Get Ready To ExploreMount Everest Base Camp
If you ever wanted to see the top of the worldwithout being an expert mountaineer, you can not get closer to that then hiking to the Mount Everest Basecamp!On the exhausting way, you will be rewarded by the beautiful landscape, amazing Himalaya panorama and the Sherpa culture of local people. If you take your time, you probably can handle the altitude:Slowly is the key
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Kathmandu, NepalEnd
Kathmandu, NepalTransport
Domestic flights and trekkingDuration
Two weeksCosts
Per person, eight-hundred-fifty USDSeason
May, two-thousand-eighteenThe highlights
EBC - Everest Base Camp
Namche Bazaar
City of Kathmandu
Hillary suspension bridge
Lukla airport
Khumbu Glacier
Everest and Lhotse summit
What to expect
The film
Kathmandu
Usually, when traveling to Lukla as the starting point for trekking to Mount Everest Base Camp, it is worth to spend a few days in the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu. Visit Thamel, the touristic inner district of Kathmandu with its restaurants, souvenir shops and market places. Don't miss Bhaktapur, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located about 15km east of Kathmandu. And Boudhanath Stupa, one of the largest unique structures stupas in the world, located about 11km northeast from the city center. Kathmandu Durbar Square is another UNESCO World Heritage Site. Finally enjoy the view from Swayambhunath, also known as the Monkey Temple.
Room in Ashram
recommended stay | type: airbnb
Thamel district
recommended activity | type: sightseeing
Bhaktapur
recommended activity | type: sightseeing
Boudhanath Stupa
recommended activity | type: sightseeing
Kathmandu Durbar Square
recommended activity | type: sightseeing
Swayambhunath (Monkey Temple)
recommended activity | type: sightseeing
Mayur Restaurant at Bhaktapur
recommended eat | type: coffee
La Casita at Boudhanath Stupa
recommended eat | type: food & drinks
Lukla and Phakding
Arriving with morning flight in Lukla and immediately starting walking to Phakding. Stay overnight at Phakding.
Lukla is the starting point when arriving per plane or chopper from Kathmandu. Hopefully, you have enjoyed the last days in Kathmandu, because from here on you need to rely on your walking fitness unless you decide to take a chopper or donkey to continue... 🙂
Just joking, the first leg will be an approximately 4 hours trek to Phakding, mostly downhill. Don't miss to watch arriving or departing airplanes at Lukla airport. This is just exciting! But you might find more time to explore Lukla on the way back.
There is not too much to do in Phakding.
Beer Garden Lodge at Phakding
recommended stay | type: Lodge
The Nest at Lukla
recommended stay | type: Basic Hotel with private bathroom
Lukla airport
recommended activity | type: Point of interest
Kemgon Gompa Monastery
recommended activity | type: Temple
Hillary suspension bridge
recommended activity | type: Point of interest
Everest Coffee Bar at Lukla
recommended eat | type: coffee
Cafe Danphe at Lukla
recommended eat | type: coffee
Namche Bazaar
Namche Bazaar is the main trading center and gate to the higher Himalaya region. You can find lots of restaurants, coffee bars, and even Irish pubs. If you need a supermarket, pharmacy, mountaineering equipment or ATM, Namche is the place to get you ready for continuing, since it will be much harder, more expensive or even impossible later on the higher areas. It is recommended to spend another day for acclimatization purposes. Take a half-day hike to the Hotel Everest View, where you can spot the Mount Everest for the first time on clear days.
The Nest Restaurant & Hotel
recommended stay | type: Budget Hotel
Hiking to Hotel Everest View for acclimatization
recommended activity | type: Hiking
Syangboche Airfield
recommended activity | type: Point of interest
Walk through the Bazaar
recommended activity | type: Sightseeing
The Nest Restaurant & Hotel
recommended eat | type: food
Tengboche and Dingboche
In a one day hike, about 6-8 hours, to Tengboche and on the next day further to Dingboche. Typically starting in the mornings between 8 or 9 am. During that time, in the mornings the wheater is mostly clear, but in the afternoons usually cloudy. So poor, cloudy view when approaching Tengboche, anyways just happy to arrive and recover 😉 The view on the next morning than even more impressive! Having just beautiful panorama all the way to Dingboche. Again, after 7 hours of hiking just feeling happy to arrive at Dingboche and stay for an additional acclimatization day.
Cafe Tengboche Lodge
recommended stay | type: Lodge
Hotel Goodluck at Dingboche
recommended stay | type: Hotel
Tengboche Monastery
recommended activity | type: Temple
Dingboche View Point
recommended activity | type: Hiking
Cafe Tengboche
recommended eat | type: coffe & food
Hotel Goodluck at Dingboche
recommended eat | type: food
Lobuche, Everest Base Camp and Gorak Shep
Planning to hike to Lobuche for staying overnight on day 7 and finally on day 8 reaching the Everest Base Camp! The trek from Lobuche to the Everest Base Camp and back to Gorak Shep for sleeping (since there are no sleeping possibilities for individuals at the Base Camp!) will be the longest hike about 10 hours. So starting early morning is good advice. But remember, that all the hassle will be worth the effort! The rising mountains above the Khumbu glacier will be your companion all the way to EBC. To be promised:
Alpine Home & Restaurant at Lobuche
recommended stay | type: Guesthouse
Buddha Lodge and Restaurant at Gorak Shep
recommended stay | type: Lodge
Mount Everest Base Camp
recommended activity | type: Hiking
All the way back from Gorak Shep to Lukla
It is not a pleasant stay at these altitudes, so going downwards from Gorak Shep is not a hard decision. On the way back you can stop and sleep at different places, depending on your requirements. Typically trekkers stay one night at Pheriche, continuing the next day to Namche Bazaar and returning to Lukla on the third day. However, due to good walking pace that day, deciding to pass Pheriche and continue to Pangboche for overnight stay. Even though it is continuously downhill, remember the crossing of valleys. So, again there are uphill passages to be managed.
Highland Sherpa Resort at Pangboche
recommended stay | type: Hotel
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Pemba Tamang 10. September 2024
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Team Himalaya 8. August 2024
Everest Heli Trek is a new flavor of trekking in Nepal merging classical 12-day Everest Heli Trek with a Helicopter flight from EBC. As time passes, the interests and preferences of tourists also change. To meet the preferences of tourists across the globe, we, Team Himalaya have designed a special package of a trek to Everest Base Camp blending the experience of Heli flight around the mountain panorama in the Everest Region. Everest Heli Trek, like other classical Everest Base Camp trek, takes us into the lap of the top of the world, Mt. Everest. This will be an exhilarating experience for the trekkers for a lifetime. The incredible mountain giants including Cho Oyu (8,201m), Makalu (8,463m), Lhotse (8,516 m), Everest (8,848m), holy Pumori, and other alluring snow-fed peaks in the skyline. This trek is not only popular for mountain views but also for experiencing various species of alpine flora and fauna in Sagarmatha National Park.
We will also gain familiarity with hospitable Sherpa people. EBC Trek with Return Helicopter commences after we have a short and scenic flight from Kathmandu to Lukla. The trek then ascends to Namche via Phakding and Monjo. Namche is a popular tourist hub and the gateway to Everest region trekking. Namche Bazar is popular for the Tibetan market, mountain views like Thamserku and other peaks, and also popular for Hotel Everest View from where one can witness the entire Everest panorama. The trek then takes you to Tengboche from where we can experience the entire Sagarmatha National Park. Sagarmatha National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site which is a shelter to alpine flora and fauna including fir, pine, rhododendron, oak, and wildlife like musk deer, Derow, Ghoral, and Himalayan Thar as well as red-billed chough, Impheyan pheasant, blood pheasant, and yellow-billed chough. Everest Heli Trek finally takes us to Kalapatthar and Everest Base Camp which are both popular vantage points in the Everest region for breathtaking mountain views. A climb to Kalapatthar offers us the most stunning view of the Everest massif. Then we head to Everest Base Camp for more splendid views of mountain peaks.
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Morten & Rochssare 21. June 2019
Ein toller Beitrag! Sehr informativ.
Die Wanderung zum Everest Basecamp ist der Wahnsinn. Einfach unfassbar schön.
world.wide.photos 21. June 2019
Hallo Morten & Rochssare,
Danke, dass ihr vorbei geschaut habt 🙂 Kann mich dem nur anschließen, ist ein einmaliges Erlebnis!