Laya Gasa & Masagang Base Camp Trek

Jichu Drakey View

The Jomolhari Laya Gasa with its extension to Masagang Base Camp is a popular 16-day trek that is rated a medium-hard one. It takes you through diverse terrain and mountain village down to Gasa. The hot springs here are famed for their medicinal properties. For the first five days this trek follows the route of the Jomolhari Trek till Lingshi, with impressive views of Jomolhari, Jichu Drakey and Tsherimgang. For the next five days you walk for 7-8 hours each day, making numerous ascents and descents as you traverse meadows laden with flowers, junipers and medicinal plants. The valleys and hillsides are clocked in deep forest of oaks, rhododendron, fir and birch and you trudge over moraines, past glacier lakes, catching awesome views of Khang Bum, Gangchentag and several cresting pass. From Laya you will head up to Masagang Base Camp, which is less explored by tourist. The vibrant and stunning landscape here is paradise for the keen photographer. Turinign back to Laya you then descent to Gasa and finally to Gasa Hot Spring popular both for local and tourist alike.

 

Yaks On Trek

Best Time to Undertake

Grade: Strenuous

Best time: April – June and September – November

Duration in Bhutan: 20d/10n

On Trek: 16d

Highlights

• Hike to the famed Tiger’s Nest – an important Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Himalayas.
• Trek for days on end without coming across any human habitations or better still, other trekkers.
• Enjoy brilliant views of the unclimbed Himalayan mountain peaks wreathed in silent dignity to their stillness and meditative quality.
• Take in and enjoy the regions isolated but incredibly beautiful high altitude culture of the nomadic people of Lingshi and Laya
• Relax and spent your halt at Jomolhari and Masagang Base Camp, acclimatizing and drinking in the magnificent views of Jomolhari and Masagang looming at the valley head of Laya village.
• Upon arrival at Gasa dip yourself in the popular Gasa Hot Spring, famed for their medicinal properties.

Landscape and Lake