Everest Base Camp trek is the most popular and world’s best trek. This trek offers splendid mountain view, tapering ridge, beautiful landscape, and colorful Sherpa’s village with local culture. Trekking through the Sagarmatha national park (UNESCO world heritage) is one of the best experiences of this exotic trekking. Everest base camp trekking route takes you to foot of the highest mountain. Everest Base Camp is situated on the Khumbu glacier. We hike to Kalapatthar which is one of the highest points of this trek. From Kalapatthar we can see the phenomenal sunrise view over Everest (8848 m), Makalu (8,481 m), Ama Dablam (6,812 m), Lhotse (8,516 m), Nuptse (7,861 m) and Majestic Everest (8,848 m).

Trekking in Nepal to visit the Base Camp of world’s highest Mountain is not only trekking, it is once in a lifetime experience for trekkers and nature lovers. Another major attraction of the trek is to explore the monasteries and culture of Sherpa land. Likewise, Pangboche monastery is famous for framed yeti scalp but later that was stolen and Tengboche monastery is the biggest monastery of this region. We can observe the lifestyle and culture of Sherpa people in Khumbu region. We can get the spectacular view of the Himalayas in Khumbu region. All major attractions of Everest region are located inside the Sagarmatha national park. If you visit Everest base camp in Spring you can see the rhododendron bloom and dense rhododendron forest turns in to garden. Dense forest of Sagarmatha national park protects rare flora and fauna of the Himalayan region.

Autumn and the Spring are the best seasons for Everest Base Camp trek. In Autumn and Spring seasons trekkers can get what they expect from this exotic trekking. As we trek through the edge of the Dudh Koshi river towards Everest base camp we pass several Sherpa villages, valleys, and monasteries to reach Everest base camp then back to Lukla and fly back to Kathmandu.

Outline itinerary

Day 01: Kathmandu (1400m) Arrival Day and preparation for tomorrow's trek.

Day 02: Fly to Lukla, trek to Phakding (2640m) - 3 hours.

Day 03: Trek Phakding to Namche Bazar (3440m) - 6 hours.

Day 04: Acclimatization day in Namche.

Day 05: Trek Namche to Tyangboche (3860m) - 5 hours.

Day 06: Trek Tyangboche to Dingboche (4410m) - 5 hours.

Day 07: Acclimatization day in Dingboche.

Day 08: Trek Dingboche to Lobuche (4930m) - 5 hours.

Day 09: Trek Lobuje to Gorakshep (5180m) visit Everest base camp (5380m) - 6 hours.

Day 10: Trek to Kalapatthar (5557m) and back to Dingboche - 8 hours.

Day 11: Trek from Dingboche to Namchebazar - 7 hours.

Day 12: Trek from Namche Bazar to Lukla (2850m) - 5 hours.

Day 13: Fly to Kathmandu (1400m) - 30 minutes.

Day 14: Farewell

More Information

Meals:

When you travel to the new place for your holiday, food is the most concerned part of travel. While, traveling with Yarsa treks, you can experience the delightful cuisine of typical Nepali food, continental food,Chinese food and different international cuisines. You will be suggested by your guide for good food during your trip. During the trek do not order many dishes and waste food as they have to cater to more trekkers before they run off the stock. It is very hard and takes a week or more for caravan and porters to bring the food in these places. You will take lunch in route side, breakfast and dinner will be arranged in the same lodge/Tea house.

Drinking Water:

During the trek you can get the bottled water but it is hard to dispose plastic and it will be the big problem for environment. We will provide purified mineral water during trek. In tea house you can get bottled water and mineral water in additional cost. It will be better to drink mineral water rather than bottled water.

Accommodations:

We provide you the best touristic hotel in Kathmandu with best location. During the trek tea house is main accommodation for trekkers. A tea house is combination of lodge and restaurant. In the tea house lodges are fairly basic, some tea houses you can get separate room but in the high altitude rooms are spared with two beds with blanket and little additional furniture. There will be large dining room where you can get the warm by Bukhara stove. In the tea house there will be the solar electricity but these days most of the tea houses have electricity for charging camera, mobile phones and other small appliances.

Things to take:

This is very active trip, we can’t stay in same place. You can take very light and necessary things. You will get porter who will carry maximum 30 kg which means 2 trekkers=1 porter. Porters are allowed to carry maximum 30 kg of your stuff. Porters will carry your necessary stuff in a duffel bag.

Altitude Map & Route Map:

Yarsa Treks will provide you complete route map and altitude map. At the end of the trip we will provide you Yarsa Treks T-shirt for the memory of trekking with us.

Health & Fitness:

Treks to these treks are some of moderate and some of strenuous, passionate trekkers should have ability to walk for 4-7 hours a day. Trekking to the high altitude is more challenging than the low altitude. To complete the trip we should have good health, average physical fitness, passion, confidence, determination and positive attitude. If you have past hiking experience or exercising habits it will be better for your trek. If you have pre-existing health problem such as lung, heart and other diseases it is better to consult with your doctor or inform Yarsa Treks before booking the trip.

Suitable Time to Trek:

For Trekking to the high altitude we should concern about the weather condition. Autumn (Sept-Nov) and Spring (March-May) are the best seasons for trekking in Himalayas. Trekking in summer and Monsoon (June-Aug) is affected by rain. You can also trek in winter but temperatures could be harsher for most trekkers.

Trip Dates/Cost:

Check available start date in our site and for cost please contact us.

Important notes:

If you’re confused to pack up your necessary things just see in the check list tab. Bring light and necessary things. You will need medium size bag to carry your daily usable stuff. The weather is subject to change in high altitude so layered clothing is recommended throughout the trek.

Note: We can customize trip as possible as client’s time frame. We are delighted to take you to Himalayan region according to the itinerary.