Langtang & Manaslu · Experiences
Spiritual in Langtang & Manaslu
Stupas, temples, gompas and ghats. Rituals at their own hours, explained by people who keep them, with the etiquette briefed before you go.
Morning at the Briddim gompa
Join villagers at the small gompa in the early morning as butter lamps are lit, prayer wheels turn and older …
SpiritualWalk with the pilgrims at Janai Purnima
Join the Hindu and shamanic pilgrimage to Gosaikunda on the full moon of Shrawan: a monsoon trek from Dhunche, a …
SpiritualGompa trail from Melamchi Ghyang to Tarkeghyang
A full trekking day between two Hyolmo villages and their gompas, dropping about 800 m to the Melamchi Khola and …
SpiritualMorning at the Kyanjin monastery
A quiet visit to the small village monastery that gives Kyanjin its name: butter lamps, prayer wheels and, on some …
SpiritualWater prayer wheels and mani walls to Mundu
An easy morning walk from Langtang village to Mundu past long mani walls, chortens and small huts where streams turn …
SpiritualBhairavi and Taleju temple circuit
A morning loop to the temples that guard the fort: the Bhairavi pagoda where offerings start at dawn, the old …
SpiritualHike to Pungyen Gompa under Manaslu
Climb from Samagaon to Pungyen Gompa, the monastery destroyed by avalanche in the 1950s and later rebuilt, in a meadow …
SpiritualMilarepa's cave at Piren Phu
A short pilgrimage walk from Chhokangparo to Piren Phu, the pigeon cave linked by Buddhist tradition with the Tibetan yogi …
SpiritualVisit Rachen Gompa nunnery
Spend time at Rachen Gompa, one of the main nunneries of the Tsum Valley, where Buddhist nuns study, pray and …