Rupina La Pass and Tsum Valley Camping Trek

Welcome to Himalayas Nepal! We pick up from Tribhuvan International airport Nepal and drove to booked hotel and short briefing about our program as well as we fixed the time for well come dinner in Nepali Restaurant.

Full day old heritage side Kathmandu valley sightseeing, trip preparation to be ready for next day.

Day start to Rubuna La Pass and Tsum valley camping trekking, we gather our trekking team at hotel as our schedule to ride Bus, and then we drive to Gyampesal. After 10-15 minutes we cross Kathmandu valley and follow Prithivi High way as well as beside the Trisuli River, crossing the Trisuli River we will arrive Abu Khaereni to Gyampesal via historical place Gorkha Bazaar after 7-8hours drive, we stop breakfast and lunch on the way to our destination, overnight on camp.

This is first day walk in this trek, after having hot breakfast we start to hike our destination passing through villages Deurali, Mulabari and visit Nice Sita cave and we stop somewhere to have lunch in suitable place then we start continue to our destination, and 5-6 hours walk we will reach our final destination Thotnery 1650mtrs, over night on Tent.

The trail leads to gradually up to Darche Danda which is the excellence view point of Himalayas, after this view point we descent to Nambai Kharka 300mtrs. During this day we walk through villages and kharka as well as nice and cool forest, we stop for lunch in middle of walking hour in suitable place for lunch stop then after some hours walk we arrive, our one night home after 6-7hours full day walk, over night on tent.

A walk from about 5-6 hours from Nambai Khark to Big Ghale and gurung settlement Barpak village via Basukang - a junction that also leads to Rupina La Pass, which is popular among Manaslu trekkers. Local of villager are engaging in Ex-Indian and British Army so they have good economy growth from remittance and there is good access of internet as well as hydro electricity for their villages, over night on tent or home stay too.

Barpak village is Ghale and Gurung people of big settlement in Gorkha district, this village produces many ex-army men in British and India, is also known popular man Late Capt. Gaje Ghale - awarded by famous Victoria Cross medal. Clustered stone-roofed houses, stone built narrow alleys and panoramic view of Buddha Himal are the major attractions of Barpak. For accommodation, the village offers well organized home stay facility along with standard hotels or tented. We can easily spend day here because after long time we can use internet services to write your family or relative’s mail and you can update about you/trekking how is going on, over night at tented.

Saving energy in Barpak village again we begin to walk for next destination Gai Kharka. This day descent to tumsiak village and following Daraudi Khola and all way ascent to Gai Kharka, crossing the beautiful forest and quite place then we will arrive Gai Kharka after 6-7hours walk, over night an tented.

This is quite short walk but quite high compare to previous day walk and nice place too, which is called Sanrung Kharka as well as Rubina La Phedi, base camp of Rubina la pass so it should be quite interesting place and night for next day crossing our main destination of trip. Day descending to camp site 3440mtrs and continue to Sanrung Kharka 3800mtrs after walking 4-5hours, over night on tented.

This is a highest trail during the Rubina la Pass trekking.The trek ascending to Rubina La Pass 4720mtrs after walking 4-5hours on the top then trek descent to Bauddha Himal B.C 3600mtrs walking 3hours, over night at tented.

After summiting Rubina La Pass 4720mtrs, our trek lead to Jhong kharka, today we walk next to the glacier to Jarang 3420mtrs and then we follow trail to Jong kharka betweet of chhuling khola and rebing khola,viewing Gorkah himal, himalchuli, Bouddha himal, peak 29 and many others peaks then we reach to Jhong kharka after 5-6hours day walk, over night at tented.

Having a hot breakfast we start to walk our destination, this days we walk through the forest and some villages, most of part is descending part to be final point of day camp. We follow on the left side of chhilung khola passing through Gomna and Serang village to Nyak village after 4-5hours walk, over night at tented.

Today our walk descending to Nyak Phedi and crossing Budhhi Gandaki River then we climb up through grass land, forest and zic zac trail all the way to lokpa 2240mtrs, we stay to the right which takes us into lower Tsum Valley. The trail climbs up to tall pine trees and beautiful grasslands hugging the mountain side then reaches the gate of Tsum Valley in Lokpa. Over night at tented.

Leaving Lokpa, we are walking descending to Box Bridge through the forest for about an hour to the river from tsum valley. Trail continue to walk to up and zic zac way and we cross suspension bridge then all way up to chumling after 3-4hours walk. Crossing the suspension bridge at the corner of Chumling, the trail goes through small villages and rich farming land of maize and potato as well as buckwheat. The houses are classis Tibetan with barricades of firewood and roof terraces along a mountainside trail until Renjam 6-7hours walk, over night at tented.

We will cross the Sarpu Khola on a suspension bridge and climb up to Gho. We walk uphill to Chhekampara. After 2-3 hours you will reach the big rest village in Tsum Valley, the joined villages of Chhokang and Paro and climb north to a retreat where Lama Kongchog died after 26 years of meditation. His child reincarnation, found in the village, was subject of the award-winning DVD “Unmistaken child”. Our trek leads to the East passing small villages and past a local school. Climb over a ridge of chortens and past Lamagaon 3302mtrs through the flat fields, looking across the extensive crops and fast flowing river to the huge courtyard of the Rachen Gompa (Nons monastry) 3240mtrs. Over night at tented.

Visiting morning prays in nun’s monastery we back to camp to have breakfast then we will ready for day hike to Mu Gumpa.We follow the shiar khola to pangdung village then chuele, after chuele we have follow right of shiera khola then cross the wooden bridge to chho syong and we look for good place to lunch and continue walk to Mu Gumpa 3700mtrs, over at tented.

Early in the hike to Mu Gumpa monastery to see monks ceremony then back to dinning to have breakfast then we start to trek down and we stop somewhere for lunch then walk to Chhekam Park after 5-6hours walk, over night at tented.

Descending way back from Chhekam Park to Gwo, after gwo there are two ways to go lokpa, if we cross shiera khola to Dumje, rupchet village then we should follow shiar khola on the left all the way to lokpa either we can follow right to shiera khola same way back to lokpa after 6-7hours walk, over night at tented.

Day descending to Jagat, walking through Ekle bhatti, Philim, Sridibas, salleri and cross the pang khola to Jagat 1340mtrs, Jagat is a neatly flagstoned gurung village where tax was collected on Tibetan trade before not this time, over night at tented.

Today, we are crossing many villages, suspension bridge on the way down to Machhakhola. We stop lunch on way to Tatopani where you can enjoy with hot spring during break time of lunch hours then after lunch we continue walk through the khorlabesi.after walking 1-2 hours we will reach machhakhola 869mtrs, over nigh at tented.

After breakfast we leave machhakhola, viewing panoramic view and villages, crossing narrow cliff trail and some time there will be traffic jam due narrow way to cross turn by turn and passing Gurung villages Khani besi, Labu bensi and finally we will reach Sotikhola via Khursani Bari then over night at tented in Soti Khola.

From Sotikhola most of the part we have follow grabble driving road and somewhere we have follow trekking trail too. This day we feel nearing the city and hear sound of vehicle. After 5-6hours walk we arrived in Arughat Bazaar which is the gate way of manaslu region trek as well as tsum valley and manaslu circuit trekking and last night in mountains too, over night at tented.

This morning we leave to Kathmandu for our long drive on a gravel road by local bus to Kathmandu through the beautiful Nepalese countryside with crop fields and arrive in Kathmandu at your own booked hotel.

This is a free last day for souvenir shopping and gifts for your family, friends and other relatives until you departure. We offer you a short extra trip if you have time and if you are departing, we have transportation services to the International Airport for your departure flight to your next destination. “Have a Nice Flight” See you again.