Himlung Himal Expedition Nepal

After your arrival at the International Airport, Kathmandu, our representative will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel.

On this day, you will be managing your gears and participating in the sightseeing activities, if the time allows.

Today, you will have another Jeep drive to a beautiful place called Koto. It is almost of seven hours’ drive on the off- road. The drive crosses the farming lands and small forests. It passes through the villages, Hydro Power, and Tunnel. You can witness the views of the Mount Annapurna ranges and the waterfall.

This is the first rest day. You will enjoy the breakfast in front of the gorgeous views of the Annapurna ranges. You will have a short hike of almost 45 minutes to Chame, the shopping center of this region. You will be exploring the villagers’ lives.

The Narphu Valley Check Post is also located at Koto, where your guide will fill out the check-in process.

The trek continues after having breakfast. It goes along the big Monastery and meets a junction from where the Nar and Phu trail separates. It is an easy walk through a forest of small juniper, offering views of unnamed peaks. After one and a half hours' walk, we will cross the suspension bridge and continue to the VDC office, Chyakhe Village. It is the headquarters of Narphu Valley with the old shelters where Tibetans used to hide in the ancient period. Now no one lives there. We can explore the statue of Guru Rinpoche, too, and take a tea break.

Then the uphill trail begins for about 30 minutes and reaches Kyang for Lunch after crossing an iron bridge over the seasonal river. Following the river through the narrow trail and crossing another iron bridge, we will enter the Phu Valley. We can see the old welcome gate made up of stone and soil. And after an hour of walking, we will reach the village.

It is a rest day. However, we will have an hour of uphill hike to Lakhang Monastery to participate in the puja ceremony performed by the Lama (pray for the Himlung Expedition's success).

Among 108 monasteries in the Himalayan region, it is the last monastery. Then, we will go back to the tea house, take lunch, and rest.

It is another rest day. So, we will have one hour of hiking to the Phu Valley View Point. It offers the views of the whole monastery of this valley in the background, the way to base camp, Phu Village, Neighbour himal, and other peaks on the right side.

It is a gentle ascent along the grassy trail beside the river. Then we will reach the open trail after crossing the hydro power. Then, an easy uphill trail begins for about one and a half hours. It follows the glacier trail till reaching the Himlung Base Camp.

While walking, we can enjoy the views of the Himlung Himal range, the way to Saribung Pass, and the neighbouring peaks

It is a complete rest day.

We will be engaging in an hour of hiking, up to 200 meters more. The Hiking Point showcases the views of the Himlung range, glacier, and all the base camp camping sites.

This day is reserved for the preparation for climbing. So, we will be engaging in the training activities like ascending, descending, the use of gear, jumaring, safety, and security.

Today, we will be climbing to Camp I from the base camp. So, we will use all the gears and walk on the glacier for about 3 hours. It is an icy and rocky trail, offering the views of the Himlung range and the opposite mountains.

At the end of the glacier, Jumaring is required at a fixed rope for about 15 meters. Then the continuation of another 3 hours of gentle climb takes us to the small lake and finally to Camp I. We can see the opposite side of the Himal of Himlung from there.

After breakfast, almost at 7 am, our climbing activity begins again. It is a loose, means not fitted rocky uphill trail in the beginning. So, we have to walk very carefully. After an hour, a fixed rope point is reached. From there, we will be using jumaring and safety equipment. After an hour of fixed rope trail, we will reach the crampon point. Then the icy trail begins with safety and jumaring till Camp II.

From Camp II, we can explore the views of the Himlung range, Valley, Annapurna I, Dhaulagiri, and other peaks.

Afterwards, we will be climbing down to the Base Camp.

1. Full rest

Today, our Lama will perform the Puja again for our successful journey because from tomorrow, our actual Himal Expedition begins.

Early morning, after breakfast at 7 am, our Himlung Expedition begins. Today, we will climb to Camp I following the previous way and spend a night there.

Today, we will also begin our climbing at 7 am through the previous way. After reaching there, we will be resting because we have to start our journey to the summit at night.

We will start to walk to the summit almost at 11 pm from Camp II on the same day. It is a gentle climb for about 3 hours with safety and fixed rope till Camp III. This camp is spotted as an emergency spot. Before Camp III, we need to climb the blue ice part for almost 100 meters. This is the most difficult trail of the Himlung trip. So, the technical support is mandatorily required.

From Camp III, the trail steeps up till we reach the summit. It takes almost 7 hours to reach the top of Himlung.

We will get succeeded by reaching the Himlung Himal Summit at almost 7 am. Then the heavenly beautiful views of the Annapurna range, Dhaulagiri, Machchhapuchchhre, Manaslu range, and other peaks seem very close.

After spending about an hour, if the weather permits, we will be getting down to Camp II.

We will be descending following the same route.

We will be descending following the same route.

We will be descending following the same route.

We will have a drive back to Besisahar.

We will have a drive back to Kathmandu.

Our representative will leave you at the airport almost 3 hours prior to your flight schedule.