Arrival day in Kathmandu (1,300m/4,264 ft)

Namaste and welcome to Nepal! With the hope that you had a smooth flight, we assist you at the airport to get to your hotel. There are no additional programmes set for the day but the welcome dinner in the evening and a session of introduction.

Accommodation

• Hotel in Kathmandu ( 1 Night)

ALTERNATIVE ITINERARY DUE TO FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS:

The flights to Lukla and back are heavily dependent on weather conditions. As a result, flight being cancelled for one day, couple of days or for several days is a known phenomenon for flight companies in Nepal. In case we face such circumstances with your holiday plans in the Everest, we will be following a contingency plan and the plan would be as follows:

Day 2

In case your flight was cancelled on the previous day, we will attempt to board our flight on the second. This will be our second attempt to make that flight. In case we make it to Lukla on this day. We will follow our original itinerary from Lukla for the next 14 days.

Accommodation

• Local Teahouse ( 1 Night)

Meals Included

• 3 times meals during the trek (staple meal of Daal Bhat for lunch and dinner or  any one item from the menu.)

Day 3

This will be the third and last attempt made to board your flight to Lukla. In case if you are not able to board the flight on this day as well, we would do our best to find an alternative. The best practiced alternative will be a helicopter to Lukla. The helicopter in a sharing basis will cost USD 500 per passenger. In case you take the Heli, you will be dropped in Lukla in around 45 minutes. In case we make it to Lukla on this day, we will still follow the original itinerary to Everest Base Camp and head back to catch our flight on the last day from Lukla.

Accommodation

• Local Teahouse ( 1 Night)

Meals Included

• 3 times meals during the trek (staple meal of Daal Bhat for lunch and dinner or  any one item from the menu.)

Day 4

In case we had no luck on Day 3, we will no more wait for the flights or the weather to clear up and head towards Phaplu by road. Depending upon the package you select and the number of people in the Group, we will either take a private vehicle or a public jeep. The drive takes around 9 hours. This route to Everest Base camp was used by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the first to scale Mt. Everest. It takes 4 days from here to join the main trail to the base camp. The trek joins the main trail in Monjo.

Accommodation

• Local Teahouse ( 1 Night)

Meals Included

• 3 times meals during the trek (staple meal of Daal Bhat for lunch and dinner or  any one item from the menu.)

It is advised to have some extra days towards the end of the trip for the same reason. Flights might get called off for the same reason and you may have to wait for couple of days or more.

Shopping & trek preparation (1,300m/4,264 ft)

Thank you for choosing Everest view trek as your next adventure destination! You will meet your trekking leader on this day and he will brief you about your trek. After a short briefing you will be guided by the trekking leader to city center for last minute shopping, if there is any.  Meanwhile our backend staff will prepare for required permits, national park fees and do other last minute preparation to make sure of your hassle free trip.

Accommodation

• Hotel in Kathmandu ( 1 Night)

Meals Included

• Breakfast only

Fly to Lukla (2,800m/9,186ft) & trek to Phakding (2,652m/8,700ft), 3-4 hrs walk

The 200km flight to the northeast region of Nepal is a majestic experience but the best view is offered to the one’s seated on the left side of the aircraft. After landing on a 465 meter runway, we immediately retrieve our belongings and head towards the north to the village of Phakding.  We make our way through the school built by Sir. Edmund Hillary in Kyangma, and further through the community forest, chortens, prayer walls, mani and finally through rustic suspension bridge, until we reach Phakding.

Accommodation

• Local Teahouse ( 1 Night)

Meals Included

• 3 times meals during the trek (staple meal of Daal Bhat for lunch and dinner or  any one item from the menu.)

Phakding to Namche Bazaar (3,440m/11,283ft), 5-6 hrs walk

Today we begin early as usual to cover a distance of 1000m in ascent and in 5-6 hours, after we fuel ourselves with highland breakfast. We start on the trail along raging Dudh Koshi river and make our first sheer uphill walk to Toktok, where awaits the beautiful view of Thamserku. We walk through villages intermingling with beautiful forest of Rhododendron, fir, magnolia and Pine. The final ascent to Namche as well is challenging, whereas you may feel the first symptoms of altitude kicking in.

Accommodation

• Local Teahouse ( 1 Night)

Meals Included

• 3 times meals during the trek (staple meal of Daal Bhat for lunch and dinner or  any one item from the menu.)

Acclimatization day at Namche Bazaar

It is uttermost important for us to spend a day in Namche in order to acclimatize for higher ground. The day may be a rest day but it is important to be active even on a free day and being lethargic day around is the worst thing to do. We will do small side trips of 2-3 hours from and to Namche itself. Namche as well is the last stop in the Everest, if you wish to buy any forgotten things for your trek this may as well be a last chance. We spend this day as well on Namche.

Accommodation

• Local Teahouse ( 1 Night)

Meals Included

• 3 times meals during the trek (staple meal of Daal Bhat for lunch and dinner or  any one item from the menu.)

Namche – Khumjung

We begin uphill from Namche and leave behind the regular trail that leads to the Everest base camp. We climb all the way up to reach Syangboche airstrip – the highest elevated non commercial airport in the Everest region. Right above the airport we can see beautifully crafted luxurious hotel, build with all amenities and offering great views of surrounding mountains. Furthermore, we climb up beyond the pine forest until the opening of Khumjung. Comparatively Khumjung is a large village and offers close views of Kongde Ri and Thamserku. To add up, a sacred peak namely Khumbila rises above the grounds of Khumjung. This village is significant in many ways - one it homes the monastery which houses and preserves a so called yeti scalp, second it has a school which was made by the pioneer mountaineer Sir. Edmund Hillary, third the famous mountaineers Appa Sherpa and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa belong to the village. This village is a quite a place to spend overnight in.

Accommodation

• Local Teahouse ( 1 Night)

Meals Included

• 3 times meals during the trek (staple meal of Daal Bhat for lunch and dinner or  any one item from the menu.)

Khumjung – Tengboche

After exploring Khumjung area for a bit, we walk with very slowly towards Tengboche from Khumjung. Tengboche is around 70 meters higher than Khumjung, but it takes around 2 hours if we walk with pace and around 3 hours if we relax, explore and walk. Initially we descend down to Dudh Koshi and cross it via a rustic suspension bridge to reach our lunch stopover. We have our lunch and make a final ascent to Tengboche monastery. Since we walk for few hours and the monastery opens only after 3:00 pm, we will explore the Tengboche monastery from the inside. The view of the mountains from the monastery as well is worth appreciation. We spend overnight in Tengboche.

Accommodation

• Local Teahouse ( 1 Night)

Meals Included

• 3 times meals during the trek (staple meal of Daal Bhat for lunch and dinner or  any one item from the menu.)

Tengboche – Kyanjuma

After brief moment in Tengboche and viewing the monastery from the outside, we head towards our next destination Kyanjuma. Kyanjuma boasts a different view of the mountains in the region. We walk around 5 hours on this day and majority of it downhill. Immediately after Tengboche we descend around 500 m, through the beautiful bushes of Rhododendron. After crossing the suspension bridge over the Dudh Koshi river, we reach Portse Thenga. Further down the trail we cross few other villages and finally reach Kyanjuma. We call it a night in Kyanjuma.

Accommodation

• Local Teahouse ( 1 Night)

Meals Included

• 3 times meals during the trek (staple meal of Daal Bhat for lunch and dinner or  any one item from the menu.)

Kyanjuma – Monjo

Immediately after Kyanjuma, we take steep ascend through the forest of Rhododendron, fir and Pine. The trail is steep and bends are pretty often but on this section of road keep you eyes open for Himalayan goat and lovely pheasant.The forest is as well known to inhabit snow leopards but never has been spotted by any of our members or guests. Once we reach Namche we would have enough time to relax and chat over coffee and bakery. Moreover, its pleasant to access the internet at the eatery. After brief moment in Namche we head further down towards Monjo. We cross the Dudh Koshi river twice, over the suspension bridge, at two different locations. Just befor Monjo we exit Sagarmatha national park. Overnight in Monjo.

Accommodation

• Local Teahouse ( 1 Night)

Meals Included

• 3 times meals during the trek (staple meal of Daal Bhat for lunch and dinner or  any one item from the menu.)

Monjo – Lukla

Monjo is relatively quiet and close to Lukla and prevents us as well as porters and guides from rushing to Lukla. The trail that leads from Monjo to lukla is basically downhill but long enough to take 4-6 hours, depending on our speed. Once we reach lukla your trekking leader will reconfirm your flight to Kathmandu for the next day. Travellers spend rest of the day Chatting, drinking beer in the local bars and sharing experience with other travellers. Its very fascinating to see travellers who have finished the trek trying to assist the travellers getting ready with all their queries and pre jitters.

Accommodation

• Local Teahouse ( 1 Night)

Meals Included

• 3 times meals during the trek (staple meal of Daal Bhat for lunch and dinner or  any one item from the menu.)

Lukla – Kathmandu

We board an early morning 200km flight back to Kathmandu, with the best views of the mountains on the right. One last time we wave off the mountains through the widows of the aircraft. Our trip of Everest three pass trek officially comes to end when we arrive at Kathmandu Airport and we transfer you to your hotel.

Accommodation

• Hotel in Kathmandu ( 1 Night)

Meals Included

• Breakfast only