27 days Kanchenjunga Base Camp 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 traveller 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.

There are no solid regular flight schedules from Kathmandu to Suketar. if there is any flight available, we fly to Suketar instead of Bhadrapur. Stay informed and updated. Bhadrapur is southern lowland plain of Nepal. We take a long off-road drive from Bhadrapur to Taplejung. We drive through the tropical landscape with evergreen forest and terraced farming land. Taplejung is gateway to Kanchenjunga trekking. Moreover, it is economic and administration hub of the region.We can spot mount Kanchenjunga at horizon. The town has settlement of mixed community.

The trekking starts from subtropical climatic zone of Taplejung. We trek through numerous typical Nepali settlements. We gradually trek to lower temperate landscape. We can enjoy the dense forest of deciduous trees and terraced farming lands while trekking to Lalikharka. Farming is the main occupation around the region. Different ethnic community lives in harmony in lower trekking region.

The day starts with easy descend. We can enjoy the typical hillside of Nepal. Most of the day we spend trekking in between forest of subtropical and lower temperate climatic zone. Even though we do not gain significant altitude, we can see Mount Jannu ( Kumbhakarna) 7710m and Kabru peak 7412m at horizon. Moreover, beautiful forested valley at south. We trek steady uphill to reach Phonphe danda and head Kabeli river to reach Limbu settlement of Kesuwa village.

We trek down the valley of Kabeli river from Kesuwa. Our trek continues through damp dense forest, small streams and waterfalls. Momentarily, the landscape looks like rainforest due to plenty of water resources. The tall trees keep on cheating the views of mountains at northern horizon. We often trek through green pasture and terraced farming lands. Upon crossing the suspension bridge we climb short, yet steep path to reach Mamankhe. Although we make lots of ups and downs through the valley but we do not gain any altitude.

The trekking follows the Kabeli river for a while. We fairly climb up and trek above river for the first section of trekking and again drop down to Kabeli river. Hillside ridges with waterfall and stream in dense forest makes the trekking pleasant. We cross a suspension bridge and follow easy climb to Yamphudin. Though Yamphudin has mixed cultural community, we can experience the dominance of ethnic group Limbu. Animal husbandry and farming is the main source of income for people plus few cater trekkers as well.

We trek up to Dhupi Bhanjyang passing the open pasture and farming land. Yamphudin looks very beautiful down the valley from Dhupi Bhanjyang. Altitude starts to rise significantly. From here we mostly trek in upper temperate climatic zone of Kanchenjunga for upcoming two days. We often trek through the forest of spruce, oak and rhododendron. We can see rocky Amjila peak ahead. For a while we trek steeply downhill but again, we climb briefly to reach the settlement of Chitre.

For the first section of trekking, we walk through dense forest of rhododendron, Himalayan pine and oak. Then we make a steep climb to Lasiya Bhanjyang where the landscape changes sharply for a while. Mount Jannu appears more beautiful, close and clear than ever, at the North side. Trek through edge of landslide area in between shallow forest to the top of hill. The trekking path descend steeply and re-enter the beautiful forest. We Cross Amji Khola wooden bridge and continue our short climb and we are in beautiful Tortong.

For rest of trekking day, we experience the sub-alpine climatic landscape and vegetation. We make gradual climb through the forest and continue the trekking by the bank of Simbuwa Khola. The forest becomes shallower with Himalayan pine trees and bushes. We can see black and rocky exposed cliffs surrounding the valley. Yalung glacier looks beautiful and close. We pass by few seasonal huts before reaching the Cheram.

In order to adopt our body with new environment, humidity,temperature and altitude it is highly important to acclimatize yourself. We will make a day hike around the ridges of Cheram. Moreover, we can enjoy the splendid view of Kabru Peak (7412m),Rathong peak (6678m) and Kokthang peak (6148m) from the ridge. In the afternoon, we hike to Yalung glacier as well to explore hidden snowline of the Kanchenjunga trekking.

We mostly trek short and easy uphill slopes to reach Ramche. The trekking day is short, yet the altitude can take over body making the trekking pace slow. The landscape gradually changes with open slopes and meadows indicating our trekking on snowline region. We head further north by the bank of frozen lake enjoying the view of Rathong peak (6678m) ahead of us. The day ends in open flat meadow of Ramche surrounded by black rocky cliffs and snowy peaks.

Today we explore deep snowline region of Himalaya. We hike to Yalung Base camp(4500m). We climb the ridge of Ramche that separates the massive Yalung glacier and our camp. Needless to say, the landscape looks utterly beautiful from the ridge. We head further North following Oktang chorten and explore icy, remote yet beautiful Yalung Base Camp. After capturing the amazing landscape and spending beautiful moments, we trek down to Cheram through Ramche.

From Cheram today we cross four different passes to reach Sele-La. In clear day we can cross all of them easily. More to that, we are already acclimatized properly during the trek and are ready to cross without much effort. Sinelapcha pass is the first one we encounter. We see small Chhuchung pokhari. Next comes Miring-La pass followed by the Sinion-La pass within few distance. After short and easy trek from Sinion-La pass we cross the Sele-La pass. The valley below all the pass looks great surrounded by high rocky and snowy peaks.

The landscape gradually changes after crossing Sele-La. We can see lively vegetation of small juniper bushes and open meadows. The south-west face of Mount Jannu looks beautiful. After steep descending, we enter the dense forest of upper temperate and sub alpine region. Specially we trek through the forest of rhododendron, juniper, oak and spruce before reaching Ghunsa. People of Ghunsa follows typical Buddhism influenced from Tibetan culture and tradition.

We cross Ghunsa Khola and continue the trekking by the bank of the Ghunsa river. The valley is surrounded by exposed rocky black cliffs and snow-capped peaks. After crossing the bridge at Rampak Kharka the forest and trees disappear. We trek through small alpine bushes and dry meadows. The water fall makes the trekking path sensational. In addition, Kabru Peak(7412m) and Phole peak(6645m) looks closer and more beautiful ahead of us. After following the river for a while, we can see beautiful Khambachen,an alpine village by the bank of the river.

From Khambachen, we mostly trek in the snowline of Himalaya region. Needless to say, we can see only open dry meadows and rocky landscape mostly eaten up by massive glacier. We continue to Ramtang, from where we can spot beautiful Kanchenjunga glacier, Mera peak(6470m), Wedge peak(6802m), Gimmigela peak(6415m). The path is rough with loose pebbles and sand. We cross a wooden bridge and continue to walk on flat grazing land of yaks. From far away,few seasonal huts at Lhonak adjacent to the Wedge peak looks beautiful

First we trek on flat and open meadow of Lhonak and shortly climb the ridge before dropping down slightly, to reach Pangpema(5145m). Pangpema is situated just in front of massive North flank of Mount Kanchenjunga. Our trek stretches further to Kanchenjunga Base Camp(5388m) after crossing through the small section of massive glacier. The trekking becomes more isolated and hostile with every steps ahead. Congratulation to you for conquering Kanchenjunga base camp. We capture and enjoy this splendid moment around Base Camp and retrace same path to Pangpema.

To reach Lhonak from Pangpema we retrace back the same path we took earlier. We climb to the ridge and trek down casually to the dry meadow of alpine region and relax rest of the time at Lhonak.

We further descend and retrace the same trekking path we took earlier. We Pass through the settlement of Khambachen and trek further down by the bank the Ghunsa river. The trekking becomes livelier and fun with forest and thicker settlements of people in Ghunsa village.

Trekking down from Ghunsa we drop significant altitude and trek on upper temperate climatic zone. The rhododendron, oak, spruce forest becomes denser. Small waterfalls and stream along the way make the trekking pleasant. Trekking continues down towards beautiful Tamor valley. We can see manis and chortens along the way till we reach Gyabla. Couple of hours from Gyabla and we reach Amjilosa after crossing Simbuwa Khola suspension bridge

From Amjilosa we follow lower temperate climatic zone. The sufficient water supply on the region keeps the landscape greener. Simbuwa and Ghunsa Khola mixes with Tamor river which is beautiful to capture. Trekking through the terraced paddy field and numerous settlements we are in beautiful village of Chirwa

The landscape does not change significantly from Chirwa to Taplejung. We can see the fertile land around the region and people highly depend on farming for livelihood. We enjoy the general hillside landscape of Nepal around Mitlung. From Mitlung we climb steep up to the ridge for couple of hours and we are in beautiful town of Taplejung.

From Taplejung we drive pretty long hour on off-road to reach Bhadrapur. We drive mostly through subtropical and tropical landscape before reaching Bhadrapur. You can enjoy your last trekking dinner with your guide and porter as tribute to their hard work for making your trekking successful.

Fly to Kathmandu from Bhadrapur and enjoy the rest of the evening on your own.

Although spending another day in Kathmandu is not mandatory. You deserve a rest day after such a lengthy trekking itinerary. Plus, this is contingency day in case. A rest day before boarding another lengthy international flight to home is a good idea.

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