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Day 14: Loboje – Everest Base
Camp- Gorakshep (4939m)
(B, L, D)
Get geared up for a long trek today. Start
early this morning and, if weather permits,
you can hike up to Everest Base Camp
(5368m) for views of the Khumbu Icefall.
Spend the day at Everest base camp, giving
you a chance to meet the climbers and
thoroughly explore the area. Return to
Gorakshep. (approximate trek time: 7-8 hrs)
Day 15: Gorakshep - Kala Pattar
(5545m) – Loboje (B, L, D)
Today will be another early start with a
long day of trekking ahead. Trek along
the rough path along the side of the
Khumbu glacier to the tea shacks at Gorak
Shep. Behind rises the attractive 7000m
peak of Pumori, which dwarfs the trek’s
summit of Kala Pattar. The route up is
straightforward and takes most people
between 90 minutes and 2 hours. All the
peaks - Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Changtse,
Ama Dablam and scores of other lesser
peaks - can be seen from this wonderful
vantage point.
(approximate trek time: 6-7 hrs)
Day 16: Loboje - Pangboche
(3860m) (B, L, D)
Enjoy an easy walk down the Imja Khola
via Pheriche with a visit to the gompa at
Pangboche. Tonight you will set up camp
near the Monastery.
(approximate trek time: 5-6 hrs)
Day 17: Pangboche –Kyangzuma
(3650m) (B, L, D)
Your trek now descends through the
forest to the Dudh Kosi. From this very
pretty crossing point, climb to a chorten
(a religious monument) to take in the
marvelous views across the valley of
Phortse, Tengboche and the surrounding
mountains.
(approximate trek time: 5-6 hrs)
Day 18: Kyangzuma - Monjo
(2744m) (B, L, D)
The return route towards Lukla leads back
through Namche and off down the hill.
There are some nice camp sites close to the
National Park boundary.
(approximate trek time: 4-5 hrs)
Day 19: Monjo – Lukla (2805m)
(B, L, D)
Most people head towards Lukla with
a heavy heart saddened that they have
almost reached the end of this magical
journey. There is something so very
special about the setting, the villages and
the people of the high Khumbu hills and
valleys, that most are reluctant to leave.
The beautiful memories of time spent in
this region help you make it through the
deceptively long, final climb into Lukla.
Today, your accommodations will be in
Namaste Lodge or North Face Resort at
Lukla. (approximate trek time: 5-6 hrs)
Day 20: Lukla – Kathmandu (B)
Another chance to enjoy this great flight!
Upon arrival at Kathmandu airport, you
will be met and transferred to the hotel.
Enjoy the remainder of the day at
your leisure.
Day 21: Kathmandu (B, D)
Today you will visit Bungamati Village
located five kilometers south of Patan. The
road from Patan to Bungamati is dotted
with small votive chaityas (a Buddhist
shrine including a stupa), appropriate for
an ancient processionary path. The village
of over 2,000 people is tightly clustered
against a hilly riverside slope, surrounded
by terraced rice fields and clumps of trees.
Open ponds flank the paved path as it
enters the village. Past a Ganesh temple,
a series of steps leads to a gate guarded by
two lions and the head of a third one, which
juts from a ramp obviously built around
the animal. Here is the powerful, shikharastyle
Rato Machhendranath temple, with
heavy columns and beautiful supports in
its lower part. Through the grille of the
wooden door of the nearby Lokeshwar
Shrine, you may catch a glimpse of the
huge head of Bhairav, with crooked nose,
greedy lips and globe like eyes.
This afternoon enjoy a sightseeing tour of
Patan and the Patan Museum. Patan City .
. . the city of arts and architecture founded
in 250 A.D., also known as Lalitpur. It is
renowned for its fine works in bronze, silver
and copper. Your visit will include Durbar
Square, the Royal Baths, Mahaboudha,
Krishna Mandir and Hiranya Verna
Mahabihar (the Golden Temple). A visit
to the new Patan Museum is an absolute
must! The museum faces Durbar Square
and is housed in the beautifully restored
and renovated former Malla residential
palace.
The collection spans much of Nepal’s
cultural history, primarily exhibiting
metalwork sculptures from Hindu and
Buddhist deities, typical of Patan’s
SPECIAL NOTE: Flights
into Lukla are sometimes
delayed due to un-flyable
conditions either in fog-bound
Kathmandu or windy Lukla;
be reassured that our staff
will do everything possible to
minimize the inconvenience
caused if this happens.
A Sadhu, or holy man
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