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Day 01: Arrival at Tribhuwan International Airport. Overnight at Hotel.
Our office representative will be waiting you outside of the terminal hall at the airport upon your arrival for warm welcoming you in the Himalaya Kingdom. Then drive to hotel by private vehicle. Brief about the program.
Day 02: Flight to Lukla (2840m) and Trek to Phakding (2650m). 3 hours. Overnight at Guest House
Today, you will experience a 30 minute mountain flight from Kathmandu to Lukla (a tiny mountain airstrip) in the early morning. Lukla is at an altitude of 2840m from the sea level. After you land at this beautiful place, you will set out on your first trek from Lukla to Phakding (2650m). You will follow the footshep of great climbers with scenery of nice settlement village, Chauri Kharka and Cheplung, and off course some range of beautiful mountains and Dudh Koshi river.
Day 03: Trek to Namche Bazaar (3441m). 6-7 hours. Overnight at Guest House
After breakfast, you will follow the up stream and crossing suspension bridges along the villages (Tok Tok and Banker village) before reach Manjo. Just beyond the Manjo, there is a Sagarmath national park office where we will buy a permit and continue trek to Jorselle, the last place before Namche Bazaar. After lunch at Jorselle, the trail goes mountain flat for 30 minutes and then climbing a hill for two and half hours to reach Namche Bazaar, the gateway of the Everest. While ascending the hill, if the weather is clear in the afternoon we could see the glimpse of Mt Everest too.
Day 04: Acclimatization Day at Namche Bazaar
Our body has an ability to adapt with any climate and altitude, if we have given a time. According to altitude principle, today we hike around 400m higher than Namche Bazaar. First we will take you to the Army headqueater camp, from where you will see Mt. Everest and its spectacular peak Ama Dablam and Lhotse and visit a museum too. Then we climb 400 m to reach the Syangboche airport and continue walking to reach the Everest view hotel, hightest hotel in the world and Back to Namche Bazaar via Khumjung village and Sir Edmund Hillary School. This is will around 5-6 hours hike.
Day 05: Trek to Tengboche Monastery (3860m). 5 hours. Overnight at Guest House
You will start your trek to Tengboche after a fine breakfast at Namche. Situated at an altitude of 3860 m, Tengboche is another attraction of the trek. We climb 20 minutes to reach the top of Namche Bazaar from our hotel and then trail continues falt and down for 3 more hours to reach Punki Thagna where we stop for lunch. The walking will be very comfortable and beautiful with great scenery of Mountain and landscape through silver fir and brich forest including rhododendron. After Punki Thagna, we have to climb 2 hours to reach Tengboche monastery. The hospitality of Sherpas at the prearranged Guest House will surely displace your tire with a fresh energy to start another trek to Dingboche the next day.
Day 06: Trek to Dingboche (4410m). 5 hours. Overnight at Guest House
A sunrise view and having a fine breakfast at Tengboche, we are heading down to Debuche through deep rhododendron forest and the follow the mani walls contineously before cross the imja khola. We cross the bridge and start climbing up to reach Pangboche (3930m), a nice settlement village in Everest region. Pangboche is best place to see a close view up Mt. Ama Dablam (6856m). We stop for lunch at Somare (4010m) and continue in alpine meadow to reach Dingboche, another big and nice settlement village at Everest region. Walking from Tengboche to Dingboche is one of the finest walking experience in Everest Region with respecting altitude and beautiful scenery of Mt. Ama Dablam (6856m) and alpine meadow.
Day 07: Another Acclimatization Day at Dingnboche
Today, after breakfast we go to hike Nagarjun Hill for 4 hours, which offers a acclimatize to your body with tremendous view of Ama Dablam, Mt. Makalu, Island Peak and close view of Mt Lhotse and spectacular landscape and glacier. We back to Guest House at lunch time and you have a rest and free afternoon to look around Dingboche valley.
Day 08: Trek to Lobuche (4930m). 4 hours. Overnight at Guest House
After spending couple of nights at Dingboche, today we are heading to Lobuche. The trail goes gentle and nice climb all the way to Thukla (4620m) where we take a rest with cup of hot tea. We have to climb again to reach the top of the Thukla pass for 45 minutes to one hours which is worth to be with breathtaking scenery of Ama Dablam and Khumbu valley. From the top, the trail goes through a valley for 1 hour to reach Lobuche.
Day 09: Trek to Everest base camp (5364m) and back to Gorak Shep (5180m). 8 hours. Overnight at Guest House
Today is the main highlight of our trip because you will achieve a goal by reaching at the base camp of top of the world, Mt Everest. Today, we start early morning. We follow the valley first and the walking in rocky and injuletting trails to reach Gorak Shep where we drop our luggages and have a lunch. We prepare with our water and day hike snack before heading to Everest base camp. It is 5 hours round trip from Gorak Shep to Everest base camp and back to Gorak shep. You will enjoy your walking through the Khumbu glacier and the mountain sorrounding. When we reach Everest base camp, we congratulate each other, taking great pictures of mountain, glacier and Khumbu glacier, and of course a group photo. Then we come back Gorak Shep by same trail.
Day 10: Hike Kalapattar (5545m) in the morning and Trek Down to Pheriche. 7 hours. Overnight at Guest House
Kalapattar is another major attraction and it is our highest point too. So, you will start a hike towards Kalapatthar in the early morning for sunrise and tremendous views of Mt Everest and other peaks with Khumbu glacier and Khumbu Ice-fall. Kalapatthar means Black Rock and as the name suggests, you will be in a rocky mountainous spot that will be a lifetime remembrance. After you have finished capturing photos and observing what the place offers, you will back to Guest house and have a breakfast and packing luggages, then descend towards Pheriche (4200m).
Day 11: Trek to Khumjung Village. 5 hours. Overnight at Guest House
After a breakfast, You will start a trek to Khumjung (3750m). The trail goes mostly falt and downhill to Debuche and short climb to reach Tengboche Monastery. Then again down hill for 1 hour to Punki Thagna through rhododendron and silver fir forest, crossing the Imja Khoja by suspenson bridge and climb uphill again to reach Khumjung. Khumjung is biggest settlement village in Khumbu region. In the afternoon, we go to visit Khumjung Village, Sir Edmund Hillary School and Gompa.
Day 12: Trek Down to Namche Bazaar. 2 hours. Overnight at Guest House
Day 13: Trek Down to Phakding. 4 hours. Overnight at Guest House
Day 14: Trek Back to Lukla. 3 hours. Overnight at Guest House
Day 15: Fly back to Kathmandu and Transfer to Hotel. Overnight at Hotel
The last day in the lap of Everest, you will have some time to capture memories of this region before flying back to Kathmandu. Mountain flight is something you’d never like to miss at Nepal. After reaching Kathmandu, you will be transferred to a rated Hotel in the city.
Day 16: Transfer to Tribhuwan International Airport for your onward destination. |
