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Charikot - Rolwaling - Charikot
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Charikot Trekking Route
Distance: We have opted for approximate and 'comfortable' walking times rather than distances in miles, kilometres or 'kosh'.
Charikot - Rolwaling - Kalinchowk - Charikot
Trekking
To the start
Kathmandu - Charikot (133 km, by bus or car)
Along the Tama Koshi
Charikot - Dolakha (1 hour)
Spend one or two hours here (see special section on Dolakha).

Dolakha - Nagdah - Pikhuti - Singati (5-7 hours)
The climb down to 5 Nagdah is an extremely steep one: allow for much more time on your way back. After Nagdah, the trail leisurely follows the Tama Koshi through pine forests. Stay ovemight at Pikhuti or push on to Singati (1 hour).

Entering Rolwaling Valley
Singati - Simi Gaon (5-7 hours)
Cross the bridge above Chhetchet which is beyond Gongar and loop back to Simigaon on the other side of the river.
Rolwaling Valley
Simi Gaon-Beding (4 - 5 hours)
Strictly speaking this 4 days trek can easily be done in 3 days. However the walk up the Tama Koshi and above the Rolwaling Khola is worth the extra time spent. You can go on to Na, the last stop of any size before the Trashi Labtsa (5,755 metres) which is the pass into the Khumbu region of Nepal. However,we must stress that, unless you are a mountaineer (and even if you are) the pass and the glacier on the other side are treecherous. It certainly is not for the average trekker. Moreover, camping equipment and food supplies are required for this route. One can return by the steep route along the 'kharkas' or summer pastures to Simigaon and back the way you came. This route is hard work. Some maps show a trail leading south out of Rolwaling and over Baramje mountain back to Tama Koshi Valley or to Jiri. This trail is no longer used nowadays and only some elderly village people know about it. lt is snow-free only from July through September. Unless you can master the Trashi Labtsa our advice therefore is to retum to Charikot by the same route. Alternatively you could also branch oti at Singati and climb up to Bigu and from there over Tinsang La (3319 m.) down to Barhabise on the Amiko Highway.
Specific points to note

Between Nagdah and Pikhuti you will pass through Malepu. In the autumn, waterfalls literally gush over the cliffs. A teashop under a jackfruit-tree offers a welcome occasion for a stop. One can buy guava along this route. Often to be seen are porters carrying huge slabs of slate from the mines of Alampu, one of the biggest slate deposits in Nepal. Both the mining and the portering of slate (we have met porters, with up to 70 kg loads) are occupations which place extreme strains on human beings - another dark side of poverty.

Along the river you will also come across fishermen. Their nets are sometimes made out of thread spun from the boiled and beaten bark of the Himalayan nettle called 'Allo'. Try to buy your evening meal from them! The catfish or trout-like fish has quite a few bones but its taste is delicious both fresh and smoked.

As you leave Simi Gaon you will walk above the Rolwaling Khola and pass through some fine, dense forests on the way. This is why you will need a guide, for it is easy to lose one's way. Rolwaling Valley is Sherpa country. The staple food here is not rice but potatoes and 'dhiro' or boiled com meal. In Singati you can buy some rice and take it along, for your Sherpa hosts will love to share it with you in retum for a comfortable place by the fire.

The round-trip takes at least 10-12 days.

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Tama Koshi Valley
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