12 Ghunsa
A 22-day Teahouse Trek from Sukhetar to Kanchenjunga S-BC and then via SeleLa pass to Kanchenjunga N-BC and back to Taplejung in Eastern Nepal.
Trek Day - 12 Trek Sele-La Camp to Ghunsa
The Sele-La Camp Teahouse setting and the stream flowing there ... morning after we reached there (i.e. 26th OCT 2015 at 8:00AM)
Trek Day - 12 Trek Sele-La Camp to Ghunsa
On 26th Oct 2015 - After breakfast we went back to our cabins to pack up and start the trek down to Ghunsa. Todays trek is mostly downward and shorter than yesterday, maybe just about 5 hours.
The Sele-La Camp Teahouse cabins where we stayed last night
We started our trek at 8:45AM rather late than our usual 7AM. Mostly down with some ups too. Lots of Rhododendron forests on way. There were some prayer flag points on way too. In fact, we lay down and rested for sometime on a meadow there.
A zoomed view of the snow peaks from our rest spot
As soon as we entered Ghunsa, we found this "Essential oil" plant
While descending from Sele-La, for the last 1 hour while walking along a ridge-line, we could see the village of Phale, way down by the river. There is a Monastery there which we visited during our return trek after North Base Camp.
Ghunsa was neat little village with a main street and several Teahouses on either side. We took rooms in a nice lodge with a huge front lawn. We planned to stay an extra Rest day here; after the Sele-La pass crossing exertion. We had electricity here and so we could recharge our Batteries.
The Teahouse was run by an elderly couple along with their young Daughter-in-Law with her 1 year old baby boy.
Album of all Trek Day 12 Pics:
Our Day-wise trek details are in the sub-page Menu links
A zoomed view of peaks visible from Sele-La Camp
Our Team resting for a while ... in a meadow with snow peak view
We reached this flat ground (at 1:20PM) ... Ghunsa was near from here
Soon we could see Ghunsa house way ahead - at 1:30 PM
We stayed at a nice Teahouse "Snow Lion GH" in Ghunsa The Left building was our Rooms .. and Right the Dining & Kitchen Hall
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Itinerary :
A 22-Day Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek - first to South Base Camp (Oktang) and then to North Base Camp (Pang-Pema) via the SeleLa pass crossover .... as per following schedule:
7-10th Oct 2015 Kathmandu - Preparation, Purchases and Permits
11th Oct 2015 Bus Kathmandu to Birtamode
12th Oct 2015 Bus Birtamode to Taplejung
13-14th Oct 2015 Rest Days in Taplejung
Day-1 Thu 15th Oct > Taplejung - Sukhetar - Kunjari
Day-2 Fri 16th Oct > Kunjari - Yanglang
Day-3 Sat 17th Oct > Yangland - Mamanakhe
Day-4 Sun 18th Oct > Mamankhe - Yamphudin (Sherpagaon)
Day-5 Mon 19th Oct > Yamphudin - Lasiya Bhanjyang
Day-6 Tue 20th Oct > Lasiya Bhanjyang - Tortong
Day-7 Wed 21st Oct > Tortong - Cheram (Tseram)
Day-8 Thu 22nd Oct > Acclimitization Day in Cheram
Day-9 Fri 23rd Oct > Cheram - Ramche
Day-10 Sat 24th Oct > Ramche - Oktang (South-BC) - Ramche
Day-11 Sun 25th Oct > Ramche - Selela Camp
Day-12 Mon 26th Oct > Selela Camp - Gunsa
Day-13 Tue 27th Oct > Gunsa - Rest Day
Day-14 Wed 28th Oct > Gunsa - Kangabachen
Day-15 Thu 29th Oct > Kangbachen - Lohnak
Day-16 Fri 30th Oct > Lohnak - Kangabachen (PangPema-NBC skipped due to bad weather)
Day-17 Sat 31st Oct > Kangabachen - Gunsa
Day-18 Sun 1st Nov > Gunsa - Thangyani
Day-19 Mon 2nd Nov > Thangyani - Sukhetham
Day-20 Tue 3rd Nov > Sukhetham - Chiruwa
Day-21 Wed 4th Nov > Chiruwa - Gadi Danda
Day-22 Thu 5th Nov > Gadi Danda - Taplejung
6th Nov 2015 Bus Taplejung to Kakarbitta
7th Nov 2015 Rest Day in Kakarbitta
8th Nov 2015 Kakarbitta - Bagdogra Airport (and flight home)