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Duration:11 Days
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Max-Elevation:5545m
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Best Season:Mar - May, Sept - Nov
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Group Size:2 - 20 PAX
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Accomodation:Lodge Based Trek
Activity Level
Everest base camp trek is a dream of any avid adventurer. The Everest base camp trek is one of the world’s greatest treks. If you love hiking this has to be on your bucket list. The itinerary for this trek is the easiest of the base camp routes. We offer and if you are reasonably fit and determined we can help you reach base camp successfully. It is a lodge-based trek that allows plenty of time to acclimatize properly and enjoy the views. The trek in itself is a rich experience as you can experience and witness the rich lifestyle and tradition of the Sherpas. Discover remote mountain monasteries and learn about the Sherpas spiritual perspective on the mountains they call home.
The Everest Base Camp Trek (5,545m) will surpass all your expectations. The trek to the foot of the tallest peak in the world will grant you an incredible view of towering peaks that will last you a lifetime. The world-famous tribe of the Himalayans famous for their unreal mountaineering skills. Along the route and from the base camp we will have stunning view of Mt. Everest and other equally mesmerizing peaks above 8,000m. We will also be able to cross enthralling passes and walk over massive glaciers. We will also visit the historic monasteries in the region such as Tengboche.
Everest Base Camp Weather
The best time to visit Everest Base Camp is either side of the late-May to mid-Sep monsoon season. Late Sep-Nov and Feb-May are the main trekking months with fairly stable conditions, good visibility and temps at Base Camp getting up to about -6°C. At Base Camp, you might also encounter groups of climbers in late April or early May preparing for their attempts on Everest’s summit. Although late Nov-Feb are extremely cold, around -15°C by day and much colder at night, clear skies are usually the norm with quieter trails and teahouses adding to the exhilarating feeling of wild and unadulterated isolation.
Flying From Kathmadu To Lukla: Update 2019
Due to renovation works to Tribhuvan International Airport’s (TIA) runway, flights from Kathmandu to Lukla were being diverted from TIA to Manthali Airport in Ramechhap from April 1st as an alternative route until June 30th 2019. However, taking into consideration the convenience for passengers and public demand, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has decided to continue with regular flights on the Ramechhap-Lukla route even after the completion of the runway rehabilitation works of Tribhuvan International Airport.
CAAN has decided to allow airline companies to operate regular flights on the Ramechhap-Lukla route. Manthali Airport, Ramechhap is 4-5 hour drive from Kathmandu. While the drive is a bit of a hassle, chances of delays and cancellations from Manthali Airport are very low as the only air traffic from that airport is to/from Lukla.
Final Words from Company:
Due to unpredictable weather conditions in the Himalayas, there may be unforeseen schedule changes in domestic flights to Lukla and from Lukla. The flights may be delayed for several hours or pushed back by a day or more, depending on the circumstances. Although this is rare, it can happen even during the best trekking seasons. As you know, high altitude weather conditions can be difficult to predict. Therefore, we strongly suggest that you plan for this by allowing for an extra day or two in Nepal after your trek, if possible. This will help ensure that you have some flexibility with regard to your trek. On the other hand, if everything goes according to plan, you will have time to enjoy other activities such as rafting, wildlife viewing, shopping, or just relaxing after your adventure.
Trip Highlights
- Scenic flight Ramechap Airport – Lukla – Ramechap Airport
- Visit the hilltop monastery at Thyangboche
- Trek to Everest Base Camp, following in the footsteps of the great climbing parties
- Explore Namche Bazaar and soak up the Sherpa culture
- Walk amidst the world’s highest mountain range, with incredible views of Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse and Ama Dablam
- Ascend Kala Pattar for close up views of Mt Everest
Trip Itinerary
When you arrive at the airport, Nepal Tours representative will be there to pick you up and bring you to the hotel. Depending on when you arrive, you’ll go through an orientation on either day one or day two.
Our adventure starts with a short flight to Lukla, including breathtaking views of the Himalaya region from the air, and a while-knuckle landing on Lukla’s mountain runway. We’ll meet the rest of our crew at Lukla, and begin hiking up the Dudh Koshi valley on the way to Phakding.
Elevation: From 1300 metres to 2800 metres to 2656 metres |
Lukla Flight, Accommodation, Guide and Porters Included
After leaving Phakding, we will cross the same river several times over high suspension bridges. It helps to avoid thinking about Indiana Jones movies here! Soon, we’ll pass Monjo and enter the Sagarmatha National Park. Once inside the Park the trail becomes steep, rising to Namche. Namche Bazaar is the chief trading village for the region, and an excellent place to find a few last Western luxuries, including Illy coffee and some amazing brownies! Better still, on a clear day you can see Everest itself from here.
Elevation: From 2656 metres to 3450 metres.
Accommodation, Guide and Porters Included
Namche supports a host of shops, lodges and tea houses, and is an excellent place to grow used to moving around in the thin air nearly 3500m above sea level. To help the process along, we’ll organise a trek to the Everest View Hotel (at 3880 metres). You can enjoy lunch with a world class view of the mountain on their patio.
Elevation: 3450 metres | Highest point: 3880 metres
Accommodation, Guide and Porters Included
We’ll continue to follow the valley above the Dudh Koshi, and be treated to amazing views of Everest, as well as Lhotse, Nuptse and Ama Dablam along the way. We’ll cross another high bridge at the village of Phunki Tenga, where we will stop for lunch. After a brief rest, we have a steep climb to Tengboche, the site of the largest gompa (Buddhist monastery) in the region.
Elevation: From 3450 metres to 3867
Accommodation, Guide and Porters Included
Day six takes us back down into the forest, and across the Imja Khola. Once across, we’ll climb up to Pangboche village and more stunning views of what seems like the entire Himalaya. We’ll continue upwards to the HRA’s first aid post at Pheriche, and be able to attend a lecture on avoiding altitude sickness (which we really do advise you to attend).
Elevation: From 3867 metres to 4252 metres
Accommodation, Guide and Porters Included
In order to help with your acclimatisation and prepare you for the higher portions of the trek, we will arrange an excursion to see Tshola Lake and the Tawache and Cholatse Walls. The short trek will take us up the ridge over Dingboche, where we’ll be able to see the Imja Valley spread beneath us, and the south face of Lhotse in the distance.
Elevation: 4252 metres
Accommodation, Guide and Porters Included
Today we begin the main trek again, climbing the steep Khumbu Glacier with Tawache and Cholatse peaks overhead. The boulder-strewn terminal moraine makes interesting and rugged terrain, and the top of the glacier is marked with numerous cairns, left to mark the passage of the Sherpas and climbers who have died conquering Everest. At the glacier’s top, the path levels out to a very gentle climb to Lobuche.
Elevation: From 4252 metres to 4930 metres.
Accommodation, Guide and Porters Included
The trail now leads along the Khumbu Glacier, providing excellent vistas of the Himalayan peaks nearby. Lunch is at Gorak Shep, and then we are back on the trail for a few hours until we reach Everest Base Camp. We will pass lesser glaciers, ice pinnacles, and the sometimes dangerous crevasses of the Khumbu along the way. The return trip to Gorak Shep is made along a higher path overlooking the Khumbu icefall and the South Col route.
Elevation: From 4930 metres to 5164 metres | Highest point: 5364 metres (Everest Base Camp)
Accommodation, Guide and Porters Included
We’ll set off very early on day ten to make for the peak of Kala Pattar, and one of the most awe-inspiring views in the region. The land stretches out before us, from Everest itself to the Khumbu icefield. After a pause for rest, lunch and photographs, we begin the descent back to Dingboche.
Elevation: From 5164 metres to 4410 metres | Highest point: 5554 metres (Kala Pattar)
Accommodation, Guide and Porters Included
We’ll be following the river again for some time, then making our way to Tengboche through rhododendron and birch woods. After Tengboche, we’ll cross the Dudh Koshi and return to Namche.
Elevation: From 4410 metres to 3450 metres
Accommomodation, Guide and Porters Included
Our last day of trekking follows the Dudh Koshi valley into Lukla. At Lukla there is usually a farewell party for everyone – climbers, guides and porters alike – celebrating another successful trek. Be sure to try the traditional Sherpa dances and sample some chang while you’re at it. It’s a bit like beer, but served hot.
Elevation: 3450 metres to 2800 metres
An early breakfast, then off to Lukla airstrip for the flight back to Kathmandu, and your hotel.
Flight, Dinner – Included
It’s your last day in Nepal! Grab some breakfast, and then take in some last-minute shopping in Kathmandu. We’ll make sure you arrive at Kathmandu International Airport with plenty time before your flight home. At this time, we’ll say our goodbyes and bid you farewell, armed with warm memories and gorgeous photos to show your loved ones.
Trip Route Map
Trip Includes
- Airport pickup and drop-off by private car
- Standard twin shared accommodation in hotels in Kathmandu (2 nights) including breakfast
- Twin shared lodge/guesthouse accommodations during the trek (11 nights)
- 11 Days guide and porter service during the trek
- Kathmandu – Lukla – Kathmandu flight fare
- Guide flight fare Kathmandu Lukla Kathmandu
- Your all foods in the Mountain region
- All accommodation, food & salary for the guide & porters
- Guide insurance, Salary & their equipment
- Sleeping Bags during the trek
- Mobile phone and Sim card
- Everest Base Camp Trip certificate
- TIMs Card and Everest National park permit
- Government and local taxes.
Trip Excludes
- Lunch and Dinner your stay in Kathmandu.
- All kind of drinks (Alcoholic, hot and cold drinks).
- Your Personal equipment.
- Emergency Rescue.
- Personal travel and medical insurance.
- Any kind of personal expense.
- Any other expenses which are not mentioned on Price Includes section.
- Tips for trekking staff, driver (Tipping is expected).
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Frequently Asked Questions
Everest’s daunting summit soars so high that trekking to its base camp (17,590′) is still an adventure of the highest sort. Join Nepal Tours on a 14-day Himalayan Classic Trek to Everest’s Southern Face Base Camp through some of the world’s most spectacular mountain scenery.
If it were not for the altitude, the Everest base camp trek would be considered fairly moderate. However, when you take the altitude into consideration, the trek becomes quite difficult. On average you will be trekking 5 or 6 hours per day and you will need a good level of fitness. With some basic training we believe the EBC trek is achievable for most people.
Rivers, valleys, forests, suspension bridges, monasteries, Nepalese villages and, of course, hugely tall mountains make up most of the beautiful scenery on this trek.
Before committing to at least eleven days hiking in (generally) basic conditions, it’s a good idea to establish that you like hiking and don’t mind basic conditions, so that you can actually enjoy the experience when you do it. Bank a two- or, optimally, three-day hike to see how you feel about walking each day and being away from home comforts before you commit.
The Everest Base Camp trek is less physically strenuous than some people make out – although not a walk in the park. The main issue is going up and down steep slopes and steps, and so the best preparation is to go up and down lots and lots of stairs with the weight that you’ll be carrying when you trek.
The first rule of trekking Everest Base Camp is to step to the wall side when you meet a yak or mule train, since otherwise you can be knocked off the edge. The straight-in, straight-out route, though, is relatively danger-free: the path has been widened and in many places smoothed for trekkers, especially where it traces a sheer slope.
The main danger for most people doing the straight-in, straight-out route is altitude sickness (AKA Acute Mountain Sickness or AMS). For most people, this can be avoided by sleeping no more than 300 metres higher than you did the night before and taking an acclimatisation day every 1000 metres. Serious AMS is more common in folk doing group tours than in independent trekkers.
Other common injuries are twisted ankles and sprains. Rock falls, moraine and glacier crossings add significant risk to longer treks involving crossing high passes such as the Cho-La. As always, it’s unwise to trek solo in case you fall and can’t extricate yourself: people disappear on this route all the time.
Children as young as six and adults of over 70 have walked to Everest Base Camp, and the straight-in, straight-out trek is less demanding than you would think, provided you allow yourself the time to acclimatize to altitude that YOUR body needs, and listen to your body when it tells you to stop. Because of steep ascents and descents, rocky paths, rock steps and some moraine walking, the Everest Base Camp trek isn’t suitable for anyone with knee problems or weak ankles, while people carrying significant extra weight are likely to struggle with this at altitude. Anyone with heart trouble or lung problems should check with their doctor. Be aware that medical facilities on the trail are very, very basic
Distance Lukla to Everest base camp: 38.58 miles or 62 Kilometers 8 to 9 days walk in and a 3 to 4 day walk out. Walk in is slower due to the extra days needed to allow a persons body to adjust to the new altitudes.
Package tour with a Nepal Tours. This is about the second most popular way to arrange a trek to Everest Base Camp. Prices range per person from USD $1,400 up to $1,700 for an average 12 – 16 day trek. Price depends on your service and accommodation in the Mountain areas, if you stay luxury accommodation in the mountain the price will goes high but at in a normal accommodation the price will be the same as above.
Anja B, Germany
July 8, 2024at 1:23 pm
Organized Well
The trek arrangements to Everest Base Camp was organized well and the guide and porters assigned to us did a fabulous job during the 11 days trek. Our guide raju ensured that all our trek arrangements, including lodges and food were well taken care off. He even made sure to check our oxygen and heart rate levels every evening. I was very much concerned with the trek and wanted to find a company that looked into my queries / concerns personally. Kulendra did just that.
Boshca D.
July 8, 2024at 1:33 pm
Best Trip Ever
Best Trip Ever with Himalayan Trip Nepal. I will Visit there again.