Arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport Kathmandu and you will be transferring you to the hotel. Late-night welcome dinner at Nepali restaurant with Going Nepal member and short briefing about the tomorrow Kathmandu sightseeing. Overnight at the hotel. 

During your morning breakfast meet your today's sightseeing guide. After a short briefing about the Kathmandu Valley, you will visit Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swyambunath Stupa, Pashupatinath temple, and Boudhanath Stupa. Now head back to the hotel refresh yourself and meet your trekking guide, discuss the trekking program and coordinate any last-minute arrangements. Rest of the time you can use for traveling around Thamel and shopping of needed equipment and other necessaries. Overnight at the hotel.

After the early breakfast, we drive from Kathmandu to Arughat, and then to Sotikhola. In the first few hours, we will reach Dhading Besi. From there, we will drive to Arughat where the roads are a little rough. Throughout the drive, we will be able to view beautiful mountains such as Mt. Manaslu and Ganesh Himal range. The next few hours drive will take us to Soti Khola where we will spend our night.

On the fourth day, we will cross SotiKhola with the fresh view of waterfalls and rivers. After that, we will walk through the dense Sal forest, to reach a ridge above the huge rapids of the Budhi Gandaki River. After passing some of the rocky trails, we will reach Khursane. Then we will trek down to the rice fields to Lapubesi, which is a Gurung Village. After a few hours walk through the sandy river beds of Budhi Gandaki, we trek down to Naulikhola crossing a suspension bridge. We will then reach Maccha Khola village where we will spend the night at a tea house.

The fifth-day trail has some ups and downs which will make our trail challenging to some extent. From Machha Khola, we will cross the TharoKhola and reach Khorlabesi. Khorlabesi is another small yet beautiful Gurung village. After another steep climb, we will reach Tatopani, a hot-spring site where we will be spending some time to enjoy the natural sauna. Then we will climb over a ridge, crossing the Budhi Gandaki River through the suspension bridge and climb up the staircase and a ridge to finally reach Doban. After crossing another suspension bridge, we climb another stone staircase, go down to the river and climb the stairs again to reach Thado Bharyang. Then we will cross the west bank of Budhi Gandaki River, climb over the ridge and walk along the river to reach Jagat village. It is the entry checkpoint of the Manaslu Conservation Area. We will stay here for a night.

After morning breakfast we will be continuing along the river for about an hour we get to a diverge in the river system. Taking the left-hand trail across the suspension bridge will take you to Larke pass on the Manaslu circuit route. We stay to the right which takes us into lower Tsum Valley and our main destination of this trek. In Philim the landscape was very spread out but now you are trekking through a canyon with some exceptionally tall pine trees and beautiful grasslands hugging the mountainside. Passing through Philim via Lokpa we overhead to Chumling for the overnight stay.

Today firstly our trek lead us to Dumje where we stop for lunch in the afternoon. There is a trail leading us South Easterly that takes you to the Ganesh Himal Base Camp. From here we can see spectacular views of the Baudha and Himalchuli peaks to the south-west. Chhokang Paro which is part of the Upper Tsum valley (part of the Inner Himalaya) is a village situated on flat land and made up of two settlements Chhekam and Paro. Some households in this village sill practice polyandry. Overnight at Lodge/Tea house.

We continue Northeast from Chhokangparo as we make our way to Nile/ Chulle. Hours into the journey we visit the Milarepa Piren Phu Cave. Piren Phu (pigeon cave) is one of the most sacred caves in the Tsum valley. The great Buddhist Yogi Chyuchin Milarepa, the famous Tibetan saint, was believed to have meditated here. There are two separate Gumbas attached to the rocky cave which houses the life-size statues of Avalokiteshvara, Buddha, Tara, and Milarepa. Richly painted Buddhist murals, excellent artistic scripts carved on stones, long prayer flags and significant Buddhists paper scripts make this cave one of the most important cultural assets in the valley. Beautiful views can be had of the Shiar Khola, Rachen Gumba, the mountains and settlements amidst vast agricultural land. Trekking further up the valley will bring you to Nile/Chhule. Chhule is on the Eastern side of the Shiar Khola while 20 minutes further upstream is the Nile. These are the last villages heading north in the upper Tsum Valley. Overnight at Lodge/Tea house.

Walking hours further along the old Nepal-Tibet caravan path leads you to Mu Gompa. Close by is the oldest monastery in the valley-Dephyudonma Gumba at 4060m height, founded about 700 years ago. The history of this monastery is directly associated with the dawn of Buddhism in the valley. The monastery houses religious books, including Kangyur, a life-sized statue of Avalokiteshwara, and images of Guru Padmasambhava and Tara. The landscape is dotted with mani walls, chortens, and katanas (gateway chortens). Chortens are Buddhist religious monuments, also known as stupas, which are distinct features in Tsum Valley. They are erected to ward off evil spirits from places that are identified as thresholds such as confluences and bridges or to commemorate the visit or death of historic figures, lamas or even relatives. Kaanis are also called gateway chortens placed before the entry of any village which travelers are supposed to walk through. Mani walls are long walls made of mani stones i.e. stones with carved mantras. The main purpose of these mani walls is to ask the help of the gods for the wellbeing of travelers. Overnight at Lodge/Tea house.

After morning breakfast now we will proceed towards Dumje, a small village with about eight houses and adjoining cattle shed. Overnight will be in the small settlement of the village.

After morning breakfast our trek will lead us towards Philim and cross Ripchet. After crossing we will walk somehow ups and downs in the hill and move towards to our today's journey. On the way, we pass one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the Lower Tsum Valley, Samba Tingding Chhupyang. 

From Philim we trek to Tatopani. There is a hot spring at Tatopani. You can relieve your tired muscles by soaking yourself in the hot spring. 

From Tatopani, we trek to Soti Khola. We pass through terraced fields and tropical waterfalls and overnight at the village. 

As we make our way from Soti Khola to Arughat Bazar, as today is the last day of our trek so hopefully you had a great time over the past days with your guide and mate. Overnight at Arughta lodge. 

The morning we will drive to the same way to Kathmandu by regular bus (Depend on group size if a group is big we will provide private bus) through the scenic countryside and en route will stop for lunch on the way. It takes 9 hours back to Kathmandu. On arrival at Kathmandu, the guide will transfer to the hotel and rest of the day relax or explore the surrounding areas and overnight at hotel. 

This pleasant day you may have a full day at leisure on your own and evening company will meet you for the farewell dinner and overnight at hotel.

Today is your last day at Kathmandu. It is your free morning so you can have some shopping or explore any activities that you have missed. You have your breakfast in the hotel and in your time transfer to the airport and our trips end up here. Have a wonderful memory of this trip with us and plan ahead to your onward destination.