Trip Profile: 30 Days
Trip
05 Nights in Kathmandu
25 Days
Trekking
We invite you to trek in one of the most remote and beautiful areas in Nepal which still lies surrounded in mystery: Kanchenjunga. The area is abundant with wildlife, as inhabitation consists of only scattered villages. There are musk deer, blue sheep and, for the believer, the Yeti! Magnificent views of Everest, Makalu and Kanchanjunga massif will make the trip worth your while.
ITINERARY
DAY 01: ARRIVE IN KATHMANDU
When you arrive in Kathmandu, you'll be taken
to your hotel. While in Kathmandu you will have time fascinating Buddhist
and Hindu temples and shrines reflecting ancient local traditions are
highlighted on our guided tour. There's time to explore the city's many
charms on your own too. In the evening delicious traditional Nepali well
come dinner await for you.
O/N in Kathmandu.
DAY 02: KATHMANDU CITY
TOUR
After
breakfast, we'll visit Swayambhunath temple, and said to be 2000 years
stupa on a hillock offers breath-taking view of Kathmandu City. We will
then processed to Visit Pasupatinath and Bouddhanath. After lunch we'll visit Kathmandu Durbar
Square, Patan (Lalitpur) - which is the oldest of the three major cities
in Kathmandu Valley - famous for its Buddhist monuments and Hindu temples,
and you can catch the
traditional artisans working with wood, stones and metals. O/N in
Kathmandu.
DAY 03: KATHMANDU – HILLE
We take a 45 min. flight to Biratnagar, an industrial city in the
lowlands of Eastern Nepal and you will be welcomed by our guide and other
crew at the airport. We drive to Hille, a Tibetan settlement at 6,070
ft. where we pitch our first
camp.
DAY 04: HILLE – SHIDUA
We already start to trek.
We take the trail to Buranse Danda, towards the Tamur River along a
ridge. At the top of this
ridge we arrive at Shidua ( 7,450ft. ) where we camp for the
night.
DAY 05: SHIDUA – DOOR PANI
We are trekking through a forest today to
Chitre. We have opportunities
to see wildlife along the way.
The views of Mt.
Makalu (27,825ft. ) and Chamlang (24,000 ft. ) are today's
highlights. We continue
through rhododendron forests to the hamlet of Door Pani (9,120 ft. ) for
overnight camp.
DAY 06: DOOR PANI – GUPA POKHARA
After a gentle climb through more
rhododendron forests to a mountain ridge, we drop down to the village of
Tongise Phedi and continue to Chanki, an area used for summer
pasture. We continue through
grassy fields with Mt. Makalu in constant view. Soon the Kanchenjunga range
appears and we come to Mongol Bharai pass, lined with mani stones. We descend to a lake, Gupa
Pokhari, for our camp.
DAY 07: GUPA POKHARA – NESUM
Today we cross a pass at 9,922 ft. and descend through a dense forest
towards Gurja Gaon and continue to descend to Nesum (5,297 ft.) with Mt.
Jannu and Mt. Kanchenjunga behind us. We camp in Nesum.
DAY 08: NESUM – TAPLEJUNG
Today we visit the central hub of this region, Taplejung. We descend to Doban through paddy
fields and start the trek up the Tamur River, to
Taplejung.
DAY 09: TAPLEJUNG – CHIRWA
Continuing up the Timur River in a valley
populated by the Limbu peoples, the descendants of the Kirati warriors who
ruled Nepal at the dawn of Nepalese history, we camp near Chirwa, a pleasant bazaar with a few tea
houses and shops.
DAY 10: CHIRWA – SAKATHUM
We continue up the Tamur past Tapethok and cross the Simbuwa Khola,
a river formed by the Yalung Glacier. We climb over another ridge to
join the Ghunsa Khola valley and camp by the banks of the river at
Sakathum.
DAY 11: SAKATHUM – AMJILASSA
We follow a steep and narrow trail
up–river. From the high spots
there are wonderful views of the Ghunsa Khola below. The path descends steeply and we
arrive at the mountain–side village of Amjilassa for our overnight
stay.
DAY 12: AMJILASSA – KYAPAR
We shall be doing some real climbing during
the next 5 days ! We climb to Kyapar perched in the middle of terraced
hills about 1000 ft up, steep climbs from the Ghunsa
Khola.
DAY 13: KYAPAR – GHUNSA
We descend from Kyapar and make an easy climb up the right bank of
the Ghunsa Khola. After the
village of Phere, we enter rhododendron forests and climb a gentle hill
before descending back down to the Ghunsa Khola and crossing a wooden
bridge to the village of Ghunsa.
DAY 14: KHAMBACHAN
Today we glimpse the Jannu Glacier. Later on we get a view of Mt.
Jannu (25,289ft). We descend the mountain–side to
our camp at Khambachan.
DAY 15: KHAMBACHAN
We have to climb over 8,000 ft. in the last 4 days. We deserve a rest today to collect
our thoughts on how wild and wonderful everything has been so
far.
DAY 16: KHAMBACHAN – LHONAK
Well rested, we shall now start a stint of
real climbing. We trek to the
edge of Kanchenjunga Glacier and cross over to the Lhonak Glacier. We arrive at our campsite at
Lhonak, from where we can see
Mera Peak (20,208 ft. )
DAY 17: DAY TRIP TO PANGPEMA
We shall have excellent views of the towering
peak of Kanchenjunga today.
DAY 18: KHAMBACHEN – THA PASSES
We select to cross either of the 2 passes
today depending on the weather conditions: Lapsang La, the higher pass at
17,000 ft., and Mirgin La the lower pass at 15,000ft.
DAY 19: HIGH CAMP
We shall again rest today to recover from the efforts of the
previous days.
DAY 20: HIGH CAMP – RAMCHE
We descend to the Simbuwa Khola valley and
camp at Ramche.
DAY 21: RAMCHE – TSERAM
We take a day trip to the Yalung glacier for a magnificent view of
the Kanchenjunga south face from a chorten at about 15,000 ft. We descend
later to Tseram for the night.
DAY 22: TSERAM – TORONTAN
We are starting to descend from today. We steadily descend through
forests of rhododendron to Torontan at 9,800 ft.
DAY 23: TORANTAN – YAMPHUDIN
We descend today to Yamphudin (5,360 ft. )
Yamphudin is a mixed community of Sherpas, Limbus, Rais and Gurungs and is
the first real village since Ghunsa.
DAY 24: YAMPHUDIN – PONPHE
We descend from Yamphudin to the Kabel Khola
and climb to Ponphe ( 5,500 ft. ) for our camp.
DAY 25: PONPHE – PHA KHOLA
From Ponphe we climb to a ridge at 5,700
ft. We descend through as
series of side valleys past Phun village to Kesawa (6,120 ft.). The trail
continues to ascend to a Gurung settlement at Bhanjyang (6,640ft.) From
here the trail traverses a ridge and descends to the Limbu village of
Khunjari ( 5,250 ft. ). We camp below on the banks of Pha
Khola.
DAY 26: PHA KHOLA – TAPLEJUNG
We descend today to the airport of Taplejung
for our overnight stay.
DAY 27: TAPLEJUNG – KATHMANDU
We fly this
morning back to Kathmandu via Biratnagar after a well remembered
trek
DAY 28-29: FREE DAY IN KATHMANDU
After
breakfast you’re free as your own in Kathmandu. O/N in
Kathmandu
DAY 30: DEPARTURE
After breakfast free for you until time to leave the international
airport for your final
destination.
