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Camping Trekking » Everest Region
Everest Base Camp & Gokyo Valley Trek
Trekking Duration: 25
days Grade: Moderate-Difficult
This trek offers an alternative
trek to the Everest base camp. From Gokyo more of Everest
itself is visible though from a slightly greater distance.
The views of the mountain are spectacular the Ngozampa glacier
is the largest in Nepal and from Gokyo ri 4 above 8000m
Peaks (Cho Oyu, Everest, Lhotse, Makalu) are visiable at
once. The view of the tremendous ice ridge between Cho Oyu
and Gyachung Kang (7922) is one of the most dramatic panoramas
in Khumbu. There are many options for additional exploration.
| Day to Day Itinerary |
| Day
01 |
Arrival
Kathmandu & transfer to Hotel |
| Day
02 |
Sightseeing in Kathmandu valley |
| Day
03 |
Flight
to Lukla & trek to Phakding |
| Day
04 |
Phakding
to Namche |
| Day
05 |
Namche
rest for acclimatization/day hiking |
| Day
06 |
Namche
- Phortse Tenga |
| Day
07 |
Phortse
Tenga - Macharmo |
| Day
08 |
Machermo
- Gokyo |
| Day
09 |
Gokyo
day hiking |
| Day
10 |
Gokyo
- Cho La Phedi |
| Day
11 |
Cho
La Phedi - Chola La pass - Jungla |
| Day
12 |
Jungla
- Lobuche |
| Day
13 |
Lobuche
– Kalapathar (Everest Base Camp) - Back to Lobuche |
| Day
14 |
Lobuche
- Dingboche |
| Day
15 |
Dingboche
- Chukung |
| Day
16 |
Chukung
- Island Peak base camp |
| Day
17 |
Island
BC - High |
| Day
18 |
High
Camp - Summit & back to BC |
| Day
19 |
BC
- Pangboche |
| Day
20 |
Pangboche
- Namche |
| Day
21 |
Namche
- Phakding |
| Day
22 |
Phakding
- Lukla |
| Day
23 |
Fly
Lukla - Kathmandu |
| Day
24 |
Kathmandu |
| Day
25 |
Final
Departure |
Best Seasons
September-December
February-May
Cost includes:
All meals (Breakfast/lunch/dinner with tea\coffee), accommodation
in Camp, a guide, sleeping bag, down jackets, ground
transportation, entry permits, all necessaries for Nepalese
staffs (all meals, accommodation in tea houses, equipments,
insurance etc).
Cost excludes: Any bar bills
(alcoholic drinks, mineral water, cold drinks), cigarettes,
clients personal insurance, personal insurance, personal
equipments, flight tickets (Pokhara to Kathmandu) for clients,
rescue charge, any kind of unforeseen expenses etc.
Note: * The departure schedule
can be change on any unavoidable circumstances such as weather
hazards, natural changes of walking track, road slides,
and avalanches, public strikes.
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