Tsum Valley Trekking

Upon arrival at the airport, our leading representative will take you to your hotel for some rest and refreshments. Later, you will join the Tsum Valley trekking group for the detailed orientation session, where you can ask any questions about the incredible journey ahead. In the evening, enjoy a welcome dinner featuring excellent Nepali cuisine and vibrant cultural performances at the restaurant.

We depart from the hotel to set out on the Kathmandu sightseeing tour where we visit places of historical and cultural importance; these include the important temples and monasteries listed in the World Heritage Sites’ list.  You will get time to rest and prepare for your Tsum valley trek which starts the following morning after driving to Gorkha.

In the morning, we head to Soti Khola; on our way there, we move across the busy highway of Nepal to the warm hills and farm villages with the view of beautiful snow-clad peaks. We first reach to Dhanding and move to Gorkha following the Budhi Gandaki river.  Finally, we move through terraced fields and farm villages to reach our destination, that is, Soti Khola. Overnight stay at a guesthouse in Soti Khola.

The very first walk commences from Soti Khola with our destination being Maccha Khola; we move through dense forests and through beautiful villages across the hillsides. The terraced cultivated fields belong to the village named Lapses.  We then descend to a sandy riverbed and follow the route to the steep valley zone. We stay overnight at Machha Khola after a climb.

On this day, our trail takes us to amazing villages, fields, as well as hot springs.  The vegetation changes gradually; from going to the stream named Maccha Khola (Fish stream), heading to Khola Bensi village to Tatopani hot spring, w will have a lot to observe.  We will get time to have a hot bath and then we will reach Jagat where we will stay overnight after we cross Dovan and Yaruphant village.

Morning walk from Jagat takes us to Nagjet and Philim as we have short climbs and descends downhill. Philim is a big village with farmhouses; we walk through this village to reach our overnight stop at Lakuwa after climbing the top of a rocky ridge into the dense bamboo forest zone. 

We now head to the first highlight of this adventure trek, that is Chumling, the first stop around Tsum valley trek.  After the Lokpa village, our walk leads us to the narrow gorge with small descends and ascends into the pine and rhododendron forests past the tiny farm villages. We then climb above Lungwa Khola and reach Chumling village for an overnight stay.

We move to upper escalations within the huge peaks of Ganesh Himal on the east and Manaslu on the west.  The landscapes and villages change and are similar to those of Tibetan plateau.  We reach Chhokangparo village for an overnight stay after a downhill climb to cross the bridge at Smatiking Khola observing the Ganesh Himal (7422 meters).

Our trail leads us to the upper Tsum area in Nele (N-lay) where we first start an uphill climb into the open valley with few trees of juniper and willow.  We reach Nele for an overnight stay as we walk uphill with panoramic views of Manaslu and Ganesh Himal with enough time to visit the old meditation cave of Saint Milarepa (11th century) popular as a singer, poet and tantric guru among Tibetan and Buddhists.

We reach the highest point of the adventure on this day that is Mu Gompa as we walk up in the arid terrain that offers views of majestic peaks. Overnight stay at Mu Gompa.

This is a rest day at Mu Gompa where we visit the unexplored places around the Tsum valley given its old villages and intriguing Mu Gompa with the historic scrolls, idols, relics, and statues. We can savor the culture and scenery of the upper Tsum village which is situated on a trail where is less frequented by trekkers as well as adventures. 

After having a great time at Mu Gompa, we head to Rachen Gompa where we will be led to another beautiful monastery as we walk with some ups and downs here and there. We will pass through scattered farm villages when we move towards Rachen Gompa.  Overnight stay at Rachen Gompa and time to explore religious and historic artifacts and idols of Sakyamuni Buddha.

This is the last day in Tsum valley. Morning walk takes us to Chumling village after a long descend through farm areas and then into forests. We rach CHumling after 6 hours downhill walk. Overnight stay at Chumling.

We will have a morning walk downhill following the river streams relishing the views of waterfalls as we reach the villages like Tingling Chhupyang and Samba as you walk comes to an end at Philim where we stay overnight.

We head to Tatopani after breakfast following the trail that moves through villages like Nagjet, Sidibas Bazaar, and Jagat. We descend to Yaruphant and have a six hours walk to Tatopani for our overnight stay where we can relax in hot spring.

We walk to SOti Khola along the Budhi Gandaki river. We reach the Labubesi village of Gurung people after hours of walking and then head to Soti Khola where we stay overnight.

After the fun Tsum valley trek, we move back to Kathmandu.

This is your last day in Kathmandu. We transfer you to the airport from your hotel; then you head to your next destination or your home country via a flight.