TOUR CODE: GTTNEBC[Everest Nepal]
Tour Highlights: Kathmandu and Everest Base Camp Trekking.
Duration: 14 Days
Description: This is a “Tea house Trekking" escorted by a trek guide. We fly both ways to Lukla to and back. We trek from Lukla via Namche through to Khumjung Tengboche monastery, the seat of Sherpa Calture . Amadablam, Thamserku and Tangboche, Kangtega tower over you with Everest, Nuptse and Lhotse to the North.

Itinerary:

Day 01: Arrival at kathmandu International Airport , welcome transfer to hotel pre-pare for Next day trekking departure, and rest of the day free for leisure. Overnight at hotel.

Day 02: early morning fly Lukla and trek Pakding. We will fly early to the village of Lukla at 9,200 feet. Trek a short distance to Phakding on the Dudh Kosi River.

Day 03: Pakding to Namche Bazaar(11,300 feet). We enter the park at Jorsale, cross the Bhote Kosi river and then climb steeply to Namche Bazaar. Namche is the main trading center for the Khumbu.

Day 04: Khumjung (12,400 feet) and Khunde. To help with our acclimatization, we will spend a second night in Namche. During our second day here we will go to the Sagarmatha National park where we get our first views of Mt. Everest , Lhotse and Ama Dablam. After lunch we hike up to Kumjung to see the famous "Yeti" skull and the gompa then to Khunde to see the Hillary Hospital .

Day 05: Namche Bazaar to Thangboche (12,670 feet). An enjoyable walk down to the river at Phunki Thanhka to lunch next to water driven prayer wheels. A steep but short climb takes us to Tengboche Monastery through forests of blue pine, fir and black juniper.

Day 06: Thangboche to Periche(13,780 feet). After an early breakfast, we tour the largest and most important monastery in the region, Thangboche. Following the Imja Khola we go through Pangboche and over a short hill to the small village of Periche .

Day 07: Point 16,571 feet. Dingboche. We spend an an acclimatization day by climbing a spectacular point of rock above Dingboche. For most people, this will be the highest they have been up to this point. There are up close views of Taweche and Ama Dablam. In the distance one can see Island Peak and Makalu, one of the fourteen 8,000 meter peaks on earth of which Everest and Lhotse are members.

Day 08: Periche to Lobuje (16,175 feet) After a short walk we'll climb the moraine of the mighty Khumbu Glacier.

Day 09: Lobuje to Everest Base Camp (17,192 feet) we will get an early start for our trek to Base camp. After about two hours we reach Gorak Shep. Another hour or hiking will take us to base camp. From here the view is one of the most spectacular anywhere in the World. You will be surrounded by the highest mountains in the World. Mt. Pumori with its steep ice walls and hanging glaciers seem so close that you could touch them.

Day 10: Lobuje to Pangboche. After a leisurely morning we will hike to Pangboche.

Day 11: Pangboche to Namche. After viewing the gompa we will hike through Phortse to Namche.

Day 12: Namche to Lukla Airport .

Day 13: Fly to Kathmandu . Early morning flight and one of the most interesting flights you'll ever experience. Transfer to hotel then half-day kathmandu city sightseeing and free leisure time. Traditional Nepali culture dance dinner program in evening, over night at hotel.

Day 14: Departure transfer to airport for onward flight.