Nepal, Helambu Trek Charity Challenge

This is one of our outline challenge itineraries. If you are interested in running this as a fundraising event, please contact us for more information. If you are looking to take part in a charity challenge please see upcoming events.

Visit this stunning ancient kingdom and trek among the world’s highest mountains. The charm of Nepal is that it is largely without roads and access is only limited to ancient trails linking isolated villages where life and customs have changed little over centuries. Only on foot can you discover the true nature of the country.

Lying some 72 kilometres north-east of Kathmandu, the Helambu region, or Helmu as it is also known, consists of the country situated at the head of the Malemchi Khola (river). Bounded to the north by a wall of 5000-metre peaks, which divide it from the Langtang Valley, it extends north-west to the Gosainkund Lakes and east towards the lower slopes of the Jugal Himal.

Our trek through the foothills of Helambu is stunningly picturesque with the peaks of the Jugal and Langtang Himals offering a very impressive backdrop to what is a charmingly unspoilt and untrekked area. These mountains dominate the northern horizon while line after line of foothills roll away south towards the Kathmandu Valley.

The region is corrugated by a number of narrow ridges and deep-forested valleys running north-south through which flow the headwaters of the Sun Kosi river - the Yangri and Larkye, with the Malemchi Khola being the westernmost tributary. The population is predominately Sherpa and there are several picturesque villages and Buddhist monasteries scattered around the Malemchi Khola.

Typical Itinerary Summary
Day-Description-Accommodation
Day 1: Depart London
Day 2: Arrive Kathmandu. Transfer to Summit Hotel. Hotel
Day 3: Free day in Kathmandu. Hotel
Day 4: Transfer to by road to Sunderijal. Trek to Chisopani (7200'/2194m). Camp
Day 5: Trek Chisopani - Gul Bhanjyang (7800'/2378m). Camp
Day 6: Trek Gul Bhanjyang - Ichok (8300'/2530m). Camp
Day 7: Trek Ichok - Tarkeghyang (8400'/2560m). Camp
Day 8: Trek Tarkeghyang - Kakani (6500'/1982m). Camp
Day 9: Trek Kakani - Melamchi Pul Bazaar. Transfer overland back to Kathmandu. Gala dinner. Hotel
Day 10: Fly to London

Participants 100 Max

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