20 days Everest Three Passes Trekking

We will drive you straight to your hotel in private vehicle as soon as you land at Tribhuvan International Airport at 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 exchanges 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.Equally important 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 from aircraft window. You can take a short tea break in Lukla until your guide finds porters to carry your luggage. You are already in upper temperate region so you can see some peaks as soon as you land in Lukla. Easy walk for 3hr to reach Phakding.

After crossing suspension bridge we trek by the bank of 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 suspension bridge from where we 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 Everest 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 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 and 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 contribution made my 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 path is usually not as busy as other trekking part of Everest region. Few trekkers trek to Thame from Namche Bazaar as an acclimatization day trip or to conquer Renjo-La pass. We head westward from Namche Bazaar following the Bhotekoshi valley. The trekking route is exceptional with numerous chortens and mani walls while Kongde Peak just above you and Thamserku along with Ama Dablam at horizon. The trail fairly descends to widened Bhote Koshi river to reach another settlement of Thamo with well known nice gompa. The landscape is jointly eaten by old glacier and eroded by river as the valley opens up further.It will take about an hour of steep walk from the canyon river bed to reach Thame.

This is second day of acclimatization and is highly necessary to adjust your body and mind with the change of altitude, environment ,humidity and temperature for the success of this highly tough trekking.Today after visiting the monastery of Thame we have set this challenging day to climb Sumdur peak (4830m) to amplify the acclimatization. This peak is not popular for many trekkers due to difficulty but we highly recommend you to climb and explore this peak as much possible for unforgettable landscape of Everest region.

The morning starts by trekking further north alongside the bank of Bhotekoshi river.The valley widens much more as we head north surrounded by snow capped peaks. Crossing the river we trek about an hour to reach Mirlung village. The path is easy and gentle as we continue to Lungden but the landscape gets much barren and isolated. No real vegetations are seen around except few yaks grazing on dry meadows.Lodges on Lungden does not really offer any luxury except a night to spend with basic survival tools .The ancient salt trade route is seen known to be Nangpa-La pass that connects Tibet and Nepal boarder.

The day starts with early breakfast,the morning is really freezing cold.The first section of pass is easy with gentle climb .We see small alpine bushes and meadows while passing by Renjo lake surrounded by snow capped peaks. The path turns right and need a steep climb of about 400m. The path was slippery, icy and hard few years ago but the man made stairs has made the path much more easier to cross .The landscape we see from the top is simply awesome. Mount Everest, Cholatse, Nuptse dominates the whole valley. You can see Gokyo on horizon by the side of Ngozumpa glacier, another amusement of Everest geographical landscape. The descend is not so hard but tiredness may make each steps heavier and slower to reach Gokyo.

As the daybreak we climb to Gokyo Ri in zigzag path, that demands a lot of energy and stamina to climb up . You will get exhausted with few steps but the panoramic view that gradually appears at your back motivates you to continue. After 2 hr of climbing you are at the top from where you can see vistas of Everest region with Cho-Oyu, Everest, Lhotse, Cholatse, Twache on horizon with stretched and infinite Ngozumpa glacier. A small ridge separates the Ngozumpa glacier and Gokyo village an amazing landscape worth to stare at. The trekking distance is short for today about 2 hr walk to reach Dragnag but still high altitude and low level of oxygen makes the day time consuming. The path remains icy for most of the time.Moreover, during late autumn may be you need to abandon the trekking due to harsh weather. We cross the section of vast Ngozumpa glacier to reach Dragnag at the foothill of Cho-La pass.

The most difficult and demanding part of the trekking is just awaiting you. The steep climb on icy and rocky path need some experiences on mountain. The weather keeps changing so it is always better to keep eye on each other and remain as group and follow the instructions. The narrow trail leads to the top of the pass which has decorative prayer flags and voila you made it. The beautiful view of Ama Dablam , Cholatse, Tawache and Lobuche east makes all hard walk worthy. The path now mostly descends to reach another temporary alpine settlement Dzonghla.

The trekking starts to get easier as the trail descends down. You can see wide Pheriche valley down and beautiful view of Tawache, Lobuche,and Pokalde surrounding .You can see Pumori, Nuptse and Ama Dablam in horizon. The lively vegetation reappears mainly green meadows as you trek down to Thugla ridges. You will trek on the gentle winding and rocky path to reach hidden settlement of Lobuche.

The long awaited day has arrived .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 trek further to Gorakshep. The Pumori peak looks more beautiful than ever before. Gorakshep is the last temporary human settlement in this region.It lies on 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. You can see huge icebergs and small natural water ponds on the path to Everest Base Camp. The prayer flags are seen on the piled up stones. And Congratulation to you, you conquer the Everest Base Camp. We retrace same path to Gorakshep.

Early in the morning we climb to Kalapatthar a windy hill that lies on the top of Gorakshep and 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 .The massive glacier are seen below down the foot of mountains. After picture session we trek back down to Gorakshep. Take breakfast and easy descend to reach Lobuche retracing same path. We spend rest of the afternoon at Lobuche preparing and resting our self for Kongma-La (5535m) pass.

As usual the day starts with early morning breakfast .The trek begins eastward following the direction of huge Khumbu glacier. Although this is the highest pass among other two passes still it is not much demanding and hard. After crossing the section of Khumbu glacier the trek continues uphill a zigzag path to reach the top of Kongma-La (5535m) decorated with piled-up stone and prayer flags. Lhotse sar, Makalu, Baruntse, Ama Dablam are some major Mountains seen along with other numerous peaks.The vegetation starts to reappear mainly meadows as you descend to Chhukung.

Chhukung is small settlement of Sherpa people where climbers spend the night to climb Imjat-se (Island Peak) the popular trekking peak. The valley just lies on the foothill of Lhotse and Nuptse glacier. The trekking descends down to much more friendly and easy landscape. The sub alpine vegetation gradually appears nurturing Himalayan Thar and Musk deer with numerous Himalayan pheasants. We will spend our night by the side of Tengboche Monastry.

Form Tengboche we descend down to Phortse Thanga and again climb in between sub alpine forest to reach Namche Bazaar.From Namche Bazaar the trail is steep down between the pine forest. After crossing the suspension bridge we trek small ups and downs to reach Monjo. The trekking mostly has green upper temperate region forests of pine, juniper and rhododendron broken by some lower alpine trees.

The path is generally easy from Monjo to Lukla. .You need to climb in between green upper temperate region forests of pine juniper and rhododendron broken by some lower alpine trees just before the trekking path becomes flat to reach Lukla. You can enjoy the last trekking dinner with guide and porter as a tribute to their hard work for making your trekking successful.

A final good bye to Everest trekking region. We take a short flight from Lukla to reach Kathmandu. After refreshment and relaxing in your hotel you can walk around the town to buy some souvenirs for your relatives and friends.

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