Langtang Valley Trek with Ganja La Pass is an adventurous exploration of Langtang and Helambu region in the mountains.
Trek over one of the most challenging mountain passes to do and experience the incredible views of mountain vistas from the top. But it is not only the pass that is fascinating on the trip but also the trek itself is a wonderful way of experiencing the mountains and culture. You will explore the cultural and natural wonders of Langtang valley and then proceed towards Ganja La pass and Helambu region. Two high elevation viewpoints – Tsergo Ri and Ganja La – bring stunning views of the mountains in Langtang Himal range of the Himalaya. You will certainly enjoy the magnificence of the trek.
Why We Trek Nepal for Langtang Valley Trek with Ganja La Pass?
Since you are already in our Langtang Valley Trek with Ganja La Pass page, we want you to know why you should do this trip with us.
We have good reasons for you to choose us from the crowd in the market. Highly committed and experienced team of We Trek Nepal stands out in the market for unparalleled service we provide to our clients. We know no compromise while it comes to your safety and satisfaction.
Our style of small group trek operation in the mountains makes it quite easier for us to pay an individual attention to the group members. While the destination in itself is impressive, it is the unrivalled experience of our professional service and attention that makes Langtang Valley Trek with Ganja La Pass a special one with us.
What do you see on the trek?
Day one of the trip is your arrival day in Kathmandu, Nepal. When you arrive at Kathmandu airport, We Trek Nepal representative will welcome you and transfer to hotel. It will take more or less 20 minutes to reach hotel depending upon traffic. We will let you know about our trip briefing schedule and other essentials on your arrival at the hotel. You stay relaxed and try to adjust with the new atmosphere as a traveller. We will talk about any questions you may have at our trip briefing meeting.
We are at the elevation of 1,400 meters from sea level and are going well above 5,000 meters on the trip. We will take this day as our acclimatization and preparation day before we head up towards the mountains. Instead of staying idle in hotel, we will take you for a wonderful day tour of Kathmandu valley. Exploring UNESCO’s cultural heritage sites in Kathmandu is the best way to know about historical, cultural and spiritual aspects of this 2 millennia old city. We will visit Swoyambhunath popularly known as the Monkey Templethat is oldest monument in Kathmandu valley, Kathmandu Durbar Squarethat is one of the medieval palace squares in Kathmandu valley, Boudhanaththat is the largest Buddhist stupa and Pashupatinaththat is a Hindu temple premises with open Hindu cremation platforms on the bank of River Bagmati. Once we are back to hotel in the afternoon, we will go for last minute gearing up for our trekking adventure.
We check out the hotel and drive towards Syabrubesi leaving Kathmandu valley behind for a few days. The drive is of about six hours that takes us through beautiful sceneries, villages and towns before reaching Syabrubesi to stay overnight. Syabrubesi is a small town that lies about 122 kilometers northwest of Kathmandu. This town serves as the main gateway to trekking adventure in the Langtang region.
We are on the first day of our trekking adventure in the Langtang valley. With a high excitement for the adventure, we set off on the trail towards Lama Hotel as our destination for the day. We will enter peaceful and pristine nature and trek along the trail. The views of mountains and surroundings, peaceful walk along the trail and excitement for the exploring the mountains make our walk feel easier. We reach the small settlement at Lama Hotel to stay overnight.
The second day of Langtang region exploration on foot will take us to Mundu village past the previous Langtang village. We will again walk past several wonderful places and enjoy the mesmerizing surroundings of the mountains. The Langtang village was completely destroyed by the landslide in the 2105 earthquake so there are no teahouses present now. We trek past the previous Langtang village and walk to Mundu village to stay overnight.
We continue our trek in the Langtang valley towards Kyanjin Gompa as our destination for the day. Another spectacular day trekking in the mountainous surroundings of the Langtang region takes us through beautiful places. We will enjoy the trail that is full of Mani walls, prayer flags, beautiful natural surroundings and views. Kyanjin Gompa is a beautiful settlement with spectacular view of the mountains to enjoy.
We will make it to the highest elevation on the trip. We start the day early in the morning hiking towards Tsergo Ri that stands at the elevation of 5,030 meters above sea level. Although a challenging hike, we will be rewarded with breathtaking views of the mountains once we reach the top of Tsergo Ri. After spending some wonderful time at the top, we hike back to Kyanjin Gompa and spend the whole day exploring the surroundings. We stay overnight at Kyanjin Gompa today.
Kyanjing Gompa and Tsergo Ri exploration day left us in awe with the breathtaking views and cultural and spiritual wonders of the place. We will continue on our trek towards Ganja La today aiming to reach Ganja La Phedi to stay overnight. The trail takes a through forested area after crossing the Langtang River. We will trek on an easy pace as we are walking at the high altitude and going to stay overnight at higher elevation.
Kyanjing Gompa and Tsergo Ri exploration day left us in awe with the breathtaking views and cultural and spiritual wonders of the place. We will continue on our trek towards Ganja La today aiming to reach Ganja La Phedi to stay overnight. The trail takes a through forested area after crossing the Langtang River. We will trek on an easy pace as we are walking at the high altitude and going to stay overnight at higher elevation.
We will be walking over the Ganja La pass – the highest elevation on the trek – today. The pass stands at the elevation of 5,100 meters above sea level. Walking to the top of Ganja La is the most challenging part of the day and this pass is one of the most difficult ones to do in Nepal. But the spectacular views of the mountains from the route and the pass makes the walk, although challenging, a fun. We are going stay overnight at Keldang on a tented camp.
After a big day of crossing the highest elevation of the trip at Ganja La pass, we will continue our trek to Dukpu for overnight today. The trail again brings us wonderful surroundings of the high elevation in the mountain.
It is a huge descent on elevation today. When we trek to Tarkeghyang today, we will lose about 1,500 meters of elevation. The trail will bring us the beautiful and natural surroundings to make our walk wonderful feat.
We will continue our walk today to a beautiful cultural village, Sermanthang, in the Helambu region. A beautiful trail surrounded by nature and wonderful surroundings leads us to Sermathang. This village is a beautiful Sherpa village where we can see a lot of cultural wonders and Sherpa lifestyle. We will go to explore the village once we reach there and settle into our accommodation.
We will walk down to a much lower elevation to Melamchi Pul Bazar on the last day of trekking. The trail passes through terraced fields, natural surroundings and finally to Melamchi Pul Bazar on the bank of a river. We will spend the rest of the day exploring this small town.
We will drive back to Kathmandu today by a bus. It will take us around four hours to reach Kathmandu. After a wonderful and peaceful time in the Langtang and Helambu region comes to meet the Kathmandu crowd and city life, two completely contrasting lives. We will wander around the streets of Kathmandu at leisure.
It is a free day to wear off the tiredness of walking and reflecting on the beautiful moments and memories of trekking in the wonderful mountains. We will go for a celebration and farewell dinner tonight.
We have come the final day of the Langtang Valley Trek with Ganja La Pass and we hope that you enjoyed the adventure. Now, it’s the time to say a departing goodbye for this time with the hope to see you soon for next adventure. We will drive you to airport 3 hours before your flight schedule.
Here, we have published our small group guaranteed departures dates for this trek. If the published date does not fit your travel date, write to us with your date, and we will be very pleased to organize this trek at your desired date and time requested.
If you do not want to join our small group departure, we will be very happy to organize a private departure date to this trek to you and your group. Please write to us with your proposed travel date to this trek with us.
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