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Duration: 13 Days
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The Gokyo Valley Trek is the breathtaking landscape of the remote Gokyo Valley and Gokyo-Ri rewards you with breathtaking mountain vistas that include Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, and Cho Oyu — four of the eight tallest peaks in the world — along with the festival of magnificent turquoise lakes and moonscape-like glaciers.
The Gokyo Lakes magnificent blue waters are one of Nepal's undiscovered natural wonders. The system of freshwater lakes in this region is the highest in the world. When walking in the Everest region, the Gokyo Lakes and Gokyo-Ri Trek are excellent for a more unique and lonely experience.
A good substitute for the well-known Everest Base Camp Trek is the Gokyo Lakes Trek. Along with other things, it is rich in serene beauty, like the Himalayan desert and clear lakes. A journey through the Gokyo Valley also gives you the chance to visit the stunning Gokyo Valley's five lakes and the renowned Gokyo Ri viewpoint, which provides a stunning view of Mount Everest and its surroundings. They provide a wide variety of panoramas and settings that will stay in your memory for a long time.
We ascend the Gokyo Peak (5480 m) from the Gokyo town and are treated to a breathtaking panorama of many 8,000-meter peaks, including Everest, Makalu, and Cho Oyo. Climb Gokyo Ri to the peak, where you'll be at the same altitude as Everest Base Camp. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, rises nearly five and a half miles into the sky and offers breathtaking views of glaciers and snow-capped mountains from all sides.
Kathmandu is where the Gokyo Lakes and Gokyo Ri Trek start. We take a flight from Kathmandu to Lukla and then hike to Phakding. We will travel to Namche Bazaar from Phakding. Because you will be walking at a high altitude virtually identical to Everest Base Camp, we will spend a day at Namche Bazaar for acclimatization purposes. From here, you will start to glimpse views of the snow-capped Mount Everest, Ama Dablam, and other mountains. You will now go from Namche Bazar to Phortse Village, Machhermo, and Gokyo.
Additionally, you will hike to the fifth lake from Gokyo Valley's Gokyo Ri in the early morning hours before traveling from Gokyo to Dole, Namche Bazar, and Lukla to catch a flight back to Kathmandu. As a result, it is the complete 13-day itinerary for the Gokyo Lakes and Gokyo Ri Trek.
Going on a trek to the Gokyo Lakes is a lot of fun and beautiful. The mountains allow you to only experience their untamed beauty with your eyes as you go closer to them. At 4,700 meters above sea level, there are six main water sources that make up these lakes. The Gokyo Lakes have the world's purest water systems. They come from a special source. They are important hydrological resources because they provide ongoing fresh water.
Beautiful turquoise Gokyo Lakes are created by a combination of sources, including water flow from the Ngozumpa glacier, a stream that rises close to the Renjo La pass in the north-west, and the Ngozumpa glacier in the east.
The three most spectacular ones, Longponga Tso, Taujung Tso, and Gokyo Tso, will be examined in depth. One of the most breathtaking lakes treks in Nepal, the rich jewel hue of the lovely lakes flowing in an alpine mist or the mystical projection of the Ngozumpa glacier, shimmering over the bottom of the lakes when the breeze dies, is unlike anything else in the universe in terms of grandeur.
In addition, we'll ascent towards the renowned Gokyo Ri summit, from which your walk will be rewarded with beautiful panoramas of the mountain peaks in the Khumbu region. The Ramsar Convention has acknowledged the Gokyo Lakes Trek as important, and both Hindus and Buddhists hold it in high regard.
By spending one more night in the Gokyo Valley, hikers can reach the fifth and sixth lakes which are located in a high alpine valley at the foot of Cho Oyu, the sixth-highest mountain in the world.
Trekking in Nepal's Everest region is a beautiful experience because of the area's scenic magnificence, which includes views of mountains, lakes, and unique flora and fauna. The Gokyo Lakes and Gokyo Ri trek in Nepal is for you if you're a nature-loving visitor who prefers to walk along less-traveled paths and in more picturesque settings.
Your trip will be different thanks to Sherpa towns located on mountaintops where yaks freely graze in herds and winding stream ways that are still free of visitors. Gokyo Lakes Trek offers you tranquil alpine landscapes as an alternative to the congested Everest Base Camp, where the enormous mountains of the towering Himalayas still throw a foreboding calm over the surrounds of Sagarmatha National Park.
An excellent view of the serene and shimmering emerald-colored lakes in a breathtaking environment of glaciers, mountains, and snow-covered mountainous terrain awaits anybody who travels to the Gokyo Valley and Gokyo Lakes in search of natural beauty.
You must reserve a spot on the Gokyo Lakes Trek if you'd want to hike the most picturesque trek in the Khumbu Region of Nepal, make a lot of memories for your mind and camera, enjoy yourself stress-free, and walk in solitude away from the noise and bustle of the crowds.
In the Nepali Everest region, the walk to the Gokyo Lakes and Gokyo Ri takes 13 days. Trekking here is always exciting and frequently perilous. Prior to beginning a walk, you must make good physical and mental preparation. Your fitness regimen should begin at least six weeks prior to your Gokyo Lakes Trek, according to Base Camp Trip experts. This will give you enough time to build up your general stamina and focus on specific leg muscular endurance.
The best advice is to hike in the mountains as frequently as possible; short-distance backpacking hikes are the best way to get ready. Regularly visiting the gym has additional advantages for you.
Plan to work out at the gym, and concentrate your training on the thighs and ankles. Cardiovascular exercise is another advantageous approach to preparing for your hike, and swimming is a great way to stretch your muscles and keep in shape. Exercise programs like body pump, yoga, and aerobics are all excellent choices for preparing your body, especially those that emphasize flexibility, posture, and core strength.
You must be psychologically healthy beforehand because we cannot mentally prepare all at once. The finest way to exercise your mind is to do yoga in the morning. The Gokyo Lakes Trek is a picturesque and lovely nature walk; you'll experience mental calmness while on it.
Travellers should be comfortable with somewhat-demanding activities.
Narayan Baniya (nature pathfinder) and Sumir Gyawali (yoga teacher) guide me in this adventure. Actually they manage perfectly my short time and all the noisy burocratic thinks like documents or Covid control. They makes me feel safely and had care of me since the moment I reserved .. now I’m at home and still feel the power of their experience, friendship and good nature. They makes me “enter” in the Nepali lifestyle, from metropolitan Kathmandu until the top of the mountain were the vibes are soo deep. Their good vibes are compatible with all, Sumir had a clinical yogi eye and Narayan the calm you need to arrive over the clouds.. it was like a day dreaming and I never forget this experience out of time. Thank you Antonio
A great & well organised experience. I highly recommend Himalayan recreation to anyone planning to trek to the Annapurna Basecamp. Everything from start to finish was all taken care of, taking away all of the stress of organisation so that I could focus on enjoying the trek. Ashok was very responsive on whatsapp at all times and was able to adapt the tour when circumstances changed. For example, when my flight to Pokhara was cancelled, Ashok arranged for a friendly driver to take me all the way there by private car instead (I did have to wait 1.5 hours for the driver, but traffic in Kathmandu is difficult). My guide Santosh and porter Bal were very friendly and accommodating and were good company during the trek. They have the English skills required to answer the majority of questions, particularly relating to the trek. Overall, a very good experience. The trek itself is very beautiful. It has everything, including rural villages with rice terraces, bamboo forests, and epic mountains. The accommodation is basic but everything you need for a trek (much better than camping). The weather forecast is inaccurate - I enjoyed decent weather despite the forecast being constant rain/thunder. I found the difficulty to be much easier than others state, and could have completed the trek in 5-6 days. Almost anyone with a decent level of fitness would be able to complete this trek (adjusting the duration to accommodate).
The Annupurna Poon Hill Trip is a lovely trek through the lower elevations of the Annupurna range of the Himalayas. Starting from Pokhara, a 90 minute drive in a taxi drops us off at the beginning of the trek and then goes up from there. My guide, Raj, was absolutely awesome and provided a lot of great information about the area during our trek over the several days that this trek takes place. The second day of the climb takes us to the small town of Ghorepani, and then an early climb the next morning to Poon Hill. I went on this trip in the 2nd year of the virus. According to my guide, the number of travelers was still way down from pre-pandemic years. So, in one way, it is a great time to travel since you will have most of the trails to yourself. The tea houses are also pretty empty. The negative side to this is that there are limited menu items and several places didn't have WiFi. There are a few recommendations I would make about this trip. The first is the ride from Kathmandu to Pokhara. I took the bus and regretted it about halfway there. While the distance is only 200 km, it took about 8 hours on the bus. If I were to do this again, I would have opted for a 30 minute flight. It costs more, but is so worth it. Second, make sure you bring toilet paper with you on the trek. The tea houses I stayed in during my trek didn't have any. So, bringing a roll of your own is a huge help. And speaking of bathrooms, most of the toilets along the route are not the western style sit-down toilets. Rather they are the hole in the grounds. So, make sure to use the bathroom before leaving the tea house since the next western-style toilet isn't until the next guest house, which could be a half day hike away. Finally, if you have time after the trek, spend an extra day in Pokhara. It is much more interesting than Kathmandu. Otherwise, the trek was wonderful and the folks at Himalayan Recreation did a great job in staying in touch, picking me up at the airport when I arrived in Nepal, and provided excellent service all the way through.
This trip was the first we took with those guys. It was very nice, guide was interesting and gave us a lot information about Bhaktapur and Nepal itself. After they arranged few more trips for us. First was Chitwan national park and jeep safari. After Pokhara and paragliding. And then return to Kathmandu. It was very helpful to have someone local there who can arrange flights, pick ups, all the activities and return wherever needed. We didn't have more time, but all the time we had, they managed to organize for us, without stressing or worrying. I truly recommend them, because they are very responsible and helpful for any situation. I firstly met them in Kathmandu for our first trip and they helped us with all the others.
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