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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 - 20 Trek from Sukhetam to Chiruwa
A wall of Bamboos line the side of the Trail ..... as we pass by at 10:30AM
Today's walk was mostly on stony-paths along plantations (mainly Cardamom) .. Pic. of Paul walking a green stretch of trail at 10:30AM
Trek Day - 20 > Sukhetam to Chiruwa
On 3rd Nov 2015 - After breakfast at Sukhetam we started out at 8:00AM.
Just at outskirt of Sukhetam we cross the 1st Suspension Bridge of the day and continue along the trail of forest and many plantations.
On the very edge of that 1st S. Bridge is this Hotel Hangurung ...
Dinesh our Guide (green jacket) in conversation with that Hotel owner
After that suspension bridge, we had a steep climb up on the other side to reach Lelep Village where we stopped for rest and tea at a hotel along the trail.
At Lelep Village tea shop ... Paul and Manzey in conversation
After Lelep we passed many villages (pic at 11:45AM) ...
most of the locals engaged in growing/harvesting Cash Crops
Continuing our trek passing several fields of cash crops and small villages we crossed another suspension bridge to reach teh village of Tapethok on the other side at 12:10PM. We stopped there at a Teahouse for lunch. Dal-bhat if I remember right.
This is the teahouse at Tapethok where we stopped for lunch
We arrive at Chiruwa at 3:15PM and stay in this nice Lodge there
Album of all Pics of today's trek:
Our Day-wise trek details are in the sub-page Menu links
Crossing a Bridge as soon as we leave Sukhetam (8:15AM)
After crossing bridge ... looking back towards Hangurung Hotel
(GPS Coords, Lat-Long: 27.5326527 87.8030326)
A mom and her baby ... at Lelep Village
At 12:10PM we are reaching Tapethok village ... as the sign indicates
A sign near Tapethok lunch place points the way to "Lumba Sumba" ..
across the suspension Bridge we came; btw: Lumba-Sumba is a Pass
in a valley just west of Ghunsa-Gyabla Valley that we came from
We are close to Chiruwa now ... as we see these terraced fields
The first floor balcony at Chiruwa Lodge ... where our rooms were Manzey (in Pic) and I shared a DBL room here
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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)
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