Timal Trek

Trip Facts

Overview

The Timal trek is another excellent alternative to trekking trips in Nepal, offering beautiful natural views and a unique Timal culture. Timal widely refers tothe origin places of the Tamang ethnic people, so the Sailung and Timal trek takes you to some of the typical villages and places related to the Tamang ethnic people. The Timal area was under the regime of the so-called Tamang King Rinjen Dorje before the unification of Nepal.The 

Timal area is vibrant in terms of Tamang cultures, festivals, traditions, systems, customs, religion, and rituals, so the visitors who want to know long preserved cultures, traditions, systems, customs, religion, and rituals of the Timal area, this trek is very suitable for them. The Tamang people of the Timal area still follow their traditions, such as the lama and the Jhankri. Similarly Tamang people of the Timal region still follow their old system called Choho.

Choho is a clan leader, first selected by community members who continue under a form of hereditary succession. Choho plays multiple roles in the community, such as administrator, judiciary, and spiritual leader. For these services, the community members offer him gifts of alcohol and the head of a sacrificed animal. So during the Timal area trekking, trekkers can know and experience such types of various things related to the culture, tradition, system, custom, and rituals of the Tamang people.

The highest point of this trek is Sailung (3100m), from wherethe beautiful mountains of the Makalu range to the Dhaulagiri range can be seen. Sailung is naturally a very attractive place where, in the winter season, trekkers can enjoy the snow. This place is also famous for different kinds of flower including rhododendron.

Moreover, from Sailun,g trekkers can see the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, and the plain landscapes of Tarai at once, and this will be the amazing experience to the Trekkers. This trek starts from Phalate Danda and ends in Namobuddha. On the way, it completes the romantic and important journey of several Tamang villages of the Timal area, such as Vimsen Than, Arubot Village, Thulo Parsel, and Kot Timal.

Highlights of the trek: Timal cultures, festivals, traditions, systems, customs, religion and rituals, stunning glimpse of beautiful mountains fromthe  Makalu range to the Dhaulagiri range.

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