Beautiful short trek very close to Kathmandhu
We had a wonderful weekend hike to Ama Yangri from Kathmandu. Helambu definetely seems like a beautiful area worthy to be further explored. Local Buddist and Sherpa culture certainly makes the experience even more significant. We left Kathmandu early morning with a very comfortable bus for Tarkeyghang village and started our 2.5 hours walking to the Ama Yangri base camp on the same day. There are actually to accomondation option there, one more basic and one more luxury. Next day the trail to Ama Yangri peak took about 3 hours. It is worth leaving at 4:00 am for the early morning view from the Ama Yangri peak (3,771 m). We had a wonderful view and snack time at the top and it took about 2 hours to get back to the base camp. After breakfast we took the trail from base camp to Sermathang, a beautiful walk through the forest reaching Shermathang which is a very beautiful Sherpa village. All in all, great experience and Rabi's guidance and itinerary worked perfect for us and our limited timeframe.




