The new Tamang Heritage Trails offers peek at the Himlalayan life style and culture. The Trauil takes you to verdant midlands of Nepal experiencing the beauty of the mountain region and the culture of the people who live here. The trail passes through traditional Tamang villages where life, culture, and crafts have remained unchanged since the begining of the settlement. Warm traditional welcome hosted by the locals, their elaborate costumes, rish architecture of their mountain houses and the ancient monasteries and places of pyayer add color to the experience of this trail. In addition to cultural expereince the trek also offers wilderness experience through beautiful landscapes of alpine terrain. flat meadows and rhdoeedndron forests.The trail start either from Dhunche or Syabrubesi and passes through Goljung, Gatlang, Chilime, Thurman, Timure and Briddim. The trail may end back in Syabrubesi or follow and Langtang trek from Briddim village via Khamjim.
Day From To Activities Overnight
- Kathmandu Dhunche-Syabru Drive Kathmandu-Rasuwa via Trisuli, Nuwakot (8 hrs) Syabru Hotel
- Syabru Gojung-Gatlang Drive /Trek Syabru-Goljung-Gatlang (4 hrs) Gatlang (Community lodge)
- Gatlang Tatopani Trek Gatlang-Tatopani (6 hrs) hot bath in the
natural spring of Tatopani Tatopani lodge - Tatopani Nagthali-Thuman Trek Tatopani-Nagthali via Vridndang (5 hrs) Thuman (Home Stay)
- Thuman Timure_Rasuwagadhi-Timure Trek-Thuman to Timure and visit nearby historical fort at Tibetan border (5 hrs) Timure Lodge
- Timure Briddim Trek Timure-Briddim (6 hrs) Observe local culture and Hote stay experience Briddim Home stay
- Briddim Khamjim-Syabru Trek Briddim-Khamjim-Syabrubesi (5 hrs) Syabru (Hotel)
- Saybrubesi Dhunche-Kathmandu Drive Dhunche-Kathmandu (8 hrs) Extension Trip to Kyanzing Gompa Hotel at Kathmandu
- Briddim Lama Hotel Trek Briddim – Lama hotel (6 hrs) Lama Hotel
- Lama Hotel Langtang Village Trek Lama Hotel-Langtang (5 hrs) Langtang
- Langtan Kyanzing Trek Lantang -Kyanzing (3 hrs) Kyangzing
- Kyanzing Lama Hotel Trek Kyanzing-Lama Hotel (6 hrs) Lama Hotel
- Lama Hotel Syabru Trek Lama Hotel -syabru (5 hrs) Syabru
- Syabru Kathmandu Drive Syabru-Kathmandu (8 hrs) Kathmandu
HOME STAY AT BRIDDIM:
Briddim (2,229m) is a small and beautiful Tamang village. It offers Himalayan cultural experience in the form of accommodation. Here visitors are accommodated as house guests and are able to have first hand experience of the age old culture and hospitality of the Tamang community. The accommodation and tourism package is managed by home stay Tourism Management Committee in the village. Briddim home stay was awarded 2nd Mountain Development Prize at the International Mountain Day programmed held in Kathmandu December 2005.
PEOPLE & CULTURE
The inhabitants of the Lantang Valley are thought to be descendants of Tibetan from Kerung who intermingled with Tamangs from the Helambu area. The inhabitants of Briddim, Thuman, Timure and Langtang are of the Tamang ethnic group but a marked influence of Tibetan culture and tradition is noticed in their lifestyle closely resembling that of most Tibetan villages. They are mainly sheep and yak herders, but grow some
hardy grains and vegetables. The daily life of the villagers includes raising livestock, agriculture and trade with Kerung in Tibet. Wheat, maize, potato, soybean and millet are their staple food.
In addition, visitor can also observe Syabru dance, Khampa dance, Shaman performance and other colorful performances during major festivals like Lhosa (Feb) Chhiju (Dec) Baisakh Purnima (Apr-May) and as per visitor’s request.
HOT SPRINGS
At Totopani which literally means “HOT WATER” you can cleanse yourself spiritually in natural hot springs with bathing areas in the lap of the mountains. Locals believe that the waters have a healing quality that ease away your aches and pains.
NATURAL EXPERIENCE
The trail is equally a pleasure for natural experiences. The unique landscape around Goljung Bhanjyang, Thuman and Briddim, pristine forest between Tatopani and Nagthali, Thuman and Kaleidoscopic view of the Langtang mountains. Sanjen range, Ganesh Himal, Kerung and Gosaikunda range along the way give a wholesome experience of Himalayan landscape and vegetation.
GOSAIKUNDA TREK (FROZEN LAKE)
An additional 4-5 days trek to Holy Gosaikunda Lake (4,300 m) can be either from Rimiche, Syabrubesi or Dhunche. The trek offers perfect combination of natural and cultural Buddhists. About 25 to 30 thousand pilgrims visit this area during Janai Purninma festival which falls during the full moon time of August.
FURTHER AFIELD
Visitors can extend their stay in Langtang to trek to Kyangjin and explore the upper valley to Langshisa and beyond. Tilman’s Col, a difficult crossing named after H>W Tilman the first Westerner to visit Langtang in 1949, leads east toward Panch Pokhari, Ganja La Pass (5,120 m) often covered by snow and clouds, leads south to Heleambu and the Kathmandu Valley.