Day 1
Kathmandu to Syabrubesi
0 hrs0 kmsleep 1,550 m
Langtang · Moderate
Langtang Valley Trek itinerary, day by day
Every stage from Syabrubesi to Syabrubesi, with the walking hours, distance and sleeping altitude for each day.
Days
8
Highest sleep
3,870 m
Distance
65 km
Rest days
1
Altitude profile
Where you sleep each night
The single biggest safety factor on a high trek is how fast your sleeping altitude rises - not how high the route eventually goes.
Stages
The full schedule
Day 2
Syabrubesi to Lama Hotel
6 hrs13 kmsleep 2,470 m
Day 3
Lama Hotel to Langtang Village
6 hrs12 kmsleep 3,430 m
Sleeping altitude rises 960 m on this night, above 3,000 m. That is more than the commonly cited 500 m guideline - worth a look if you have spare days to place.
Day 4
Langtang Village to Kyanjin Gompa
3 hrs7 kmsleep 3,870 m
Day 5
Kyanjin Gompa acclimatisation
6 hrs9 kmsleep 3,870 m
Day 6
Kyanjin Gompa to Lama Hotel
6 hrs19 kmsleep 2,470 m
Day 7
Lama Hotel to Syabrubesi
5 hrs13 kmsleep 1,550 m
Day 8
Syabrubesi to Kathmandu
0 hrs0 kmsleep 1,338 m
Langtang Valley Trek itinerary questions
Answers computed from the published day-by-day data for this route.
How many days is the Langtang Valley Trek?
8 days as published here, covering 65 km with 32 hours of walking in total and 1 acclimatisation day built in.
What is the highest sleeping altitude on the Langtang Valley Trek?
3,870 m. The highest point reached on the route is 4,984 m, which is not the same thing - what your body has to adapt to is where you sleep.
Which day of the Langtang Valley Trek climbs the most?
Day 3, Lama Hotel to Langtang Village, gains 960 m of sleeping altitude.
Does the Langtang Valley Trek itinerary allow enough time to acclimatise?
There is 1 night above 3,000 m where sleeping altitude rises by more than 500 m, which is more than the commonly cited guideline. That does not make the itinerary wrong, but those are the nights to look at first if you are adding spare days.
Test a different schedule
Add rest days and see how the sleeping-altitude profile changes before you commit to a booking.
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