Langtang Gosaikunda Trek

-  Travel insurance, emergency rescue fee, loss and theft of personal stuffs (covered by travel insurance)

-  Personal expenses like hot water shower, hot drinking water, wifi, electricity, etc.

-  On-arrival Nepal visa fees

-  Tipping to guide and porter

After breakfast at the lodge at Syabrubesi, you'll prepare to start the trek to Langtang Valley.

Your trek guide verifies your Langtang Trek permit at the police checkpost.

You'll cross a bridge and trek along the road to Langtang Khola Hydro Dam. From here, you'll have to ascend for 20 minutes, descend to the river shore, and ascend to Pairo.

Past Pairo, the entire route to Bamboo is an uphill walk. However, you'll walk through the serene forest with the chirps of birds and the cascading Langtang River.

You'll stop for lunch at Bamboo.

Past Bamboo, you'll start gaining altitude with a gradual ascending walk. However, the ascend on the landslide region of Rimche can get tiring.

Once you reach Rimche, you'll trek another 20 minutes to Lama Hotel. Here, you'll stop for overnight accommodation.

You'll have breakfast at the tea house in the Lama Hotel before resuming the trek to Langtang. Today, you'll trek 12 kilometers in 6-7 hours.

After leaving Lama Hotel, you'll trek along the Langtang River to Riverside. The route is uneven as it gets uphill and flat occasionally.

Past Riverside, you'll cross a bridge and ascend to Ghoda Tabela. From here, you'll get the first glimpse of Langtang Lirung, the tallest mountain in the region.

You'll again cross a bridge and stop for lunch at a tea house in Ghoda Tabela.

After lunch, you'll resume the trek. You'll trek through Thangshyap and Gumba villages before crossing the glacier landslide of the 2015 earthquake in Langtang.

You'll eventually reach Langtang Village and stop at a tea house for overnight accommodation.

Day four of your Langtang Gosaikunda Trek is the shortest one. You'll trek 6.5 kilometers in three hours with utmost ease.

As you trek past Langtang, you'll get a panoramic view of Gangchenpo and Langtang Lirung. Also, the entire route is straightforward and has no ascends.

Once you reach Kyanjin Gompa, you'll settle in at a tea house for overnight accommodation. After lunch, you'll take a few hours rest.

At 2 pm, you'll ascend to Kyanjin Ri Peak. If the weather remains clear throughout, your guide will take you to Kyanjin Ri Upper Peak for a better viewing experience.

After returning to the tea house, you'll have dinner. Overnight at the very tea house in Kyanjin.

Today, you'll trek down to the Lama Hotel from Kyanjin Gompa. It's a long walking day with almost 18 kilometers of walking. However, it's easy as you'll descend only.

You'll re-walk the same route to Lama Hotel via Mundu, Langtang, Thangshyap, Ghoda Tabela, and Riverside. You'll stop for lunch at a tea house in Ghoda Tabela.

You'll settle in at a tea house at Lama Hotel.

You'll resume the trek with breakfast at a tea house in the Lama Hotel.

After the Lama Hotel, you'll reach Rimche. From Rimche, you'll descend to Bamboo. From Bamboo, you'll trek for an hour to Pairo and stop for lunch.

From Pairo, it's a complete uphill walk to Thulo Syabru. It takes three hours to trek from Pairo to Thulo Syabru.

There are many best lodges and tea houses in Thulo Syabru. You'll settle in at a lodge for overnight accommodation.

Despite the short walking distance between Thulo Syabru and Lauribinayak, the ascending sections of the route are tiring. And when the sun comes strong during the day, it becomes difficult to maintain the pace.

You'll start the trek after breakfast at the tea house. From Thulo Syabru, you'll trek to the beautiful landscape of Munkharka. Here, you'll stop for lunch.

Past Munkharka, you'll trek through the beautiful rhododendron and juniper forest. After two hours from Munkharka, you'll reach Cholangpati.

After a few minutes of rest at Cholangpati, you'll trek to Lauribinayak.

Here, you'll stop at a tea house for overnight accommodation.

Since it's among the longest walking days on the trek, you'll start it early. You'll start the trek to Gosaikunda Lake from Lauribinayak around 5 am. As you reach the Buddha Mandir around 6 am, you'll get a beautiful sunrise view over the entire Langtang mountains.

The route to Buddha Mandir is uphill. However, it gets easier with less steeper sections.

You can take a holy bath and pray at the lake. You'll have breakfast at the tea house with a panoramic view of the Gosaikunda Lake.

After sightseeing for one hour at the lake, you'll prepare for the return trek. You'll trek down to Lauribinayak, Cholangpati, Sing Gompa, Dhimsa, and Deurali.

You'll stop at a tea house in Deurali for overnight accommodation.

You'll leave Deurali to Dhunche at 6 am. It takes two hours to trek down to Dhunche.

For most, you'll descend. However, once you reach Mini Gosaikunda, the trekking routes get flat. And you'll have a pleasant walking till Dhunche.

You'll stop at a restaurant in Dhunche for breakfast.

After breakfast, you'll take a bus to Kathmandu. Upon reaching Kathmandu, you'll get a hotel transfer in a taxi or a private vehicle.

With this, your nine days Langtang Gosaikunda Trek ends.

We want you to be 100% sure about embarking on this trek before proceeding with the trek booking. Once you send the confirmation fee and decide to cancel the trek, you'll be subjected to our refund and cancelation policy.

Once you find this trek right for you, you can proceed to book this trek with us. For this, you must contact us. You can email us at mailtoneptrek@gmail.com or send an instant message on WhatsApp (+977-9818553880).

Once you contact us, you'll get the necessary trek booking information. Moreover, you can request itinerary customization, add-ons, if any, personal preferences, trek cost and details, and more.

And with all things clear, you can proceed to book the trek. We'll send you our bank account details for the trip confirmation payment.

The advance trek booking confirmation fee is 50% of the total trek cost.

To book your spot on 9 days of Langtang Valley and Gosaikunda Trek, you must deposit at least USD 400 (unless specified).

We use advance trek confirmation payment to purchase trek permits, reserve the tea houses along the trek, appoint a trek guide, manage transportation, and more.

After paying this amount, you'll get a confirmation email or message regarding the payment.

We respect your trek cancelation decision. However, we have a refund policy regarding the trek cancelation. We hope you'll be clear with our policy listed below.

-  50% refund on confirmation payment upon canceling the trek a month before

-  25% refund on confirmation payment upon canceling the trek a week before

-  No refund on confirmation payment upon canceling the trek within a week of the trek

-  No refund on confirmation payment upon canceling the trek after starting it for reasons

Note: The deductions include the administrative fees, hotel reservations, and trekking permits (if we purchase before you cancel the trek).

Yes. Our representative will be at the arrivals in Kathmandu airport to receive you. Following, you'll get a taxi or a private vehicle transfer to the hotel you'll stay in Kathmandu.

Let us know if you want us to book the hotel in Kathmandu.

Nepali visa (on-arrival visa mostly) is accessible at the immigration in Kathmandu airport. Upon arrival at Kathmandu airport, you'll get an arrival visa from the immigration department. For this, you must fill out the visa forms with the specified period of stay, purpose of visit, and pay the visa fee accordingly.

For more details, read our On Arrival Nepali Visa blog.

Yes. You can buy affordable yet quality trekking gear in Kathmandu. If you need assistance on a gear hunt, your trek guide will accompany you.

Down jackets, wind-proof and water-resistant jackets, and trekking boots are available at the best prices in Thamel. For thermal layers and mid-layers, we recommend using premium yet affordable gear from Gorkha Athletics.

We usually provide a shared jeep for individual trekkers and a private jeep for groups of 4-5 trekkers. The drive time from Kathmandu to Syabrubesi is 7 hours. Likewise, when returning to Kathmandu, we'll provide private or shared jeeps, depending on the group size.

However, upon request, we'll provide private jeep for individual trekkers and couples. For this, add-ons of USD 170 is a must.

No. Langtang Valley Trek with Gosaikunda Lake doesn't involve any flights. The trek starting and ending points are accessible via roadway only.

However, if you want to return to Kathmandu on a helicopter, you can fly on a helicopter from Gosaikunda Lake.

Note: The helicopter flight depends on the weather and availability of helicopters during the peak trekking season.

Breakfast at the tea houses along Langtang Trek includes porridge, muesli, oats, pancakes, chapati, toast, omelet, etc. You can order yak milk tea, yak milk, yogurt, black tea, ginger tea, and coffee.

Tip: If you trek to Langtang in May and June, order muesli with yak yogurt! You'll love it.

For lunch and dinner, you have the options of Dal Bhat, fried rice, fried noodles, dumplings, rice pudding, Sherpa stew, chapati with curry, and more.

You'll get a handful of meal options even in higher regions like Kyanjin Gompa and Lauribinayak.

Tip: Try pizza at a tea house in Kyanjin Gompa. The tea houses use local yak cheese to make pizza.

Yes. All the meals you'll eat at the tea houses along the trek are hygienic. Every raw material for meals is either locally grown or carried back on the mules from Syabrubesi.

The tea houses get fresh supplies regularly during the trekking season. Moreover, every tea house employs seasonal chefs during the trekking season to prepare all the meals from the menu.

Hence, you can have meal choices that are hygienic and flavourful.

We don't recommend our clients to eat meat during the Langtang Gosaikunda Trek.

Here are a few reasons why eating meat on the trek can cause issues:

• The tea houses hire porters to carry meat from Syabru to higher up. By the time meat gets delivered, it loses its quality and has a risk of food poisoning.
• At higher elevations, as your digestion slows down, eating meat can cause stomach upset and constipation.

The houses along the trek offer quality accommodations.

Except for the tea houses at Lama Hotel and Lauribinayak, the ones at all other places offer twin-sharing rooms with attached bathrooms. You'll get spacious twin-sharing rooms with electricity to recharge phones and digital gadgets.

You'll get hot water showers at most places except a few.

No. The tea houses are not heated. However, the tea houses provide warm and cosy beds.

As the tea houses aren't heated, it's best to bring a sleeping bag rated at least -10˚C. Sleeping bags keep you warm all night against the cold nights.

Yes. Even as a beginner, if you're new to trekking and dream of trekking Langtang and Gosaikunda, we encourage you to take up the adventure.

Demanding at times, the trek rewards trekkers with a surreal mountain panorama, serene walk, and cultural experience.

We suggest you be physically fit, mentally prepared, and well-planned before embarking on this trek. With our experienced guide, logistics, and sensible trek itinerary, you'll have a wonderful trek experience.

The steeper sections, rugged terrain, and high-altitude environment of Langtang Gosaikunda Trek test you at times. To overcome this, fitness is a must. Hence, with proper physical fitness, you'll be able to walk in comfort. Moreover, you won't get tired throughout the trek.

Cardio exercises like running, cycling, and swimming are best for preparing yourself for high-altitude trekking. It'd be better to complete a few 9-10 km hikes before joining the trek. We suggest you start working on physical fitness two months before the trek.

Moreover, you can work on building leg strength with exercises like squats, lunges, and step-ups with a backpack at least 2-3 times a week. You'll also need mental stamina, focus on nutrition, rest, and recovery before embarking on the trek.

Langtang and Gosaikunda are high-altitude trekking. The highest elevation trekkers reach on this trek is 4,380 at Gosaikunda and 4,300 at Kyanjin Ri. Trekking to these altitudes for 9 days isn't an easy task.

We've made a list of trekkers who can't trek to Langtang Valley and Gosaikunda. If you are on the list below, we suggest you don't plan this trek.

-  Pregnant women (2nd/3rd trimester)

-  Senior people over 70 years of age

-  Kids below 8 years of age

-  A person with significant health issues, including cardiovascular and lung problems

-  A person with uncontrolled blood sugar levels

-  A person with a severe altitude sickness history

-  A person who can't handle basic hygiene and cleanliness

We have a blog on why everyone shouldn't trek! And if you fit the criteria of who shouldn't trek, Langtang Gosaikunda Trek isn't for you.

Yes. Travel insurance is a must for this trek.

Langtang Valley is not an altitude-sickness-prone region for trekkers. However, things can change anytime in the mountains, and you may get altitude sickness. Often, Langtang gets hit by landslides, with a recent major incident being the earthquake in 2015.

Hence, during these instances, for safe return and rapid descend, you'll need a helicopter evacuation. And, to get helicopter evacuation, you must have a travel insurance. We suggest you buy comprehensive travel insurance that covers helicopter evacuation and medical repatriation.

Note: We neither sell travel insurance nor do the trek fee include the insurance fee. We highly recommend you purchase travel insurance before joining our trek group.

While you're on the trek and get sick or injured, we'll use your travel insurance policy to talk with your travel insurance partner. And also, in the meantime, it gives us proof to call an on-time helicopter.

Every tea house provides a hot shower for Rs. 200-300. In Langtang and Kyanjin, tea houses offer solar-heated hot water showers, which are much safer to use. And the rest of the tea houses along the trek provide gas water showers.

On the Gosaikunda route, however, you'll not get a hot water shower. The lodges at Lauribinayak and Deurali don't have hot water showers.

Absolutely. All the tea houses in Langtang use safe and fresh drinking water.

Since the water contains earth minerals, it often causes stomachaches and other issues among first-timers in Nepal. Thus, we recommend that you use water purification tablets and water filters or boiled water.

Or, if you prefer drinking cold water without a water purification tablet, you can purchase mineral water bottles at the tea houses.

The number of trek guides depends on the number of trekkers or group size.

Obviously. We understand the comfort of female trekkers when they embark on a trek with a female guide.

If you prefer a female trek guide over a male trek guide for Langtang Valley and Gosaikunda Lake Trek combined, we'll send you our female trek guide. We have some of the finest female trek guides with extensive trekking experience in Annapurna and Everest.

Note: Since this is a special requirement, we recommend you contact us at least two months before the trek start date. Female trek guides are often in demand, and thus, we may not allocate one to you in a short period. With adequate time, we can find the right female trek guide for you.

We employ one trek guide for a group of at least five trekkers. However, for groups over five pax, we send additional guides to assist the trek leader. And, for groups of 8-10 trekkers, we typically employ three trek guides.

Two trekkers share one porter. Thus, a porter carries a combined weight of 25 kilograms, max. For any additional luggage or private porter, a USD 150 add-on is a must.

Note: For individual trekkers, Trek Porter is available as a USD 180 add-on.

Obviously. We understand the comfort of female trekkers when they embark on a trek with a female guide.

If you prefer a female trek guide over a male trek guide for Langtang Valley and Gosaikunda Lake Trek combined, we'll send you our female trek guide. We have some of the finest female trek guides with extensive trekking experience in Annapurna and Everest.

Note: Since this is a special requirement, we recommend you contact us at least two months before the trek start date. Female trek guides are often in demand, and thus, we may not allocate one to you in a short period. With adequate time, we can find the right female trek guide for you.

Yes. You'll get a legally licensed trekking guide for this trek. We employ licensed trekking guides to ensure 100% trek safety, comply with regulations, and complete the trek on a good note.

Moreover, all our guides are certified wilderness first-aid responders. It ensures your utmost safety throughout the trek.

No. You don't have to pay for the salary and trek expenses for trek guide and porter.

We pay our guides and porters salary, including expenses incurred during, before, and after the trek.

Yes. You're highly recommended to tip your trek guide and porter once the trek is completed and return to Syabrubesi or Kathmandu.

Tipping the trek guide and porter is a way of expressing gratitude for the efforts they put into making your Langtang adventure seamless.

How much you want to tip is up to you. However, in practice, trekkers tip at least USD 8-10 per day or Rs. 1000. In this way, for 15 15-day trek, you're highly recommended to tip at least Nepali rupees 10,000 for trek guide and porter.

The earthquake hit Langtang and most of central Nepal in 2015. Many people, including locals and trekkers, indeed died in Langtang. Said this, there haven't been any landslides in recent years, which is good news. Moreover, the newly built tea houses can withstand an earthquake, should one occur.

It was a natural calamity and can happen to anyone at any time. No one can control it.

If you're concerned regarding the earthquake and safety, Langtang Valley Trek with Gosaikunda Lake is safe to trek now.

Yes. Female trekkers are utmost safe in Nepal. Solo or in a group, female trekkers trek for days or even weeks in Nepal without any fear for their safety.

We have guided many solo female trekkers in Langtang and other regions of Nepal. Moreover, we have experienced female trekking guides who mostly guide our female trekkers.

hesitate to book your Langtang Gosaikunda Trek for the Autumn 2025 season.

There's very little probability that you'll get altitude sickness during your 9 days of trek in Langtang Valley. Here are a few reasons.

• Langtang Valley Trek isn't an extreme elevation trek. Langtang and Kyanjin sit at 3,480 and 3,860 meters. You'll be at this altitude after 3 days of trekking from a lower elevation. Thus, a gradual walk to a higher elevation reduces the risk of altitude sickness.
• You'll stop at the tea house at Kyanjin Gompa before hiking to Kyanjin Ri or Tsergo Ri. An entire day of rest at the tea house provides much-needed rest and acclimatization, making you ready for the hike.
• By the time you return from Langtang to Thulo Syabru, your body gets proper acclimatization. Due to this, you'll have no issues of altitude sickness whatsoever while trekking to Gosaikunda Lake.

You'll get on-the-spot first aid treatment during minor injuries.

Our guides are wilderness-first-aid responder certified. Thus, you'll get first aid treatment provided by certified personnel.

Mind you, there are no hospitals and health posts at Kyanjin and Langtang. Thus, you must return to Kathmandu by helicopter for major health emergencies. And for this, you'll need travel insurance.