EBC - Everest Base Camp

All flights from Kathmandu to Lukla (starting trekking point) are very early in the morning:around 06.00/07.00 AM,beacuse of the weather over Himalaya. You should leave your hotel around 04.30/05.00

The flight to Lukla is only 35 minutes! Once landed in "The most dangerous airport in the world" you can have a good coffe and breakfast and start to enjoy your trekking to Phakding

PHAKDING (2.652 Mt/5-6 hours walking) ---------------------------------------------------------- We are now in the Khumbu Valley, and Phakding is the main stopping point for the first night! Beacuse of tourism industry you will find here and a great number of guesthouses and lodges.

From Phakding you need to walk at least 5-6 hours to reach the main village in Khumbu Valley:Namche Bazar!

Namche Bazaar (3.440 mt/5-6 hours walking) --------------------------------------------------------------- This village is one of the main stops on the trail up to Everest Base Camp, and is a great place to spend two days. You MUST spend at least a couple of days ACCLIMATISING in Namche.

NAMCHE BAZAR (3.440 Mt) , is considered the capital of Khumbu Region. --------------------------------------------------------------- BECAUSE OF ACCLIMATISING YOU MUST STAY AT LEAST TWO NIGHTS HERE! --------------------------------------------------------------- Here you will find many facilities such as Exchange Money, laundry services, restaurants, cafe, bakery, hotels and shop for trekking equipment. You can spend your time also visiting: - SAGARMATHA NATIONAL PARK VISITOR'S CENTRE - MUSEUM OF SHERPA LIFE - MUSEUM OF LOCAL MEDICINAL PLANTS AND TIBETAN HERBAL MEDICINE - NAMCHE LIBRARY - NAMCHE MONASTERY

After two days in Namche Bazar your body is acclimated to go higher, it's time to start the real part of this hard trekking!

Tengboche (3.867 mt/6-7 hours walking) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this village you will have a panoramic view of the Himalayan mountains, including Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse and Ama Dablam. If you have time you should visit the important BUDDHIST TENGBOCHE MONASTERY, built in 1923, which is the largest gompa in the Khumbu region. Tengboche

After breakfast in your lodge (and forget to have a shower for next days) you can continue your journey to EBC...

Dingboche (4.358 mt/6-7 hours walking) ---------------------------------------------------------------- This Sherpa village is a popular stop for trekkers and climbers for acclimatization purposes. One of the characteristics of Dingboche is the kilometers of stone walls, built using the stones of different sizes that cover the entire Valley. These stones are removed in order to plow the soil and end up being piled one over the other creating kilometers of walls.

Wake up! Eat breakfast! Fast... you have to leave as soon as possible...otherwise cold will stop your trekking!!!!

LOBUCHE (4.928 mt/6-7 hours walking) ----------------------------------------------------------- On the way to Lobuche you will find the LOBUCHE MEMORIAL, a place dedicated for the brave warriors who have fallen during their attempt to ascent Mount Everest. The memorial let you understand how killer are this mountains... ----------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: here the lodges and accommodations are notoriously primitive!

GORAK SHEP (5.160 mt/ 3 hours walking) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Gorak Shep, inside the Sagarmatha National Park, It's the final stop before reaching to Everest Base Camp...

EVEREST BASE CAMP! (5.364 mt) ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! You succeded! You reached at EBC: the base to climb the tollest mountain in the world!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Once here maybe you won't feel good...maybe you could have headache, cold, cough, and you will feel very tired! But you will understand what really means to complete a difficult journey, what means to trek on Himalaya Mountains and you will feel proud of yourself!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------- You can stay one hour, if you feel good on the rudimentary campsite at the base of Mount Everest, used by professional climbers during their ascent! ENJOY YOUR SUCCESS!!!!

After reached your goal of this journey its better to back to get rest in GORAK SHEP! ----------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: lodges at Gorak Shep are really basic, in recent times more modern amenities have become available, such as satellite high-speed internet access

KALA PATTHAR (5,550 mt/4 hours walking) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you still feel healthy you can try an ascent on Kala Patthar, which looks like a giant dune looming over the lakebed, and provides you the BEST VIEW OF EVEREST..... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Climbing must start in the early morning, when the visibility is usually better, and to take your BEST PICTURE EVER... It takes four hours to summit and come back.

PHERICHE (4,371 mt/7-8 hours walking) ---------------------------------------------------------------- In Pheriche village you can find many other lodges where to get rest, a WI-FI connection,and a rudimentary hospital that is open only during the two seasons. ---------------------------------------------------------------- If available you can try to sleep into the lodge which is inside the INTERNATIONAL PYRAMID LABORATORY - OBSERVATORY

From Periche you have to wake up early and back to Namche Bazar!

After 8-9 hour walking you will finally reach Namche Bazar again, where you can have an incredible HOT SHOWER (!!!!) in 9ne of its many confortable lodges and accommodations...

From Namche Bazar it's time back in Lukla!

In Lukla you can spend one night, beacuse your flight will be very early in morning!

You flight to back in Kathmandu will be around 06.00/07.00 in the morning! Don't miss it...if you want to back to the city!

Welcome back to Kathmandu!