Langtang National Park Shopping Tips by Saagar

Good booksellers in KTM will have these.: Two good, dedicated Langtang trekking guide books

What to buy: To my knowledge there are two dedicated guidebooks to Langtang, in addition to the UNDP booklet on Lower Langtang.

1) Kev Reynolds 1996: "Langtang with Gosainkunda & Helambu. A Trekker's Guide", A Cicerone Guide, Cicerone Press, Milnthorpe, UK.

2) Jamie McGuinness 1997: "Trekking in Langtang, Helambu & Gosainkund". Nepal Trekking Guides, Trailblazer Publications, Hindhead, UK.

I know that the last one has been published in an updated version after I bought mine in '97. What with the other one I do not know. Both books are about equally good, the latter somewhat larger and more comprehensive

What to pay: 1) USD 22.95 (1996)

2) GBP 8.85 (1997)

Theme: Books

any decent bookseller in KTM: A good book about Lower Langtang

What to buy: Before you go to Langtang check out the little book "East Trek the Lower Langtang", published by Pradhan & Harrison, UNDP Partnership for Quality Tourism Project, Nepal 1997.

It is a thin but informative handbook about trails, villages, houses and peoples and everything else you need to trek sensitively and sensibly in the lower end of Langtang: the Dunche-Syabrubensi-Goasinkunda triangle. A good help on the trail and a good memory when you return home. Warmly recommended!

What to pay: NRS 250 a couple of years ago.

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