Langtang Valley Trek with Kathmandu

Langtang trek is 3 to 15 days, generally. There are different options for trekking in Langtang region; the shortest options is 3 days Langtang village trek, in this trekking option you will trek till Langtang village at 3000 meters above the sea level and hike back to jeep point on the next day.
Longest option is either Langtang valley with ganja la pass trek or Langtang valley Gosaikunda lake trek. Apart from these high pass treks, Langtang alley with Tamang heritage trek, with homestay experience can be another way and low altitude trek. This Langtang valley trek with Tamang heritage trek is approximately 15 days long, with all cultural and natural aspects inclusion.
If you are considering Langtang valley trek specifically, the Langtang valley trek is 5 days long. Entire trip from arrival to departure will be 9 days trekking activity to Langtang valley.

Yes. Langtang is one of the trending short trekking destinations in Nepal. Langtang trekking used to be a camping trek before 2000AD but coming to till date, Langtang trekking is a tea house trekking.
However, Langtang valley trekking can be done in a camping style of trekking adventure as well.
During the Nepal Earthquake of 2015 AD, Langtang region was heavily damaged by landslide and hundreds of people died in the Langtang avalanche. However, from 2017 Langtagn trekking trail is completely reconstructed and life is normal, along the route of Langtang region.
Langtang is back to normal even after huge loss in 2015 earthquake.

In the geological address, Langtang is in between Manaslu mountain range and famous Everest base camp trekking region, or precisely Rwolwaling Gaurishankar Himalaya region of Nepal Himalaya.
According to political boundary, Langtang region lies in Rasuwa district of Bagmati state in Nepal. Langtang is connected with China and Rasuwa has one of the happening boarders with China through Rasuwa Ghadi, also called Kerung boarder.
This Rasuwa Ghadi in Nepali translates to Rasuwa fort. This place used to be a silk route in the 14th century and hence Chinese government wants to develop as one of the major trading center to pass towards Northern part of India.
In another word, Langtang is located in the Langtang national park. Langtang national park boarders with China, to its Northern region.
Distance wise, Langtang is 200 Kilometer, by road North West of Kathmandu; Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal.

By bus or Motorbike is a common method of getting to Langtang by road. There are many options to go to Langtang region. Bus and jeep are one of the famous and cheap options to get to Langtang region.
People can also travel to Langtang from Kathmandu, by motor bike or mountain bike, often. It is around 200 Kilometer, by road before you get to Langtang national park region.
One and only way for local people to get to Langtang from Kathmandu is none other than by road. But people often take helicopter to go from Kathmandu to Langtang region. Travel agencies in Nepal ca arrange you for Langtang helicopter tour towards Langtang valley. Also Gosaikunda helicopter tour is famous in Langtang region. People often sign up for Langtang valley helicopter tour.
With that being said, helicopter can be another option to travel from Kathmandu to Langtang. Helicopter by air avoids bumpy road to travel to Langtang from Kathmandu.

No. In Nepal trekking to the restricted trekking trails like Manaslu circuit trekking, Kanchenjunga base camp trekking, Upper mustang trekking region, Narphu valley trekking trail and Upper or Lower Dolpo trekking region needs special permit and trekking guide to these destinations mandatory. However other trekking regions like Langtang valley or Langtang Gosaikunda trekking trail do not need any trekking guides, specifically.
But, to have a trekking guide to take you to the jungle trail of Langtang region is recommended for many reasons. Trekking in the remote Nepal is a wild walk and your guide will be your friend, a local friend.
Trekking guide is not necessary to get trekking permit to Langtang valley trekking trail, your trekking guide will not only be your good friend but also a source of information and all your questions will be answered accordingly.
Trekking guide makes trekking more informative, comfortable and better than just yourself as an independent trekker to Langtang valley trek.

Generally all the trekking operators and experts rate Langtang trek as a less active trekking. Less active means one of the medium level of trekking activity in Nepal.
Langtang trekking is not as easy as Royal trek or Poonhill trek. In another way Langtang trek is not hard as Annapurna base camp trek or Everest base camp trek.
In short, Langtang trek is considered as an easy trek and recommended for first time trekkers in Nepal. A normal physical fitness is considered as enough for Langtang trekking.
Langtang valley trekking goes at 3900 meters or 12797 feet to its last trekking destination; however side trip can take you all the way to 5000 meters. So, considering destination altitude and scenery you, Langtang valley is a low altitude trek in Nepal.
Where other trekking in Langtang like Gosaikunda pass trek of Ganja la pass trek are high altitude trek of Langtang region. Langsisha pass is considered as the hardest pass in the region, however.

Langtang national park is 60 kilometer from Kathmandu. This is the aerial distance in between Kathmandu and Langtang National park check point or say entrance point. But the distance between Kathmandu and Langtang by road is 170 kilometer.
Langtang national park is not considered very far. In comparison to Chitwan national park, Bardiya national park or Sagarmatha national park itself; Langtang national park is close to Kathmandu. But the hilly road and geography in between Kathmandu and Langtang has made it look far. The off roadway connectivity from Kathmandu to Langtang is rough and in spite of having 2 different road network options; it takes 6 to 9 hours to reach Langtang national park from Kathmandu.

Langtang national park is first “snow leopard conservation area”, before it was announced as national park. Also Langtang national park is still a red panda research area.
Apart from animal dignity, Langtang national park is famous for many trekking routes in its area; like, Langtang valley trek, Tamang heritage trek, Langtang Gosaikunda trek, Langtang pass trek, Ganja la pass trek, Langtang circuit trek, Langtang helambu trek and more.
Langtang national park is also famous for easy trekking destination for short holiday in Nepal. Langtang is famous for easily accessible glacier at 3900 meters, by getting to the glacier one will be completely surrounded by the White Mountains.
Yak, yak herd, their calf, yak shed and the local culture and tradition seen along the trekking trail is also a famous part of Langtang national park.

Langtang is a Sherpa language, influenced by Tibetan dialect. People living in Langtang are migrants of Tibet in thousands years ago. Till 16th century Langtang national park area of Nepal used to be an important trading hub in between Nepal and Tibet.
Langtang is combined term of 2 sherpa word, lang and tang. Tang means follow and Lang means yak in Sherpa language. So entire term Langtang means follow the yak.
So far how this name is considered is because; the people of this region belong to trading family in the history. They used to trade in between Nepal and Tibet, to different part. Trading from Tibet to Kathmandu and also, from Tibet to Everest and Annapurna region directly. When they trade they used to follow yaks. Those yaks were the transporter in those trading era. And still you can see yaks as a transporter in some part of Nepal Himalaya. This region settled by those traders named as Langtang, the village of Yak followers.

You need to buy national park permit and TIMS card to enter Langtang national park.
If you want to travel on your own you can find these 2 different entry documents in TIMS counter at thamel and NTB at pradarsani marga.
Or if you want to go through a trekking or tour agency, there are many trekking agencies in Kathmandu Nepal. You can ask any one of them for the arrangement. They will help you with a small amount of service charge, like $10 per person.

In langatnag there are more than dozen of trekking trails. Different trekking trails are rated differently.
Langtang valley trek is considered an easy trek.
Langtang circuit trek is somewhat active trek.
Ganja la pass trek is tough trek and needs good physical fitness.
Gosaikunda trek is somewhat active but short trek.
Tamang heritage trek is medium level trek.

Yes, But saying 5 days trek this timeline do not include any of the traveling time to & from Kathmandu to Langtang national park.
In the same region in Langtang there is shorter trek than Langtang valley trek. That is Gosaikunda lake trek. Gosaikunda lake trek can be completed in 5 days with travel time to & from Kathmandu.

Langtang valley trek for 7 days includes trek plus travel time. There are other options for 7 days trek in Langtang but still Langtang valley is considered a famous trek in Langtang national park. So here is the 7 days outline itinerary for Langtang valley trek.
Day 01 – Travel to syapru besi
Day 02 – Trek to lama hotel
Day 03 – Trek to Langtang village
Day 04 – Trek to Kyanjing
Day 05 – Explore Kyanjing and trek down to Lama Hotel
Day 06 – Trek to Syapru
Day 07 – Drive to Kathmandu

There are many review platforms like trip advisor, tour radar, trust pilot and more. But all of these are less trusted by travelers, these days.
However there are video reviews of different companies, they might be authentic and transparent review of any tour activity for your Nepal travels.

If you are a frequent trekker and has enough knowledge about map reading then Langtang trek must be fine. This trek is doable independently without hiring a guide or porter.
But hiring guide and porter is supporting local economy in one hand and making every step of your Langtang trek comfortable and stress free for a small amount of money.
Also, hiring a local will help you to know the insight of trekking in Langtang. So we encourage using local people to show you around and way.

Langtang trek blog written by trekking guides are precise and more accurate, though trekking guides in Nepal are only Nepali Nationals and hence their English command might not be as good as you want.
But you can find Langtang trekking blogs written by those who have been to Langtang; they are helpful to understand properly.
But I do not believe all the trekking companies and travel agencies has correct information in their Langtang trek blogs, as most of them are written by professional bloggers but not by trekkers.

Total Langtang trek distance is 38 kilometer or 23.6 miles. This is Langtang trek distance in normal itinerary.
However there are many options on Langtang trekking, the change in the route might change the total distance of Langtang valley trek.

Everyone!! Langtang valley trek is considered as an easy trek. Thus a small kid or senior trekker can easily accomplish Langtang valley trek.
Langtang trekking trail is good trail for mountain biking as well. Thus all most all of the nature lovers can do this trekking to Langtang valley in Langtang national park.

Map on Google might not be as accurate as printed map of Langtang valley trek trail. But still you can find the map of Langtang valley trek on the map.
You can easily find trekking map of Langtang or any trail of Langtang national park, in the local store at Kathamndu, Thamel.

There are many ways to train yourself for Langtang valley trekking. Running, cycling, gym are some of the methods to minimize the difficulty of Langtang trek & prepare yourself for trekking, in advance.
Whereas for trekking difficulty can also be minimized while in trek itself. For that, choose to go trek for longer days in shorter camp. Walk with plenty of time and back up plans.
Last but the best recommended trekking option to minimize the Langtang trek difficulty is by trekking with trekking agency in Kathmandu, Nepal. Their information, guide, porter and the stress free trek in the route will certainly help you to minimize the difficulty.

Langtang valley trek is an easy trek, which means the trekking trail is gentle and mostly flat. The trail is by the river in river valley. With saying that, the increase and decrease in the altitude is not sudden but gradual.
Langtang valley trek is inside national park premise, thus trekking is inside the forest and chance if seeing wild animals is higher than in the other trekking trails.
Unlike to famous trekking trails like Annapurna circuit trekking trail or Everest base camp trekking trail itself, the trail of Langtang valley trek trail has fewer accommodation. In the peak season just pre booked rooms will be available. There are fewer tea houses, fewer villages in between the destination and hence the accommodation is less in comparison to demand. Also the accommodation and food availability is basic.
Once we get to no tree line zone winter trekking might be tricky. And clouded day with rare visibility will not entertain if you are a independent trekker. but all trekking seasons are best trekking seasons with a trekking guide in a organized Langtang trekking tour.

All inclusive or service trek package two different types of trekking tour service provided by trekking agencies in Kathmandu Nepal and the rough cost for Langtang trek will be USD500 plus, per person.
The cost of the trek definitely depends on what is included and what is not. In general all inclusive package cost includes food, accommodation, transportation and trekking permit expenses with guide & porter. Whereas for service only trekking package to Langtang valley, guide, porter, bed and breakfast is included in the price quoted.

Yes!! If you are first time trekker and this is your first time in Nepal, Langtang trekking can be suitable trekking activity to know the Nepalese culture, tradition and the mountains.
Gradual increase in height, less hours of walking, multiple option to customize the trip in route or before, trekking tea houses facility, scenery and wilderness on of the nature in Langtang national park has appealing advantage for the first time trekkers.
Also because of shorter trekking duration to get in the middle of the thousands of mountains and to see glacier of Langtang; this langatng valley trek is suitable for first time trekkers in Nepal. Langtang trek has all mixture of jungle trek, no tree line zone trekking, glacial walk, close vie of the snowcapped mountains, river valley walk and village tours.

The Langtang valley hiking tour is called trekking tour package to Langtang valley or Langtang national park.
But if you are thinking about Langtang tour this can be either motorbike tour to Dhunche or Jeep tour to Dhunche and Kerung boarder, Boarder of Nepal with china.
Or if you are searching for tour to Langtang valley to get to Kyanjing village, there is helicopter tour for this activity. In Langtang helicopter tour activity you will fly to Kyanjing village from Kathmandu and take a tour before getting back to Kathmandu or Pokhara by helicopter.

Langtang helicopter trek is way better than Langtang trekking tour. This is because, in Langtang valley trek, we need to trek back on the same trail, towards end of Langtang valley trekking. SO doing Langtang valley helicopter trek, you will not have to hike along the same trail on the way back.
But Langtang valley trek is not bad as well. If you enjoy walking downhill on the same route, you will certainly enjoy the different prospective of Langtang valley trek on your back down to Langtang valley trek end point.
Whereas Langtang valley helicopter trek is one way up and fly out to Kathmandu with aerial view of Langtang Himalaya region.

More than 1500USD per person can be Langtang helicopter trekking tour cost. But the tour will be cheaper with more participants in trekking tour. One helicopter can accommodate 5 people in Langtang valley trekking by helicopter return.
Group join trek or your private group of 4/5 people will surely make a good deal for Langtang valley helicopter trekking tour.

Langtang valley trek and Langtang valley trekking helicopter tour are same on their way up to Kyanjing village.
But once we get to the village of Kyanjing, trekking ends at this point, for Langtang valley heli trek tour. The outline itinerary for Langtang valley helicopter tour will look like this:
Day 1 – Drive to Syapru
Day 2 – Trek to lama Hotel
Day 3- Trek to Langtang village
Day 4 –Trek to Kyanjing
Day 5 – Sunrise hike to Tserguri and fly to Kathmandu by helicopter

Yes!! Langtang is a beautiful spiral shaped valley. Langtang region is very close to the infinite range of mountains. The mountains of Langtang are connected with the Tibetan mountains. That is why Langtang helicopter tour will give you better insights of the snowcapped mountains.
Also as a helicopter tour, you will be able to see the landscape of the green hill and the scattered mountains of Nepal, while flying from Kathmandu to Langtang or back to Kathmandu.
As Langtang is not far from Kathmandu the cost will be reasonable and the panoramic view of mountains and settlement of Nepal in the mountains will surely look surreal.

Langtang is considered as the best valley tour in Nepal, with no doubt. As this trekking is easy trekking in Nepal Himalaya, you might think this trek do not offer much. But to be honest with you Langtang is granary of mountains and the cultural aspect of the Himalaya of Nepal.
So far, Langtang is considered as best valley tour for the following reasons.
• Wider White Mountains view in s short and easy trekking activity.
• Jungle trek with verities of flora and fauna on the trekking trail of Langtang national park.
• Culturally rich and diverse valley Langtang is also famous for Tibetan Buddhism in Nepal, being close enough to Tibet.
• Langtang national park with greenery and conserves endangered animals like red panda and Snow leopards.