Langtang Valley Trek via Ganja La Pass

After landing at the Tribhuwan International Airport, High Spirit Treks company representative will pick you and drop off at the hotel. Overnight in Kathmandu.

Drive from Kathmandu in the morning for Syabrubesi, a village which is also the starting point for treks
into the Langtang valley. Journey will be on a winding road through frequent switchbacks. Outstanding
views of Manaslu, Annapurna and Ganesh Himal can be seen on a clear day. Overnight in Syabrubesi.

After breakfast, we begin our trek to Syabrubesi along the Langtang Khola. the trail is ascend and
descend simultaneously through oak and rhododendron forests. After crossing a bridge over the
Langtang Khola (small river), we ascend on a steep trail which will lead us to the Lama Hotel. Overnight
in Lama Hotel.

Continue ascending from Lama Hotel, enjoying the awesome mountain landscape with abundant
waterfalls for our next destination, Langtang village. Along the route we can have the scenic views of
white peaks of the Langtang range. Our trail continues to climb up the widening valley, passing a few
temporary settlements used by herders.

Our next journey to Kyangjin Gompa, a principal monastery of the region starts today. We walk through
the trail enjoying the water mills, prayer wheels, chortens, with sacred mounds of rocks with inscriptions
carved on the way, also the largest mani wall in Nepal, made from stone with prayers written on them.
After reaching to Kyanjin Dompa, we spend the rest of the afternoon exploring the Buddhist shrine in
Kyangjin Gompa and surrounding areas with the amazing views of the mountains.

Acclimatize, spend the whole day exploring Kyanjin Ri. Explore around Kyangjin Gompa, enjoy the
beautiful monastery with the amazing views of the Himalayas, glaciers, birds and yaks.

Trek towards the next destination Ngegang. Along the way we can enjoy the majestic himalayas sights,
scenic trail followed by the diversities of landscapes. The trail goes on ascending and the area is covered
with natural vegetation. No villages can be seen in this area, hence no lodges are available.

Today is comparatively more strenuous as we have to cross the Ganja La Pass (4270 M) covered with
snowy ice in most months. We start our trek from Ngegang crossing the Ganja la, a high altitude pass in
langtang region.

Today is a long day walking along the ridge and grassland, with amazing views of Himalayas towards our
next destination, Dukpu. The camping site will be in the forest.

The trail descends slightly before climbing over a 4,200 m pass, from where the spectacular view of the
Annapurna and the Everest regions can be clearly seen. From the pass the trail descends through the
pine forest, rhododendron forest past a tiny herder settlement called Tarkeghyang. We can visit one of
the oldest Buddhist monasteries and Sherpa villages in this region.

This day the trail is quite easy through the flat land with beautiful forests and small streams along the
way. We’ll visit a beautiful village half way to Shermathang, another pretty Sherpa village where we can
see many ancient monasteries and also the Jugal Himal range on the north face of the village.

The trail gradually descends all the way to Melamchi Pul/Bazaar through meadows and cultivated fields.
Along the way, we come across several old villages with their own unique traditions. The walk today is
quite pleasant with great mountain views.

After breakfast, we travel along a bumpy gravel path up to Lamidanda and then follow the metalled
road up to Kathmandu.