Langtang & Manaslu · Short drives, short walks, big views
Family trips in Langtang & Manaslu
Routes with drives under five hours, walks children can finish, jungle days in Chitwan, boating in Pokhara and a short trek such as Poon Hill or Dhampus that ends at a lodge with hot water.
Trips
Langtang & Manaslumax 2,438 mChisapani to Nagarkot valley rim trek
Three nights walking the northern and eastern rim of the Kathmandu valley: up from Sundarijal to Chisapani, along Tamang ridges to Nagarkot, …
Langtang & Manaslumax 4,300 mLangtang family trek to Kyanjin Gompa
A seven-night Langtang trek planned around children: a guide experienced with families, an extra porter for snacks and spare layers, short afternoons …
Places
Briddim
Homestay village above the old trade road to Tibet
Langtang & Manaslu2,200 mChisapani
Cold water, oak forest and the Himalaya one walk from Kathmandu
Langtang & Manaslu2,600 mHelambu
Hyolmo villages, apple orchards and gompas a day from Kathmandu
Experiences
Community homestay night in Briddim
Stay with a Buddhist Tamang family in Briddim through the village's community homestay system, eat at the hearth, visit the …
Morning at the Briddim gompa
Join villagers at the small gompa in the early morning as butter lamps are lit, prayer wheels turn and older …
Farm day with a Briddim family
Spend a morning in the fields with your host family, depending on the season planting or harvesting potatoes, cutting buckwheat …
TrekkingWalk down from Briddim to Syabrubesi
The closing walk of the Tamang Heritage Trail, descending through forest and farmland from Briddim to Syabrubesi, with views over …
TrekkingHike from Sundarijal to Chisapani
Leave the city on foot: climb from Sundarijal beside the old water pipeline, over the reservoir dam, through Mulkharka and …
NatureSunrise panorama from Chisapani
Wake before dawn to watch the sun rise over a 200 km stretch of Himalaya, from Ganesh Himal through Langtang …
TrekkingWalk from Chisapani to Nagarkot
A long day's walk east from Chisapani through farm villages and forest along the valley rim to the hill resort …
WildlifeEarly bird walk in Shivapuri forest
Walk the oak and rhododendron forest around Chisapani at first light with a birding guide, looking for laughingthrushes, minivets, barbets …