DOSSIER:
Manaslu Circuit Trek
Dhaulagiri Cirtuit Trek
Upper Mustang
Langtang to Helambu - & Gosainkund Lakes
Langtang x3 (Trek, Mountain Bike & Raft) via the Famous Farm and The Trisuli Centre

Here are four trails less travelled, four regions less visited. More personal space, more serenity. They are less often the first choice of the first-time traveller but so very often the choice of the initiated.

Roads are now encroaching to strangle the famous, much-loved, Annapurna Circuit. At least this means that the MANASLU CIRCUIT is beginning to receive the recognition it has always deserved. 

North beyond the Annapurnas themselves, as if light-years from lush greens, exists an extraordinarily harsh and mysterious land that remains, still, one of the remotest on Earth: MUSTANG. The true austerity of the utterly detached is what pervades this enchanting realm of Lo Manthang.

A choice to be seriously considered is to follow the time-worn trans-Himalayan trade route up the LANGTANG valley before striking south and climbing to the holy lakes of Gosainkund from where the trail leads down to the warmer climes and rich green valleys of HELAMBU.

Then there’s the challenge and adventure to the power of three! LANGTANG x 3.

TEA-HOUSE TREKKING with Guide & Porters
The ‘tea-houses’ are the Himalayan lodges we stay at; simple and hospitable, with good food and stunning views.

Why ‘tea-houses’? To put it succinctly, there’s precious little point sleeping in a tent when a matter of yards away there’s a comfortable lodge or ‘tea-house’. (This is why our fully supported tented treks are entirely away from all well-trodden routes in areas where there are no lodges.)

This is why ‘tea-house’ trekking is our chosen method in some regions; using the best available lodges. Most of these lodges sleep perhaps 16-20 people, cook good food and are fairly concerned about hygiene. Most use kerosene for cooking. The basics of conservation and of ecology are practised with some success.