Day 01: Drive from Kathmandu to Dharan (428m.), Dhankuta (1158m.), Hille (1822m.) to Basantpur by bus, overnight stay at Basantpur.
Day 02: This is a rest day for making necessary preparation for trekking to be accomplished. In the meantime, you can visit some places of toursit interest.
Day 03: Trek from Basantpur to Chauki (2400m.) which takes about five and half hours. The trail follows gentle ascent and descent route as well. The path is covered by rhododendron forests. If the sky is clear, you can enjoy the panoramic view of Mount Makalu and Kahnchenjunga himal. On the way, you can see some small human settlements. You can also see view of villages at the distance.
Day 04: Trek from chauki to Gupha Pokhari (2940m.) to Gurja Gaon(2145m.) and it takes about five and half hours. While trekking through this way, you pass through rhododendron forests. At a point, you come across a pass situated at 3000 meter. There is a pond at the Gupha Pokhari where prayer flags and Buddhist mani wall can be seen. On the way from Gupha Pokhari to Gurja Gaon, you can see yaks and mountain sheep grazing in the jungle. You can observe some villages at a far distance. Gurja Gaon is occupied by Buddhist and Hindus. It is situated at low elevation.
Day 05: Trek from Gurja Gaon to Mitlung (1160m.) which takes approximately five and half hours. The first part of your trails descends up to Dovan and then crossing a suspension bridge you follow quite flat route. You trek along the bank of Tamur Koshi through paddy fields. From time to time, you cross through small jungles of cardamom plants and other natural vegetation. You can see some small village stretching at a far distance. The inhabited area of this part is occupied by Brahmin, Chhetri and Limbu.
Day 06: Trek from Mitlung to Chirwa (1171m.) and it takes about five and half hours. The path to follow is quite narrow and passes through jungle mainly covered with cardamom plants and other vegetation. You can also see the small gardens of orange on your way. You cross through some small streams while trekking. This day your trek is through ascent and descent paths. Here you walk along the more flat land. Chirwa is a small town where you find small lodges and camping site with local shops. The people are mainly engaged in agricultural activities.
Day 07: Trek from Chirwa to Sekathum (1635m.) which takes about five and half hours. Your trek passes through a small jungle along with the bank of river. You find the plants of cardamom and other different vegetation. The trail normally ascends and descends as well. You cross a small hanging bridge before you reach Sekhathum. You spend overnight
Day 08: Trek from Sekathum to Gyable (2785m.) and it takes about seven and half hours. The first one and half-hour you trek through normally flat land. Then your trail goes steeply ascent up to Amjilasa and now gently ascent to Gyable passing through jungle.
There can be seen human settlement at Gyable. People living here follow Buddhist culture. You stay overnight.
Day 09: Trek from Gyable to Ghunsa (3468m.) which takes about six and half hours. Your trails pass through jungle. You can see Gunsa river down the trail. The trail passes through few human settlements and it is clearly visible that their life style and culture has been inherited from Tibet. You pass through terrace fields where grown potato, wheat, barley, buck wheat are and so on. The local traders are involved in export-import business in Tibet. The traders go to India for trade activities during the winter season.
Day 10: Rest day at Ghunsa for acclimatization. This is a day to rest in order to acclimatize and excursion in and around Ghunsa. Gunsa is also rich with Tibetan and Buddhist culture. Ghunsa is relatively larger town. It is inhabited by Tibetan people. Mainly the women are involved in carpet weaving profession. There is run Carpet Weaving Industry in their home at small scale by local people. The trekkers come across with few check point at Ghunsa. There are local shops where you can buy goods to take along with you at high altitude.
Day 11: Trek from Ghunsa to Kambachen (4124m.) which takes about six and half hours. The trail makes a gradual ascent along the south bank of the Gunsa Khola, then crosses a boulder strewn flood plain and crosses back to Rambuk Kharka on the north side of the river. Once on the opposite side, the trail passes a waterfall then makes a short, steep ascent to a very unstable scree slope. It's a passage across the slide, with loose footing, a steep fall to the river and lots of tumbling football-sized rocks. Beyond the slide, the trail drops to the single locked hut at Lakep, then traverses to Khambachen, a Tibetan settlement of about a dozen houses at 4040m.
Day 12: Trek from Kambachen to Lhonak(4780m.) and it takes about six and half hours. The trail climbs gradually through open rocky fields to Ramtang at 4240m, then across moraines north-west of the Kanchenjunga Glacier. Lhonak, at 4790m, is near a dry lake bed on an open, sandy plain; water is scarce here. There are no houses, but you can camp among the large boulders to get out of the wind. Terrific mountain views abound in all directions.
Day 13: Trek from Lhonak to Pang Pema(5152m.) which takes about three and half hours. From Lhonak, the trail ascends gradually across the plain, and then gets a bit steeper as it follows the moraine. You can drop off the moraine and follow the bottom of the valley to avoid the steeper section. The views are dramatic, but you cannot see Kanchenjunga or Wedge Peak until you are near Peng Pema. The spectacular main peak of Kanchenjunga, and a panorama of other peaks that make up one of the largest mountain masses in the world, tower over the single roofless hut at Pang Pema.
Day 14: Trek from Pangpema to Kanchanjunga (North) Base Camp (5280m.) to Lhonak and it takes approximately three and half hours. Here you can enjoy the snow capped mountains and Kanchenjunga glacier. There are gorges of mountin glacier from water flows all the time. During the middle of the day, the scenes of falling avalanches captivate you completely.
Day 15: Trek from Lhonak to Ghunsa which takes about five and half hours. Now you trek in descending path crossing the jungle along the river Kambachen river. Somewhere you can see the mani walls and prayer flags hanging over the tree. At a point, you have to cross a wooden bridge.
Day 16: Trek from Gunsa to Amjilassa and it takes about six and half hours. The first part of the follows gentle path crossing the jungle to Gyapla. There is human settlement at Gyapla where you can see people life style and culture of Tibet. Now your trek is normally descent through the jungle with varities of rhododerndron, pine and oak. Amjilassa is small village with few houses and yak herds with local shops where you find minimal supplies. These shops are also called Bhattis and teashops.
Day 17: Trek from Amjilasa to Chirwa which takes about five and half hours. You trek descend until Sekarthum and you cross a suspension bridge before your trails begin to follow gentle path. On the side of your narrow path, you see small cardamom plants and trees which normally grown over flat land. While trekking, you cross small streams originating from mountains. Chirwa is a small town where people of mixed community like Buddhist and Hindus inhabit.
Day 18: Trek from Chirwa to Linkhim. It is a straight show down the Tamur Koshi to Taplejung. You can however, avoid the steep climb from Doban by contouring up the side of the valley instead. From Chirwa, start uphill, passing through Diwa village. Climb over a landslide and keep going up steeply, staying above Tawa. The trail drops into a large side canyon, and then climbs back to the ridge before reaching Linkhim.
Day 19: Trek from Linkhim to Suketar. Trek in and out of side canyons through the small Limbu villages of Helate, Pumbur and Phurbu to a ridge overlooking a monstrous slide area. Climb above the slide area to the Sherpa villages of Bung Kulung and Lakchun and you can get directly to the airport without going into Taplejung.
Day 20: Fly out from Suketar to Kathmandu via Biratnagar which takes approximately 1 hour.
