Why the pikey peak trek is famous?
Pikey peak trek is one of the short and easy-grade trekking routes in Nepal. If you have a short visit to Nepal and looking for an easy and nice Trekking route in Nepal, or you are in Nepal for project work or volunteering somewhere in Nepal, and you want to see Mount Everest (alt. 8848m) from a close distance, before you return to your country in cheap cost then we assure you or your friends and family pikey peak trek is the best trekking trail in Nepal.
Pikey peak trekking route is known as the cheapest, and budget trekking route in the Everest region. If you have a big dream to see Mount Everest including many other mountains ranges, but you don’t have enough time or you are tied in the budget, than, Pikey peak trek is the right destination to embark on a trek and explore the glory of mount Everest, Mount Makalu, Mount Kanchenjunga, and in far distance mount Annapurna and mount Manaslu, including many other peaks.
You can also take your family on this trekking route, because of pikey peak trek is easy and lower altitude trek. The trek is not as hard as Everest base camp trek or Annapurna base camp trek. The trek is also not as crowed as other trekking destination. The highest elevation of Pikey peak trek is 4065m/13,336ft. For many trekkers, this trekking route is not very difficult route compared to other trekking destinations in Nepal. If you are beginner to the trek, or your kids and parents want to see Mount Everest with easy go, as well as the lower risk of high altitude, this trek will be suitable trekking route for you and your family on your holiday in Nepal.
Pikey peak trek is a newly open trekking route located in the lower Khumbu region of Nepal. This beautiful trekking destination was opened by the government of Nepal recently. Pikey peak trek begins after a drive from Kathmandu to Dhap Bazar in 8 to 9 hour by jeep, but if you want to hide a long drive journey then you can also take a short flight to Phaplu about 35 minutes, and drive to Dhap Bazar where your trekking start. If you go by drive then early in the morning, you will drive from Kathmandu via B.P High way to Dhap Bazar. After leaving the Kathmandu valley then mainly the driving road will follow through Sunkoshi river until Ghurmi bazaar. After reaching Ghurmi bazaar, the drive continue up to Okhaldhunga Bazar. The fresh air from thre mountains will make you feel cooler, when you reach Okhaldunga bazaar. Finally, another few hours drive from Okhaldhunga will take you to Dhap via Pattale viewpoint (alt. 3500m), and this viewpoint is the border of two districts like Okhaldunga and Solukhumbu.
From Pattle viewpoint (alt3400m), you will see the early view of Mount Everest rages and many other mountain peaks, Hills, beautiful landscapes, monasteries, and temples, if the weather is clear when you arrive here.
Before you reach the highlights of pikey peak trek or at the top of pikey peak viewpoint (alt 4065m) you will trek through the fertile Sherpa people lands, pristine Sherpa villages, fascinating culture, charming people and their basic lifestyle, very old monasteries, Chorten, waterfall, rivers, suspension bridges. When you will reach at top of Pikey peak viewpoint ( alt. 4065m), you will see Mount Kanchenjunga Himalayas range in far east Nepal too in the west of Nepal mount Annapurna Himalayan range including in the central Mount Everest, and Mt. Makalu Himalaya range, probably this is the best viewpoint to explore more than five 8000m higher mountains in same time and from the same viewpoint. Pikey peak itself is 4065-meter altitude from sea level which best place for seeing Mount Everest compare to any other place in lower Khumbu. This beautiful trek is a combination of mountain, nature, culture, and monasteries which is a rare beautiful trek in lower Khumbu region.
Pikey peak trek itinerary
Day 1: Arrived in Kathmandu, (alt.1300m)
Day 2 Trek preparation day, (alt.1300m)
Day 3: Drive to Dhap, 8 to 9 hours,(altitude 3000m.)
Day 4: Trek to Jhapre, 4 to 5 hours ( altitude, 2920m.)
Day 5: Trek to pikey base camp, 5 to 6 hours ( altitude, 3640m.)
Day 6: Trek to pikey peak viewpoint (alt4065m.) and trek down to Traktor (altitude 3020m), 7 to 8 hours.
Day 7: Trek to Jun best (3 to 4 hours), altitude, alt. 2700m
Day 8: Visit Thupten Chholing monasteries and stay Jumbesi. altitude, alt. 2700m4 to 5 hours)
Day 9: Trek back to Phaplu 4 hours,(altitude, 2420m.) your trip is hands here.
Day 10: Drive to Kathmandu,( altitude, 1350m) OR you can take a short flight from Phaplu to Kathmandu (30 minutes).
Suggested packing list for pikey peak trek :
1 Day bag
2 Water bottles
3 Trekking boots.
4 Flip-flops
5 Sunglass
6 Woolen hats
7 Headlights.
- Gloves
- Inner shit
- Sleeping bag.
- Full t-shirt 2 pair
- Half t-shirt 2 pair
13Long trousers 2 pair
- Inner trousers 2 pairs.
- Shocks full 2 pair
- Shocks half 2 pairs.
- down jacket
- Sweater
- Raincoat
- Walking poles
- Sun cream
- Half jacket.
A major attraction in pikey peak trek
(1) Pikey peak viewpoint which is the best viewpoint of mt. Everest, Makalu, and Numbur Himal from Pattle to mount Everest range from a panoramic view.
(2) Explore the Sherpa culture and their religions.
(3) Lower Khumbu biggest Thupten Chholing monasteries (in your rest day in Jumbesi visit Thupten Chholing monasteries which are locally called non as Thuptuncheli monastery)
(4) A test of organic local food and drinks.
(5) A scenic drive from Kathmandu to Dhap or Pattale dada.
Important & Helpful tips for pikey peak trek:
- Respect local people and culture.
- Respect local religion.
- Walk from the clock way when you see Buddhist mane walls during trekking.
- .Do not disturb wildlife,
- Do not make noise during jungle walks.
- Walk-in wall side when any of domestic animals coming from an opposite site such as yak, Zokpyo, and donkey
- Start talking from namaste when you meet local people or Tashi Delek sherpa people use” Tashi Delek”
What to not miss in pikey peak trekking in Nepal:
1- Eat Potatoes...
Khumbu region organic potato is the best potato in Nepal, definitely every homestay you will get varieties of potato items that themselves feed you from their regular cooking but you can try one meal boiled potato with local paper pickle.
2- Explore Sherpa culture.
Every eastern part of Nepal in the mountain area an ethnic group living which is called Sherpa but Khumbu region sherpa proudly says that they were the first to come and established here so best please to experience Sherpa hospitality and their culture is in this trek.
3- Visit Thupten Chholing monastery…
There are many other places you can see Buddhist monasteries but a historical more than hundred years old huge monastery you can see only in this trek, here you can see monks regular activities like morning and evening regular prayer, their living style, and very perfectly decoration of the monastery.
What types of Vegetation & fauna we can see in pikey peak trek:
Pikey peak trek is like other popular destinations also famous for seeing verities of Vegetation and much wildlife. Spring season if you are marching and May month you can closely see rhododendron in every corner of every single day, where more than 20 species of rhododendron found in lower Khumbu and it is blooming up every single tree and making the forest so much colorful. Similarly, other verities of the tree can see in this trek like pine, juniper. And many more.
Differently here can be seen many wild animals like black bear, barking deer, leopard, musk deer as well as domestic animal chauri gai(mixed of yak and hill cow), and above 3000 meters yak can be found.
What is the best season to trek in pikey peak?
When we recommend the best time to trek is obviously no doubt to say autumn and spring season which is month-wise, September – October – November – December, and march-April and may, these both seasons are the best recommendation season to trek, as usual, another part of Nepal. for the panoramic view to capture in your camera if we rank number one season and number two we put number one for the autumn season and number two spring because after monsoon sky is far clear so you can see distance view easily. In the spring season, some misty and hazy can be a little bit of disturb. So out of 10 autumn season gets 10 points and the spring season gets 8 points.
More facts about pikey peak trekking.
Pattale- Dhap Bazar- and pikey peak are three major viewpoints to see the top of the world. Among the three of them, pikey peak is one of the best viewpoints. But at some point when some time unluckily bad weather at pikey peak viewpoint then you don’t need to worry too much because there are still chances to was top of the world beginning of the trek few days as well as on the way driving back to Kathmandu when you have to drive back via pattale and Dhap Bazar.
Thupten Chholing monastery (most beautiful and huge monastery in Khumbu region)
Thupten Chholing monastery is one of the biggest Buddhist monasteries in all Khumbu regions and no doubt to be the biggest in lower Khumbu. Stabilized in 1960 by Trulshik Rimpoche, he left Tibet because of the threat from the current situation in Tibet. In this monastery there are more than 750 monks and nuns live and study and every year some numbers of Tibetan keep coming somehow they also get food and place to live at Thubten chholing monastery until the time they are not properly settled well or in their choice if they are nuns and monks then they can continuously join for further studies
What other treks are in the lower Khumbu region?
1 -Pikey peak trek & Dudh Kunda lake trek
2 – Dudh Kunda lake trek
3 – Numbur base camp trek
4 – Mera base camp trek lower route
5- Jiri – Everest base camp trek
6-Salley – Everest base camp trek
