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Langtang Region
NAYA KHANAG EXPEDITION
Maximum Altitude 5844m. | | | | Sherpa Shangri-La provided an excellent comprehensive and efficient pre-trip information service via email that proved invaluable with pre-trip preparation and insured our trip ran smoothly. He met us personally at airport and provided safe transportation for both us and our equipment. Also I think that if you just tell him what you want to accomplish and then show up, you will be more than satisfied with his services. I certainly was! | | Maria GORAN, Leader of French Team | Prior to the arrival some 300 years ago of Tibetan migrants, Langtang was considered "Hidden Valley", a place of refuge. Located near the Tibetan border due north of Kathmandu, it is Nepal’s most accessible high trekking route. With its close proximity and moderately high elevation, Langtang offers the highlands of Nepal to those who don’t have an extended vacation. Your Langtang trek begins in Dhunche and ascends a forested valley adorned with Spanish moss and delicate orchids. Rising out of the forest, you enter the open upper valley. The trail follows the glacier-fed Langtang River on a high, hut gentle valley floor. The crest of the Himalaya dominates the skyline to the north, culminating in Langtang Lirung the highest peak in the region. The highest year-round settlement in the valley is Langtang village, a community of Tibetan-speaking farmers and herders. Here, and at Kyanjing, cow-yak crossbreeds provide milk for the local cheese factories.
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| Formerly known as Ganja La Chuli, Naya Kanga (5,844 m) rises to the west of Ganja La, and is a popular but difficult mountain to climb. The normal route to this peak is via the snowy north–east ridge. It is not yet clear who climbed this summit first. The most important reward of climbing Naya Kanga is the spectacular view of mountains in or near Tibet | | |
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