Langtang Valley
Helambu trek
By
Stuart Butler
- Best trek for: Easy-going, accessible trekking
- Difficulty: Easy
- Trek duration: Seven days
- Max. elevation: 3,640m
- Accommodation: Trekking lodges
- Start/end point: Kathmandu
The closest trek to Kathmandu — it starts from the northern outskirts of the city — takes you on a fairly gentle amble through terraced fields, wild forests, flower meadows and through lots of little villages with views of the mountains. The highest point reached on this trek is 3,640m, so I usually recommend it as a mid-winter trek when higher routes might be snowed in.
You can make an enjoyable week-long circuit – something I recommend for those with little time and/or limited trekking experience – but most people choose to use Helambu either as a walk in or out route to Gosainkund and the Langtang Valley.