Tsum Valley

You'll meet with Ashish in the discussed area as he welcomes you to the heart of Kathmandu and shows you around after being accommodate to your hotel.

After a hearty breakfast you'll be guided to visit multiple heritage sites inside the valley, visiting many famous landmarks and getting in-depth history of the Kathmandu Valley.
  After the exploration of the valley, the preparation for the trek starts with Ashish being there with you every step of the way.

After breakfast, you'll get going to your trekking destination. The road trip will be explosively pretty with fantastic scenes driving past traditional villages, rivers, forests and farmlands. Stopping only for short breaks and lunch breaks according to your requirements. We'll arrive in Machha Khola in the early evening after the 6-7hr ~ drive. The trail goes up to the Dovan but sometimes in the early season of autumn, it may get affected due to the landslides caused by monsoon.

After a well deserved good nights rest, you'll head with the guide following the Budi Gandaki river and reaching a place called Khorlabesi with a small but intriguing natural hot spring. After which you'll head for Dovan to get lunch for which in the way you'll encounter the Gurung people and can observe shepherds clad in a typical smoke-browned cape called Bokkhu.

  Encountering Yaru, you'll cross a cantilever bridge to reach Jagat, a neat Gurung village where you'll have to verify your permits at the check post. You now will be capable to hike inside the restriction zone of the Manasalu region after an overnight stay at Jagat.

After a breakfast at Jagat, you along with your guide, will follow the Budi Gandaki river and ascend along a terraced hillside to reach the small hamlet of Saguleri and Sirdibas. Via this village we'll be able to view the snowy Mt. Shringi Himal (7,187 m). Continuing from Saguleri and Sirdibas you'll continue to go upstream towards Philim. From which you'll cross a bridge to trek around for a couple of more hours to finally reach Lokpa in the traditional tea houses to get an overnights rest.

You'll be leaving Lokpa after a good breakfast and follow trails that wind through dense forests and steep paths. The path to Chumling Village offers mesmerizing views of the surrounding mountains and valleys giving a sense of peace as you embrace the mountains and the mountains embrace you. After a day of following the trails and sightseeing, you'll arrive at the Chumling Village where you'll be greeted with local hospitality and serene environment.

Your journey will start anew from the Chumling Village walking through picturesque trails surrounded by forested hills and mountain views. As you near Chekampar, the influence of Tibetan culture starts show. The architecture, the culture lifestyle and everything alike, deeply rooted from Tibetan influence. You'll get to experience its influence first hand, ,staying overing at Chekampar.

After a good breakfast at the Lama Village, you'll head for the Milarepa cave. Milarepa was a enlightned Buddhist monk, who after attainig enlightment , went to this cave for meditation.

You continue toward the Nile Village after a night at Chekampar, going through a magnitude of different terrain, open fields, rocky, and everything in-between. As you gain height, you'll interact with locals and the views of the mountains becomes all the more mesmerizing eventually reaching the Nile Village to spend the night.

The day starts with a light trek to the Mu Gompa, the ancient monastery is a spiritual and cultural hub, offering breathtaking views of the surrounding peaks and is also the highest point in your journey (3700 m). After the Mu Gompa, the trek back to Chekampa starts following the same route you used to get to the gompa.

After a good nights rest at Chumling, you'll descend furthermore to Lokpa, soaking in the breathtaking scenes once more, giving you another chance to experience the beauty of the trail.

Tracing your steps back through Lokpa to Jagat with easier terrain making the trek back much more better paced to your liking.

After Chisapani, you'll continue to where this trek stared, at the Machha Khola, re-visiting multiple places, both physically and in memory. This trek back to the Machha khola is going to be the longest in all of the trip, with a distance of about 20-30 km~ needing to be covered. This takes a minimum of 10 hours of walking at a comfortable pace. As you reach Machha Khola you'll be given time to relax with an accommodated rest overnight near the river.

In the morning from the Machha Khola, you'll leave for the city with much more than what you came there with. Enjoying the trip back through the scenic views that led you to all this in the first place.

Time is forever limited, and so the dreaded day comes when you must depart from the country. You'll be bidden farewell by Ashish and exit with a lot more than you entered with.