Gosainkunda trek is the nearest trekking from Kathmandu to see nice snow caps and feel real life of mountain. This trekking is also known as the Gosainkunda pilgrimage trek and Gosainkunda frozen lake trekking. This Goisandkunda trek lies in Langtang national park. There are several lakes with blue colour. All the lakes will freeze after winter till spring. Gosainkunda is Hindu and site where every year in August will be the special festival (holy thread festival) when a lot of Hindu people from different location of Nepal visit to worship god Shiva. Gosainkunda is the Spring of Trisuli River. Trisuli comes from the word Trisul (weapon of Shiva). Gosainkunda trek is one of the less crowded trekking in Nepal.
This trek starts from Dhunche and follows some traditional Tamang villages- Syabru and Bharkhu. Chandanbari with yak cheese factory and the beautiful monastery is magnificent. And the trek ends to Dhunche. There are lots of attractions of Gosainkunda trek. More than 300 types of birds, wildlife, culture. The best view of the Himalayan range of Ganesh Himal, Manaslu, Langtang is from Lauribinayak. Some Tibetan mountains and the beautiful lakes are other hands of Gosaikunda trek. The Vegetation, green hills, Rhododendron (Nepali national flower) is like the magnet to the visitors in spring. The people of this trek are Tamang. They welcome you well. The site is Hindu although the people of this area are Buddhist. So you can see several monasteries along the way. You can have fresh yak cheese from Chandanbari and visit the factory. Apple and Potatoes are famous farming things from Gosainkunda trek. You may walk about 300m higher to the top of the Lauribina la pass from Gosainkunda and turn back down to Dhunche.
Frolic Adventure requests you to try this Gosainkunda trek. This is a nice and easy trekking. We offer you the trek with a fair budget and excellent service.
