A very beautiful Gurung village Laprak is situated in the north of a historic town Gorkha. The route is not so frequented so one who prefer to do the trek in isolated area is the best trek and to discover this gurung village of Laprak (2200m). Overall there are about 500 houses and the habitants of 2400 who are following the Bouddhist culture and strong traditions of their ancestors. There are major two routes to reach to this gurung village of Laprak either by crossing Daraundi valley or along side of the Dharchey hill. Dharchey is one the major view point from where one could admire the panoramic view of the ranges of Himalayan and some summits: Langtang, Ganesh Himal, Buddha Himal, Himalchuli, Manaslu, Annapurna and others.

Laprak Indigenous Trekking (Ref: YTR25NP)	Best Season:	October – May
	Highest Access of the Trekking:	3200m
	Grade:	Moderate
	Transportation:	Bus/ Porters
	Accommodation:	Tent
	Trekking Hour:	Approximately 4 to 8hrs each day.
	Length of stay:	15 Days
	Group size	2-12 pax
	Trip Cost:	On request

Day 01	Arrive in Kathmandu. Welcome in the airport and transfer to Hotel
Day 02	Kathmandu: Free day. Doing preparation for trek departure
Day 03	Kathmandu- Gorkha- Kalikasthan (1320m), 5hrs in bus, 1hr of walk and O/N in camp.In the morning trek departure to Gorkha and on arrival visit the ancient Royal Palace. Gorkha a beautiful historic place was habitation of brave Gorkha olders and also from where unification of single Nepal, was began by our Late King Prithivi Narayan Shah. Before 1775 it was the capital of Nepal too. The temples of Gorakhnath and Kali inside the palace premises are attractively made during the great festival of Hindus; the "fulpati" was brought from this place to Kathmandu.
Day 04	Kalikasthan –Arkul (800m), 6hrs of walk and O/N in camp. The trail commence the trek climbing down towards the Daraudi khola, after crossing the river the trail climb gradually up to the hill to camp in a valley. Here the trail could enjoy the tropical climate with some paddy field and some villages.
Day 05	Arkul – Baluwa (900m), 5hrs of walk and O/N in camp. Today the trail cross the Daraundi River and then continue the trek up to Baluwa. On the way the trail amuse with the beautiful sceneries, some paddy field and encounters with some villages.
Day 06	Baluwa – Barpak (2000m), 6hrs of walk and O/N in camp. Today, for about 2 hours the trail continue the trek alongside the river then climb up to a village of Ghale known as Barpak. Ghales are regarded as the high cast among the gurungs. Lots of people from this village often prefer to join in battalion of India or England. After leaving the Daraundi river the trail could see a super view of Bouddha Himal.
Day 07	Barpak-Laprak (2200m), 6hrs of walk and O/N in camp. Today climb 3h up to stiff pass Pussu Danda. The trail enter into a forest of rhododendrons bloomed. Once again from the high altitude could see an extraordinary view of Bouddha Himal, Shringi Himal, Ganesh Himal… then later descend towards the village of gurung, Laprak, walking in the flank of the mountain.
Day 08	Laprak: free day: Whole day, visit in the village. There are more than 500 houses and 3000 people in this village following the Bouddhism culture. The main occupation is the agriculture. Development is still away from life of Laprakis and very hardly they are sustaining their life. Though in this religion Bouddhism is practically use also some are influence Hindus religion so we could call -Shamanism. Still they follow barter system to exchange or buy goods like as (rice, oil, clothes, skin etc).
Day 09	Laprak- Sambai (2800m), 5hrs of walk and O/N in camp. Progressively climb up to the steep hill to arrive at balcony of Darchy. Enter into a forest of rhododendrons and cross the Darche pass (3200m). From this pass the trail could admire the beautiful view of ranges of the Annapurna (8091 m), the great Manaslu (8153 m) and the Ganesh Himal (7406m), and the summit of Langtang Ri (7245m).
Day 10	Sambai- Tutneri (1400m), 6/7hrs of walk and O/N in camp. Today also trail climb up in a forest of rhododendrons and cross the Darche pass at 3200m; from this point the admiration of superb panoramic view of Bouddha Himal, the Shringi Himal, the Ganesh Himal and later about 1h descend towards the Bivouac.
Day 11	Tutneri- Ghayambésal (1200m), 6hrs of walk and O/N in camp. Progressively trail descends towards Ghayambesal. On the temperature is more hot than and enter into tropical climate crossing some villages of Gurungs, Magar, Brahmans and Chhandris. The main cultivation is millet, maize, oranges, and potatoes….
Day 12	Ghyampesal– Gorkha; 6hrs of walk and O/N in camp. Today also crosses several villages of Brahmans, chhandris and musulmans. Easy path as there are short climb and descend. Here also the main cultivation of local habitant is millet, maize, oranges, and potatoes and climate is tropical and hot.
Day 13	Gorkha- Kathmandu, 5hrs by bus and O/N in hotel. Take a bus from Pokhara, which will take 6 hrs to reach Kathmandu if the condition is in our favour.
Day 14	Kathmandu: Free day to relax and do shopping for good souvenir.
Day 15	Departure from Kathmandu, transfer to the airport