Kanchenjunga to Tumlingtar GHT

Kanchenjunga to Tumlingtar GHT Overview

This is a 26-day trek following a section of The Great Himalaya Trail ("GHT") in Nepal. We trek from Kanchenjunga Base Camp crossing over Lumba Sumba pass at 5,160m to Tumlingtar.

Kanchenjunga GHT trek is along Section 1 of The Mountain Great Himalaya. This mountain journey starts by trekking to Kanchenjunga Base Camp. From our high camp at Lhonak, we hike to Pangpema to see the vast North Face of Kangchenjunga. We return on the same trail back to Ghunsa. From there we start on the remote section of GHT as we head to the West. We cross the Nango La at 4,820m into the remote Yangma valley and onto the village of Olangchungola. We cross Lumba Sumba pass at 5,160m and walk out to Hongon. At Hongon, we start our three-day walkout to the South. The group booked onto Kanchenjunga Base Camp to Makalu Base Camp GHT will continue to Makalu in the West. We walk out to the Tumlingtar airstrip for the flight back to Kathmandu.