Langtang Gosaikunda Lake Trek
Trip Overview
Trip Facts
- Country: Nepal
- Trip grade: Moderate
- Destination: Langtang
- Activities: Trekking
- Accommodation: Hotel, Teahouse
- Meals: Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners
- Maximum altitude: 4380 meter
- Group size: 1+
- Best Season: Mar-May / Sep-Nov
Langtang Trek to Gosainkunda Lake is the Himalayan trekking adventure that is nearest to Kathmandu valley. The adventure goes to the Langtang region of the Himalayas to the north of Kathmandu valley. You will explore the beautiful Langtang valley and the Gosainkunda region during the trek.
Langtang Trek to Gosainkunda Lake is certainly one of the most beautiful trekking adventures in Nepal. A quiet mountain region with beautiful sceneries around is also popular for the cultural experience. The ethnic Tamang and Sherpa people of the region have unique cultural riches that you can experience while on the trek.
What you see during Langtang Trek to Gosainkunda Lake
In addition to being the nearest Himalayan trek from Kathmandu, it is also a beautiful cultural adventure. As soon as you start the trek from Syabrubesi, you will find the wonderful natural and cultural riches of the region.
The trek first goes towards the Langtang Valley Trek and takes you to Kyanjing Gompa. This trail will offer you an incredible cultural experience of the ethnic people living in the region. You will certainly enjoy the breathtaking view of the mountains during the trek.
Later on, when you head towards Gosainkunda, you will come through an even more peaceful region. Gosainkunda is a holy pilgrimage destination for the Hindus in Nepal. Thousands of people make a pilgrimage to the lake every year. In addition to the pilgrims, there are trekkers enjoying the walking adventure in the region. Trekking to Gosainkunda is also a spiritual exploration amidst the wilderness of the mountains.
Although this trip combines Langtang Valley and Gosainkunda regions in a single trek, you can also trek only to the Langtang Valley. But if you want to experience a little longer trek and explore more of the region, this trek is certainly for you.
Reasons this trip becomes an Experience
Nepal Climbing Adventure always strives to offer an adventure traveling experience that you can cherish. While the Langtang Trek to Gosainkunda Lake is beautiful in its all essence, your experience of trekking there becomes even more beautiful with us.
By the time we take you to the base camp and bring you back, we take one step ahead to offer you a beautiful experience. We keep your safety and happiness as our top priority and you will experience the same during the trip.
Trekking with us to Langtang and Gosainkunda is traveling in safe hands.
Detail Itinerary
Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu (1400m)
Normally, your arrival in Kathmandu is the day one of this trip. We will come to pick you up at the airport as per your flight time and transfer you to the hotel. There are no activities today apart from a trip briefing meeting. The information about the meeting time will be available upon your arrival at the hotel.
You have time to relax and go for any last-minute preparation of the trip. Welcome to Kathmandu!
Accommodation: Hotel
Day 02: Sightseeing Tour in Kathmandu
We have a full day in Kathmandu to explore the heritage sites in the valley. If we have not met for the meeting yesterday, we will meet today after breakfast. If we have met yesterday, we will continue on a full-day sightseeing tour.
Your entire afternoon will be busy going around different ancient and medieval heritage monuments in the Kathmandu valley. We will take you to Swoyambhunath, Kathmandu Durbar Square, Boudhanath, and Pashupatinath to explore the ancient and medieval magnificence of the valley.
The tour will show you a lot about the culture, spiritual practice, history, and lifestyle of people in the valley. You will have an awesome cultural tour day today. Our city tour guide will make it easier for you to understand what you are looking at to make your experience even better.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meal: Breakfast
Day 03: Kathmandu – Syabrubesi
After a day to prepare for the trek and sightseeing tour in Kathmandu, we leave Kathmandu to drive to Syabrubesi today. The drive will be of around seven hours through the beautiful highway and its surroundings. We will drive past several local towns and villages that will give us the idea and impression of life in the small towns and villages.
Syabrubesi is the place where we start the trek to Langtang and Gosainkunda. We will stay overnight today at a guesthouse and spend a relaxing evening around the town.
Accommodation: Guesthouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 04: Syabrubesi – Lama Hotel
We begin the trekking adventure today at Syabrubesi and the walk takes us to Lama Hotel today to stay overnight. The first day of the Langtang Trek to Gosainkunda Lake offers us incredibly beautiful natural surroundings and local villages as we traverse the trail. After passing through several amazing places, we reach Lama Hotel eventually. This place is a popular overnight stop for the trekkers in the Langtang region. We spend our first overnight in the mountains of Langtang at Lama Hotel.
Accommodation: Teahouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 05: Lama Hotel – Langtang
On the second day of the walk, we will head towards the Langtang valley and reach Langtang village to stay overnight. About five hours of the walk today will take us through beautiful surroundings that bring breathtaking views of the mountains. It is a beautiful day walk in nature that gives us a healing touch with a soothing gentle breeze and natural surroundings.
Once we reach Langtang village and check into a teahouse, we will wander around and learn about the place. This entire village was swept away by a landslide during the devastating earthquake in 2015. But the place is there now to serve trekkers again rising from the disaster.
Accommodation: Teahouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 06: Langtang - Kyanjin Gompa
The trek to today will take us to another beautiful place in the region – Kyanjin Gompa. This is a local ethnic village in the region that offers a wonderful cultural immersion. In addition, it also offers a breathtaking view of the mountains in the Langtang region.
The trek to Kyanjin today takes us through places with beautiful natural surroundings. We will also enjoy the beauty of prayer flags and prayer walls as we trek up towards the destination for the day.
Accommodation: Teahouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 07: Kyanjin Exploration Day
We will have an early morning wake up today as we are hiking to Kyanjin Ri. The hike will take us to Kyanjin Ri and we can enjoy some unbelievable views of the mountains. We will descend to Kyanjin after the sunrise and spend the entire day exploring the village and its surroundings. A full day at Kyanjin will give us a chance to observe the cultural wonders there closely.
Accommodation: Teahouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 08: Kynajin Gompa – Lama Hotel
After exploring Kyanjin Gompa, we are now ready to make our way back to Lama Hotel today. The trek starts towards Gosainkunda now. We will tread the same trail back to Lama Hotel to stay overnight today.
Accommodation: Teahouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 09: Lama Hotel – Thulo Syabru
From today onwards, we will start trekking towards Gosainkunda Lake. The walk for the day today will take us to Thulo Syabru to stay overnight. We will traverse the trail that descends and ascends through the mountains. Beautiful natural surroundings and the views of the mountains will make our day a wonderful walking experience. We reach Thulo Syabru eventually to stay overnight.
Accommodation: Teahouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Thulo Syabru – Shin Gompa
The walk today will take us to Shin Gompa as our overnight destination for the day. Although it is a short walk to the destination, it will bring us incredible views of the mountains and surroundings. Once we reach the destination, we will have enough time to explore and exploit the beauty of the surroundings.
Accommodation: Teahouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 11: Shin Gompa – Gosainkunda
Finally, we are on the day to walk to Gosainkunda. After a challenging walk up the mountain towards the lake, we will reach the peaceful and heavenly Gosainkunda Lake. Although the walk is challenging, we will forget all those challenging efforts once we reach the destination. It is a beautiful region with lakes and breathtaking surroundings. We will explore the lake and the surroundings and stay overnight here today.
Accommodation: Teahouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 12: Gosainkunda – Dhunche
It is the final day of the trek in the mountain today. We are traversing the trail all the way back to Dhunche to stay overnight. A long yet beautiful day walk will bring our trekking adventure to an end. We will enjoy the beautiful natural surroundings on the final day of the walk. Once we reach Dhunche, we will find a guesthouse and stay a relaxing overnight here.
Accommodation: Teahouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 13: Dhunche – Kathmandu
We will drive back to Kathmandu today. It will take us around seven hours to drive back to Kathmandu. We will drive along the same highway that we took earlier to Syabrubesi. Once we reach Kathmandu, we will take a leisurely stroll around and spend a relaxing time after trekking adventure in the mountains.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meal: Breakfast
Day 14: Departure Day
The trip has come to an end today. We have to bid farewell for this time hoping to meet again for another adventure soon. We will drive you to the airport for your departure flight as scheduled.
Meal: Breakfast
Cost Details
What is included?
- All airport and hotel transfers
- Welcome and farewell dinner
- Accommodation and meals during the whole of the trek.
- 3 nights in a 3 star hotel in Kathmandu
- All necessary paper works and permits
- Government and local taxes
- An experienced English speaking trekking guide, assistant trek guide(4 trekkers: 1 assistant guide), porters(2 trekkers: 1 porter) including their salary, insurance, food, lodging and all equipment.
- A comprehensive medical kit
What is not included?
- Nepal Visa fee(bring small denomination cash USD and two passport photographs)
- International airfare
- Excess baggage charges
- Extra night accommodation apart from the schedule due to any reasons
- Lunch and evening meals in Kathmandu and in case of early return than the scheduled itinerary
- Private vehicle from Kathmandu-Syabrubesi (USD200 each jeep)
- Travel and rescue insurance
- Personal expenses
- Tips for travel guides or porters
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions - Trekking in Nepal
Are you a licensed trekking agency?
Do the guides speak English and have first aid training?
How big are the groups?
Are permits included in the price of the trek?
Do you arrange private treks?
Do you provide any equipment while trekking?
How difficult are the treks?
How long do we walk each day?
What is exactly 'teahouse' trekking?
What do we mean by FOT trek?
What is security like during trekking?
Security for our clients is always a foremost priority for us. All our guides and other support crew are carefully chosen for your trips. Our guides hold licenses issued by the Nepal Government. They are very honest and reliable. But we would also advise you to take care of your own personal belongings. If you are on ‘camping treks’ please do not leave your bags unattended at any time for your own safety. Take your main bag inside the tent once you reach the campsite. At night, all bags and belongings are kept in the middle of the tent. Your guide assigns a Sherpa on a rotation basis to guard the campsite throughout the night. If you are on a ‘Tea house or GAP trek’ arrangement, you will be sleeping in local teahouses. You need to take sensible precautions yourself at all times. Never leave your baggage unattended and keep your lodge room locked when you go out.
What happens if I fall ill during the trek?
What type of food is served during a trek?
Do I need to carry my own gear?
How much could porters carry?
What is the overnight accommodation like?
Can we change the itinerary?
Depending on the prevailing situation, you can modify it to some extent after consulting with your senior guide. However, the date of trek completion should always coincide with the original itinerary. You should keep in mind that this is an adventure trip into some of the most remote regions in the world, where many unforeseen circumstances may contribute to the need for a change in itinerary. In such cases, we or your guide will suggest the best alternative similar to your original itinerary.