Gosainkunda Trek

After the morning breakfast in Thulo Syabru village, the trail slightly goes uphill through beautiful Rhododendron, Bamboo, and pine trees. Along the trail, you will pass through several mountains villages to reach Chandan Bari (Sing Gompa) and visit the cheese factory there.

Wake up with a pleasant sunrise view and following the route which takes higher to the Laurebina Yak. The route goes mostly through the peaceful forest and you will clearly notice the decreasing of the forest as you approach the higher altitude.

You will have wonderful mountain ranges site from the Laurebina Yak. It is the best place where the reward is the vista spanning the Annapurnas, Manaslu (8156m), the four peaks of the Ganesh Himal (with Paldor Peak), some enticing unnamed peaks in Tibet, and finally Langtang Lirung. For the first hour, you need to climb up to the stone-made stupa of Budhha and then a gentle slide-up route will take you to Gosainkunda Lake.

After breakfast at lodge, we start our trek to Gopte. We will take a walk along the northern shore of Gosainkunda lake and ascend up to Laurebina Pass (4,610m). On the way we will see twin Ganesh Kunda, Surya kunda and about five minutes hike up to the Right side, you will see three other kinds (Ama Kunda, Ragat Kunda, and Chandra Kunda). From the Pass, you will have a wonderful view in both directions. The trail descends alongside a stream through alpine land to a single hut and continues downhill till Phedi (3,500m) for a lunch break. From Phedi the trail becomes rough and following few ridges and you will see prayer flags on one ridge. Just beyond these flags is Gopte (3,430m).

Our trek initiate with descending from the ridge at Gupte, the trail continues through the forest and then ascent to Tharepati. From Tharepati hill (3,640m), you will see a view of Dorjee Lhakpa, Shisha Pangma, and peaks all the way to Khumbu. From there the trail drops off the ridge and descends to Magen Goth (3,285m) for lunch. After the lunch break, we trek down through the forest and you will visit the national park permit check post by the army. About 20 minutes hiking down from there we will reach Kutumsang.

From Kutumsang we have a high Pass to cross before the trail drops to Golphu Bhanjyang (2,140m). Walking in Rhododendron forest passing through Chipping village and continue south past Hyolmo and Chetri villages to reach the comparatively modern settlement of Chisapani.

Today is the last day of your trek. The trail ascent to the Shivapuri National Park then reaches a Pass with Prayer flags. After crossing the Pass, the trekking route descends through the dense forest of pine, oak, and Rhododendron trees which lead to the army camp. After 15 minutes from there, we will reach Mulkharka village, continue to descend through the village crossing the dam, and following the immense drinking water pipe till Sundarijal bus station. Drive to Kathmandu by local bus.