Everest Base Camp Trekking

Package Overview

Everest base camp trekking offers unique and memorable experience in your lifetime with breath-taking views of world’s major peak including the highest Mt. Everest in very close range. The other peaks in Everest region that the travel can see are Mt Lhotse (8516m), Mt. Nuptse (7855m), Mt. Pumori (7161m), Mt. Changaste (7550m), Mt. Lingterin (6679m), Mt. Amadablam (6856m), Mt. Thamserku (6723m), Mt. Kantega( 6685m), Mt.Kusum Khagaru (6367m), Mt.Kongde (6011m), Mt. Khumbila (5761m), Mt. Twache Peak (6367m), Mt. Cholaste (6335m), Island Peak (6179m), Lobuche Peak (6145m), Pokalde Peak (5806m), Honku South Peak (6119m) and many other unnamed peaks.

Everest Base Camp trekking is the most common adventurous trekking activities in Everest or Khumbu region. Most of trekkers or travelers start their trekking in Khumbu Region with Everest Base Camp Trekking. This is due to fact that, the trekkers can see the worlds'highest peak Mt. Everest very closely. Another region is the infrastructure of Everest is well developed than any other trekking region.

The trail to Everest Base Camp follows the classical route of Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953 A.D. which starts from the Lukla Airport passing through the most beautiful villages throughout the route. The most added attraction of Everest Base Camp Trekking is its vibrant culture and lifestyle of people living in this region.

Osho World Adventure as a responsible and Government authorized travel agency has 17 days Everest Base Camp trekking itinerary which is best suited for any age of travelers. Osho World Adventure has every week departure for Everest Base Camp Trekking, however we can choose the dates as per your requirement.Everest Base Camp Cost Exclude in price:
Food in Kathmandu like Lunch and dinner.
All food during your trekking Like Lunch, Dinner and breakfast During in Mountain During your trekking.
Your travel insurance which is necessary for this trekking for your safety.
You can get open arrival Visa in Nepal and entry visa fee will cost (US$ 40 per person) in the Airport Kathmandu for visa you need to have 2 passport size photos.
All kind of drinks like ,Alcoholic, cold and hot drinks, laundry.
Personal trekking Equipments and donation in Mountain.
Tips for trekking staff and driver–Tipping are expected and better to give.
others expenses which are not mentioned on Price Includes section in details.20-0201-11

Day wise Itinerary

• Day 1 : Arrival at Tribhuwan International Airport (TIA) Kathmandu (1315m). Transfer to Hotel.

  We pick you from Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu and transfer to the Hotel. During this period our staff will guide you a brief orientation of the package and Nepal. You will serve with Breakfast at Hotel or other local restaurant.

  • Meals & Drinks Only B/B
• Day 2 : Sightseeing at Kathmandu and Trek preparation and shopping.

  Kathmandu Sightseeing program starts on day 2, you will be well informed about this on arrival. This will be half day sightseeing of the place of attraction in Kathmandu, guided by our staff. Rest of the time, you can use for walking around Thamel and shopping for required equipment and other necessary stuffs.
  
  Place of Attraction: Monkey Temple, Durbar Square, Pashupatinath, Baudha.

  • Meals & Drinks Only B/B
• Day 3 : 30 min flight to Lukla (2840m) and 2:30 hrs trek to Phakding(2800m).

  On arrival at Lukla you will be received by our trekking guides. In Lukla you will have time to wander around, while the Sherpa crew sort and divide the load, lunch depending upon the time of arrival at Lukla either in Lukla or few walks further down on route to Phakding. The first village after Lukla is Chheplung and further down the trail, you will past through Ghat and Phakding.
  
  Place of attraction: view of Kusum-Kangru 6,369m crossing a short suspension bridge, Ghat village, Dudh-Kosi river.

  • Meals & Drinks Only Accommodation
• Day 4 : 6 hrs trek from Phakding to Namche Bazaar(3440m).

  From Phakding after crossing the suspension bridge over the Dudh-Kosi the walk is pleasant with few short uphill and downhill and re-crossing the same river again, with magnificent view of Thermasarkhu 6,608m, then reaching a small village of Monjo after the last 20 minutes climb from the stream, after Monjo, comes to the entrance of Sagarmatha National Park, from here a short descend with a gradual walk to the Jorsaleand village is reached, the last village and the only place to shop till Namche Bazaar is reached, a second bridge is reached over the same river, the walk is pleasant on the river bed till the last bridge over the Imjatse River is reached, from here the walk is along the winding uphill path all the way to Namche Bazaar, with magnificent view of Kwangde peak, Kusum kangru Mt.Everest - Nuptse wall, Lhotse and the closer view of Taweche peak can be seen all the way up, from here another 1-2 hour walk up brings to the famed Namche Bazaar, the colourful houses are situated in an amphitheatre U shaped bowl. In addition, you are now heading into a high altitude area, so take it easy. Even the fittest people are prone to altitude sickness.
  
  Place of attraction: view of Thermasarkhu, Kwangde peak, Kusum kangru Mt.Everest- Nuptse wall, Lhotse, Taweche peak, Jorsaleand, bridge, Imjatse river, colorful horses.

  • Meals & Drinks Only Accommodation/ Food will be your self
• Day 5 : Acclimatize at Namche Bazaar to Everest view hotel takes 3 - 4 hours.

  Suggested activities a short walk uphill to the Sagarmatha National Park Headquarter, a magnificent spot perched on top of Namche Bazaar with breathtaking view of the surrounding snow capped giants and the valleys way down, with an interesting museum with all kinds of information regarding the history of the Himalayas, geographic, culture, mountaineering history and existing information on flora and fauna of this region, afternoon at leisure.
  
  Place of Attraction: view of the Mt. Everest, Lhotse, Mt. Ama Dablam, Museum, Flora and fauna, Sherpa's Life Standard.

  • Meals & Drinks Only Accommodation/ Food will be your self
• Day 6 : 5 hrs trek to Tengboche(3860m).

  The walk is fairly easy for the first half, after a 20 minutes climb to the top ridge of Namche Bazaar. Once at the top walk follows on the gradual trail with few short up and downs overlooking magnificent view of the great giant snow peaks from Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Ama Dablam, Thermasharkhu and Kwangde-ri peak after a pleasant walk of two to three hours coming at Phungitenga 3,250m, a small settlement with couple of teahouses and a small Nepalese Army barrack serving as park wardens in the midst of the alpine woods of mostly silver fir blue pines, rhododendron and some few magnolia and birch trees. Walk from here is strenuous for an hour or two on the winding trail through the shade of woods till Thyangboche Monastery or Ghompa, is reached for the overnight stop. This beautiful spot offers views of the majestic beautiful peak Ama Dablam with Everest looming above the Nuptse wall in the north with Mt. Lhotse and Lhotse Shar towards north east.
  
  Place of attraction: Phungitenga, Nepalese Army Barrack, Tyangboche Monastery, Panoramic views of Mountains.

  • Meals & Drinks Only Accommodation/ Food will be your self
• Day 7 : Trek to Dingboche (4358 m).

  After a wonderful time at Thyangboche, the trail descend through a forest of birch, fir, juniper and rhododendron and coming to lovely spot at Deoboche 3,650 m with magnificent view of Mt Ama Dablam, Mt.Everest, Nuptse and Lhotse, from Deoboche walking past the long prayer mani wall, the path is gradual till you reach a small bridge over the narrow gorge of Imja-Tse river. From here the walk is gradual uphill most of the way, as you come to a large mani wall gate, a little farther from here the route leads to Pangboche at 3,900m from here a short climb to Shomare for lunch a small settlement with fantastic close-up view of Ama-Dablam. After a pleasant break journey continues gradually towards east, after an hour walk, before a small wooden bridge the road splits into two ways, the north going to Pheriche and our trail leading towards east beneath towering north face of Ama Dablam, from here onwards Ama Dablam looks completely different, from the bridge the trails climbs slowly winding above the Imja tse river to a big mani Stupa, from here onwards the walk is fairly moderate as you enter the Imja tse Valley beneath the mighty peaks of Ama Dablam, Nuptse and Lhotse with view of the eastern snow capped mountains including the Island peak or Imja tse 6,189m, which is a popular peak amongst all the trekking peaks in Nepal.
  
  Dingboche is a beautiful patchwork of field enclosed by stone walls, protecting the crops of barley, buckwheat and potatoes from the cold winds and grazing animals. Dingboche has about more than ten teahouses and it is also the gateway to Chhukhung and farther beyond for the most challenging traverses towards Makalu area and Hinko Valley via Sherpani col 6,100m and Amphu Labtsa 5,780m.
  
  Place of Attraction: Imja-Tse River, Mani Wall gate, Shomare, Pangboche, Pheriche, Mani Stupa, Sherpani.

  • Meals & Drinks Only Accommodation/ Food will be your self
• Day 8 : Rest day at Dingboche.

  A leisure day for short hike around, at Dingboche there are places where one go for a short walk. Trek to Chhukhung 4,730m.is worthwhile which takes approx. 3-4 hours from Dingboche, towards east within the Imja tse Valley, although the trek is gradual, however you can feel the thin air as the altitude gains slowly coming towards Chhukhung. At Chhukhung, there are about five teahouses overlooking superb view of the snow capped peaks and glaciers of Lhotse, Ama-Dablam and Imja glacier, Chhukhung the last settlement in eastern Khumbu.
  
  Place of Attraction: Chhukhung, Imja-Tse Valley.

  • Meals & Drinks Only Accommodation/ Food will be your self
• Day 9 : 5 hrs trek to Luboche (4928 m) via Dungla (4595m).

  From Dingboche the trail leads north, the path is gradual up for about 40 -50 minutes as you come to a mani-prayer Stupa, from here the trail is gentle on the hard meadow looking down below Pheriche village, today's walk offers beautiful view of the Mt.Tawache, Ama Dablam and to the north Pokalde 5,741m, Kongma-tse 5,820m and the great wall of Nuptse. After a pleasant walk of 1 1/2 to 2 hours the trail from Pheriche joins near Thugla, before a small wooden bridge over the torrent river of Khumbu glacier. From Thugla, an hour steep up brings you to the top, where you can view Mt. Pumori and other peaks west of Everest, the spot here is good place for a few minutes break after the strenuous climb, close to this spot you can also see a number of memorial of the unfortunate climbers, who died in expeditions around the mountain of this region, From here another 1 1/2 to 2 hours of gradual ascend brings you to Lobuche, Lobuche comes as a surprise, as its situated in the corner well hidden and sheltered from the wind. Lobuche has about 5-6 Teahouses.
  
  Place of Attraction: Kongma-Tse, Great wall Nuptse, Mt. Pumori, Lobuche.

  • Meals & Drinks Only Accommodation/ Food will be your self
• Day 10 : Hike to Gorakshep (5160 m) and Everest Base Camp (5357 m).

  Today towards the final destination of this adventurous journey at the foot of number one, the first hour walk is gradual up the valley at the end of the grassy field, a short 20 minutes climb, the walk from here follows the rocky moraine path, as you walk you can see the icy-glacial pond and icebergs down below of Khumbu glacier. After the last rocky moraine dunes a short downhill walk bring you to Gorakshep on the flat field below Kalapatthar 5,545m and Mt.Pumori 7,145m. Gorakshep has three teahouses. After a break here at Gorakshep continue towards Everest Base Camp and to the Khumbu Ice-fall, the path from here can be misleading, follow the lead Sherpa, every year the trail changes due to the movements of the glacier, the walk is quite strenuous due to the high altitude and thin air, the walk passes through over rocky dunes and moraine and streams, till you reach the base camp. Everest Base Camp is lively during the high expedition season. On reaching at the foot of number one, a great view of the Khumbu icefall awaits you. After a grand time here retrace the journey back to Gorakshep for the overnight.
  
  Place of Attraction: Icy glacial pond, icebergs, Gorakshep, Khumbu Icefall.

  • Meals & Drinks Only Accommodation/ Food will be your self
• Day 11 : 5 hrs hike to Kalapathar (5,545 m) and Pheriche (4243 m).

  Early morning a steep walk towards Kalapatthar, on reaching the top ridge of Kalapatthar which is a small rocky peak on the southwest ridge of Mt. Pumori, the view from here is beyond imagination as the Everest looks within a stone throw distance, between the summit of Nuptse and Lho-la and Lhotse and with all the higher snow capped giants that dominates all around, with a view of Everest Base camp down below on the moraine of Khumbu glacier, after a wonderful time here descend back to Gorakshep and continue walk to Pheriche, the walk is downhill most of the way, after Thugla where the Dingboche trails branches off from here our route descends further to the flat Pheriche Valley, afternoon can be very windy here, after an hour of good walk reaches you at Pheriche for the overnight stop.
  
  Place of Attraction: View of Kalapattar.

  • Meals & Drinks Only Accommodation/ Food will be your self
• Day 12 : Hiking from Dingboche to Tengboche (3867m ) takes 5 hrs.

  From Pheriche a short walk brings you to the bridge, after the bridge it is nearly downhill all the way with few ups in between to Pangboche and Thyangboche, on reaching the bridge back to the woodlands and vegetation with an hour up hill to Thyangboche for the overnight stop.

  • Meals & Drinks Only Accommodation/ Food will be your self
• Day 13 : 5hrs Trek to Monjo (2835 m).

  Retrace the journey back to Shanasha, from Shanasha where the trail from Khumjung, Gokyo and to Namche meets. From here the route follows on the main busy path, the walk winds all the way to Namche Bazaar on the downhill and gradual path. On reaching Namche Bazaar retrace the journey all the way to Monjo for the overnight camp at Monjo, located just near the Sagarmatha National Park entrance and exit.

  • Meals & Drinks Only Accommodation/ Food will be your self
• Day 14 : 5 hrs walk to Lukla.

  Last day of this great trek will be one of the good walk to Lukla, you can walk at on your own normal pace, leisurely and enjoying the lush green scenery around. Apart from few short uphill the only long climb will be just before Lukla which will take about 45 minutes from a place called Choplung or from the old big oak tree. On reaching Lukla, prepare for the last day great dinner and a party with the fellow Sherpa crew, porters and trekking members.

  • Meals & Drinks Only Accommodation/ Food will be your self
• Day 15 : Fly from Lukla to Kathmandu and transfer to the hotel.

  The flight time to Kathmandu, are schedule for morning normally, because of the wind in the afternoon, sometime the flight time can be delayed due to bad weather and other reason. Depending upon the flight time this scenic flight from Lukla takes about 30 minutes to Kathmandu, a panoramic view of the snow capped peaks can be seen during the flight. At Kathmandu domestic terminal, our staff will receive and escort you back to the Hotel.

  • Meals & Drinks Only Accommodation/ Food will be your self
• Day 16 : Bhaktapur Sightseeing and shopping.

  A free day in Kathmandu, please inform our staff if you would like to go on another short tour in and around Kathmandu Valley.

  • Meals & Drinks Only Accommodation/ Food will be your self
• Day 17 : Final Departure to your onward destination. "Farewell".

  Today as per your international flight time, keep your confirmed air ticket, and your passport handy. Our staff will take you to the airport for your final departure from this amazing country, Nepal.

  • Meals & Drinks Only Accommodation/ Food will be your self

Inclusions

• Hotel
• Transfers

Exclusions

• Everest Base Camp Cost Exclude in price:
• Food in Kathmandu like Lunch and dinner.
• All food during your trekking Like Lunch, Dinner and breakfast During in Mountain During your trekking.
• Your travel insurance which is necessary for this trekking for your safety.
• You can get open arrival Visa in Nepal and entry visa fee will cost (US$ 40 per person) in the Airport Kathmandu for visa you need to have 2 passport size photos.
• All kind of drinks like ,Alcoholic, cold and hot drinks, laundry.
• Personal trekking Equipments and donation in Mountain.
• Tips for trekking staff and driver–Tipping are expected and better to give.
• others expenses which are not mentioned on Price Includes section in details.

Package Start From

• Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

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