Langtang & Manaslu · Sleep in a family home, eat at their table
Villages and homestays in Langtang & Manaslu
Community homestays in Tharu, Gurung, Magar and Tamang villages, from Barauli and Amaltari in the Terai to Ghandruk, Sirubari-style hill villages, Gatlang and Briddim on the Tamang Heritage Trail.
Trips
Langtang & Manaslumax 4,610 mGosaikunda lakes and Helambu trek
Nine nights from Dhunche to the sacred lakes of Gosaikunda, over the Laurebina La at 4,610 m and down through Tharepati into …
Langtang & Manaslumax 3,640 mHelambu trek from Sundarijal to Tarkeghyang
Five nights that start at the edge of Kathmandu: walk up from Sundarijal through Shivapuri forest to Chisapani, follow the ridge north …
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 …
Langtang & Manaslumax 4,773 mLangtang Valley trek to Kyanjin Gompa
Eight nights from Kathmandu up the Langtang Khola to Kyanjin Gompa at 3,870 m, the closest big-mountain valley to the capital. You …
Langtang & Manaslumax 5,106 mManaslu Circuit trek over the Larkya La
Fifteen nights around Manaslu, the world's eighth-highest mountain at 8,163 m: up the Budhi Gandaki gorge from Machha Khola, into the Tibetan …
Langtang & Manaslumax 5,106 mManaslu Circuit and Tsum Valley trek
Twenty nights that join the Tsum Valley with the full Manaslu Circuit. You spend a week in Tsum, up to Mu Gompa …
Langtang & Manaslumax 2,030 mNuwakot palace and farm stay
Three slow nights in Nuwakot, the hill town where Prithvi Narayan Shah began the unification of Nepal. You stay at The Famous …
Langtang & Manaslumax 3,165 mTamang Heritage Trail and village homestays
Seven nights on the Tamang Heritage Trail west of the Langtang valley: stone villages, hot springs, a high meadow with views to …
Langtang & Manaslumax 3,700 mTsum Valley trek to Mu Gompa
Fourteen nights into the Tsum Valley, a Tibetan Buddhist valley on the Manaslu side of the border that opened to trekkers only …
Places
Briddim
Homestay village above the old trade road to Tibet
Langtang & Manaslu2,240 mGatlang
Stone-and-timber Tamang village on the Heritage Trail
Langtang & Manaslu2,600 mHelambu
Hyolmo villages, apple orchards and gompas a day from Kathmandu
Langtang & Manaslu3,430 mLangtang Village
The village buried in 2015 and rebuilt by its own people
Langtang & Manaslu900 mNuwakot
The hill fort where Prithvi Narayan Shah planned Nepal
Langtang & Manaslu1,460 mSyabrubesi
Trailhead town where the Langtang and Bhote Koshi rivers meet
Langtang & Manaslu3,030 mTsum Valley
The valley that vowed not to kill, below the Tibetan border
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 …
HeritageTamang homestay in Gatlang
Stay with a Tamang family in a stone-and-timber house, share meals at the hearth, help with farm work and learn …
HeritageTamang Selo songs and damphu drums
An evening of Tamang Selo, the call-and-answer songs of the Tamang, played on the round damphu drum by villagers in …
NatureMorning walk to Parvati Kunda
A short climb above Gatlang to Parvati Kunda, a small sacred lake with a shrine, through fields and forest with …
Slow daysTrek to the Tatopani hot springs
The second day of the Tamang Heritage Trail: walk from Gatlang through Tamang farmland and forest to Tatopani, where natural …
