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15<br />
Everest Adventure<br />
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$1,599<br />
KATHMANDU > KATHMANDU<br />
ACTIVE<br />
days<br />
GAANEA<br />
Highlights<br />
• Trek to Everest Base Camp<br />
• Conquer high passes, valleys and glaciers<br />
• Walk around glaciers and ice walls<br />
• Witness your first Himalayan sunset<br />
• Stay in teahouses high in the mountains<br />
• Hike through Sherpa villages<br />
• Gawk at stunning Everest views<br />
• Relax in Kathmandu’s chilled out cafes<br />
Day 1: Kathmandu<br />
Arrive at any time and go exploring!<br />
Day 2-4: Pakding/Namche Bazaar<br />
We promise you everything about this trip is<br />
spectacular, even the landing into Lukla, with one<br />
end of the runway 60m higher than the other!<br />
Heading through pine and cedar woods along the<br />
Dudh Kosi to Pakding, you’ll encounter your first<br />
yak caravans carrying equipment and supplies.<br />
Spend a day acclimatising on a trip to Thame where<br />
intricately carved stones mark the path to this<br />
large valley.<br />
Day 5: Tengboche<br />
The route leaving Namche is unbelievably beautiful.<br />
The Dudh Kosi is far below and Thamserku, Kantega,<br />
Ama Dablam, Lhotse and Everest rise in front of you.<br />
Hike through Sherpa villages, forests and across<br />
streams to reach Tengboche Monastary, home to<br />
Tengboche Rinpoche – a Lama incarnate. Get up<br />
early and enjoy the morning view from Tengboche,<br />
considered one of the most magnificent in the world.<br />
Day 6-7: Dingboche<br />
At the bottom of a flight of stone steps lies the<br />
small village of Dingboche and its convent. From<br />
Dingboche the mountain views are outstanding. An<br />
acclimatisation day here can be used to hike up the<br />
Imja Khola to Chhukung, a small summer settlement<br />
from where the views of Island Peak, Lhotse and<br />
the fluted ice walls are one of the highlights of the<br />
entire trek.<br />
Day 8-10: Lobuche/Everest Base Camp<br />
Walk through alpine meadows and summer pasture<br />
toward the end of the Khumbu Glacier where there<br />
is a steep, tough climb. From Lobuche the view is<br />
straight towards Nuptse and the sunset is truly<br />
magnificent. On Day 9, deal with dizzying altitude<br />
as you climb onto the Changri Glacier, before<br />
heading off in the afternoon for Everest Base<br />
Camp. The route to base camp follows the Khumbu<br />
Glacier with its intriguing 15m high seracs of ice,<br />
a feature unique to Himalayan glaciers. Colourful<br />
expedition tents give a bizarre appearance to this<br />
desolate place surrounded by walls of rock, snow<br />
and ice. Early on Day 10 you’ll make a side trip up<br />
Kala Pattar for sunrise where you can see the best<br />
views of Everest, before the scenic descent back to<br />
Pheriche.<br />
Day 11-13: Tengpoche/Mongo/Lukla<br />
Descend the Imja Khola past Pangboche, the highest<br />
permanent settlement in the valley. Its gompa is built<br />
over the religious retreat of Khumbu’s Saint Lama<br />
Sanga Dorje. The juniper trees on either side are said<br />
to have sprung from hair cut from his head. A rocklike<br />
projection is said to be a piece of mountainside<br />
he pulled out for protection one day. Continue down<br />
through Namche Bazaar and Phakding to Lukla.<br />
Day 14-15: Kathmandu<br />
You made it! Flight back to Kathmandu where you<br />
can rest, shop, go sightseeing or just enjoy your last<br />
day with your fellow trekkers in one of Kathmandu’s<br />
many rooftop cafes. Your adventure may come to an<br />
end on Day 15 – but the memories will last a lifetime!<br />
CHINA<br />
40<br />
Kathmandu<br />
Everest<br />
Base<br />
Camp<br />
NEPAL<br />
Lukla<br />
Mt Everest<br />
Nepal’s flag is the only one that is not a<br />
square or rectangle, but rather two red<br />
triangles on top of each other.
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