Pikey Peak Trek 9 Days

One of our representatives will pick you up from the airport and transfer to your hotel by private car/Jeep and Bus as per the group size. Today you will have a short brief about the following program.

After a warm breakfast at the Hotel you will go for the half day sightseeing of famous landmarks such as Swayambhunath temple and Kathmandu durbar square and after that we will check your gears and make the final preparation for the trek.

Early in the morning you will drive to Dhap from kathmandu. Jeeps will be ready to pick you up around 4 am in the morning ,strategically avoiding the heavy traffic in the Kathmandu Valley and rules of local governments they have to go in the morning before day starts.

Generally it takes 6-7 hours with few breaks for toilets and lunch. Along the way you will cross beautiful landscapes , hills, local villages and rivers , traces , domestic animals and many more. You might feel a bit chill once you reach Dhap as you are close to the mountains and its situated at an elevation of 3200m. Overnight at Dhap.

Today, you will have a first view of Mount Everest range including numerous peaks such as Lumbur Himal , Mera peak , Thamserku , Kusum Kangaru. After breakfast, you will start your day.

The trail to Dhap is an easy gradual ascending through the thick forest and local villages. After a couple of hours trek from Dhap you will reach Deurali where you can stop for the hot tea. Continuing, we trek to Jhapre for 2 more hours, gradually ascending.

In the meantime you can also enjoy the beautiful trancees and sherpa and magar villages like Kerung , Gora , Tapting ,and many more. Moreover if the weather stays clear you can see good views of Mount Everest range and 100s of beautiful peaks.
Overnight at Jhapre.

Early in the morning you will have a great chance to see the sunrise view over the Mount Everest and Lumbur Himal range. Today you will trek 6 to 7 hours to Pikey peak basecamp. The trail mostly ascends to the Hilepani for 3 hours before lunch and after lunch 3 more hours to pikey peak basecamp.

Along the way you will trek through the edge of hills from where you can see the amazing view of the Himalayas such as Everest , Kanchenjunga , Makalu, Lotse , Nuptse and more continually if the weather stays clear.
You will stop for lunch at Hile Pani or Boudha dada (Alt.3500m) as the trail goes gradual ascending and at lunch stop and after it is gradual flat through the jungle and the last final 1 hour steep ascending to Pikey basecamp.

Overnight at Pikey peak basecamp.

Today is the most highlight day of this trek. Early in the morning you will hike to Pikey peak viewpoints for the sunrise view over the Himalayas east to west of Nepal including Mt. Everest, Lotese , Makalu , Kanchenjunga and Numbur Himal , Gaurishankar to the east and Mt. Ganesh Himal , Annapurna , Manaslu and Dhaulagiri in the distance to the west of Nepal.

Probably pikey peak is the best viewpoint to see many Himalaya ranges from the same place. You can see almost half of Nepal from here. Early in the morning before sunrise you will hike to viewpoints . It is a 45 minutes to 1 hour hike to the viewpoint through the edge of hills . early in the morning it might be chilly but when you reach the top for the viewpoint you shall be rewarded with stunning views and landscapes with sunrise.

You will have a great time taking good photos, making videos and enjoying the views. After that, you will descend to Jashe Bhanjyang for a hot lunch and drinks.

It is a short day trek with great views. Afternoon you have free time and rest and relax at the Jashe Bhanjyang.

After breakfast you will start your day. Today is another short trek day. At The beginning of the day you will ascend a couple of hundred meters up the hills ,again you will have a great view of the day from this viewpoint , and one more hour descend to Taktor through the black pine forest , rhododendron , Bamboo and where we stop for hot drinks. We will trek 2 more hours to reach Jumbesi for lunch and tonight we will stay here.
Afternoon you can visit around the Jumbesi sherpa villages or visit Thuptuncheli 2 more for exploring the old Tibtain inhabitation and old market, monastery.

Overnight at Jumbesi.

It is your last day of this trek. You can start late in the morning as you will trek 4-5 hours to Phaplu through the old sherpa town and crossing the monasteries and temples.

Tonight you will stay at Phaplu.

Early in the morning you will drive to kathmandu. It is a long day’s drive. It might take more than a given time as when you enter into the Kathmandu valley it may have more traffic .

By flights it is only 30 minutes from Phaplu and it saves your time. If you want to hide the long drive. Your trek ends here.