Langtang Helambu Cultural Trek

Today is the day of your arrival in Kathmandu, Nepal. As soon as you come out of the Kathmandu airport, you will find our representative waiting for you in the waiting area right outside the arrival lounge. You will be warmly greeted and welcomed by the representative and led to the vehicle. Our vehicle will take you to the trip hotel, most of the time in Thamel, that is 20-30 minutes drive, depending upon traffic, from the airport.

After you check into the hotel, you can take relaxing time on your own as there are no activities scheduled for today, except our trip briefing meeting. We will let you know about the briefing timing upon your arriva

Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel. We come to take your for a wonderful cultural heritage tour of Kathmandu valley. As part of the tour, we are going to visit four of the UNESCO Heritage monuments in Kathmandu valley. The places we visit today are incredible mixture of culture, history, spirituality, art and stories. Overnight in Hote.

Swoyambhunath

Believed to have been created on its own, this Budhhist stupa is the oldest of all the monuments in Kathmandu valley. Standing atop a small hillock, Swoyambunath, known as monkey temple amongst tourists, provides a fascinating view of the valley, surrounding hills and snow-capped mountain at the distance on a clear day.

Patan Durbar Square

One of the three medieval palace squares, Patan Durbar Square holds its medieval art and architectural grandeur. Amazing skill of the artisans is evident in each and every building that stands in the square. The square comprises of medieval palace, temples and museum.

Pashupatinath

This site is the most sacred Hindu temple area in the country. But, as the temple is strictly a Hindu only area, non-Hindu tourists go there to watch the unique Hindu cremation rituals on the bank of River Bagmati. The death rites of Hindu family there are so engrossing and heart-touching which make you feel the moment. It’s not any kind of intrusion in being there and watching somebody being cremated in an open ground. It’s a great cultural experience.

Boudhanath

This giant Buddhist stupa is considered as the biggest one in the world. This small square with giant shrine has a powerful presence of the spiritual vibrations. It’s an important pilgrimage site for the people following Tibetan Buddhism.

It is the first day of trek on our Helambu cultural trekking journey. After relishing our breakfast, we drive for about half hour to Sundarijal on the northern foothills of Kathmandu valley. We get off the vehicle and get ready for the trek of the day. Steep uphill trail passes through forested part and then through a village to take us to Chisapani for a wonderful view of the mountain range and valley landscape. Once we reach Chisapani, we spend time lazing around.

We follow the trail overlooking the awesome valley view and enjoying nature and mountains. We are trekking to Kutumsang today after breakfast. The trail goes through two small passes before descending to the destination for the day. We can enjoy some magnificent views of Langtang mountain range and other spectacular landscapes.

We continue on the third day of trek and head towards Thadepati. A steep uphill trek challenges us at the very beginning of the day. The trail goes through rhododendron woods towards the destination. When we reach Yurin Danda, a majestic view of the Himalayan peaks welcome us that makes us forget all the challenging effort we have taken to trek through. Eventually we reach Thadepati to stay overnight

Our trek for the day today takes us to Tarkeghynag village, also known as Helambu village. We trek through beautiful Sherpa settlements along the way. This region is a highly rich area in cultural wonders in addition to the majestic beauty of nature and mountains. We can experience the influence of Buddhist culture along the region. We explore a Buddhist monastery as well. A wonderful hiking up to Yangri Peak (3,770m) today makes our day with breathtaking views of the mountains.

We are setting off on a cultural walk early in the morning after breakfast today that takes us to Sermanthang village. This day of walk is an easy one that takes us through forest and local cultural villages. Sermanthang is another beautiful village that gives us a deeper insight on the influence of Buddhism in the region. When we reach the village, we go to explore a monastery and surrounding.

Today is the last day of our trekking part and we trek to Melamchi Pul bazar today. We set off on an easy day of walk towards the destination that takes us through several cultural and natural wonders along the trail. We descend to Melamchi pul bazar on the confluence of Melamchi Khola and Indrawati River. We can laze around once we reach there

As we have already finished the trekking part of our trip, we are driving back to Kathmandu. We take a bus ride back to Kathmandu that will take about four hours. Once we are in Kathmandu, we go to hotel and spend the whole day at leisure on our own. Finding relieving massage, good food, souvenir shopping, and wandering around can keep you busy for the day.

A farewell dinner is scheduled for this evening. We will let you know the departure time for dinner once we reach Kathmandu.

Final departure to the respective countries.