Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
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Nepal: the Langtang Valley trek to Kyanjin Gompa
12 days from Kathmandu: the road to Syabrubesi, a 6-day teahouse trek up the Langtang valley to Kyanjin Gompa at 3,870 metres with a morning on Kyanjin Ri, and a night and a spare day back in Kathmandu.
12 days · Round trip from Kathmandu · up to 12 guests
Kyanjin Gompa village at 3,850 m, the high point of the trek Photo: Pustam.EGR, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kyanjin_Gompa_Village_Rasuwa.jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 12 days, 11 nights
- Start and end
- Round trip from Kathmandu
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Activity level
Active
Six trekking days (days 4 to 9) of 3 to 7 hours on foot on rocky trail, stone steps and suspension bridges, between about 1,460 and 3,870 metres. The two long climbs are days 4 and 5, about 1,000 metres of ascent each. Day 7 is an optional climb to Kyanjin Ri, about 4,600 metres, and 4 to 5 hours return; you can stay in the village instead. Day 8 is about 20 km downhill, hard on knees. Porters carry your bag; you carry a daypack. Two road days of about 7 hours each.
- Meals included
- 11 breakfasts, 9 lunches, 9 dinners
- Room of your own
- + CAD 330 (estimated price)
- Season
- October to November and March to May. No departures June to September, during the monsoon.
Highlights
Why this trip
- Walk up the Langtang Khola from subtropical forest to yak pastures in three days, with a porter carrying your bag
- Two nights at Kyanjin Gompa, 3,870 metres, with the monastery and the yak cheese factory on the first afternoon
- Kyanjin Ri at first light, looking across the glaciers of Langtang Lirung, or an easy morning in the village if you prefer
- The rebuilt Langtang village and its memorial to the people lost in the 2015 earthquake
- Pashupatinath and Boudhanath before the trek, Patan Durbar Square after it
- No flights to catch: a private vehicle on the long road, and two guides, ours and a licensed Nepali trek leader, from start to finish
- Every meal on the trail and your park permit, all in the price
What makes this trip different
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Solo without the penalty
A room of your own is + CAD 330 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
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Arrive in Kathmandu
Tribhuvan International Airport to your hotel in Kathmandu
- Dinner
- Stay in Kathmandu
Fly into Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM), on the eastern edge of Kathmandu, and a driver meets you outside arrivals for the short drive to the hotel. Most nationalities can buy a tourist visa on arrival; have a passport photo and the fee ready to shorten the queue.
Afternoon
The afternoon is yours to sleep off the flight or walk the lanes nearby.
Evening
In the early evening your See Sight Tours guide meets the group for a briefing on the trek: how the days are paced, what the teahouses are like, what goes in the porter's duffel and what stays at the hotel. Then we walk together through the streets of central Kathmandu, where shrines sit in the middle of the traffic and the shops stay open late, to a welcome dinner of dal bhat, momos and Newari dishes.
Included
- Pick-up at Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)
- Trek briefing with your guide
- Evening walk through the Asan bazaar
- Welcome dinner
Free time: Free until the evening briefing
Pashupatinath, Boudhanath and a gear check
Pashupatinath and Boudhanath, then back to the hotel
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Kathmandu
Morning
A morning of Kathmandu's two great shrines, which sit about two kilometres apart on the east side of the city. We start at Pashupatinath, the most important Hindu temple in Nepal, on the banks of the Bagmati River. A local guide explains the cremation ghats, the sadhus in saffron and painted faces, and why only Hindus may enter the main temple; we watch from the terraces across the river.
Afternoon
From there it is a short drive to Boudhanath, one of the largest stupas in the world, where we walk the kora clockwise with Tibetan pilgrims and stop for a sit-down lunch on a rooftop above the dome. Both are part of the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site. In the afternoon your guide runs the gear check at the hotel: boots, layers, the duffel, a sleeping bag and a down jacket to borrow.
Evening
The evening is free.
Included
- Pashupatinath with a local guide
- Boudhanath and the kora around the stupa
- Sit-down lunch at Boudhanath
- Gear check, duffel, sleeping bag and down jacket to borrow
- Langtang National Park permit and TIMS card, collected for you
Free time: Evening free in Kathmandu
Activity: About 3 hours on foot, mostly flat paving and some steps at Pashupatinath.
The road to Syabrubesi
Kathmandu to Trishuli and Dhunche, then Syabrubesi
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Syabrubesi
- Drive about 7 h
This is the longest day in the vehicle, about 125 km and 7 hours, and it is longer than our usual 4-hour limit because there is no flight to Langtang and no shorter road.
Afternoon
We make it as easy as we can: a private vehicle for the group, a 7 am start, the one early road start on the trip, which the 7-hour drive needs so we reach Syabrubesi by late afternoon, a tea stop in the Trishuli valley and a sit-down lunch in Dhunche, the district town, where the national park checks our permits. The road climbs out of the Kathmandu Valley over terraced hills, drops to the Trishuli River, then winds up and down the mountainside on the Pasang Lhamu Highway. Some sections are rough and slow after the monsoon. On clear days Ganesh Himal and the Langtang peaks show to the north.
Evening
By late afternoon we reach Syabrubesi, about 1,460 metres, a riverside village where the trail begins, in time for a walk and an early dinner.
Included
- Private vehicle and driver from Kathmandu to Syabrubesi
- Tea stop in the Trishuli valley
- Sit-down lunch in Dhunche
- Langtang National Park entry at the Dhunche checkpoint
- Dinner in Syabrubesi
Free time: Late afternoon free in Syabrubesi
Activity: About 7 hours on the road, rough in places. Take travel-sickness tablets if you need them. A landslide can add time; your guide decides on the day.
Up the Langtang Khola to Lama Hotel
Syabrubesi to Bamboo and Rimche, then Lama Hotel on foot
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Lama Hotel
The trek begins on the far bank of the Bhote Koshi. We cross a suspension bridge out of Syabrubesi and follow the Langtang Khola, the river that carved the valley, upstream through forest of oak, alder and bamboo. The first hours are gentle; the climbing comes later.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal at Bamboo, a cluster of lodges at about 1,970 metres beside the water. In the afternoon the trail steepens through the forest, crossing the river again, to Rimche and then Lama Hotel, about 2,470 metres, which is not one hotel but a handful of family-run lodges in a clearing. Langur monkeys live in this forest, and red pandas too, though they are rarely seen.
Evening
Your bag arrives with the porters; a hot shower where the lodge has one, dinner by the stove and an early night.
Included
- Trek from Syabrubesi to Lama Hotel with your guides and porters
- Lunch at Bamboo and dinner at the teahouse
Activity: About 11 km and 6 hours on foot, with a climb of about 1,000 m, most of it after lunch.
Into the open valley: Langtang village
Lama Hotel to Ghoda Tabela, then Langtang village on foot
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Langtang village
The forest thins as we climb, and the valley opens into a wide U of meadows with Langtang Lirung, about 7,230 metres, appearing above it.
Afternoon
We stop for lunch at Ghoda Tabela, about 3,000 metres, once an army post and now a few lodges by the national park checkpoint, then walk on past water-driven prayer wheels and stone walls of yak pastures. Langtang village, about 3,430 metres, was buried by an avalanche and landslide set off by the earthquake of 25 April 2015, and many villagers and visitors died. The village has been rebuilt a little further along the valley by the families who survived. In the late afternoon your guide walks with you to the memorial chorten.
Evening
The teahouse tonight is run by a Langtang family, and dinner is your first chance to try the local yak cheese.
Included
- Trek from Lama Hotel to Langtang village with your guides and porters
- Lunch at Ghoda Tabela and dinner at the teahouse
- The 2015 earthquake memorial in Langtang village
Activity: About 13 km and 6 hours on foot, with a climb of about 960 m. You sleep above 3,000 m for the first time; walk slowly and drink plenty.
Kyanjin Gompa: the monastery and the cheese factory
Langtang village to Mundu, then Kyanjin Gompa on foot
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Kyanjin Gompa
Morning
A short morning on purpose, so the body has time to adjust. We walk gently uphill through the hamlets of Mundu and Sindum, past long mani walls of carved prayer stones, with glaciers on both sides of the valley, and reach Kyanjin Gompa, 3,870 metres, by lunchtime. Kyanjin is the last village in the valley and our base for two nights.
Afternoon
After lunch and a rest we visit the small monastery that gives the place its name, then the yak cheese factory, which local sources date to the 1950s and Swiss support. The afternoon light on Langtang Lirung and its icefall is the reason to sit outside with tea.
Evening
Your guide checks how everyone is feeling at dinner, and we agree who climbs Kyanjin Ri in the morning and who takes the easy option.
Included
- Trek from Langtang village to Kyanjin Gompa with your guides and porters
- Kyanjin Gompa monastery
- Yak cheese factory visit
- Lunch and dinner at the teahouse
Free time: Afternoon free at Kyanjin after the visits
Activity: About 7 km and 3 hours on foot, with a climb of about 440 m.
Kyanjin Ri at first light
Kyanjin Gompa to Kyanjin Ri and back, or a morning in the village
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Kyanjin Gompa
The high point of the trip. We leave at about 6:30 am, while the air is still and before cloud builds around the peaks, and climb the grassy then rocky ridge above the village to the lower summit of Kyanjin Ri, about 4,600 metres. It takes two and a half to three hours at a slow, steady pace, with stops to breathe. From the prayer flags the view runs across the Lirung glacier to Langtang Lirung, Kimshung and the peaks along the Tibetan border, and down the whole valley you walked up. Those with energy can carry on to the upper summit, about 4,773 metres.
Afternoon
We are back in Kyanjin for lunch, and the afternoon is free: sleep, read in the sun, or walk out to the yak pastures.
Evening
Sleeping a second night at the same height helps everyone.
Included
- Guided climb of Kyanjin Ri (lower summit, about 4,600 m)
- Lunch and dinner at the teahouse
Easier option: Skip the climb: a slow breakfast, then a flat walk with one of the guides to the yak pastures and the moraine below the Lirung glacier, back for lunch.
More active option: Ask before the trip for Tserko Ri, about 4,984 m: a full day of 8 to 9 hours with an extra guide, for strong walkers who are acclimatising well.
Free time: Afternoon free at Kyanjin
Activity: About 4 to 5 hours return with a climb of about 730 m to the lower summit, steep and rocky near the top. Your guide may turn the group back if anyone shows signs of altitude sickness.
Down the valley to Lama Hotel
Kyanjin Gompa to Langtang village and Ghoda Tabela, then Lama Hotel on foot
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Lama Hotel
The long day down, about 20 km, but with the altitude behind us it goes faster than it sounds.
Afternoon
We leave after breakfast and retrace the route: Mundu, the mani walls, Langtang village, where we stop for tea, and the open meadows to Ghoda Tabela for lunch. Walking down the valley you see the faces of the peaks you had at your back on the way up, and the morning light is on them. Below Ghoda Tabela the trail drops back into the forest and the air thickens and warms.
Evening
By mid to late afternoon we are at Lama Hotel, in the same group of lodges as on the way up, with time for a hot shower before dinner. Poles help your knees on the steeper steps, and the porters are with us all the way.
Included
- Trek from Kyanjin Gompa to Lama Hotel with your guides and porters
- Lunch at Ghoda Tabela and dinner at the teahouse
Activity: About 20 km and 6 to 7 hours on foot, with a descent of about 1,400 m. Hard on the knees; walking poles help.
Out of the forest to Syabrubesi
Lama Hotel to Rimche and Bamboo, then Syabrubesi on foot
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Syabrubesi
Morning
The last walking day is downhill through the forest, along the Langtang Khola and over the suspension bridges you crossed on day 4, now in morning light.
Afternoon
We stop for lunch at Bamboo beside the river and are back in Syabrubesi by early afternoon, which gives you a free afternoon: a proper hot shower, laundry, a walk down to the river or simply a long rest.
Evening
We stay in Syabrubesi tonight rather than driving straight to Kathmandu, so nobody faces a 7-hour road at the end of a trekking day. In the evening the group sits down with the trek leader and the porters for an end-of-trek dinner, the usual moment to say thank you and hand over tips. It is a good night to sleep at a lower altitude, too.
Included
- Trek from Lama Hotel to Syabrubesi with your guides and porters
- Lunch at Bamboo
- End-of-trek dinner with the trek leader and porters
Free time: Afternoon free in Syabrubesi
Activity: About 11 km and 4 to 5 hours on foot, with a descent of about 1,000 m.
Back to Kathmandu
Syabrubesi to Dhunche and Trishuli, then Kathmandu
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Kathmandu
- Drive about 7 h
Morning
After breakfast, at about 8 am, we drive back to Kathmandu on the same road, about 125 km and 7 hours, again longer than our usual 4-hour limit because there is no other way out of the valley.
Afternoon
The private vehicle stops for tea and for a sit-down lunch in the Trishuli valley, and the views you may have missed in morning cloud on the way in, Ganesh Himal and the terraced slopes above the river, often show on the way out. We reach the hotel in Kathmandu by late afternoon.
Evening
The duffel you left behind is waiting, and the evening is free for a long dinner of your choosing in Thamel or a quiet night in. If a landslide holds us up on the road, day 11 is the spare day that takes the delay, and we tell you on the day what changes.
Included
- Private vehicle and driver from Syabrubesi to Kathmandu
- Sit-down lunch on the way
Free time: Evening free in Kathmandu
Activity: About 7 hours on the road, rough in places.
Patan and a farewell dinner
Kathmandu to Patan Durbar Square and back
- Breakfast and dinner
- Stay in Kathmandu
Morning
A slow morning, then a short drive south across the Bagmati River to Patan, the old Newar city that is now part of greater Kathmandu. With a local guide we walk Patan Durbar Square, a tight cluster of brick and carved-wood temples in front of the old royal palace, and go into the Patan Museum, set in a restored palace courtyard, which holds one of the best collections of Hindu and Buddhist metalwork in Nepal. From the square, the lanes lead to the Golden Temple, a Buddhist monastery courtyard of gilded roofs and prayer wheels.
Afternoon
The afternoon is free for shopping, a massage after the trek or a nap.
Evening
In the evening the group meets for a farewell dinner. If the road from Syabrubesi was closed on day 10, we spend today driving back instead and drop the Patan visit.
Included
- Patan Durbar Square with a local guide
- Patan Museum
- The Golden Temple (Hiranya Varna Mahavihar)
- Farewell dinner
Free time: Afternoon free in Kathmandu
Activity: About 2 to 3 hours on foot on flat paving.
Depart Kathmandu
Your hotel to Tribhuvan International Airport
- Breakfast
Morning
Breakfast is your last meal with the group, and there is no activity planned today so you can leave at any time. A driver takes you from the hotel to Tribhuvan International Airport for your flight home; the airport is about 6 km from Thamel, but the traffic can make that 30 to 45 minutes, so we time the transfer to reach the airport three hours before an international departure.
Evening
If your flight leaves in the evening, keep the morning for one last walk to a sight we did not visit, such as Swayambhunath on its hill west of the centre, and ask your guide to store your bag at the hotel. Any flight home today works, because the spare day for road delays is already built in on day 11.
Included
- Drop-off at Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)
Free time: Free until your airport transfer
Activity: Any flight time today works; the spare day is day 11.
- Kathmandu2 nights
- Syabrubesi1 night
- Lama Hotel1 night
- Langtang village1 night
- Kyanjin Gompa2 nights
- Lama Hotel1 night
- Syabrubesi1 night
- Kathmandu2 nights
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: October and November usually bring the clearest views of Langtang Lirung and the valley peaks, with cold nights at Kyanjin, often below freezing. March to May is warmer and hazier, and the rhododendron forest below Lama Hotel flowers in April. Cloud tends to build by late morning, which is why the Kyanjin Ri climb starts early. The forest below Lama Hotel is red panda and langur habitat; sightings are rare and never promised.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Walkers who want a real high valley without the flights and the extreme altitude of Everest
- Travellers who can walk 6 hours a day on rough trail for several days in a row
- People who want their bag carried, their meals sorted and a guide who knows the valley
- Solo travellers who would rather trek with a small group and two guides
- A two-week holiday: 12 days on the ground including both travel days to the trailhead
Not for you if you want
- Anyone who dislikes long, winding road journeys: two days of about 7 hours each
- Travellers with knee trouble on long descents (day 8 is about 20 km downhill)
- Those who need a private bathroom and heating every night
- A first easy trek at lower altitude: see our Annapurna foothills and Poon Hill trek
- Those set on Everest itself: see our Everest Base Camp trek
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11 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Kathmandu2 nights
- Syabrubesi1 night
- Lama Hotel1 night
- Langtang village1 night
- Kyanjin Gompa2 nights
- Lama Hotel1 night
- Syabrubesi1 night
- Kathmandu2 nights
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 11 nights: 4 in a central Kathmandu hotel, 2 in a teahouse lodge in Syabrubesi and 5 in teahouse lodges on the trek (2 at Lama Hotel, 1 in Langtang village, 2 at Kyanjin Gompa)
- Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement (teahouse singles on request)
- A sleeping bag and down jacket to borrow on the trek
Transport
- Pick-up and drop-off at Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)
- A private vehicle and driver from Kathmandu to Syabrubesi and back
- A private vehicle for Kathmandu and Patan sightseeing
- Porters on the trek, one for every two guests, carrying a duffel of up to 10 kg each
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide for the whole trip
- A licensed Nepali trek leader on the trek
- Licensed local guides at Pashupatinath and Patan
Activities
- Langtang National Park permit and TIMS card
- The trek from Syabrubesi to Lama Hotel, Langtang village and Kyanjin Gompa, and back
- Guided climb of Kyanjin Ri, or the easy valley walk
- Kyanjin Gompa monastery and the yak cheese factory
- The 2015 earthquake memorial, Langtang village
- Pashupatinath and Boudhanath, Kathmandu
- Patan Durbar Square, the Patan Museum and the Golden Temple, Patan
- Hot showers and device charging at teahouses that have them
Meals
- 11 breakfasts, 9 lunches and 9 dinners
- Every meal from day 3 to day 9, with a hot drink at each trek meal
- Boiled or filtered drinking water on the trek
- Welcome dinner, end-of-trek dinner with the crew and farewell dinner
Not included
- International flights to and from Kathmandu
- Nepal visa (most nationalities get one on arrival)
- Travel insurance covering trekking to at least 5,000 metres and helicopter evacuation
- Meals not listed: lunch on day 1, dinners on days 2 and 10, lunches on days 11 and 12
- Drinks beyond the hot drink with trek meals and drinking water
- Snacks and Wi-Fi cards on the trek
- Tips for the porters, trek leader and guides
- An extra night if a road closure goes beyond the spare day
- Personal gear such as boots, poles and a rain shell
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 330 (estimated price)
When you can go
Dates and prices
Pick your start date when you request to book. We check that date and confirm it in your quote.
Prefer to travel without a group or guide? Ask us about arranging hotels, transport and city tours for you to travel independently.
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Booking terms
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Questions
What does the price include?
Eleven nights in a central Kathmandu hotel and trail teahouses, 11 breakfasts, 9 lunches and 9 dinners including every meal on the trek, drinking water, your Langtang National Park permit and TIMS card, porters, a private vehicle to Syabrubesi and back, airport transfers, your See Sight Tours guide and a licensed trek leader, and the Kathmandu and Patan visits.
How hard is the Langtang Valley trek?
Challenging but not technical. Six walking days of 3 to 7 hours on rocky trail, with two climbs of about 1,000 metres on days 4 and 5 and a long 20 km descent on day 8. Kyanjin Ri on day 7 is optional. If you walk regularly and can manage hills for a full day, you can do it.
Will the altitude affect me?
Probably a little. You sleep as high as 3,870 metres at Kyanjin Gompa and can climb to about 4,600 metres. We gain height over three days, spend two nights at Kyanjin and turn back down. Headaches are common; serious altitude sickness is less likely at these heights, and your guides watch for it every evening.
How long is the drive to the trailhead?
About 7 hours each way, roughly 125 km from Kathmandu to Syabrubesi on a winding mountain road. There is no flight, so every Langtang trip makes this drive. We use a private vehicle, stop for tea and a sit-down lunch, and sleep a night in Syabrubesi at each end instead of walking and driving on the same day.
What are the teahouses like?
Simple family-run lodges with twin rooms, foam mattresses and blankets, and a warm dining room with a stove. Bathrooms are shared at most stops; Syabrubesi and Kyanjin have more en-suite rooms. Rooms are unheated, so bring the borrowed sleeping bag. Want a private room every night? Tell us when you book; we request one at each lodge and confirm before you pay.
How big is the group, and who leads it?
The small group runs with 7 to 12 guests. Your See Sight Tours guide travels with you for all 12 days, and a licensed Nepali trek leader joins on the trail, as Nepal requires in its national parks. One porter carries for every two guests, up to 10 kg each in a duffel we lend you; you carry a daypack.
I am travelling solo. What does a single room cost?
A room of your own is from CAD 330 more, shown before you book, with no extra charge for joining as a solo traveller. In Kathmandu your single room is guaranteed. On the trail, singles are on request because lodges are small, and in October and April you may share with another guest of the same sex.
When is the best time to go?
October and November bring the clearest views and stable weather, with nights below freezing at Kyanjin. March to May is warmer, with flowering rhododendrons in April but more haze. We do not run June to September, when the monsoon brings cloud, leeches and landslides on the road, or in midwinter.
Do I need a visa or trekking permits?
Most nationalities, including Canadians, buy a Nepal tourist visa on arrival at Kathmandu airport. We arrange the Langtang National Park permit and TIMS card for you; send a passport copy and two passport photos when you book.
How is this different from your other Nepal treks?
Langtang sits between them. Poon Hill is a shorter, lower trek that tops out at 3,210 metres with flights to Pokhara. Everest Base Camp is 15 days with Lukla flights and nights above 5,000 metres. Langtang reaches 3,870 metres with no flights, quieter trails and a valley shaped by its Tamang communities.
Can we travel privately or on our own dates?
Yes. Besides the small group, the trip comes as a private trip for your party only, on a date you choose, from CAD 3,935 per person. If you would rather travel independently, ask us from the dates section and we will quote the same vehicle, teahouses, trek leader and porters for your own dates.
How do I book and when do I pay?
Send your preferred dates as an enquiry. We check availability and provide the final quote, itinerary and booking terms before you accept. No payment is taken when you send the request. With the confirmation we send the payment schedule and ask for your passport copy and two photos for the national park permit and TIMS card.
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