12 days Everest Base Camp Luxury Trekking

We will drive you straight to your hotel in private vehicle as soon as you land at Tribhuvan International Airport of Kathmandu. We will give you short briefing on our final agreed program. And if you are the first time traveler in Nepal we will give information about restaurant, ATM, money exchange and other useful information until we meet for next day.

There are various major cultural, historical and religious places around Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur for sightseeing. Pashupatinath, Bauddhanath, Swayambhunath, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu Durbar Square and Patan Durbar Square are our top lists. Most of them are listed on UNESCO world heritage sites. Later in the evening we will arrange dinner with your trekking guide so you can know each other and talk about your trekking itineraries.

Flying to Lukla is always a thrill. The 45 mins flight from Kathmandu highly depends upon vulnerable weather. You need a lot of patience to fly to Lukla since most of the time the flights are delayed. As you fly you can see beautiful Himalayan ranges on Northern part. You can take a short tea break in Lukla until your guide finds porters to carry your luggage. You are already in Upper Forested temperate region so you can already see beautiful landscape as soon as you land in Lukla. Easy walk for 3hr to reach Phakding.

After crossing suspension bridge at Phakding we trek along with Dudhkoshi river .The beautiful pine forest dominates the most of the vegetation. The trail is fairly easy with gentle up and down with numerous suspension bridges. Passing by Monjo and entering Jorsalle valley the trek continues by the bank of river fairly straight with small up and down. We reach a famous Hillary suspension bridge and climb steep up for about 2 and half hour to reach the biggest permanent sub alpine village of region, the Namche Bazaar. You can see a glimpse of Mount Everest(8848m) for the first time as you trek to Namche.

Acclimatization is necessary to adjust your body and mind with the change of altitude,environment, humidity and temperature for the success of your trekking. You will make a day hike to the ridge of Namche where you can see magnificent views of numerous peaks and high mountains from the top. Mount Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Ama Dablam, Thamserku, Kongde peak are some notable peaks and mountains. Spending an hour at the top, you will trek to another nearby beautiful village Khumjung. Most of the young men of Khumjung are engaged in tourism while women spend their days in household and seasonal agriculture. You can see lots of contributions of sir Edmund Hillary on this village . You can see awesome Namche village from top ridge while you trek back down to Namche. A day hike to Thame is another absolute fascinating option to acclimatize yourself.

The trek starts fairly easy and straight with wide route from Namche for an hour with magnificent views of mountains combined with amazing landscape. The trek descends down to Dudhkoshi river followed by sub-alpine forest to reach Phortse Thanga. The trail again continues to climb in between sub-alpine forest of rhododendron, juniper, oak and himalayan pine till we reach Tengboche. Tengboche is beautiful small Sherpa village with a Tengboche Monastery where the Mani Rumdi festival takes on every month of October.You can see magnificent mount Ama Dablam much more closer and beautiful from here.

Today we trek towards wide Imja valley following the river .The damp sub-alpine shallow forest of birch, juniper and rhododendron trees are seen as we descend slightly down to the valley. It is home to numerous birds and animals including Musk deer,Himalayan Thar,and Himalayan pheasants. Short and gentle climb after crossing the bridge we can see Lhotse, Nuptse, Ama Dablam and popular trekking peak Imjat-se (Island peak).

This is another important day to acclimatize in Everest region. Most trekkers and organizers prefer to skip this rest day but we highly recommend. Dingboche is a hub for climbers of Ama Dablam, Imjat-se (Island peak) and Mount Everest. The other famous characteristic of Dingboche is interestingly long kilometers of stone wall which is believed to be piled up to plow the soil for cultivation. Today we will hike for 3 hr to another settlement Chhukung that lies on the southern glacier of Nuptse and Lhotse mountains. Chhukung is small settlement of Sherpa people where climbers spend the night to climb Imjat-se (Island Peak) the popular trekking peak.

The trail continues further north taking us to chortens at the top; after about an hour climb from Dingboche. The trail continues gentle down towards another Sherpa village Pheriche which just lies at the vast open plateau with great pasture ground for yaks and few cultivable land. The valley is greatly surrounded by numerous peaks and mountains on either side. Ama Dablam, Pokalde ,Kongma-tse is seen along with huge glaciers. Trekking about 2 hour on wide open plateau to reach Thugla which takes about an hour. The climb is not as steep but the increasing altitude and lowering oxygen level takes over your body to make every step harder and heavier. A gentle winding path will bring you to hidden settlement of Lobuche.

The long awaited day starts after taking breakfast .The first part of trekking is gentle up the valley of Lobuche on icy meadow and the path becomes more rocky and hostile as we further trek to Gorakshep. The Pumori peak is seen more beautiful than ever before. Gorakshep is the last temporary human settlement(tea houses) that lies in open and flat land on the foot of Kalapatthar. After short break on Gorakshep our trekking continues for Everest Base Camp. The path is rocky and is eaten up by massive glaciers. Huge icebergs small natural water ponds are seen as we trek to Everest Base Camp.In the right side you see the huge Mount Nuptse and flank of Lhotse. You can see the prayer flags are on the piled up stones. Congratulation to you,you have made to Everest Base Camp (5364m). We retrace same path to Gorakshep.

Early in the morning we climb to Kalapatthar(5600m) a windy hill that lies on the top of Gorakshep on the south ridge of Mount Pumori. From Kalapatthar you can see close-up view of Mount Everest surrounded by Changtse and Nuptse. We can even spot northern flank and summit of Lhotse .You can see massive Khumbu glacier below down the foot of mountains. After picture session and sunrise view we trek back down to Gorakshep. After your breakfast we fly directly to Kathmandu on Helicopter from Gorakshep. You can enjoy rest of your time around street of Thamel, a tourist hub.

Our office representative will be in your hotel 3 hour prior your flight time to drop you at Tribhuvan International Airport.