Langtang Valley trek cost breakdown

Langtang is the cheapest of the big valley treks to reach, because you get there by road and the whole plan fits in eight days. Using our dated cost data (as of October 2026, at NPR 134 to the dollar), the 8-day Langtang Valley plan costs about USD 340 to 540 for one budget trekker, USD 260 to 420 each for two sharing and USD 220 to 360 each for four. With a porter for every two trekkers and a private jeep, the range is about USD 700 to 1,200 for one person and USD 360 to 580 each in a group of four. The TIMS card (NPR 2,000 for foreigners, SAARC nationals NPR 1,000) is left out of the totals.

Short treks reward sharing in a particular way. Over eight days lodging is a small share of the bill, so the guide and the jeep, both shared, decide how much a partner saves you. The numbers below come from the "What it costs" section of the Langtang Valley route page and the Langtang cost file behind it.

What the 8-day plan assumes

The route plan drives from Kathmandu to Syabrubesi (1,460 m, 7 to 8 hours) on day 1 and walks to Lama Hotel (2,470 m), Langtang Village (3,430 m) and Kyanjin Gompa (3,870 m). Day 5 is a rest day at Kyanjin Gompa with the Kyanjin Ri hike (4,773 m), and days 6 to 8 return through Lama Hotel and Syabrubesi to Kathmandu. For costing the plan counts:

• 7 nights on the trail: 4 below 2,500 m, 1 between 2,500 and 3,800 m and 2 above 3,800 m (the two at Kyanjin Gompa).
• 8 guide days and 6 porter days.
• One Langtang National Park permit and a TIMS card.
• One Kathmandu to Syabrubesi road leg, out and back.

If you add the Gosaikunda loop or finish via the Tamang Heritage Trail, the route and the bill change, so use these numbers as a template, not a promise. The day-by-day itinerary shows the stages in detail.

Lodging and food by altitude

Langtang is one of the few regions where our data has its own mid-altitude price, which is lower than the Nepal-wide range. Per night, including a room and meals:

The low and high bands are Nepal-wide ranges, since our sources do not name Langtang for them. Over 4, 1 and 2 nights the budget style comes to NPR 20,300 to 30,500 (about USD 150 to 230), mid-range NPR 26,700 to 40,500 and comfort NPR 35,100 to 51,900. See teahouse prices by altitude for how a night at each height is built. Because supplies are carried up the valley, the two nights at Kyanjin Gompa cost roughly twice a night at Lama Hotel.

Permits and the guide rule

The Langtang National Park entry permit is NPR 3,000 for foreigners per entry (SAARC nationals NPR 1,500), about USD 22, and children under 10 are free, per the Nepal Tourism Board. It is bought in Kathmandu or at the entrance at Dhunche. The TIMS card is agency-issued and is listed at NPR 2,000 for foreigners (SAARC nationals NPR 1,000) by the Nepal Tourism Board, so confirm the agency's total; our data records that checkpoint practice in 2026 has TIMS checked in Langtang.

Langtang is not a restricted area, but the guide rule bites here more than almost anywhere. The Nepal Tourism Board announced in April 2023 that foreign trekkers must use a licensed guide in national parks and conservation areas. We found no separate Department of Immigration or park-authority notice, and 2026 operator reports say checkpoints enforce it in Annapurna and Langtang, the strictest, and most other parks, though not in Khumbu (checked 19 October 2026). Budget for a guide. Our guide rule explainer has the detail.

Guide and porter

Langtang rates in our data are NPR 2,700 to 4,000 a day for a guide and NPR 2,100 to 3,400 for a porter, from market ranges in 2026 operator guides. No official minimum was found. On the plan:

The guide for one trekker is USD 160 to 240, but only USD 40 to 60 each in a group of four. That gap is bigger than the cost of the whole permit and is the main reason to look for partners. See guide versus porter roles for who does what and how to hire fairly.

Transport from Kathmandu

The road to Syabrubesi is the cost that varies most between plans. In our data a local bus is about NPR 800 to 1,500 and a shared jeep NPR 1,500 to 3,000 per person each way, and a private jeep is NPR 15,000 to 29,500 per vehicle, with the figures based on a Third Rock Adventures page checked on 18 October 2026. Our budget total uses public transport both ways (NPR 1,600 to 6,000). The mid-range and comfort totals use a private jeep, split across the group:

The Kathmandu to Syabrubesi guide covers the route, timings and landslide risk, and our region page notes there is no scheduled flight. Allow an extra day at the end in the monsoon.

The totals

Per person, rounded outward to the nearest USD 10 below USD 1,000 and USD 50 above:

Going from alone to a group of four saves about USD 120 to 180 in the budget style and USD 340 to 620 at mid-range, and nearly all of that is the guide, the porter and the jeep. A budget trek is easy to do for under USD 400 each if you are in a group, but only if you carry your own pack and take public transport.

What is not counted

International flights, insurance, Kathmandu hotels, gear, tips, hot showers, charging, snacks and the TIMS card are not in the totals. Insurance should cover helicopter evacuation above 4,000 m, since Kyanjin Ri is 4,773 m. The sleeping altitude rises from 2,470 m at Lama Hotel to 3,430 m at Langtang Village in one day, and then 440 m more to Kyanjin Gompa. The CDC Yellow Book advises, once above 3,000 m, no more than 500 m of extra sleeping altitude per day, with an extra rest day for each additional 1,000 m, so the rest day at Kyanjin is part of the plan, not a luxury; the acclimatisation schedule explains the rule.

What one extra day costs

Because the plan is short, it is easy to price changes. A spare day at Kyanjin Gompa, which falls in the highest band, costs a budget night of NPR 4,700 to 6,600 plus a share of the guide. For one trekker that is about NPR 7,400 to 10,600 (USD 55 to 79) with the guide at NPR 2,700 to 4,000, and for four sharing it is about NPR 5,375 to 7,600 each (USD 40 to 57). A porter, if you hire one, adds NPR 2,100 to 3,400 a day divided between the trekkers he or she carries for. Those figures help you decide whether to keep a buffer day in the monsoon, when landslides can close the Trishuli road, or to add a day for the Kyanjin Ri hike in better weather.

It also helps you compare operators. A quote for an 8-day Langtang trek that is well below the budget column is probably leaving out the permit, the TIMS card or the transport, and a quote far above the mid-range column should itemise a private vehicle, porters and better lodges. Ask which of those it includes before you decide it is expensive.

Using the numbers

Ask your agency for an itemised quote and compare it with the tables above. Find out whether the jeep is private or shared, whether the guide's food and lodging are included in his or her day rate, and what the TIMS card costs. Check the season too: our best time for Langtang Valley guide shows when lodges at the top may be closed. To share the guide and jeep, use the Langtang Valley partner page, and for other routes in the area, see the Langtang region. More budgets are in the costs and budget hub, and the Nepal trekking cost guide explains every line.