Everest base camp trekking, an adventure to the foot of the world’s highest peaks and close to dramatic Khumbu Ice-Fall. One of the most popular and famous adventure destinations around the whole Himalaya region, due to its easy assist. Where one can reach the start of trekking by taking a short scenic flight from Kathmandu to Lukla small airstrip.
On route to Everest base camp, trekking through nice lovely Sherpa villages festooned with rich cultures interwoven to Buddhism religion. A scenic adventure of little less than two weeks with overnight stops in the comfort of a nice cozy lodge on the route. The Sherpa of Khumbu is famous for warm hospitality, which will make the adventure to Everest base camp more enjoyable.
Interesting to know that Mt. Everest and the world’s 4th highest Mt. Lhotse share the same base camp, located close together. At a mere distance separated by the South Col, which is on route to the summit of Mt. Everest. The world's highest Mt. Everest is now officially a little higher than it was earlier. The new height at above 8,848.86 meters / 29,031.69 feet, was announced at a virtual ceremony by China and Nepal. Likewise, the Kalapathar hilltop revised from 5,545 m to 5,643 m / 18,514 feet high.
The Himalayas happens to be the youngest mountain on this planet, where every decade’s elevation increases by a few centimeters. Besides scenic views of the Himalayan Mountain range throughout the trek, the local Sherpa’s culture is equally fascinating to experience.
Everest base camp trekking, a dream of millions of travelers and for adventurers to stand beneath the world's highest peaks. Certainly an adventure of great thrill with exciting moments from the start to the end of the trekking.
The adventure begins with a scenic flight from Kathmandu to Lukla, a Sherpa town where all treks around Khumbu commence and concludes. A famous town with an amazing and unique airport, located amidst giant peaks and green hills and valleys. The walk follows on a nice gradual trail through many villages and farm areas, lined with interesting prayer walls and spinning bells.
Our route follows Dudh Kosi River upstream to enter Sagarmatha National Park, listed in world heritage sites. One of the world’s highest parks enriched with rare exotic flora and fauna, Sagarmatha is a name for Everest in Nepal. The native Sherpa call as Chomolungma of Tibetan origin means great mother in both languages.
From the park entrance walk on river bed within a beautiful cool forest of tall rhododendron and pine trees. The walk leads to a slow climb uphill facing a glimpse of Mt. Everest on route to the famous Namche Bazaar. A large village almost size of a town, where lovely houses situated on U shaped an amphitheater position. Namche Bazaar a major hub for all Khumbu villagers and trekkers, offers facilities of banks, well-stocked stores, and shops. Including various fancy restaurants, good hotels, and resorts, where once a week a colorful busy Saturday market is held.
After a rest day for acclimatization, the adventure continues walking on a scenic gradual trail facing grand views of Everest, Ama Dablam. Slowly walk leads to climb into a beautiful forest and then reaching on top of a high ridge at Tengboche. A scenic spot amidst lovely woods surroundings with views of Everest, Lhotse, and magnificent looking peak Ama Dablam. At Tengboche with time to visit the impressive monastery, then the route follows on leaving the tree lines towards mountain wilderness.
Entering a wild and barren country, as walk leads to closer to our final destination at Everest base camp. Walk follows past the last permanent village of Pangboche, and nice settlements Dingboche situated on a scenic Imjatse Valley. The journey continues towards higher terrain to Lobuche and then reaches our major highlight at Everest base camp.
Enjoy the great experience within the world highest mountain range, standing beneath towering Mt. Everest, Lhotse, and Nuptse. A mere distance from the massive Khumbu Ice-Fall is the most dangerous section for mountaineers on route to Everest summit.
On completing our main highlights reaching Everest base camp, the next adventure takes you to Kalapathar rocky hilltop. A steep climb from Gorakshep rewards a stunning panorama of towering peaks that surrounds you with close views of Mt. Everest.
Return journey on the same scenic trail heading downhill to windy Pheriche valley and then back into the green forest. The last day's walk of the adventure continues downhill after Namche Bazaar towards Lukla for the final overnight stop around the Everest region.
Next early morning a smooth scenic flight brings you to hustle and bustle city life of Kathmandu. To conclude our marvelous Everest Base Camp Trekking with a memorable adventure of a lifetime experience in amazing Nepal.
All the payment has to settled before the departure of the trek. Your security is mostly important so must bring your insurance policy to our office representative.
On arrival at Kathmandu, Nepal international airport, our guide and staff receives you with warm welcome, and then a short drive to your hotel located in the hub of Kathmandu city. After checking into your nice rooms, with refreshing rest and then meet members for Everest base camp trek, our guide will provide briefing with information regarding the trek, local lodge on route, culture and sightseeing tour around Kathmandu heritage sites. Evening enjoy a group welcome dinner in a typical Nepali restaurants includes folk cultural program as entertainment along with dinner.
A free day in Kathmandu, allowing members to get familiarized with local cultures, as well for trek preparations. On this day enjoy a guided sightseeing tour at places of interest, our guide takes you around historical and cultural places listed in World Heritage Sites. After a wonderful day visiting places of great historical and cultural wonders, then back to the hotel for final preparation to Everest base camp trekking.
As per the time for Lukla flight, depart from the hotel for a short transfer to Kathmandu domestic airport, after checking in through security then board in a small aircraft for a short flight to Lukla, during airborne enjoy the grand panorama of Himalayan chain of peaks with a view of Mt. Everest.
After 35 minutes of landing at Lukla at Tenzing - Hillary airport, from Lukla our adventure begins heading towards our overnight stop at Phakding village. From Luka, a few hours walks on a pleasant trail through several Sherpa villages adorned with Buddhist monuments lined with prayer walls and rows of spinning wheels. The day ends on reaching Phakding in the comfort of a nice cozy lodge close to Dudh Kosi River.
Morning after breakfast, today’s walk takes you to the famous Namche Bazaar, quite a long day trek due to altitude gain. Leaving Phakding walk starts on nice gentle up following Dudh Kosi River upstream, crossing bridges towards Monjo village close to Sagarmatha National Park.
From Monjo village enter Sagarmatha National Park. Where route leads to cross over a bridge towards the last village of Jorsalle. After a brief rest or for a lunch stop, afternoon walk on river bed covered with rhododendron and pine tree forest. As the walk continues then climb to cross the last bridge before Namche Bazaar, rewards with lovely views of Kwangde peaks, on a clear day view of Mt. Everest can be seen on a walk to Namche Bazaar.
After few hour steady climb on winding path then reaching Namche Bazaar, one of the largest village almost the size of a town here for two overnight stops with rest days.
A full day at Namche Bazaar a place with various facilities the streets are lined with well-stocked stores and shops with many good restaurants, café’, banks and ATM facilities. Enjoy grand view of Kwangde and Tharmasarku, after breakfast take a short hike to support acclimatization, before heading towards higher ground.
Namche Bazaar a perfect height at 3,440 m for rest day, an options for walks above Namche Bazaar visit the museum close to park headquarter, offers grand view of Everest and Ama Dablam with array of peaks. For energetic people can take a hike to Everest View Hotel for best views of Everest, and visit Khumjung and Khunde village.
From Namche after a refreshing rest, the morning starts with a short up and then on a gentle scenic winding trail facing views of snow peaks, as walk descends to Imjatse River at a small place Phunge-Tenga for a lunch stop, afternoon a climb into rhododendron, pines and fir forest then reaching a beautiful spot at Tengboche and the impressive colorful monastery.
At Tengboche for overnight stop with time to visit the monastery of great religious and cultural interest, located within green woodland surrounded by an array of snow peaks with views of Everest and majestic Ama Dablam.
After a pleasant morning facing the glorious panorama of Everest and adjoining peaks, the adventure leads further north with downhill for an hour to a bridge. From here tall tree lines fades for an open wide and harsh country, with few vegetation of short juniper and rhododendron bushes as climb starts to Pangboche, the last and permanent village on the way to Everest base camp.
A little further an hour climb to a small settlement of Somare for lunch break, with grand view of Ama Dablam peak. Afternoon walk leads to Dingboche heading east towards windswept country. On crossing a small bridge climb an hour climb to Dingboche for overnight stop in one of its nice lodge, situated beneath North Face of Ama Dablam within scenic Imjatse valley with views of Island peaks towards east of the valley.
At Dingboche, another rest day on this lovely scenic settlement with vast Yak grazing pasture, the local grows barley, wheat and buck-wheat, the field enclosed with stone walls to keep the animals away. A lovely spot and perfect height for acclimatization, morning take a short hike to Nakarjung hill, offers super views of Imjatse valley with range of snow mountains includes views of world 5th high Mt. Makalu and of Island Peak. Rest of the afternoon at leisure for individual activities or sit in a large warm dining hall heated with pot-bellied stove.
From Dingboche, after breakfast start the adventure with short steep climb to a high ridge festooned with Buddhist prayer flags and prayer monuments. After a morning climb, rest of the walk on gentle up all the way to lunch stop at Thugla. A place on route Lobuche and base camp with few tea-houses and a lodge. This is where massive Khumbu glacier melts into a raging stream, situated on a junction of Dingboche and Dingboche trail. After lunch a steep climb for an hour reaching a high ridge of Thugla pass, taking a refreshing break, and then on pleasant high trail Lobuche for overnight stop. Located on the corners of a wide valley with view of Nuptse and Lobuche peaks, a small settlement with number of good lodges for overnight stop.
Today’s walks leads you to our main destination at Everest Base Camp and highlight of the journey, having early breakfast start the trek following a level path for short while, then a short steep climb to a small plateau. As walk continues on reaching a rocky path high above Khumbu glacier then reaching at Gorakshep, a small settlement with few nice lodges, situated on the bottom of Mt. Pumori and Kalapathar rocky hill. Having a short rest, trek continues heading east following a rocky path over boulders close to Khumbu glacier. Finally reaching at Everest Base Camp, located right beneath towering south face of Mt. Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse peaks.
Enjoy the dramatic scenery enclosed by giant mountains with close view of tumbling Khumbu Ice Fall that feeds the glacier and river. During Mountaineering expedition the base camp is active with climbers, the whole place is lively with many camps of various nations on expedition to Mt. Everest. After a wonderful experience head back to Gorakshep for overnight stop, after a tough long day to Everest base camp.
Our last big adventure, start early morning and then a steep climb for two hours to reach on top Kalapathar hill with rubble of black rocks at the height of 5,643 meters. Feeling in high spirits on top Kalapathar, the highest spot of the adventure facing fantastic panorama of towering snow-mountain that surrounds the top facing closest views of Mt. Everest at a mere distance. After achieving all the highlights of the journey, return back to Gorakshep for breakfast and continue walk down to Thugla. From here descend to a flat valley of Pheriche afternoon time can be very windy, as walk progress then reaching at Pheriche a nice settlement with many good lodges and restaurants, where HRA (Himalayan Rescue Association) post is located. An ideal place for lunch stop, and then carry on walking to the end of the valley and to a river, after the bridge a short climb to a high ridge. From here a long descend leads you to overnight stop at Pangboche village.
From here onwards back into green vegetation and tall tree lines, as morning walk leads down to a bridge, with few hour climb to Tengboche Monastery. After a short refreshing stop, carry on trekking downhill to Imjatse River and then climb for short while past Lobesa and Sanasa villages and then on a wide winding path to Kyang-Jima for an overnight stop.
A lovely place on route to Namche Bazaar and Khumjung village, with few good lodges facing grand views of Everest-Ama Dablam and Thermasarkhu, here chances of spotting some wild-life like Musk deer, Danfe a colorful pheasant which is a national bird of Nepal.
After a pleasant overnight at Kyang-Jima, walk leads on the same scenic trail to Namche bazaar for a lunch stop, an afternoon walk on the long downhill to Dudh Kosi River then head towards Jorsalle after crossing a bridge a short steep climb to the entrance and exit point of Sagarmatha National Park. From here a short walk to Monjo village for overnight after a great scenic trek of a lovely day.
Today our last day trek of the adventure, an easy walk of 3-4 hours to Lukla, morning begins crossing a long bridge then following a good trail to Phakding, and then through nice villages of Ghat and Choplung. After a good morning walk climb for an hour to enter the main gate of Lukla town, and then walk to your lodge for the last overnight stop around Khumbu and Everest region, here with time to explore Lukla town of great interest.
Having early breakfast, short walk to Lukla or Tenzing & Hillary airport, as the plane arrives from Lukla, and then board in a small aircraft for a short scenic flight to Kathmandu facing a stunning panorama of Himalayan peaks and landscapes of rolling green hills and valley. On reaching Kathmandu airport, a short drive back into the city life of Kathmandu. After checking in to your hotel rooms, rest of the day free at leisure.
Reserved this free day as a contingency in case of flight delay and cancellation at Lukla or at the beginning of the trek flying from Kathmandu. This is normal can happen sometimes due to bad weather conditions, it is always wise to have a spare day. If all goes well reaching Kathmandu on time, enjoy the free day for individual activities or join in for an exciting tour to Patan and Bhaktapur's beautiful cities and worth a visit.
Last day in Kathmandu, depart from the hotel as per your international flight time our staff and guide will transfer you for the short drive to the airport for final departure from Nepal, after a great wonderful experience with memorable adventure on Everest Base Camp Trekking.
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Everest Base Camp trekking is not that tough as it looks, involves up and downhill walks the only tough part of the adventure coping with high altitude. As long you take it slowly it won’t be difficult for this reason we have set enough rest day for acclimatization.
Yes it is important that all trekkers needs to obtain medical and travel insurance for your own safety purposes. In case of unfortunate accidents and getting sick from diarrhea or altitude sickness, AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness).
Where one needs to be evacuated by any means of fastest transportation, the easiest and safe is using Helicopter service, all medical bills and using helicopter bills will be reimbursed by your insurance companies depending on the nature of sickness and insurance policy.
For travel insurance, in case the trip can be delayed or cancelled due to bad weather condition, where trek needs re-route the destination or might get canceled. As flight to mountainous region like Lukla, operates only in fine good weather, if flight gets delayed or canceled it will affect the itinerary, in this case your travel insurance can cover the extra expenses.
In case of medical emergency situation if someone gets very sick or face with an accidents, needs fastest medical attention and with safe evacuation by possible means of transport, like using helicopter service to the nearest medical help or in good hospital at Kathmandu.
Everest base camp for all seasons except for monsoon wet rainy season of July and August, the best time is in spring (March to May) and autumn/fall and pre-winter (mid-September to mid of December months).
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