Across Ganja~La Pass

Overview

This region remains one of the most alluring trekking corners of Nepal where your effort becomes meaningful! The Ganja~La Pass trek begins at Dhunche and ends at Melamchi Bazaar. We make our way following the Langtang River to the east until we reach Kyanjing Gompa (3049m). Kyanjing Gompa is surrounded by Mt. Langtang Lirung (7245m) on the west, Yala peak (5503m) on the north, Dorje Lakpa (6966m), Urkeinmang (6387m), Loenpo Gang (6979) and Kangchenpo on the northeast. There is a small Buddhist monastery and a cheese factory which was started in 1955 by the Swiss Association for Technical Assistance in Kyanjing Gompa. There are spectacular views of Langtang Lirung during the Ganja~La Pass and crossing this is the highest point of the trek with the Pass being at a height of (5122m). It leads us through a fabulous wilderness area and crossing the Pass in unfavourable weather conditions can make trekking in Langtang one of the most challenging treks in Nepal. Good equipment and knowledge of mountaineering is a prerequisite for this trek. In Langtang, people are from the Tibetan origin, but they introduce themselves as Tamang or Gurung. Leaving the Ganja~La Pass, the trail takes you to Melamchigaon and Tarkeghyang, we meet Sherpa people here but they have got a different relationship than those people from Solu Khumbu. The dialects spoken are also different but they also follow the Buddhist religion, so we find many old Buddhist monasteries in the villages. Along the way we enter another Sherpa town called Tarkeghyang, which has its own story. Tarkeghyang means "100 horses" and was taken from the name of a temple established in 1727 by a Lama (Buddhist monk) who was called on by the king of Kathmandu (Kantipur) to stop an epidemic. The Lama asked for 100 horses, which he brought here, as a reward. The local temple that was rebuilt in 1969 is designed in the Bhutanese style.

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