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Tsho Rolpa Lake Trek itinerary, day by day

Every stage from Gongar to Gongar, with the walking hours, distance and sleeping altitude for each day.

Days

8

Highest sleep

4,180 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.

3,000 m - acclimatization zone above

Stages

The full schedule

Day 1

Kathmandu to Simigaon

2 hrs4 kmsleep 2,000 m

Day 2

Simigaon to Dongang

6 hrs12 kmsleep 2,790 m

Day 3

Dongang to Beding

6 hrs11 kmsleep 3,690 m

Sleeping altitude rises 900 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

Beding acclimatisation

3 hrs5 kmsleep 3,690 m

Day 5

Beding to Na

4 hrs7 kmsleep 4,180 m

Day 6

Na to Na

6 hrs13 kmsleep 4,180 m

Day 7

Na to Simigaon

7 hrs20 kmsleep 2,000 m

Day 8

Simigaon to Kathmandu

2 hrs4 kmsleep 1,338 m

Tsho Rolpa Lake Trek itinerary questions

Answers computed from the published day-by-day data for this route.

How many days is the Tsho Rolpa Lake Trek?

8 days as published here, covering 65 km with 36 hours of walking in total and 1 acclimatisation day built in.

What is the highest sleeping altitude on the Tsho Rolpa Lake Trek?

4,180 m. The highest point reached on the route is 4,580 m, which is not the same thing - what your body has to adapt to is where you sleep.

Which day of the Tsho Rolpa Lake Trek climbs the most?

Day 3, Dongang to Beding, gains 900 m of sleeping altitude.

Does the Tsho Rolpa Lake 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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