Drive
from Kathmandu to Dhunche (1966m.)
which takes about eight hours.
You head north out of Kathmandu
driving through scenic foothills
and ridgeline vistas to Dhunche.
The first part of your drive
upto Trishuli Bazaar is quite
smooth. The path now moves along
the gravel road. During the
rainy season, the way is sometime
blocked due to landslides. Your
drive from Kathamandu to the
destination is to be made by
either local bus or land cruiser.
Day
2
Trek
from Dhunche to Sing Gompa and
it takes about five hours.
The first part of the trails
ascends gradually through mineral
water factory up to Ghatte Khola
(stream). Crossing a suspension
bridge over this stream, you
begin to trek steep up until
you reach Sing Gompa through
pine, silver oak and rhododendron
forests with marijuana plants.
There is an old cheese factory
at Sing Gompa.
Day
3
Trek
from Sing Gompa to Gosaikunda
(4361m.) via Lauribinayak La
(3920m.) which takes about five
and half hours. The first part
of the trails emerges gently
ascent up to Lauribinayak and
the top of Lauribinayak gives
you an exotic feeling. Then
the trails steeply ascend all
the way to Gosaikunda.You follow
a rugged trail with dramatic
views; to the west Himal chuli(7893m)
Manaslu range (8156mm), Ganesh
Himal range(7406m), Tibetan
peaks and Langtang Lirung. On
a clear day, even the Annapurna
range can be seen rising up
behind and to the north across
the valley is Langtang Lirung.
You pass a few huts in the high
pasture of Laurebinayak, cross
a small ridge and have your
first views of the holy lakes.
There are about a dozen lakes
in the Gosainkunda Basin, the
main three being Saraswatikunda,
Bhairabkunda, and Gosainkunda.
According to legend, Gosainkunda
was created by Shiva when he
pierced a glacier with his trident
to obtain water to quench his
thirst after having swallowed
a poison that threatened to
destroy the world.
Day
4
Trek
from Gosaikunda to Sing Gompa
(3250m.) or Chandan Bari (3250m.)
and it takes about four and
half hours. The trails descend
all the way to Sing Gompa passing
Lauribanayak with magnificent
mountain views and forests.
Day
5
Trek
from Sing Gompa to Dhunche which
takes about six hours. The first
part of the trails descend through
pine, silver oak and rhododendrons
forests with marijuana plants
up to you cross suspension bridge
over the Sing Gompa Stream.
Now the path stretches at flat
level through some human settlements
and mineral water factories
up to Dhunche. It is a small
town and headquarters of Rasuwa
district.
Day
6
Drive from Dhunche to Kathmandu
by bus and it takes about
seven hours. It is a pleasant
drive back to Kathmandu.
