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Everest Base Camp Trek
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Country
Nepal
Duration
14 Days
Maximum altitude
5545m
Activity
Trekking
Difficulty
High
Best Season
September, October, November, December, February to April
Accomodation
Meals
Included
Start/End Point
Lukla/Lukla
Trek Highlights
An exciting mountain flight from Kathmandu / to Lukla.
Namche Bazaar, the gateway to Mt. Everest
Sherpa culture and lifestyle in Khumjung
Everest panoramic view from Syangboche.
Tengboche monastery
Climbing to Kala Patthar (5545m)
Great view of Mt, Everest, Mt Lhotse, and other mountains from Kala Patthar.
Touch the foot of the world's highest mountain Mt. Everest (8848 m).
An exciting mountain flight from Kathmandu / to Lukla.
Trek Overview
Outline Itinerary
1:
Arrival in Kathmandu
2:
Fly to Lukla. Trek to Phakding
3:
Trek Phakding to Namche Bazaar
4:
Acclimatization day in Namche Bazaar.
5:
Trek Namche Bazaar to Tengboche
6:
Trek Tengboche to Dingboche
7:
Acclimatization day in Dingboche.
8:
Trek Dingboche to Lobuche.
9:
Trek Lobuche to Gorakhashep - EBC.
10:
Everest view from Kala Pattar Climb to Kala pattar. Trek to Pheriche
11:
Trek Pheruche to Namche Bazaar.
12:
Trek Namche Bazaar to Lukla.
13:
Fly Lukla to Kathmandu.
14:
Departure.
Prices For Trek
Silver price:
The trekkers should pay by themselves the expenses of their meals and accommodation in the tea house while they're trekking. But other services are the same which are included in the Gold price and are also included in the Silver price.
Gold price:
We provide you with accommodation in a tea house and all meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), while you're trekking.
| | 1 Travelers |
| Silver | US$ 1060 |
| Gold | US$ 1385 |
- Airport to hotel pick up and drop by private vehicle
- Two-night hotel in Kathmandu at three-star categories in BB plan
- One highly experienced mountain Guide and Porter
- One dinner with a typical Nepali culture show in Kathmandu
- Accommodation food, drinks, salary, insurance, transportation of both trek guide and Porter
- Down jacket, four seasonal sleeping bags, duffel bag, and trekking map (down jacket and sleeping bag are to be returned after trip completion)
- Group medical supplies (first aid kit)
- All necessary papers works and Sagarmatha National Park entry permit
- TIMS Card (Trekker’s Information Management System card)
- All additional government tax
- All ground transportation is by private vehicle.
- Kathmandu/ Lukla / Kathmandu airfare.
- Kathmandu/ Lukla / Kathmandu airfare for guide.
- Other ground transportation
- Nepal entry visa fee (USD 25 for 15 days/ USD 40 for 30 days from the date of issue) (You may easily get a Nepal visa upon your arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu)
- Accommodation in Mountain lodge run by local people during a trek
- All meals during trekking
- International airfare
- Travelers Insurance
- Cold drinks (Alcohol and cold drinks)
- Boiled water, Hot shower, Mineral water, Batteries charge, and hot drinks (in a pot)
- Lunch and dinner in Kathmandu (Approx. 10-12 USD)
- Bar bills, telephone bills, and other personal expenses (shopping/ laundry)
- Tips to guide and porter
- All expenses due to unavoidable events e.g. Personal illness strike etc.
- Helicopter evacuation charge in case of emergency whilst trekking
- We don't include drinking water on the trek which you can buy at a number of places for between $1 and $3 a bottle (it gets more expensive towards base camp). A better solution is to buy water tablets in Kathmandu for around $2 and treat the water (your guide can help you find good places to fill your water bottle).
- The other things not included on the trek are like Wifi, charging batteries, and hot showers. Wifi is available in some tea houses for $3 to $5 an hour. Hot Showers are also available in a few for around $4 and charging costs about $1.50 an hour.
- Unforeseen costs due to flight cancellation, weather conditions, etc. You are responsible for extra hotel nights ($30/night) and meals in Kathmandu for any extra days in Nepal due to flight delays.
- Airport to hotel pick up and drop by private vehicle
- Two-night hotel in Kathmandu at three-star categories in BB Plan.
- Accommodation in Mountain lodge run by local people during a trek
- Meal on full board (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) a cup of tea/coffee in each meal during trekking trek
- One dinner with a typical Nepali culture show in Kathmandu
- One highly experienced mountain Guide and Porter
- Down jacket, four seasonal sleeping bags, duffel bag, Himalayan Smile Treks t-shirt, and trekking map (down jacket and sleeping bag are to be returned after trip completion)
- Accommodation food, drinks, salary, insurance, transportation of both trek guide and Porter
- Group medical supplies (first aid kit)
- All necessary papers works and Sagarmatha National Park entry permit
- TIMS Card (Trekker’s Information Management System card)
- All additional government tax
- All ground transportation is by private vehicle.
- Kathmandu/ Lukla / Kathmandu airfare.
- Kathmandu/ Lukla / Kathmandu airfare for guide.
- Other ground transportation
- Nepal entry visa fee (USD 30 for 15 days/ USD 40 for 30 days from the date of issue) (You may easily get a Nepal visa upon your arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu)
- International airfare
- Travelers Insurance
- Cold drinks (Alcohol and cold drinks)
- Extra night accommodation in Kathmandu because of early arrival, late departure, or early return from the mountain(due to any reason) than the scheduled itinerary
- Boiled water, Hot shower, Mineral water, Batteries charge, and hot drinks (in a pot)
- Lunch and dinner in Kathmandu (Approx. 10-12 USD)
- Bar bills, telephone bills, and other personal expenses (shopping/ laundry)
- Tips to guide and porter
- All expenses due to unavoidable events e.g. Personal illness strike etc.
- Helicopter evacuation charge in case of emergency whilst trekking
- We don't include drinking water on the trek which you can buy at a number of places for between $1 and $3 a bottle (it gets more expensive towards base camp). A better solution is to buy water tablets in Kathmandu for around $2 and treat the water (your guide can help you find good places to fill your water bottle).
- The other things not included on the trek are like Wifi, charging batteries, and hot showers. Wifi is available in some tea houses for $3 to $5 an hour. Hot Showers are also available in a few for around $4 and charging costs about $1.50 an hour.
- Unforeseen costs due to flight cancellation, weather conditions, etc. You are responsible for extra hotel nights ($30/night) and meals in Kathmandu for any extra days in Nepal due to flight delays.
Trek Map
Detailed Itinerary
After arrival at Kathmandu International airport, meet the Himalayan Smile treks airport officer and he will assist to transfer your hotel. After refreshment drinks at the hotel, We will do a short orientation of the overall trip. Meet your trekking guide and final preparation for trekking. O/n at a hotel in Kathmandu.
Early morning transfer to Kathmandu airport domestic terminal to catch a flight to Lukla (2810m), 35 minutes. After tea and coffee in Lukla, your trekking starts from Lukla. In the late afternoon, you will arrive in Phakding(2610 m). Three hours walking. Evening explores the village. O/n at a mountain lodge.
After breakfast, three hour walk to the Monzo at 2,835 m which is an entrance place of the Sagarmatha National Park. After crossing the suspension bridge at Dudh Kosi river at Jorsale( 2,740 m). Lunch. Trail gradually up through the forest to the Namche Bazaar (3440m). O/n at Mountain Lodge.
Acclimatization day in Namche Bazaar. Day hike to the Syangboche ridge at 3880m, ascend 2 hours to Everest view hotel and enjoy a 360-degree view of the Himalayas, including Mt. Everest(8848 m) with a beautiful landscape filled with evergreen fir trees, and shrubs. O/n at a mountain lodge.
From Namche trail is contour to Kyangjuma(3600 m) with an excellent view of Mount Everest(8848 m), Amadublum, and Lhotse. The trail descends to the river Dudh Kosi, at Phungi Thanga (3250 m). Lunch. Trail accent through the pine forest to Tengboche ( 3,867 m). 9.2 km. 5 hours. O/n at a mountain lodge.
Trek through the rhododendron forest to Deboche and cross the river Imja Khola. The trail ascends with an incredible view of AmaDablam to the Pangboche village (3900 m). 1-hour walk to Shomare (4010m). Lunch. Trek to Dingboche (4410m). 9.1 km.6 hours. O/n at a mountain lodge.
Acclimatization in Dingboche( 4410m). From Dingboche hike 3 hours to the Nagarjuna Hill, which is at 5050 meters. To ascend the top of the hill is incredibly challenging but fun spectacular views of Ama Dablam (6812m), Makalu (8485m), and Cho Oyu (8201m). O/n at a mountain lodge
After a short accent, the ridge, nice and open Yak pasture land walking to the Thukla (4620m). Lunch. Trail ascent to the Thukla pass 4830m, a place for the memorial of those climbers who’ve died during climbing Mt. Everest. From here gradually accent to the Lobuche (4,940 m ).7 km. 6 hrs. O/n at a mountain lodge.
From Lobuche, the trail gently slopes upwards to the moraine at Gorakshep (5,140 m), the last settlement before base camp and Kalapatthar. Lunch. Hike 3 hours towards the Khumbu Glacier reaching your ultimate goal to Mount Everest base camp(5,364 m) is complete. 8-hour walk. 12 km. O/n at a mountain lodge.
Early morning 2 hours climb to the Kala Pattar (5,643 m) (Black Rock), a hill that provides the best viewing of Mount Everest (8,848 m) and the surrounding peaks. After breakfast trek to Lobuche.Trek to the Pheruche (4,200m) where the river Dudh Kosi is twisting through the valley.12 km. 9 hours walk. O/n at a mountain lodge.
Today long distance walking from Pheriche to Namche Bazaar (3444 m). The trail gradually up and down to the Tengboche. Lunch. The trek route descends to Phungi Thanga (3250 m) ascends to the Kyanjuma(3600m), and contours to the Namche Bazaar. 14.3 km distance. 8-hour walk. O/n at a mountain lodge
From Namche Bazaar the trail steeply descends to the Dudha Koshi river, crossing the suspension bridge to Jorsalle (2740m). From Jorslle 3 hour walk to the Phakding via Monjo. Lunch. The trek route continuously up and down to the Lukla at 2,860 m. 13.5 km distance. 8-hour walk.
Early morning has breakfast at Lukla guest house. From the tea house, five minutes walk to the Tenzing–Hillary Airport(2860 m). Fly 35 minutes from Lukla to Katmandu (1,400m) domestic airport. Transfer to your hotel. shopping. Leisure. Evening meeting and dinner.
After breakfast, walk around the Thamel. Last-minute shopping. Preparing for departure. Transfer to the Kathmandu International airport for final departure. From your hotel, we will suggest you that leave for three hours for the Kathmandu international departure.
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Trek FAQs
In the Everest region, we offer you accommodation in a tea house (mountain lodge). A Tea House is a combination of a guest house, restaurant, and social hang-out. The rooms are spare with twin beds and very little additional furniture. Blankets are generally provided. Most bathrooms are shared and toilets can be either a squat type or the western version. Most of the Tea Houses have running water facilities. Many of them also avail hot water for showers. But you will be charged by the hotel owner using a hot water shower.
In Tea House trekking you will usually have breakfast and dinner in the lodge; lunch will be between at one of the trail-side restaurants. Every Tea House serves the traditional Nepali meal Dal Bhat (rice and lentils), as well as a variety of different food items, such as rice, vegetables, noodles, potatoes, and soup. Some have western food such as pizza, pasta, and French fries. Soft drinks, snacks, and beer are available in most of the Tea Houses and trailside restaurants.
If you're doing a camping trek we offer standard meals as well as a vegetarian meal option. Just let us know if you want vegetarian meals when you book your trek. But we can't fulfill every trekker's requirement(i.e., dietary requirements or special meals ). Also the tea house trekking you will get a vegetarian meal. Please tell your trekking guide about the details of your food allergy.
In fact, you don't need to be a mountaineer with rippling muscles to enjoy trekking. If you are reasonably fit, have a spirit of mountain journey, and like walking, you are always qualified for any trekking in Nepal. You do not need any previous experience. However, we suggest you some physical fitness programs such as running, swimming, and hiking before you embark on the journey.
In the afternoon quite moderate in the spring season. The temperature is above 4000 m approximately 10°C to 15 °C in good weather. The room temperature evening and morning at approximately 5°C. In Gorakhashep morning and evening approximately 0°C to -10 °C in good weather. For your kind information above the 4000 m, the weather is frequently changeable and at any time can fall snow in a mountain. In Everest base camp the temperature is approximate -5°C to -17 °C but it depends on the weather. The Himalayan weather is unpredictable, it is every year changing.
We offer you an experienced trekking guide. He is in charge of your overall trekking. This is the person you should go to with all the problems, concerns, and questions. He is well-trained in all aspects of trekking, high-altitude medicine, first aid, and emergency procedure. He is selected in terms of his professionalism. Remember that trekking guides are local citizens and their English may be basic and limited to trek-related topics. About porters, they carry your luggage. They are also local citizens. Normally one porter carries 20 to 25 kg of stuff. Normally we provide one porter for two trekkers.
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Since a few years, we are thinking about travel to Nepal from Mount Everest base camp trek. We are thinking about a more luxurious trek to the Everest base camp trek. We inquiry the Himalayan Smile Trek we found three price option (Basic tea house, Standard tea house, and luxurious tea house). We chose Luxury tea house trek. It was comfort table trek. The guide Ganjendra and porter Lakpa Sherpa was excellent people. They have good knowledge of the high altitude sickness and privation. He was very conscious of our group’s health and safety our group member has got a little bit symptom of the high altitude sickness in Dingboche but after one-day acclimatization, he was better. We will continue our journey to base camp and our goal it all our trek member. Finally, we will like to thanks our guide and porter, their amenities and effort our trek was a success, without their hard work almost impossible. For excellent services, we will highly recommend Himalayan Smile Treks.
My family decides to go Nepal for summer vacation to the Nepal Himalaya for Everest base camp trek. We contact the Himalayan Smile trek. We found reliable and trustworthy, the manager Mr. Subedi, And his crew are very professional. He was very responsive and gave informative suggestions regarding our concerns before the trek so that we can prepare our trip and stuff accordingly The beginning of trekking Phakding and Namche Bazaar was raining and the rest of the trekking was excellent. In summer, we found the Khumbu valley is more green and clean air. And another good thing is very fewer trekkers. Our guide Pasang is a really good guide. He was tremendously friendly and helpful during and being a local to the mountains – knew most of the folk we passed on route! I found the Himalayan Smile Treks was caring about answering questions and concerns from your customers, and that you do it in a professional way. If your interest to high altitude trekking with children, we will highly recommend the Himalayan Smile Treks
As friend reference of we are interested to do Everest base camp trek. We had contact with Himalayan Smile Treks. Also, we request a customized trek itinerary. We have extra days before trek start. The Himalayan Smile treks staff replay quickly with details itinerary. The trek itinerary including Kathmandu valley sightseeing. It is a fantastic city day tour with experience guide Suresh. Our trek starts thrilling short flight to Lukla. Our guide Pramod introduced port Kami R. Sherpa in Lukla. They’re extremely friendly and unconditional professionals at what they do. The porter from Lukla so that it helps the economy as well. If your dream to reach world highest mountain base camp, inquiry with Himalayan Smile treks your dream will definitely fulfill. We are very happy to recommend Himalayan Smile Treks and guide.
This is second time traveling to Nepal last year we did Annapurna Poon hill trekking with Himalayan smile treks. This time we will decide to do Everest base camp trek and we like to explore more in Khumbu region below the Lukla so that we had a flight to Phaplu and trek start. We had walk three days below to the Lukla. The trail is fantastic and we have a chance to view tiny Sherpa village. We request Mr. Subedi to provide our guide Dharma and Porter Karma Second time also. Our guide Dharma always takes care of every detail along the trek, leaving us to focus on hiking and enjoying the incredible views. We made Everest base camp and we feel very proud with our guide Dharma, without him to fulfill our goal almost impossible. The guide and porter did a great job. Himalayan Smile treks have good “team spirit” with just the right balance of expertise, care, helpfulness, professionalism, and humility. If you are planning for Everest base camp trek, we will recommend you Himalayan Smile Treks and guide.
I and my friend looking for Mount Everest base camp trek and Bhutan combine tour from Nepal. In an internet search, we will found Himalayan Smile Treks. The website site looks great and we decide on the inquiry. We found reliable information and company. We trust Mr., Subedi and booked our trek and tour. Our trekking guide Dharma, assistance guide Nima and porters Ringi are very responsible and they work very hard to make our trip success to reach world highest mountain base camp. Our trek we found patience, and helpful. He always checked to see if we were okay it on the trekking period eighter in the guesthouse. Every point of interest was pointed out and discussed in detail. Our tour guide in Bhutan is a Dipeshara, He is migrated from Nepal eastern part. Now he is Bhutanese. He is very friendly knowledgeable and he tells us an interesting fare tale and all history of Bhutan. He was so kind, it was practically trying for us – even taking our orders for food, or asking if we wanted extra chili with our dishes, which he did not have to do at all. Dharma is a great guy whose friendship I will always cherish For Nepal Everest base camp trek and Bhutan, we found Himalayan Smile Treks and trek and tour crew are reliable and trustworthy. We enjoy very much. We will recommend this company.
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