Nepal Tour with Everest base camp trekking

Welcome to Kathmandu. Once you reach the airport in Kathmandu, you will bereceived by our representative who will help you with the transfer to the hotel on a private car or a bus. After checking into your hotel, you can rest or start to explore the city at leisure.

Begin your sightseeing tour from the hotel after breakfast at around 8:30 am. You will travel on a private vehicle with a professional tour guide for the tour.  You will start your sightseeing tour from the largest Hindu temple called Pashupatinath, then visit Bouddhanath and Swoyambhunath (the Monkey temple).

At the end of the day, you will visit Durbar Square and then drive back to the hotel to attend a short briefing about the trek.

Today you will board a 30 minute flight to Lukla early in the morning. You will be introduced to your porter at the airport. After enjoying a hearty breakfast in Lukla, you will start the trekking. The walk to Phakding is easy and takes about 3 hour, hiking through the Dudhkosi valley.

You will head north from the airstrip to Chheplung (2700m) and cross the ThadoKoshi River on a suspension bridge. Just past the bridge,you will see the peaks of Kusum and Kanggru (6367m), some of the most difficultpeaks to climb. Beyond the ThadoKoshi, the trail climbs towards the Ghat (2590m) and crosses a ridge marked with painted Mani stones.

You will continue your ascent to reach the beautiful village of Phakding where you will spend the night.

Start your second day of trekking through the Valley of Dudhkosi River. You will cross the river five times on the exciting suspension bridges laden with prayer flags on the way to Namche. After crossing the last bridge, you will continue your ascent, gradually leading you to Jorsale.

It is a two and a half hour climb up to Namche with two view points on the way.You can enjoy beautiful views of Mt. Everest on a clear day on the trail. At Jorsale you will enter Sagarmatha National Park where you will verify your permits. After 5 or 6 hours of hard walking, you will finally reach the main trading center of the region, Namche Bazaar.

Acclimatization is very important before proceeding higher to avoid altitude sickness. You will be taken for a day’s hike through the villages of Khunde and Khumjung and come back to Namche through the Everest view hotel Khumjung. You will see the so called skull of a Yeti in the monastery in the region.

You can also visit the bakery located at the world’s highest altitude. You will enjoypanoramic views of Everest, Lhotse, Ama Dablam and other mountains on a sunny day. Even the view from the Everest View hotel is very impressive.

After a hearty breakfast, you will begin a steep one-hour climb to the Syangboche airstrip (3790m), from where you will slowly ascend towards Khunde passing numerous chorten (stone Buddhist monuments). From Khunde you follow the trail eastwards to Khumjung, the largest village in the Khumbu region, at the foot of the sacred peak of Khumbila.

After lunch at Khumjung, you will follow a gradual climb to Everest View Hotel where you will enjoy the splendid mountain views. Then you will descend towards Namche (3540m). 4/5 hours walk.

Your trek to Tengboche weaves in and out of side valleys, making small ups and downs, to the tea shops of Kenjoma, and joins the trail from Khumjung just before a collection of Mani stones. The views of Everest and Ama Dablam are excellent from this part of the trek.

You will pass the small settlement of Sanasa from where the trail drops towards Phunki Thanga (3250m). From here the trail climbs steeply through pine forests and around Mani stones as it follows the side of a hill to the saddle on which the monastery of Tengboche sits at 3870m.

The Himalayan giants of Kwangde (6187m), Tawachee (6542m), Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse (8501m), Amadablam, Kantega and Thamserku provide an inspiring panorama. You will spend the night in the Tengboche village (5 hrs).

Start your trek with a descent through a beautiful forest, then cross the Imja Khola and trek through the village of Pangboche. The trail then crosses summer pastures to Dingboche. You will spend the night in Dingboche, a very relaxing village with lots of mountain views. This is a very easy walk and takes about 3 to 4 hours.

Today's excursion starts around 8:30 after breakfast. The trek up to Chhukung is nice and easy, offering nice views of most of the mountains specially Ama Dablam.

This short trek is one of the highlights of the trek. It is a quick trip back down the valley to Dingboche for the night. While going back to Dingboche you might encounter strong winds.

Begin the day with a climb to the Chorten trail that is a gentle climb for about 1 and half hour. Then, you will get to Thugla at 4600m in a tea house where you will have lunch before climbing the steepest part of the day’s trek for about one and a half hour. You will be getting to high mountains like Mt. Pumori and Mt. Nuptse after a while as you proceed towards Lobuche where only basic accommodation and food is provided.

Then, you will trek along a broad valley to Thugla, leaving behind the Trekkers Aid Post at Pheriche at 4240 meters. When you come out of the valley, you descend to the yak pastures at Lobuche. Overnight in a lodge.The day’s trip takes about 5 and a half hour’s walk.

In the morning, you will take a 2 hour hike up to Gorakshep.The first part is easy, but one hour later the trail starts to get harder, compensated by the really nice view of big walls formed by Everest, Nuptse and many other mountains. Once you climb about 150m then the trail gets better again. Shortly after you will get to the moraine.

Finally you will reach 5160m, the world’s highest settlement at Gorakshep. After lunch, you will begin your walk to the Everest base camp.  You will be walking on a side ridge of the Khumbu glacier. After walking on the ridge for about one and half hour, you will cross the glacier and into the Everest base camp area.

Today you will reach your final goal by trekking to Everest base camp at an altitude of 5360m. Here you can get a good view of Khumbu glacier and Khumbu Ice fall. Afterwards, start your way back to Gorakshep. (6-7 hours).

Early morning walk to Kalapathar from Gorakshep which is about approximately 2 hours.The short hike up to Kalapathar with clear views of Mt. Everest and its surrounding peaks are magnificent.

In the afternoon, you will trace back your steps to Gorakshep on a fairly easy descent. You will go down to Gorakshep, get some food then continue down to Pheriche. You will feel much better once you descend the highest point of the trek .Overnight in a lodge. We will descent towards Pheriche. (6 – 7 hours).

From Debuche, a half an hour climb takes you to Tengboche. From Tengboche you descend to Phunkithanga at 3200m. Then you will take the final climb towards Namche Bazaar for the final party night. Once you get to Namche you can use the various services to get connected to the rest of the world. You can have an amazing time at the bakery, bar and other fun places.

It is approximately a 7 hrs trek from Namche to Lukla, mostly downhill. Today you are going to end the trek as you exit the Sagarmatha National park. End this amazing trek with a pleasant walk down to Lukla.

Flight to Kathmandu early in the morning. From Kathmandu airport you will be transferred to your hotel.

Our representative will transfer you to the airport from where you will catch your flight.