Ruby Valley Trek

Heartily Well come to Himalayas Nepal! We pick up you from Tribhuvan International Airport and drop to your hotel where we had booked. After resting some hours we meet and brief details about our program.

This day we start for ruby valley homestay trek drive on a northern highway from Kathmandu to Syabru Bensi viaDunche Bazaar. The journey will take 8-9 hours trough Trishuli Bazaar, local villages, landscape, mountains and crops field along the way. On way to Syabru Bensi, we can view of Ganesh Himal Range, Manaslu, peaks of Langtang range. This first day will be in beautiful Tamang village near the Bhote Koshi River and overnight at lodge.

The trail goes through west up to Bahun Danda Pass and then descent to the Tamang village of Gatlang, a foundation village on the Tamang Heritage Trail or hike via Chawatar. Gatlang is a Tamang village with unique customs and craftsmanship in a magnificent setting. Which is located above the Parvati Kunda, This kind is most popular pilgrim place for pilgrimage every year of the full moon (Janae Purnima), thousands of pilgrims are attracted to the sacred pond and nearby temple.

The way is uphill crossing through Pine and Rhododendron forest to Yuri Kharka 3710mtrs, which is the place for lunch and keeps going to Khurphu Bhanjyang and then descent to the Mailung Khola and which is borderland of Rasuwa and Dhading District. The north of Mailung Khola and hike passes through a green valley to the 200m Chukarma waterfall. There is private or government people invest to the paiputang metal company for the former mine leaves a lot be explored and is the site of a 1.4 km tunnel bored into the mountain to extract zinc, copper, tin, crystal and even highly-prized things.

Pangsang Pass 3842mtrs is a viewpoint southwest of Somdang with a broad panorama of the surrounding terrain. To the north are the soaring peaks of Manaslu and the Ganesh Himal Range. The trail follows down to the Marmailung continue to Tamang settlement of Tipling village where two Buddhist Gombas and some Catholic church too and pray flags on the Chhorten along the way. They have the rich culture in the majority of Tamang community and show those cultural programs when visitors and trekkers come in that villages such as Shaman Dance, Horse dance, Mane dance, Mendo Maya, Paru dance and as well as Lama (monk) dance are quite popular.

After breakfast, we go down to Kami Gaun continue to cross the Adha Khola on a new box bridge and climb up to the Sakpara danda then Chalish Village crossing through fertile field and way of Nepali flat. Sertung is inhabited mainly by Tamang. The name Shertung means 'place of gold'. According to a myth, two brothers in search of gold were led here by a dream and thus the settlement was born. Tamang people have own rich culture to show for the visitors Jhankri or shaman dance, Ghode or horse dance.

Chalish is inhabited primarily by Gurung, Ghale and Kami. There used to be Newar people but they migrated to Kathmandu city. The hospitable people of this area have unique customs and traditional cultural dances, including a hospitable welcome dance, Ghatu Dance; Dohori is also popular with call and response between male and female participants, a type of courtship ritual, complemented by folk music. Some dances depend on the time of year and take place during festivals including the Maruni Dance during Dasai and Tihar, Hai Nelo Dance of Tihar, and the Ghatu (Ghasiri Dance) that occurs during Chandi Purnima in the Nepali month of Chaitra. Gurung men traditionally wear vangra, a woven, embroidered cotton cloth tied at the ends that serves as a pouch for carrying goods. Sri Tinkanya Devi Mandir lies above Chalish. Local women tie bits of cloth or leave a bangle representing a wish to be fulfilled near a small pool of water surrounded by Barmase or periwinkle flowers.

After breakfast, hike to hot spring explore. The trail descends to the Ankhu Khola cross on the Khar old suspension bridge, crossing through fertile land of the villager and then again trail lead to ascent to Tikkas Danda which is the best place for a small break after ascent to that hill. Again the way down to jungle and walking trail inside the jungle then we will reach Tatopani (nice hot spring), spend a some hours there then back to Chalish Village, this day we should take pack lunch either can have small lunch in Tikkas danda which is around 4-5 hours both way and including time in hot spring overnight at Chalish.

This Day is an interesting day so we take the fishing program in fresh running water by fishing hook or by the fishing net. We can enjoy some hours in river beach then back to home overnight at home with cultural dance.

After breakfast trek ascent to the Mane Danda then all the down to Borang Gaun around 2-2:30hours continue toLishne Khola (2 ½ hours walking) and trek continue to Percho where stop for lunch and trek continue to Darkha Gaon. Passing through suspension bridges, breathtaking views of Ankhu Khola and Chyamchyat as well as Ri village another side of the river finally reach Darkha gaon. This village is mix culture village of Brahmin people and Tamang as well as Dalit and overnight at home.

After breakfast, we are sharing local Jeep with other people and arrive in Dhading Besi after 4-5hours rough and through zigzag gravel road by Nepali Helicopter jeep (named by my clients). Crossing through Ankhu Khola as well as Kimdang Phedi villages as well as Katunje and Jyamrung village will make you a fun driving having fabulous landscape surroundings then reach Dhading Bensi. We change another bus from Dhading Bensi and drive back to Kathmandu taking 3-4hours Prithivi high way drive to reach Kathmandu.