EVEREST
BASE CAMP ( FLIGHT IN FLIGHT
OUT 18 Days Program)
Itinerary
Day 01: Arrive in Kathmandu and transfer to hotel.
Day 02: full day sight seeing in Kathmandu.
Day
03: Kathmandu-Lukla-Phakding(2600m): It takes around
40 minutes to fly from Kathmandu to Lukla. When you leave
the airport you see the Langtang and Jugal ranges surrounding
the Kathmandu Basin. Next you fly over Rolwaling Himal where
Gaurishankar and Menlungtse are particularly striking. Then
when you enter the Khumbu region the nose of the plane down
and you make a thrilling but safe landing at Lukla.
You begin a gentle climb up the mountain side on the left
bank of the Dudhkoshi. Nupla(5885m) which can be seen in
the distance on the opposite bank is a peak a top the Kongde
Ri ridge. When you descend a mountainside path that images
into this route to Everest. At its far end you may see Kusum
Kang(6367m). The Dudhkoshi approaches you pass a Mani wall
and arrive at Ghat where there is a tea house. Continue
walking along a small path many ups and downs that follows
the left band of Dudhkoshi to Phakding(2600m). The village
on the left band, and you must cross the modern bridge to
the right bank for camping.
Day 04: Namche(3440m) -As you
follow the level path along the right bank from campsite,
Thamserku(6623m) looks skyward on the opposite bank. After
crossing the stream and climb the terraced hills from the
Dudhkoshi route you walk through the forest from where the
view of Everest is excellent. The climb erases somewhat,
and Namche Bazaar appears ahead as you travel along the
path surrounded by pines. You pan the plateau where the
Saturday bazaar is held and enter the village Namche Bazaar(3440m).
Day 05: Tangboche(3860m) - After leaving
Namche bazaar and climbing to the top of the ridge, you
come to a level mountain path that offers an excellent panorama
of Thamserku, Kantega and Kusum Kang. To the right is a
steep cliff that drops down to Dudhkoshi, taintly visible
on the valley floor below. As you make your way around a
branch ridge, Ama Dablam(6812m), Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse(7855m)
and Tawetse(6501m) suddenly appears. And then you descend
gently to Dudhkoshi and cross a wooden bridge to reach Phunki
Tenga, and take a long clim to Tangboche. Tangboche is an
important look out point on this course and the sunset on
Everest and Ama Dablam is especially beautiful.
Day 06: Pheriche (4240m) - Leave Tangboche
with its representative Himalayan scenery-Monastery, Chortens
and the Khumbu mountain as a backdrop and ascend a rhododendron
covered area to emerge to a pleasant level area. Pass a
long Manistone wall to while looking up at Ama Dablam and
Kantega appears on the opposite band. As you ascend the
chorten-lined route, you come to a folk - the upper path
goes to Pangboche terin and a Monastery, but you take the
lower path to Pangboche Olin. Pan through the village and
cross the stream, climb past the tree line on a gently slopping
path a mid low scrub to Orsho. It is an easy climb to Pheriche
where there is a clinic of the Tokyo medical University,
Pheriche offers a vista of Tawetse to the left and the unfamiliar
back view of Ama Dablam. And take a days rest here at Pheriche.
Day 07: Rest day.
Day 08: Chukung - You leave the village
and walk into a grass-carpeted valley Karpa where you begin
an upward climb. The stone mountain of stones and pebbles
straight ahead is the terminal moraine of Khumbu Glacier.
After fording the stream that ecanates from the glacier,
you climb to Lukla. From where you reach to the village
of Chukung and have a days rest.
Day 09: Lobuche(4887m) - After leaving
Chukung you wind around a lateral moraine of Khumbu Glacier
and enter the zone of ablation. Fording a stream, you walk
along a mountain side route with Pumori(7161m)straight ahead
and Nuptse the right. You arrive at Chilly Lobuche where
there are three hotels as well as a lodge run by the National
Park service.
Day 10: Gorakshep(5100m) - While enjoying
the rays of the morning sun on Pumori, you follow a level
path through the zone of ablation, standing a top the moraine
after a short climb, you look down upon Khumbu Glacier and
Changri Glacier that how onto Khumbu Glacier from the left.
You cut across the rocky changri glacier and climb up the
lateral moraine on the opposite at Gorakshep.
Day 11: Kalapattar - You'll have to climb
in order to reach Kalapattar, the climb is very difficult
in the beginning because the first incline is extremely
step. While the angle of incline eases after the first hill,
it is a still very long walk. The view from either ridge
is enough to make you forget the difficult climb. Long waited
Everest and Nuptse -the world's highest peaks and Ama Dablam,
Kantega, Thamserku, Tawetse to the south together with Pumori
above and extendely to China's Changtse(7553m) all from
a magnifcient 360 panorama, through ice pinnacles and plateaus
and finally arrive at Mt. Everest ahead is the jagged ice
fall. It is desolate world enclosed by walls of rocks and
take a days rest and camp.
Day 12: Pheriche - hike back from Lobuche
to Pheriche.
Day 13: Tangboche - hike back from Pheriche
to Tangboche.
Day 14: Namche - hike back from Tangboche
to Namche.
Day 15: Lukla -hike back from Namche to
Lukla.
Day 16: Morning flight from Lukla/Kathmandu
& half day rest day.
Day 17: Full day sight seeing.
Day 18: Final departure.
