Short Everest Basecamp Trek 11 days Days

Nature explore trek airport representatives will pick you up at the airport with warm welcome and transfer to your hotel. Once you arrive at Hotel you will be allocated your room and take rest and refreshment after a long journey from home to Kathmandu. In the evening you will have a pre meeting with your guide regarding the following program.

Early in the morning you will drive to the airport and fly to Lukla and trek to Phakding for about 3- 4 hours. After a scenic 30 minutes flight from Kathmandu will land in Lukla airport ,Lukla is the gateway of the Everest base camp trek where your trek begins after final preparation for walking and taking warm tea and quick snacks and in the meantime you will meet porters in lukla. The trek will continue to Phakding for about 3 to 4 hours. Descend slightly through the beautiful sherpa villages, mane wall, Tshorten , pry flags and cross a few suspension bridges. Along the way you can stop for lunch at Ghat if not feeling hungry and then you can directly go to Phagdink for lunch and overnight stay.

Note: In the high pick season like October – November and March , April all the flights fly from Ramechhap airport instead of Kathmandu so, you have to drive 3-4 hours Kathmandu to Ramechhap airport and take a short flight to Lukla.

Second day of your trek starts after a warm breakfast at the lodge about 7:30 to 8:00 am in the morning. Total hike today is 5 to 6 hours including lunch break. Beginning of the day you will trek through numerous villages , Tea houses , waterfalls, and several suspension bridges. After two hours trek you will reach at Manjo village where you have to buy the Sagarmatha national park permits, once your guide manage all permits and then you 20 to 25 minutes walk to Jorsalle through the suspension bridge over the Dudh kosi river where you will stop for lunch before long ascend to the Namche bazaar. After lunch, a 40 to 50 minute trek to Hillary bridge gradually ascends and once you cross the hanging high suspension bridge the trek is a bit challenging as in the last part of the day you will ascend 500m to Namche through the zingjack path and thick pine , lush forest. If the weather permits you will have the first view of Mount Everest from Chor camp viewpoint, otherwise you have to wait for the next day. Definitely you will feel the hard last part of the day as you are facing a first big hill ascend on this trek ,but once you reach Namche bazaar you will be treated with a beautiful view of Namche Bazaar (alt.3410m) with warm hospitality by lodge.

As you are trekking to Everest base camp alt. 5364m from sea level extra nights stay at Namche and acclimatization is compulsory to all trekkers.and most of the trekkers used to do the same. The day starts after breakfast , today you will hike to Everest view Hotel (alt.3880m) 3 – 4 hours ,and in the afternoon return to the lodge for lunch. After a half an hour walk from your tea house you will have the first view of Mount Everest range , Ama Dablam , Thamserku , Twache , Kusumkangaru, Kongde peak , Khumbila including 100s of beautiful panoramic views from Army camp. As required for good enough acclimatization you will ascend to Everest view Hotel a few more hours. At Everest view Hotel you can drink hot tea and enjoy the panoramic views of Mt. Everest ranges in close distance. Afternoon you will return to the lodge for a hot lunch and you have free time until dinner time. You can explore the Namche Bazaar or take a rest and relax at a lodge.

After breakfast , you will trek from Namche bazzar to Tengboche on day four of the short Everest base camp trek. Beginning of the day you will trek gradual ascents to Kayanjungma one and half hours, and in the meantime you will have a magnificent view of Mount Everest range , Mt. Ama Dablam , Thamserku including numerous beautiful peaks surround the trail. Descend to Phungi Thanga at the river side for lunch . After lunch you will ascend approx 500m to Tengboche monastery. It’s a bit challenging part of the day ,but when you reach the top of the hill you will be mesmerized with the beautiful culture of Tengboche monastery and Mt. Everest range , Ama Dablam view in close distance. You can visit inside the monastery everyday after 4 pm used to allowing the trekkers with a warm welcome by monks and you can see their daily puja ceremony and pray for your journey to Everest base camp to successfully reach the last destination of this trek.

First part of the trek today you will short descend and gradually walk to suspension bridge before ascending to Pangboche villages (alt. 3900m), 2 hours. where you can stop for hot tea and enjoy the beautiful view of Ama Dablam (alt.6812m) in close distance. Those people who have a plan to climb Ama Dablam the trail are spared from here. You will trek another hour to Sommar for lunch and after lunch you will continue trekking through beautiful landscapes for the final 2 more hours gradually ascending to Dingboche for overnight stay. Dingboche is one of the most famous places along the Everest base camp trek, where you can feel more warmer and comfortable during your stay during this trek.

After a warm breakfast at the lodge you will start your day. Today you will trek from Dingboche (alt.4410m) to Lobuche (alt.4900m) in 4 to 5 hours. First part of the walk gradually ascends to Thukla for about 2 hours. Along the way you will enjoy walking through beautiful areas abound with the grassy landscapes, and you may encounter the himalayan yaks. Moreover, panoramic views of Mt. Ama Dablam, (6812m, Mt. Twache 6420m , Mt. Cholaste 6440m , and Lobuche peak 6119m is tawaring the trail. Just right before reaching Thukla you will cross the river source of this river is Khumbu glacier . At Thukala you can drink hot tea or coffee before starting the steep ascent to Thukla pass (alt.6820m) for about 2 more hours where you can see numbers of memorial of Sherpa climbers and foreigners who died during the Everest expedition and the best view of Mt. Ama Dablam and the number of beautiful peaks around. At the last part of the day you will graudal ascend to Lobuche one hour to the tea house for hot tea and lunch, Mt. Pumari ( alt.7119m is greets you along the way to Lobuche . Afternoon before the end of the day we suggest doing the small hike up to the hill a couple of hundred meters up for acclimatization which helps you to sleep as you reach higher then you sleep tonight.

Today is the most highlighted day of this trek. Today you are fulfilling your dream to reach by walking to world highest mount everest base camp (5346m). After early breakfast at Lobuche your day starts with a 2 -3 hours trek to Gorek shep gradual ascend through the rocky trail. Once you reach Gorak shep we stop for hot lunch and keep our unnecessary stuff at the lodge as we return to the same place after we visit Everest base camp for overnight stay. Continuing the trek from Gorak Shep it takes 2 to 3 hours to stretch -out to Everest base camp. The trail is more rocky with few hundred gradually ascends to basecamp , you must have to walk with careful and as it is high section of this trek you may also feels hard to breathing and can’t move as you wish , so you have to drink plenty warm water and eat proper food and hot soups and some energy bars. Once you reach the Base Camp of Mt. Everest you will celebrate with your team as your dream comes true and enjoy with some photographs and videos and final 2 more hours and slowly return to Gorek shep for overnight stay.

You will feel tired as you walk very long days in the high altitude ,and unstable rocky trail close to the big mountain, but you will be mesmerized with landscapes , Khumbu glacier , and panoramic views of Mt. Everest , Pumari , Khumbila , Mt. Lola includes several mountains in the close distance including clean your bucket list to be at Everest base camp (alt.564m. 18237 Ft)

Before sunrise very early in the morning you will hike to Kalapather viewpoint (alt.5550m) about 3 hours ascending from Gorak shep to top of the kala patthar viewpoint for amazing sunrise view over the mount Everest range includes 360 degree a panoramic views of the himalayas. As you wish to see the sunrise view, from kala patthar we start to hike very early in the morning at about 3:30 am to 4 am. You need head touching and in the morning it is very cold and chilly so you have to wear warm gear such as sweaters , gloves , beanies , walking sticks , big down/ wind proof jackets , warm paints ,and a few pairs of warm socks , sunglasses etc.

After exploring these mesmerizing views from top of the kala patthar you will return to lodge for hot breakfast and continue trek back down to Pheriche (alt.4360m) from Gore shep (alt.5120m) mainly descends through the Lobuche , Thukla with a great experience of trek to Everest base camp (alt.5364m) , and hike to Kala panther (alt.5550m) most popular viewpoint in Everest region for explore the great views of Mt. Everest range for lifetime experience with deep memories.

As you are going down after a higher section of this trek you will feel more comfortable and your buddy used to do it. With great memories of this adventure lifetime trip to Everest base camp with the quicker itinerary today you will trek back down to Namche bazaar from pheriche. The trail gradually descends and a few sections of the trail short ascend through the sherpa villages , such as Pangboche , Deboche , Sommar , Phungi thanga and Kyanjungma before final stop at Namche. Crossing through the Mane wall, Thorten suspension bridges and famous Tengboche monastery where you can stop for lunch and after lunch continue trek to Namche ups and downs for 3 more hours for overnight stay. The mountain views still greet you such as Mount Everest , Ama Dablam, Thamserku , Konde peak , manymore.

Today is your last day of walking on this trek, you will trek back from Namche bazaar to Lukla about 6 to 7 hours through the Phakding (alt. 2610m) where you can stop for lunch before ending this trip at Lukla. You will descend mostly through the beautiful tea house, village and suspension bridges over the Dudh Kosi river , you will remember most of the things as you will return to the same trail where you trek recently on the way up.

At Phakding you will have lunch break after a 3 hours trek back from Namche. 2 – 3 hours more gradual ascends to Lukla after lunch where your trek ends. Tonight you will have farewell dinner with a porter who is going to stay at Lukla to look for another job and you will fly back to Kathmandu tomorrow morning.

After memorizing a short Everest base camp trek early in the morning you will fly back to Kathmandu from Lukla (30 minutes and transfer to your hotel where your trek ends.

Note: in the high pick season such as October , November and March and April all the flights will fly from Ramechhap instead of Kathmandu and from Ramechhap you have to drive to Kathmandu 3 to 4 hours to reach Kathmandu.

Tonight you will be invited by nature explore trek for farewell dinner at typical nepali restaurants with a cultural dance show.

According to your flight schedule we will escort you to the airport by private car /Jeep and bus as per group size for final say bye bye after great experience of Everest base camp trek with Nature Explore trek team.

If you want to stay more days in Nepal and if you want to do more activities during your stay in Nepal we are happy to assist you in the additional cost.