Jiri – Everest Base Camp
Days fascinating trip / trek offers an wonderful opportunity to climb kalapathar (5,545m), overlooking the base camp area, superb view of the highest mountains including Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Makalu etc, and to interact with the indigenous people. This is considered as the highly praised trekking route to Everest region. It was in 1952 when two renowed figures Sir Edmund Hillary and Mr. Tenzing Sherpa had taken the same route to Mt. Everest. After a seven hours scenic drive to Jiri, we follow spectacular route via Solukhumbu area through the heart of fine Sherpa villages, each village having something new to offer. It offers an ample chance to explore beautiful forest, farming country sides and several monasteries situated at high elevation on the way to Lukla. Once one has passed Lukla, we climb on to Namche, the main trading village of the Khumbu area continuing via Thyangboche monastery to Pherche and Lobuche.
The trek has got several numbers of attractions, chief of which are the spectacular scenery, the unique culture of the Sherpa people of the Solukhumbu, the region where Mt. Everest and its attendant lesser peaks are located.
Outline Itinerary
Day 01: Arrive In Kathmandu and drop to hotel..
Day 02: Sightseeing Tour in Kathmandu .
Day 03: Kathmandu-Jiri.
Day 04: Jiri-Shivalaya.
Day 05: Shivalaya – Bhandar.
Day 06: Bhandar – Sete.
Day 07: Sete – Jung Bensi.
Day 08: Jung Bensi – Buspa.
Day 09: Buspa – Phakding.
Day 10: Phakding – Namche.
Day 11: Rest Day in Namchebazar.
Day 12: Trek to Phortse Tenga.
Day 13: Trek to Dole.
Day 14: Trek to Macchermo.
Day 15: Trek to Cokyo.
Day 16: Trek to Ascent of Gokyo – Ri And Back To Gokyo.
Day 17: Trek to Dzongla via Chola – Pass.
Day 18: Trek to Lobuche.
Day 19: Trek to Gorak Shep, an Excursion to Everest Base Camp.
Day 20: Morning Excursion to Kalapattar Back.
Day 21: Trek to Dingboche.
Day 22: Trek to Tyangboche.
Day 23: Trek to Khumjung.
Day 24: Trek to Phakding.
Day 25: Trek to Lukla.
Day 26: Fly Back to Kathmandu.
Day 27: Free /shopping day Kathmandu.
Day 28: Departure to your destination.