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Langtang Ruby Valley Trek -16 Days

  • Duration16 Days
  • DestinationNepal
  • Difficulty Challenging
  • Max Altitude 5000m
  • Activity Trekking and Explorations
  • Accommodation Comfort Hotel in City, Local Lodge or Homestay on the Trekking
  • Meals 3 times a day
  • Transportation Private vehicle
  • Starts Shyabrubesi
  • Ends Borang
  • Best Season March- May, late September- November
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Overview
Trip Highlights
  • The trek typically starts similarly to the Langtang Valley trek, with a drive from Kathmandu to Syabrubesi.
  • Glacier-formed landscape with a majestic view, diverse terrain farmland, green meadow, and rocky hills.
  • Stunning Mountain Views: Panoramic views of the Langtang Himal range, Ganesh Himal, Manaslu, and sometimes even Shishapangma (Tibet). Pangsang La Pass (around 3,842m - 3,850m) is a key viewpoint in the Ruby Valley.
  • From Syabrubesi, the route passes through Tamang villages like Gatlang and Somdang, crosses passes like Pangsang La, and descends through other villages like Tipling and Chalish.
  • Cultural Immersion: Experience the rich Tamang culture in traditional villages, with opportunities for homestays and interaction with local communities.
  • Diverse Landscapes: Trek through lush forests, terraced fields, rhododendron blooms (in spring), and high alpine pastures.
  • Kyanjin Gompa (Langtang Valley): A significant Buddhist monastery with a yak cheese factory and opportunities for day hikes to viewpoints like Tserko Ri.
  • Off-the-beaten-path experience: The Ruby Valley offers a more secluded and authentic trekking experience compared to more popular routes.
  • The trek often involves a mix of teahouse stays and community homestays, especially in the Ruby Valley, offering a unique cultural immersion.
  • The great Himalayan itinerary connects the Langtang region with the Manaslu region via the Ruby Valley, making it a longer, more comprehensive journey

Langtang Ruby valley Trekking

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Langtang Ruby Valley trekking is the least explored trekking destination in Nepal. It begins from glacier-formed alpine highlands to off the beaten region of Ganesh Himal. The trek goes first to explore a wide range of sky touching mountains panorama, yak pastoral landscape, Glacier moraine to mind-blowing viewpoint Tserku Ri at 5,030m at Langtang valley then Primitive Tamang heritage to least explored Ruby valley. The trail to Ruby Valley has all kinds of landscape and walking conditions as it includes almost flatlands, terraced farms, gradual and steep climbs, and beautiful scenery of lush green forest and high snow-capped mountains. This unexplored trekking trail provides you the opportunity to explore some very remote villages of Nepal, not influenced by tourists. Since this is a very new trekking trail in Nepal, lodges, and guesthouses have not been developed yet in this area so trekkers have to stay at homestay. Thus visitors will have interactive relations with locals, tourists can easily experience the way of rural life and can have a primitive taste of local food, a culture that has not been changed in hundreds of years.

Best Time to visit Langtang and Ruby Valley

Spring (March-May): This is an excellent time with pleasant temperatures, blooming rhododendrons, and clear skies, offering great views.

Autumn (September-November): Widely considered the best time due to stable weather, clear skies, crisp mountain views, and comfortable temperatures.

Monsoon (June-August): Heavy rainfall, making trails difficult, views obstructed with thick clouds, and increasing the risk of leeches. The trail is slippery, muddy, and roads and trails may be obstructed by landslides and flooding rivers.

Winter (December-February): It is possible to trek, but you need a bit warmer gear for the colder temperatures and potential snowfall.

Permits:

Langtang National Park Entry Permit: Required for trekking within the Langtang National Park.

TIMS Card (Trekkers' Information Management System Card): Essential for all trekkers in Nepal.

Itinerary

After your breakfast drive to the bus station and then drive to Shyabrubesi by overland drive, it may take about 6/7 hours, however during driving you will see many different landscape, culture, tradition and will experience the Nepalese culture, life closely.

After morning breakfast follows the Langtang river bank with a spectacular view of the Jungle, river, and local culture. Lunch in Bamboo on the way you also see the wild bee hive on the other side of the River.

Following the gradual way up from the pine forest, oak, rhododendron, and many other floras with Shy Mountain Langtang two, in front and tremendously beautiful natural view around you make the day important. 

Lamahotel

Having a panoramic view of Mt. Langtang and other natural diversities makes your day more interesting and exciting. After a nice breakfast, the way starts easy uphill to Kyangjing Gomba by following the Langtang Valley.  You arrive in Kyanjing by lunch and take a noontime excursion around the cheese factory or glacier moraine.

ExcursionA little earlier breakfast is better for today. Take your packed lunch and enough water for your final and important excursion to Tserku ri 5030mtr. Climbing up will be challenging however the views from the top will be lifetime unforgettable. 

Descending continuously via Langtang village, Ghoda tabela, Riverside to Lamahotel through the Langtang river bank.

Walking in through pine forest, narrow hilly pass to Sherpa gaun and Khangjim village. The trail goes through terraced fields where local people cultivate mostly potatoes, barley, and wheat. The trail is very scenic until you arrive at a big ancient village Briddim. Overnight at a good hotel

Thuman Forest

Follow the trail descending via a small beautiful Tibetan-looking village to Riverside. Cross a mysterious suspension bridge and steadily climb through the pine forest up to Thuman village. Make an excursion around Thuman and start your trek toward Nagthali danda. We recommend Nagthali Danda for overnight because of the beauties of paradise but climbing from Riverside to the hotel is strongly demanding climbing for the day.

Wake up very early in the morning and start hiking up to the Taruche view point with some packed breakfast. It takes a couple of hours to climb through the forest, and the views of the holy Ganesh Himal and the Autonomous area of Tibet are supper clear from the top. Descend to the hotel for lunch and prepare for Tatopani village. A couple of hours descending through the heavy oak forest leads you to reach Tatopani. 2015 devastating earthquake had drought away the natural hot spring at Tatopani. Overnight at hotel

The trail is mostly relaxing today via terraced field, chilime hydropower center, and up to the river stream valley. A gradual hike through the beautiful forest leads you long spread the terraced field. Rough roads have been expanded in this field that had shortened the zigzag trail however you can see so many old standing stupas alongside. That was a former major trail around here.

We begin the hike from Gatlang to the lush pice and rhododendron forest Khurphu Bhanjyang. If you are interested then you can go to visit a famous goddess pond Parbati Kund as well. Then the trail goes easy flat to Somdang village overnight at Somdang.

Tamang Village

Today you will pass through the demanding and exciting Pangsang La Pass, it offers very stunning mountain views Such as Mt. Manaslu, Ganesh Himal, paldor, and the the Tibetan plateau spectacular landscape and wide horizontal meadows.  Descend to Laptung village and wall through a dense forest of fir and rhododendron until you arrive at Tipling village. Overnight at homestay

The trek passes through several villages today, and descend through dense forest to Chalis gaun, the minorities ethnic groups such as Tamang and Gurung community are highly dense around this area. The terraced agricultural fields, lush forests, and typical villages are eye attractions for today. A lot of ascends and descends finally take you to the pictures primitive village of Borang. Overnight at homestay

Descend to Lishne Khola and take a jeep drive over the off-road via Dhading Besi to Kathmandu.

Cost Details

The cost of the Langtang Valley Tamang Heritage Trek varies significantly based on those factors:

  • Group size: Larger groups often lead to lower per-person costs.
  • Services included: Full-package treks with guides/porters, all meals, and accommodation.
  • Transportation: Public buses or private Jeeps. (Kathmandu-Syabrubesi-Kathmandu) USD 15-20 by public bus/Hiace (one way) or USD 165-230 for a private Jeep (per vehicle).
What's included
  • International airport pickup with private vehicle
  • 2 nights deluxe room in Kathmandu on BB planning (3 stars hotel in Thamel) before the trek
  • Private comfort transportation to Shyabrubesi and back to Kathmandu from Borang
  • Local kneed and clean accommodation during trekking
  • 3 times meals (breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner) during the trek
  • Professional guides and porters including their wages
  • Staff trekking insurance
  • Transportation charge for your trekking crews
  • All necessary permits for the Langtang trek 
  • 2 nights deluxe room in Kathmandu on BB planning ( 3 stars hotel in Thamel) after the trek
  • Farewell dinner
  • Airport drop with private vehicle
What's not included
  • Your International airfare
  • Your Personal travel insurance and Nepal entry visa fee
  • Extra night accommodation, lunch, and dinner in Kathmandu
  • Entrance fees, guides wages, and transportation for sightseeing in Kathmandu
  • Tips for your trekking staff
  • Your personal health insurance and expenses
  • Helicopter price in case you need to be evacuated
  • Drinks like alcohol, Coke, Fanta, mineral water, can juice, mars, bars, (all kinds of bottled drinks and packet cereals)
  • Warm water or tea in your drinking bottle
Useful Info

    Moderate: Both the Langtang Valley and Ruby Valley treks are generally considered mild. This means they are suitable for beginners to the adventurous.

    Altitude: The Langtang Valley section involves higher altitudes, with Kyanjin Gompa at around 3,870m and optional hikes to Tserko Ri reaching up to 5,000m. We will have proper acclimatization along the Langtang valley. The Ruby Valley section is mostly below 3000m. Altitude.

    Acclimatization: Always ascend slowly and pay attention to symptoms of altitude sickness, especially in the Langtang Valley section.

    Trail Conditions: The trails vary, including well-managed paths, rocky sections, steep ascents, and descents.

    Drinking Water: Travelers should be very aware of drinking water in Nepal. They are not completely adapted to digest direct normal spring water due to bacteria. So, we recommend you drink mineral water or boiled water. Also, you can use some purifier tablets, such as chlorine tablets, for purifying water on the trek. We strongly recommend mineral water in the city area and purified or boiled water for the trek

    Daily walking hours: We expect to walk 4-7 hours daily, covering varying distances.

    Accommodation: Expect basic teahouse and homestay accommodations with simple amenities

    Personal equipment list: Good walking boots, a pair of slippers to wear in the camp in the evening or when the boots are wet, a Warm jacket (Fiber fill or down should be adequate). A Rainproof jacket with a hood or poncho, Woolen shirts and thick sweaters or fleece jackets, Thin and thick trousers, and Trousers for higher up in the mountains in the morning and at night. Windproof/ waterproof trousers are necessary during treks going above 3000 m. Thermal underwear (These are excellent for sleeping at night), 2 pairs of loose-fitting long shorts/ skirts. 1 lightweight long-sleeved shirt is particularly suitable for avoiding sunburn. A woolen or warm hat to wear in the morning and at night. Sunhat and ensure it has a wide brim to cover the face and neck, a pair of gloves, and good sun/snow glasses (warm and normal ones), 2 pairs of thin and 2 pairs of thick warm socks, Underwear, buff, and hankies as you need. Necessary personal items if you are a woman.

    Accessories: Duffle bag or kit bag to carry gear while trekking, sleeping bag, Small rucksack to carry personal requirements for the day, e.g., toilet paper, camera, film, towel, soap, etc. Water bottle. Snow glasses and sunglasses, 2-4 large plastic bags to separate clean clothes from dirty ones. Headlamp with spare batteries, Sun cream, personal medicine, lip guard, toothbrush, towel, Reading materials, camera, game items (optional), notebook, rubber band, pen and pencil, a diary, a pocket knife, trekking map, passport, and copies.

    Travel Insurance: We advise you to have proper and valuable insurance for trekking in the Himalayas

    Medical: You should carry all the necessary medicine for safety because there are no proper Medical centers in the Himalayas.

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