing time honoured traditions and customs.

What’s to see?: The villages of Pati Bhanjyang and Gul Bhanjyang.

Accommodation: Basic Teahouse.

Hours walking: 5.

Difficulty: Moderate.

Elevation reached: 3490m.

Terrain: A ridgeline path, forest trails, some steep inclines.

Views on offer: Langtang and Gosainkunda.

Highlights: The spectacular views from Magen Goth.

What’s to see?: Yaks grazing and local farmland.

Accommodation: Basic Teahouse.

Hours of walking: 7.

Difficulty: Moderate to difficult.

Elevation reached: 2620m.

Terrain: A descent down a ravine, a suspension bridge and a long climb up the valley.

Views on offer: The river valley.

Highlights: Crossing the Malenchi Khola River on an impressive suspension bridge loaded with prayer flags.

What’s to see?: The traditional village of Malenchigaon and some small Buddhist monestaries.

Accommodation: Basic Teahouse.

Hours of walking: 5.

Difficulty: Moderate.

Elevation reached: 2620m.

Terrain: Gentle descents, well-defined trekking trails.

Views on offer: Some magnificent views of the snow-capped peaks of Langtang can be seen from Sermathang.

Highlights: Tasting the local apples in this important apple growing region!

What’s to see?: Apple orchards, rhododendron forests.

Accommodation: Basic Teahouse.

Hours of walking: 5.

Difficulty: Easy to moderate.

Elevation reached: 830m.

Terrain: Some steep descents, stone staircases, forest paths.

Views on offer: The snow-capped peaks of the Langtang range.

Highlights: The crisp, fresh mountain air on our last day of trekking.

What’s to see?: Local villages and houses, some small Buddhist monasteries.

Accommodation: Kathmandu 3 star hotel.

Goodbye and farewell from Nepal!