HELEMBU TREK

A drivers range of brilliant green valleys. Misty rhododendron forest and distant horizons of snow peaks. Helambu is the ideal short trek. There are simple teahouses along this route. Yet the area remains relatively unspoiled by tourism. You will experience the Yolmo culture of high mountain villages. Marvel at vista of lonely High Mountain and watch enthralled as the frames toil in the fields using hand - made tools and team of water buffalo.

Day 1 Kathmandu - Sundarijal - Chisopani
Short drive to Sundarijal. Trail climbs steeply past Tamang village and on through rhododendron forest to Chisopani (2194 m) excellent views over the whole Himalayan range from Manaslu to Everest.

Day 2 Chisopani - Gul Bhanjyang
Trial undulates gently through green terraced fields. Tiny hamlets and stretches of grassy. Open hillside, before climbing through rhododendron

Day 3 Gul - Bhanjyang - Thare Pati
A steady climb through prickly leaves oak forest with excellent views of the mountain and the Helambu valley. On up through damp, Mysterious fir and rhododendron forest to the high pass of Thare Pati (3600m) Rise early for excellent , close up views of Gosainkund and surrounding high mountain.

Day 4 Thare Pati - Melamchi
Short, steep descent through mixed fir and rhododendron forest rich with bird life. Crashing waterfalls sound from the rocky gullies below as you approach Melamchi (2560m) an immaculate Yolmo village lying on a sheltered green plateau.

Day 5 Melamchi - Tarkeghyang
A glimpse of the neighbouring village of Tarkehyang (also 2560m) across the valley may have you praying for a bridge, but today the trial descends steeply to the valley floor, where you can have a well - earned dip in the crystal - clear river before completing the short and mild ascent up the other side of the valley. Set into the hillside. Trarkeghyang boasts an 18th century Gompa with a huge brass prayer wheel.

Day 5 to 6 Tarkeghyang - Melamchi Pul - Kathmandu
The path descends gently to the valley floor. Where it winds alongside the river through fertile cultivated fields of rice and corn. You may want to spend more than one-day walking at a leisurely pace through this beautiful valley to the road - head at Melamchi pul, form where it is a 4 - 5 hour drive back to Kathmandu.