Tsum Valley Trek Cost 2026/2027: What You Actually Pay, Tier by Tier

Last updated 4 October 2026. Every trek price on this page is read from our own booking system, from the live package rows for the 16-day Tsum Valley trek and the 19-day Tsum Valley and Manaslu Circuit trek. Where a figure comes from somewhere else, I say where in the text or in the notes at the end. Where I do not have a number I can stand behind, I say that too.

The short answer: the 16-day Tsum Valley trek costs US$999 per person on Budget, US$1,899 on Standard and US$2,499 on Luxury for one to four people, and the price per person falls as the group grows. The Tsum Valley permit, the Manaslu permit, the Manaslu Conservation Area permit and all government taxes are inside that price. Your flight to Nepal, the visa, your Kathmandu hotel, insurance, tips and what you buy on the trail are not. For a solo traveller on Standard, the trek price plus the visa, a trail allowance of US$20 a day and a guide tip comes to roughly US$2,439 to US$2,509, before flights, hotel and insurance. The sums are below, so you can change them to suit you.

We have a separate guide to the route, the villages and the culture of the valley. This page does one job only: it tells you what you will actually pay, line by line, including the costs that no package price shows. If a number here disagrees with a number you saw on another page, ask me on WhatsApp and I will check the live row before you book.

How much does the Tsum Valley trek cost?

Here is the price per person for the 16-day trek, as it stands on our package page. Pricing is the same for a private trek or a group, and it falls by group size only. The price includes the road journey from Kathmandu to the trailhead and back, so there is no separate jeep or bus bill at either end.

Group size	Budget	Standard	Luxury
1 to 4 people	US$999	US$1,899	US$2,499
5 to 8 people	US$949	US$1,849	US$2,449
9 to 12 people	US$899	US$1,799	US$2,399
13 to 20 people	US$849	US$1,749	US$2,349

A solo traveller is welcome and pays the one-to-four price. The price on our package page does not change by month, and I could not find a peak-season supplement on it. Our website prices also stay the same for 2027 departures, so a trek booked now for spring 2027 costs what the table says.

The price falls with group size only. A Standard trek for a group of six costs US$1,849 each, US$50 less than a solo traveller pays. A group of ten pays US$1,799 each, US$100 less, and a group of thirteen to twenty pays US$1,749, US$150 less. On Budget a group of ten pays US$899 against US$999 for one. It is the same trek either way. We never merge separate private bookings, so your group is your own. If you would rather meet other trekkers, ask us about a fixed departure, which is opt-in. To plan a group, send me the dates and the number of people on WhatsApp.

What does each tier include?

The route, the guide's standards and the safety kit are the same on every tier. What changes is who carries your bag, who feeds you, where you sleep and how you travel to the trailhead. This is the part of the price that is easiest to misread, so here it is side by side, from the live package row.

	Budget	Standard	Luxury
Porter	None. You carry your own bag.	One porter for every two trekkers, 10 kg each	One dedicated porter per trekker, 20 kg
Meals on the trek	Not included. You pay at the teahouses.	Breakfast, lunch and dinner, fresh fruit once a day, tea or coffee with each meal and 2 litres of warm water a day	All meals with fruit and nuts, and all drinks except alcohol
Rooms on the trail	Shared teahouse rooms	Private twin room, with an attached bathroom where possible	Private deluxe room
Guide	One guide for the group, plus an assistant for groups of 8 or more	One guide for up to 6 trekkers, plus an assistant for groups of 7 or more	One guide for every 2 trekkers
Kathmandu to the trailhead and back	Local transport	Shared tourist vehicle	Private vehicle
Mobile SIM	SIM card only	SIM with data for the lower sections	SIM with unlimited data

Every tier also includes the airport pick-up and drop-off, the permits and government taxes described in the next section, a first-aid kit and a pulse oximeter, a sleeping bag and down jacket if you do not have your own, free storage for your spare luggage at our Kathmandu store, a T-shirt and cap, a farewell meal and a certificate of achievement. Standard and Luxury add a duffel bag.

One thing to read carefully. On Standard, a single trekker has no porter, because porters are shared one for two. Your guide carries part of your load instead, up to 10 kg, and you carry a small day pack. On Luxury a solo trekker still gets their own porter. On Budget nobody has a porter, whatever the group size. A guide is part of every price above, and on this route it is also a rule, as the next section explains.

Which permits does the price cover, and what do they cost?

Our package row lists three permit lines in every tier: a Manaslu special permit with the Conservation Area permit, a Tsum Valley special permit, and all government taxes and official expenses. You do not queue for any of them and you do not pay anything extra at a checkpoint. Here are the official fees behind those lines, so you can see what is inside the price.

Permit	September to November	December to August
Tsum Valley restricted-area permit, first 7 days	US$40	US$30
Tsum Valley, each extra day	US$7 on the Department of Immigration fee table (the agency portal shows US$10 a day in these months)	US$7
Manaslu restricted-area permit, first 7 days	US$100	US$75
Manaslu, each extra day	US$15	US$10
Manaslu Conservation Area permit	NPR 3,000 (NPR 1,000 for SAARC nationals)
TIMS card	NPR 2,000 (NPR 1,000 for SAARC nationals)

I show the US$7 a day because it is on the Immigration fee table I work from, and I show the US$10 a day because it is what our agency portal displays for the autumn months. I have not been able to settle which one applies, and the difference is a few dollars a day, so I confirm the exact figure in your written quote. It does not change the price you pay us, because the permits are already inside it.

To give you a sense of scale, the two restricted-area permits alone come to at least US$140 for the first week in autumn and at least US$105 in the months from December to August, before any extra days and before the two NPR fees. I count both permits because our package row lists both a Manaslu special permit and a Tsum Valley special permit. How many days Immigration counts on each permit depends on the dates you are issued, so treat those figures as the floor, not the total. The package line does not name the TIMS card on its list, so I will say in your quote whether it is inside the price.

If another company quotes you a lower trek price and says "permits extra", add the figures above and the cost of arranging them before you compare. More on permits across the whole country is in our trekking permits guide, and the rules for restricted areas are in our restricted-area permits guide.

Three rules matter as much as the money. First, a licensed guide and agency-issued TIMS card are required on most trekking routes under the Nepal Tourism Board rule from 31 March 2023; the Everest (Khumbu) region does not enforce it locally, but we always trek with a licensed guide. Tsum Valley is on the list, and a restricted-area permit does not replace the TIMS card. Second, since 22 March 2026 a solo traveller can get a restricted-area permit, but it still needs an agency and a licensed guide, with a maximum of seven trekkers per guide. We have done it for the Tsum Valley, so I can tell you it works. Third, the permit lead time is at least 48 hours counted in government working days, so Nepali weekends and public holidays do not count. Send your passport details early. Our solo permit guide for Manaslu explains the same process for the neighbouring region.

What does the price leave out?

These are the lines that sit outside the package price. Some you cannot avoid, some depend on your choices.

• Your flight to Nepal. I do not quote international fares for the Tsum Valley because they depend on where you start and when.
• The visa. Our package page lists US$30 for a 15-day visa, US$50 for 30 days and US$125 for 90 days, payable in US dollars cash on arrival. See our visa guide for the current process. A 16-day trek plus time in Kathmandu is usually a 30-day visa.
• Kathmandu hotel nights. Kathmandu hotels are not in any trek tier, and I quote them separately. Our package page tells you to plan for at least two nights in the city around the trek. Our family homestay is US$15 a night per person, and I can arrange a hotel to your budget instead.
• Travel insurance. It is required. Your policy must cover medical costs and emergency helicopter rescue up to 5,000 metres, and you send us the details within a week of booking. The highest point on the 16-day trek is Ganesh Himal Base Camp at 4,200 metres. A rescue helicopter has to fly higher than you stand, which is why the cover is set above the trek. Buy it in your home country. Our insurance guide explains what to look for.
• Tips for the guide and porter. Recommended, not included. See below.
• Kathmandu meals. The package covers food on the trek only. Meals in Kathmandu are yours to choose and pay for.
• Drinks. On Budget, all food and drinks on the trail. On Standard, bottled water, soft drinks, juice and alcohol, beyond the tea or coffee with meals and the 2 litres of warm water. On Luxury, alcohol only.
• Delays you cannot control. The package excludes extra costs caused by landslides, weather, strikes, illness or changes in government policy. This matters on this route this year, and I come back to it below.
• An extra porter. If you are on Budget, or you want a porter on Standard as a solo traveller, an extra porter is US$25 a day, with 13 per cent VAT and a 3.5 per cent bank charge on top. For the 14 walking days that is US$350 before the add-ons and about US$410 once VAT and the bank charge are included. I would confirm the exact days in your quote.

Gear is a smaller line than people expect, because the sleeping bag and down jacket are lent to you if you need them. Tell us at your online briefing. You will still want good boots with grip and a daypack, and those you bring.

What do trail extras and tips add up to?

The package page suggests budgeting about US$20 a day for personal expenses on the trek. The list it gives for that figure is broad: meals and Kathmandu accommodation, visa fees, snacks, hot showers, personal equipment and tips for the crew. So it is a rule of thumb for everything, not a trail-only number. In the sums below I price the visa and the tips on their own lines, and I use the US$20 a day only as an allowance for snacks, showers, charging and drinks over the 14 walking days. That is my reading, and on Standard and Luxury it may be more than you spend.

What I cannot give you is a Tsum Valley menu with prices. We have no price list for these villages that I can stand behind, and I would rather say so than guess. For a sense of how trail prices run, our currency guide uses examples such as a 650-rupee dal bhat, about US$5, and a 300-rupee phone charge, about US$2.30. Those are general trail examples, not Tsum quotes. Hot showers, charging and wifi cost extra in many lodges, and the further up the valley you go, the fewer there are. Mobile signal can be patchy, so the SIM card we provide is a help, not a promise.

On Budget, the line that matters is food. Meals on the trek are not included, so you pay the teahouse for breakfast, lunch and dinner across the 14 walking days, and drinks too. If you are on Budget, message me before you book and I will ask the guides for a current figure for these villages.

Tips come last. Our tipping guide suggests US$15 to US$20 a day for a trekking guide and US$10 to US$15 a day for a porter, and NPR 500 to 1,000 once for a driver on a long transfer. Tipping is not legally required, but it is culturally expected, and it matters to people who earn modest base salaries. Over 14 walking days, that is US$210 to US$280 for a guide and US$140 to US$210 for a porter. Some people tip across all 16 days, so treat my sums as the low end. A group shares the total, so each person's part is smaller.

What does a solo trekker pay in total?

Here is a worked example for one person, using only numbers from this page. It leaves out your flight to Nepal, your Kathmandu hotel, your insurance and any gear you buy, because those depend on you. It uses the 30-day visa, the 14 walking days (days 2 to 15 of the itinerary), a US$20 a day allowance and the tipping ranges above. The permits are already inside the trek price, so they are not a separate line.

Line	Budget	Standard	Luxury
Trek price, 1 to 4 people	US$999	US$1,899	US$2,499
Visa, 30 days	US$50	US$50	US$50
Trail allowance, 14 days at US$20	US$280	US$280	US$280
Guide tip, 14 days at US$15 to US$20	US$210 to US$280	US$210 to US$280	US$210 to US$280
Porter tip, 14 days at US$10 to US$15	none, no porter	none, no porter on a solo booking	US$140 to US$210
Total	US$1,539 to US$1,609, plus your trek meals	US$2,439 to US$2,509	US$3,179 to US$3,319

Add your flights, Kathmandu nights and insurance to get a real total. If you want your own porter on a solo Standard booking, add the extra porter figure from the section above. If you pay your balance by card rather than cash, add the card charge from the next section.

How do you pay, and what happens if plans change?

A 10 per cent deposit holds your dates, and you pay the balance in Kathmandu. We take US dollars in cash or card, not Nepali rupees, from foreign clients. Paying the balance by card carries a 3.5 per cent charge, and cash in Kathmandu carries none. Here is what that means for a solo Standard trek at US$1,899: the deposit is US$189.90, the balance is US$1,709.10, and the card charge on that balance is about US$59.82. Paying that balance in cash saves you that amount.

The deposit is non-refundable. If your plans change, you can reschedule free with at least 7 days' notice for a restricted-area trek such as this one, to any date within one year. If we cannot run the trip, we refund what you paid, less taxes, bank and card charges and any money already spent on permits or flights. I would rather you read this before you pay than after.

Is the route open, and could that change the cost?

I do not have a new report on the trail, so here is what we have published, with its dates. Our flood article, updated on 27 September 2026, says the order of 6 September covered the Manaslu Circuit and the Larke Pass crossing, that the Tsum Valley trek was cut in the same stretch, and that the break was at Namrung, where the Budhi Gandaki suspension bridge went. It says that as of 8 September the ward, the Manaslu Conservation Area Project and the people of Namrung had built an alternative trail with temporary wooden bridges, and that the Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal had announced the trek open again. You can read it in full in our flood article.

Our conditions report for the autumn, what is open in November 2026, lists Manaslu and Tsum as passable with disruption as of 28 September: the Namrung crossing is a temporary wooden bridge, and there was a landslide above Samagaun on 26 September. Rescue helicopters were grounded for about four days by weather and resumed around 28 September. It was last reported on 28 September, and I found no newer report on the trail, the Arughat to Soti Khola road or the Namrung bridge. Check with us before you travel.

What does this mean for the cost? The package excludes extra costs caused by landslides, weather, strikes, illness or changes in government policy, so a delay is a risk to your budget. I would keep two or three spare days at the end of the trip and a flexible flight home. For the 19-day version that goes on over the Larkya La, our December report says I do not recommend the Manaslu Circuit in December, because it depends on a high pass.

Should you take the 16-day or the 19-day trek?

Here are our two live Tsum packages side by side, for one to four people.

Trek	Days	Budget	Standard	Luxury
Tsum Valley	16	US$999	US$1,899	US$2,499
Tsum Valley and Manaslu Circuit	19	US$1,499	US$2,099	US$2,699

The longer trek costs US$500 more on Budget, US$200 more on Standard and US$200 more on Luxury, for three extra days and a route that continues over the Larkya La. That Budget gap is the largest, and I will not pretend there is one clean reason for it. Compare what each tier includes before you compare the numbers. The 19-day row lists a Manaslu permit and conservation area permits on its inclusions and does not mention the Tsum permit by name, so ask me to confirm in writing what is covered if you are leaning that way.

For a plain cost comparison with the plain Manaslu Circuit, our 12-day Manaslu trek costs US$799, US$1,599 and US$2,099 for one to four people. Per day that is about US$67, US$133 and US$175 for Manaslu against about US$62, US$119 and US$156 for the 16-day Tsum Valley trek. Our Manaslu Circuit cost guide does for that trek what this page does for Tsum, and our Tsum Valley against Manaslu comparison goes through the trade-offs of route, though I would check its prices and permit figures against this page and the package page before you rely on them.

Who should look elsewhere? If you want a fixed total and no risk of a delay, this is not the trek for it this autumn, and a lower-altitude trek with good road access may suit you better. If you want comfortable lodges and hot showers every night, the upper valley will disappoint you, and no tier changes that much. For the villages themselves, see our guides to Chumling, Chhokangparo, Nile, Mu Gompa and Rachen Gompa.

Tell me your dates, your group size and the tier you are leaning towards on WhatsApp, +977 9810351300, or email [email protected]. I will send you a price for your group, say what is and is not inside it, and check the current trail position before you pay anything. The pages to start from are the Tsum Valley trek, 16 days and the Tsum Valley and Manaslu Circuit trek, 19 days.

Notes and sources

Group prices, tier contents, itinerary, transport inclusions, permit lines included, visa fees, insurance requirement, personal spending suggestion, season, deposit and extra-porter terms: our live package rows for the 16-day Tsum Valley trek and the 19-day Tsum Valley and Manaslu Circuit trek, read 4 October 2026. Restricted-area and conservation-area permit fees and the TIMS card: the Department of Immigration fee table, the Nepal Tourism Board fee list and our agency portal, checked against our permit reference of 4 September 2026 and corrected on 4 October 2026. The solo permit rule of 22 March 2026 and the limit of seven trekkers per guide: the Department of Immigration notice. Route status after the flood: our flood article, updated 27 September 2026, and our conditions report, last reported 28 September 2026. Manaslu Circuit prices: our conditions report for November 2026. Tipping ranges: our tipping guide. Teahouse prices: our currency guide. Balance by card, cash balance, refund and rescheduling terms: our standard booking terms. The sums in the solo-total table, the extra-porter figure and the per-day prices are my own arithmetic from these figures.

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Written by Shreejan Simkhada, CEO of The Everest Holiday. TAAN Member #1586.