Luxury Everest Base Camp Trek

At Kathmandu, a free day where one can join in our interesting sightseeing tour options, as the capital Kathmandu of Nepal is steeped with historical and religious monuments of world heritage sites. Afternoon at leisure and preparation for Everest base camp Luxury Trek, starting the next early morning with a flight to land at Lukla.

As per your flight time for Lukla, it usually happens early morning when a short drive takes you to Kathmandu airport, after checking in at the respective airline’s counter with security then board a small aircraft for a scenic short of 30 minutes to land at Lukla small airstrip.

During air grand panorama of Himalayan peaks with Everest and Makalu at a close distance as the plane heads to the runway to stop at the parking area at Tenzing and Hillary Airport in Lukla. With time here for refreshing stops and then walk starts accompanied by our native guide and porters, beginning with a pleasant start on downhill past Lukla town to reach Dudh Kosi River valley with Sherpa farm villages as our route leads further encountering prayer walls and spinning bells to reach at our first an overnight stop at Phakding village.

*Overnight stay at Yeti Mountain Home.

Our second-day walk is quite long due to increase in heights as morning starts beyond Phakding entering a river gorge and crossing over a bridge to reach a nice lovely village at Monjo with views of Thermasarkhu peaks.

From here short descent to enter Sagarmatha National Park, where all trekkers have to obtain National Park permits, as pre-obtained in Kathmandu. Sagarmatha is a Nepalese name for Everest, where local Sherpa of Tibetan origin languages calls Chomlungma means Great Mother.

From here cross over a bridge to reach Jorsalle the last village before climbing to Namche, at Jorsalle for possible lunch stops and then walks lead towards river banks into lovely woodland of pines and rhododendron after crossing a last high suspension bridge with a gradual climb on the winding road facing views of Kongde-Kusum Kanguru with Everest and Lhotse to reach famous Namche Bazaar.

Namche Bazaar is located 3,440 m high with amphitheatre landscapes adorned with a number of well-built houses serving as hotels, lodges and resorts. At Namche for overnight stops with grand views of Kongde and Thermasarkhu peaks and time for short walks around the lines of its streets with well-stocked shops and stores and many restaurants and fresh bakeries.

Overnight stay at Yeti Mountain Home – Namche.

At Namche Bazaar for a rest day to support acclimatization at this right altitude of above 3,000 m high, on this day take a short hike to Everest View Hotel above Namche Bazaar, the first Porsche hotel or resort in the Khumbu area. Offers grand views of Everest and Ama Dablam peaks with other adjoining peaks within beautiful green woodland of tall rhododendron and silver fir trees.

Other options will be walking high above Namche at the Park Museum area facing mighty views of Everest, Lhotse and stunning looking Ama Dablam peaks, with time to visit the museum of great interest with full information of the Khumbu areas for Sherpa culture and history.

Overnight stay at Yeti Mountain Home – Namche.

From Namche morning a short steep climb to reach a gradual scenic trail, where the walk leads on a winding path facing glorious views of Everest with magnificent Amadablam within the cool shade of the woodland.

As the walk progress downhill to reach a bridge over the Imjatse River to a small place at Phunge-Tenga Situated forest surrounding, a possible lunch stop here where an afternoon walk takes you to a climb into the cool shade of the forest and then reaching a small plateau at Thyangboche with an amazing panorama of mountains with Everest in views.

At Thyangboche visit its colourful and impressive monastery and witness the priest-Lama and monks active in prayer with the grand surrounding of tall trees and mountains.

Thyangboche is a scenic and beautiful spot where once a year in the month of mid-October or November a festival is held called Mani-Rimdu. You can observe monks adorned on different deity masks wading with evil spirits. and walk 20 minutes down to within the flagellant rhododendron forest with pine trees and takes reach at the lodge Deboche for an overnight.

Overnight stay at Himalayan Culture Home – Dingboche.

The morning walk leads on an easy downhill past the small place of Deboche and then leaves the green vegetation and tree lines reaching a steel bridge over Imjatse River, where the walk leads to an open wide country with magnificent views of Ama Dablam.

A slow uphill reaches you at Pangboche the last permanent village, where other places on the route are temporary settlements to cater for the requirement of travellers and trekkers, as the walk proceeds into dry and arid terrain and crosses a small bridge with short steep ups to reach beautiful Imjatse valley where Dingboche located.

At Dingboche stay overnight with views of stunning Island peaks with Nuptse, Lhotse and Taboche peaks with the North Face of Ama Dablam.

Overnight stay at Himalayan Culture Home – Dingboche.

A full rest day at Dingboche for better acclimatization to make sure that every member in the group is well and fit for the onward journey to Everest base camp, at Dingboche take a short hike to Nagurjung hill for a great panorama of Imjatse valley with Island, Taboche peaks includes views of world’s fifth highest Mt. Makalu towards east direction. Afternoon rest and enjoy the surrounding views of peaks at ease in the lodge at Dingboche.

Overnight stay at Himalayan Culture Home – Dingboche.

Morning on leaving Dingboche with a steep climb up to a ridge lined with prayer flags and Buddhist monuments Stupas, facing grand views of peaks where the walk from here leads on a gradual uphill to reach Thugla.

A small place with about 2-3 tea-house serving as lunch stops located at the end of massive Khumbu glaciers that melts into a torrential river, from here a steep climb for an hour to reach Thugla ridge top.

Here witness some memorials of unfortunate climbers around the mountains of high Khumbu and Everest, after a refreshing break walk is easier with a slow climb to reach Lobuche situated in a corner of the valley beneath Lobuche peaks.

Overnight at Lobuche in of its nice and cosy lodge with views of Nuptse peaks towards Everest and Lhotse.

Overnight stay at Eco-Himalayan Lodge – Laroche.

After a pleasant stop at Lobuche, the walk leads towards our main highlights of the journey to reach the much-awaited destination Everest Base Camp, where they walk in the morning leads on the pleasant path and then a short climb to reach higher ground. Then back on nice trails reaching a place where you can visit Glass Pyramid place, a metrological station joint venture of the Italian and Nepalese governments, surveying the weather and movement of ice and glaciers.

From here with interesting information about the project walk leads towards moraine and ice above Khumbu’s massive glaciers and then a short descent to a wide open field at Gorakshep, a place with few lodges. Gorakshep was an original earlier Everest base camp before it moved further east. After a short stop and rest heading towards our goal walking into moraine and rocks to reach Everest base camp in the backdrop of mighty Khumbu Ice Falls and glaciers.

Everest hid between the peaks of Lho-la and Nuptse where a tip of Everest can be seen from the base camp, with ever-present views of towering peaks after an exciting moment of the adventure heading back to Gorakshep for the last overnight on the highest point of the journey.

Overnight stay at Everest Inn Hotel – Gorakshep.

Our flight leads around over the Everest Base Camp, descending from the Khumbu Glacier and down above scenic Dudh Kosi River Valley to reach the famed Namche Bazaar and then down towards our primary destination, Lukla to land. So your program will be fixed from Lukla back to Kathmandu by helicopter.

Approximately three hours before your scheduled flight, you will be transferred to the airport for your departure.