Tsum Valley Trek with Ganesh Himal Base Camp Trek is one of the finest remote trekking trail to the sacred valley of Manaslu Region. Tsum Valley Trek is one of the pristine off-the-beaten trail that takes one to the hidden valley on the lap of the Himalayas.
Tsum Valley is often regarded as the “Holy Hidden Valley of Happiness” due to its popularity among the Himalayan Buddhist followers, as the region is blessed with a famous Buddhist Saint Milarepa who meditated in the caves of the region decade ago.
The region is also popular from different aspect and trekkers can explore famous Mu Gompa, Rachen Gompa, Mani walls, Chortens and also the Tibetan culture and tradition and the hospitality of the people.
Tsum Valley Trek is highlighted for its unique Tibetan culture, tradition, popular monasteries and typical Tibetan lifestyle and ancient architectural building those resemble with Tibet. The origin and settlement of Tsum Valley is of Tibetan origin and is associated with Tibet.
The trail to Tsum Valley and Ganesh Himal is located to the remote part of Northern Ghorkha District of Nepal and falls withing the Manaslu Region and protected under the Manaslu Conservation Project. Tsum Valley, is majestically located with the backdrop of Ganesh Himal (7422M), Shringi Himal (7161M), Himalchuli (7893M), and Boudha Himal Range.
The trail to Tsum Valley and Ganesh Himal Trek is a low-land area of the Manaslu Region and low altitude trek, and hence follow the same route for couple of days. Finally, the trails divert towards the alternative route that takes one of the Tsum Valley.
Starting with the rural life and the remote villages, Tsum Vallet Trail enters the conserved forest and then passes through diverse vegetation. Despite being less populated, less crowded trekkers and few villages, Tsum Valley Nepal Treks offers the majestic experience that takes one to the wonderland of the Manaslu Region.
The entire trek to Tsum Valley and Ganesh Himal is based on Tea House and Home Stay Accommodation depending on the altitude and the location. This provides an opportunity for trekkers to experience the authentic hospitality of the local Tibetan settlers.
Highlights of Tsum Valley and Ganesh Himal Base Camp Trek
The best part of Tsum Valley and Ganesh Himal Nepal Trek is its solitary and peaceful trail. Trekkers will enjoy every moment of their hike exploring the nature and Tibetan ethnic culture and traditions along with local hospitality.
The entire trail to Tsum Valley and Ganesh Himal Base Camp Trek provides panoramic views of the rural life, cascading waterfalls, rivers, majestic landscape, diverse vegetation and the enchanting Himalayan vista.
Trekkers will be able to visit age-old Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries (Mu Gompa) and will experience the Tibetan culture and tradition. Further, trekkers will visit Milarepa Cave and Nunnery Monastery and finally will end up visiting the Ganesh Himal Base Camp (4200M).
Tsum Valley and Ganesh Himal Trail can be customized as per the need of the trekkers. As the trail is an easy-going and comfortable hike to the low altitude. This will be perfect choice for those who prefer less-crowd and solitude hike in Nepal at the low altitude.
Can Tsum Valley and Ganesh Himal Base Camp Trek be Customized?
Tsum Valley and Ganesh Himal Base Camp Trek can easily be customized as per trekkers interest. There are option of tea house and home stay accommodation in the route. This trek can be extended to couple of more days or can be deduced to couple of days.
There will be option to go in a group or in a private way. Further, the transportation or accommodation can also be used in a sharing and also private way. For details, please contact Discover Altitude Treks.
Add - on trail to Tsum Valley & Ganesh Himal Trek
Tsum Valley and Ganesh Himal Base Camp Trek both falls under the Manaslu Region, a vast region that borders with China (Tibet). Trekkers will also have an opportunity to explore the Tibetan border during the trek.
This sensitivity of the region has made the Manaslu a special and restricted region for foreign trekkers. Despite being a vast region, Manaslu is also a least populates region and has only 3 trekking routes open for trekkers.
Those includes:
- Tsum Valley Trek
- Ganesh Himal Base Camp Trek
- Manaslu Circuit Trek
Here, trekkers will have an option to choose the entire 3 routes in a one go or they can combine one with the other or they can just go with the one. This depends upon the trekker’s flexibility with the time-frame and interest.
Further, trekkers can also join the Annapurna Circuit Trek with Tsum Valley and Manaslu Circuit Trek, as the descend point of the Manaslu Circuit Trek is also the starting point of the Annapurna Circuit Trek and hence, you can include Tsum Valley with Manaslu and Annapurna Circuit Combo Trek.
For details, you can contact Discover Altitude Treks
Tsum Valley and Manaslu Circuit Trek
Tsum Valley and Manaslu Circuit Trek both falls under Manaslu Region and a separate restricted areas and here trekkers will need to have two separate special (Restricted) permits along with other regular permits.
The trail to Tsum Valley and Manaslu Circuit Treks follows the same for couple of starting days and then the trail diverts to Tsum Valley and Ganesh Himal Base Camp Route from Lokpa after Jagat.
Tsum Valley Trek routes follows all the way to Mu Gompa and then follows the same route to descend to Lokpa. Here, trekkers who wants to commerce the route towards Manaslu Circuit Trek can head forward from Lokpa to Deng and follow the Manaslu Circuit Trek route to descend towards Dharapani.
Further, if one wants to join Annapurna Circuit Trail with the Manaslu Circuit Trek, that too will be possible from Dharapani. If this case, you can follow Manaslu and Annapurna Circuit Combo Trek Itinerary.
Who Can Trek Tsum Valley and Ganesh Hmal Base Camp?
Trekkers who can hike for 5/6 hours per day (Unless you prefer to customized) can hike Tsum Valley and Ganesh Himal Base Camp Trek easily. For this trek, prior experience or high-altitude expertise are not required.
Tsum valley and Ganesh Himal Base Camp Trek both falls under moderate and low-altitude category. The best part of this hike is its easy-going trail and low-altitude camp. The highest altitude one will spend a night at the tea house will be MU GOMPA (3700M), however, the highest altitude one will step in will be GANESH HIMAL BASE CAMP (4200M) and this will be a DAY HIKE from Gomba Lungdang (3200M).
Further, for trekkers, the entire Tsum Valley and Ganesh Himal Trek will be Tea House accommodation and the program can be customized as per your need and time-frame. Apart from this, individual trekkers can also trek the Tsum Valley and Ganesh Himal without group joining, as the government has recently lifted the mandatory regulation of at least two trekkers to obtain the permits for any restricted area trek in Nepal.
Overall, any trekkers without prior experience, children or senior citizen who want to explore the sacred valley of Tsum and wants to avoid crowd can easily trek Tsum Valley and Ganesh Himal.
