About Yoga, Meditation and Trekking Retreat to Nepal
The purpose of this information pack is to provide you with detailed information that aims to answer all of your questions regarding this amazing journey.
Together Wild Spirit Retreats andAdventure Hub Nepalhave created this fantastic trip combining the skills of both parties to bring you the trip of a lifetime. Adventure Hub Nepal’s mission is to provide an opportunity for people to explore the unique culture, Himalayan environments and adventures of Nepal in a safe and professional way. Co-Directed by Ram Bhandari who is Nepalese and Georgia Bhandari who is from Australia they are able to cater to your every need.
Tess Hynes, director ofWild Spirit Retreatshas been teaching Yoga & embodiment practices for over 11 years. Tess is committed to helping others find physical freedom, inner aliveness and peace. She will be supporting the group with yoga asana, breathing, noble silence & meditation practices as the group moves through the majestic Himalayas.
Everything will be organized for your trip, so you can relax and immerse yourself in the natural splendor of the Himalaya Mountains and spiritual practices. Upon arrival in Nepal, you will be met at the airport in Kathmandu and transferred to your hotel.
The following day we will drive in a private chartered bus from Kathmandu to Shybrubesi (1,460M) or Dan (Thumbuche)(1780M), which will take approximately 6 hours. We trek upwards to the Lama Hotel which will take us deep into the Tamang Heritage, Langtang area of Nepal and up to the spectacular Langtang village. This will be the perfect way to acclimatize and get used to the Himalayan environments.
Staying in guesthouses along the way there is time set aside each day for Yoga and Meditation. In the mornings until lunchtime, we will have ‘noble silence’ which means speaking only for vital communication and no chatting until lunch.
Yoga and Meditation Trek to Langtang Valley
The Langtang Valley trek is relatively short but one that runs through rhododendron and bamboo forests, along with a tranquil nature, unique culture and tradition of Tamang and Sherpa ethnicities, Langtang Valley Trek offers you a majestic views of Mt. Langtang Lirung (7227m). The trail gives you the pleasure of experiencing the natural diversity, wildlife, and some of the famous Buddhist monasteries. Furthermore, trekking along the ancient villages, long terraces, sloppy landscapes, and beautiful forest of pine and rhododendron is certainly bound to make your adventurous journey a memorable one which will last a lifetime. This is truly a wonderful trekking, cultural and spiritual retreat experience deep in the heart of the Himalayas of Nepal.
This trip is a mix of mountain adventure and Himalayan culture on the Langtang Trek and is without a doubt an exciting trekking destination into the spectacular Himalayas. The Langtang region is wild with idyllic rural landscape and is rich with cultural heritage of ethnic Nepalese Tamang people. Despite being just a few hours' drive from Kathmandu, this trek takes you off the beaten track and deep into the rural and rugged mountains, high passes and amazing mountain views and landscape dotted with chortens, stupas and prayer flags flapping in the wind. This allows every trekker to marvel at why the country is called a "walker's paradise". This is truly a land of magic, meditation, and shamanism. Langtang is also the region of ancient Tibetan monasteries, rhododendron and bamboo forests, majestic waterfalls and the snow-capped Himalayas.
About Langtang Valley
The trip will be focused on Yoga and Meditation with the beautiful Himalayan environment noble silence to enhance your personal experience in the mountain landscape. Each day there will be time set aside for yoga, meditation with our yoga and meditation instructor, who will be there to guide you along your journey. The 15-day Langtang Valley and Langtang Trek will incorporate yoga, meditation, retreat style facilitation.
This is a journey with numerous highlights and boasts stunning views of Ganesh Himal, Manaslu and Annapurna massif mountains as far as you can see. The Tamang and Sherpa people living here physically and culturally resemble that of the Tibetan people. Their unique lifestyle is still thriving under their traditional attitudes and way of life and their ancestors are believed to have descended from Tibet many centuries ago. Abundant wildlife, intense forest teaming with wild flowers and animal species, adds interest to this trek for nature lovers.
FIX Departure Date: 13th - 28th Oct 2023