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Everest Base Camp Short Trek- 12 Days
Features
- Free cancellation available
- 12d
- Mobile voucher
- Instant confirmation
- Selective hotel pickup
Overview
- Fly to Lukla
- trek to Phakding
- Pass through Tengboche, Dingboche, and Lobuche
- Ascend to the Everest Base Camp
Activity location
- Kathmandu
- Kathmandu, Nepal
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Kathmandu
- Kathmandu, Nepal
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Thamel Kathmandu - Meeting Point
- 12d
- English
What's included, what's not
- Airport pickup and drop-off
- 2 nights' deluxe hotel accommodation in Kathmandu with breakfast
- Best available tea-house accommodation throughout the Everest trek
- All meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) during the trek
- Welcome and farewell dinners
- All ground transport on a comfortable private vehicle as per the itinerary
- Domestic flights with a regular Twin Otter plane
- Entrance fees for sightseeing/monument visits as per itinerary
- Experienced, English-speaking, and government-licensed trek leader and assistant trek leader
- Porter service ( Every 2 Trekkers will get one Porter )
- Staff costs including their salary, insurance, equipment, domestic airfare, food, and accommodation
- Down jacket and sleeping bag (to be returned after trip completion)
- T-shirt and trekking map (yours to take home)
- All necessary paperwork and trekking permits
- Nepalese visa fee
- Excess baggage charges
- Extra night's accommodation in Kathmandu due to early arrival, late departure, or early return from the mountain
- International flights
- Travel and rescue
- Personal expenses such as phone calls, internet, laundry, bar bills, battery recharge, extra porters, bottled or boiled water, and showers
- Tips for guides, porters, and drivers
Know before you book
- Not allowed: Alcohol and drugs, Drones, Video recording
- Not suitable for: People with back problems, People with mobility impairments, Pregnant women
What you can expect
Over the course of an exciting 12 days, travel with your guide all the way from Lukla Airport to the Everest Base Camp - at 5,450 metres above sea level, and back again. Take in an array of unforgettable highlights during this nearly two week trek, taking part in an experience that will supply you with memories to last a lifetime.
During your trip, walk an average of 5 to 6 hours each day. With this in mind, it is important that participants are in good physical condition. While this trek does not involve technical aspects, any previous mountain trekking experience is definitely a plus.
Day1: Arrival in Kathmandu (1400metres/ feet)
Arrive at Kathmandu International Airport where you’ll be warmly welcomed by our representative from The Alpine Club of Himalayas. Once you check in at your hotel. The rest of the day is free to explore.
Maximum Altitude: 1400m
Meals: Welcome Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel
Day 2: Fly to Lukla (2860metres/ feet) trek to Phakding (2610metres/ feet) 2-3 hours trek; 200m descent, 50m ascent
Take an early morning flight from Kathmandu to Lukla. Once you reach Lukla head to upper Phakding. Descending above farmlands passing through Sherpa villages of Chheplung, Ghat, Sano, and Thulo Gumela. Where you’ll witness the number of shrines and monasteries at Drangdrak Gompa and Pema Choling Gompa. On the backdrop, breathtaking views of sacred mountain Kumbila and sister summits Kusum Kanguru peaks. One of the unclimbed peaks of the region.
Maximum Altitude: 2860m (Lukla)
Duration: 30 minutes flight, 2-3 hours trek
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Teahouse
Day 3: Trek to Namche (3440 metres/ feet) 5-6 hours/1000m ascent, 100m descent
Maximum Altitude:
Duration: 5-6 hours
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Teahouse
Day 4: Trek Tengboche (3860metres/ feet) 4 hours; 350m descent, 750m ascent
Maximum Altitude: 3860m
Duration: 4 hours
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Teahouse
Day 5: Trek Dingboche (4410metres/ feet) 3-5 hours; 70m descent, 580m ascent
Maximum Altitude: 4410m
Duration: 3-5 hours
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Teahouse
Day 6: Trek Lobuche (4940metres/ feet) 4-5 hours; 700m ascent
Maximum Altitude: 4940m
Duration: 4-5 hours
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Teahouse
Day 7: Trek Gorak Shep (5164 metres/ feet) and EBC (5364 metres/ feet) and back to Gorak Shep
Day 8: Trek Kala Patthar (5644 metres/ ) return trek Pheriche (4371 metres/ )
Day 9: Trek back Namche Bazar
Day 10: Trek back Lukla
Day 11: Fly back to Kathmandu
Maximum Altitude: 1400m
Duration: 30 minutes flight
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel
Day 12: Fly back home or extend your holidays
Location
Activity location
- Kathmandu
- Kathmandu, Nepal
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Kathmandu
- Kathmandu, Nepal