View of Mt. Everest (#1/3) The Trek to Everest Base Camp (5340m/17521ft) will be a memory that you will cherish for the lifetime. There can be no trek as rewarding as one to the Everest viewpoint, Kala Patthar (5545m/18193ft) since the world’s highest peak is barely 10km/6 miles from there. The trek in itself is not particularly strenuous as this leisurely trek is designed keeping in mind the slow pace of the first time trekkers. The Everest Base Camp is usually two weeks trek that starts and ends at Lukla Airport (30 minutes flight from Kathmandu International Airport). There is more to the Everest trek than just Everest. While on this exciting trip, we will pass through several of tiny Sherpa villages and through remote valleys, monasteries, roaring rivers, frozen pools of melt water, glaciers and astonishing views of dazzling peaks all on the way before we finally date with the Everest.
ITINERARY:
Day 1 Arrival KATHMANDU (1300m/4265ft)
Day 2 Acclimatize in KATHMANDU
Day 3 Fly to LUKLA (2800m/9187ft); trek to PHAKDING (2610m/8563 ft) 2-3 hours trek; 200m descent, 50m ascent
Day 4 Trek to NAMCHE (3420m/11221ft) 5-6 hours/1000m ascent, 100m descent
Day 5 Acclimatize at NAMCHE
Day 6 Trek KHUMJUNG (3780m/12402ft)
Day 7 Trek PHORTSE (3810m/12501ft)
Day 8 Trek PANGBOCHE (3860m/12665ft)
Day 9 Trek DINGBOCHE (4360m/14305ft)
Day 10 Acclimatize DINGBOCHE
Day 11 Trek LOBUCHE (4930m/16175ft)
Day 12 Trek GORAK SHEP (5160m/16930ft) and EBC (5340m/17521ft) and back to GORAK SHEP
Day 13 Trek KALA PATTHAR (5545m/18193ft); return trek PHERICHE (4240m/13911ft)
Day 14 Trek back TENGBOCHE (3870m/12697ft)
Day 15 Trek back NAMCHE BAZAR
Day 16 Trek back LUKLA
Day 17 Fly back KATHMANDU
Day 18 Fly back HOME or extend your HOLIDAYS
TRIP COST INCLUDES:
1. All domestic flights and hotel/airport transfer by private vehicles.
2. Hotel Encounter or similar standard hotel in Kathmandu with breakfast.
3. All accommodation and meals during the trek.
4. Welcome & Farewell dinner.
5. All costs including salary, insurance, equipment, flight, food and lodging for leaders,
Sherpa, assistant trek leaders and porters.
6. All entry fees for sightseeing around Kathmandu.
7. All ground transport in private vehicles.
8. Down jacket and four seasonal sleeping bags.
9. All necessary paper work and permits.
10. A comprehensive medical kit.
11. Portable Altitudes Chamber (PAC) for safety measure.
12. All government and local taxes.
13. Alpine club kit bag.
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