Arun Valley Trek

From the second day of your arrival starts our trip mission. Today you visit Kathmandu, also known as city of temples with our guide. Basically there are four major touring sites in Kathmandu. They are: Kathmandu Durbar Square, Pashupatinath Temple, Swoyambhunath Stupa and and Bouddhanath Stupa. And the main part is these all four sites are listed in World Heritage Site by UNESCO. You will be introduced to your guide by Regulus. You can have good conversation with him regarding the upcoming trip. You can enjoy the night life of Thamel which completely depends on your wish. Overnight in Thamel.

Today we catch flight to Biratnagar. It is around 50 minute flight from Kathmandu. Biratnagar is second largest town of the country. From Biratnagar we drive north to reach Hile. It is around two hour drive. Here we stay at night.

Our trekking actually begins from today. From Hile we head towards Pakhribas. We go through rice fields and arrive at Mongmaya Khola (River). In the meadow of Mongmaya Khola we will arrange camp to stay overnight.

It is a gentle walk of around six hour today. We walk along the bank of river to arrive at Surtibari. There are few houses here. We stay overnight at Surtibari.

Tumlingtar is around seven hours walk from Surtibari. We cross hanging ropeways over the river. It is quite challenging. We descend before arriving at Tumlingtar. T Here we halt at night.

We follow terrace farm lands and ascend to reach loosely settled villages. The houses here are built by using local materials especially, bamboos. We cross Arun River and arrive at Kartikeghat where we put off at night.

 It is uphill walk till Chalise. A gradual ascend will take us to Gothey Bazaar and here we stay at night.

After breakfast we begin our trail. We arrive at Irkhu River. Further walk will take us to Dhobane Danphe. Phedi is our next on the way destination. Here we will spend our night.

Today we have to climb and it is a bit challenging. We climb till Jaubari. We cross rhododendron forests and arrive at Gurase where we will halt at night. The meaning of Gurase is rhododendron.

Salpa Phedi is our first destination today. Now we follow steep climb to reach Sherpa village called Sanam. You will get chance to know about Sherpa people and their culture. They are mountain people who are natural climbers. We spend overnight at Sanam.

It takes around seven hours to reach Bung from Sanam. The village is at an altitude of 1900m. It is ascending trail. We rest at Bung.

The meaning of Gaikharka is—cow grazing field. It is tough climbing today as the route is full of steep climb. It is at an altitude of 2,300m. we set our camp here.

Vase is at around five hours walk distance from Gaikharka. It is arduous walk. We stay overnight at Vasme.

As usual our trail begins after breakfast. Pangum is a High Pass. The Pangum village is at around couple of hours away from Pangum. Here we will spend night enjoying local culture and food.

It is a downhill walk. Before arriving at Puyan the trail passes through ridge to meet Jiri route. The route to Puyan from here is relatively easy.we put off at Puyan.

We pass through forests and loose settlements to arrive at Lukla. It is a popular destination among Everest Base Camp trekkers. Many tourists dwell here enjoying local culture and wine. Here we stay overnight.

We take early flight to Kathmandu from Lukla. It is around half an hour scenic flight. We have entire day to roam around Kathmandu. Here you can purchase souvenirs for your friends and family. In the evening Regulus will offer farewell dinner. We put off at a hotel.

Your trekking ends here today. We will drop you at airport three hours earlier to schedule flight. We are thankful to you as you gave us opportunity to serve. See you soon!