Gokyo Valley, Chola Pass Everest base camp, and Island Peak climbing

We welcome you to the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, the motherland of Sita, and the treasure of the world; Nepal. One of our staff will welcome you in the departure section of Tribhuwan

International Airport (TIA) where you will be taken by a private car to your respective hotel. After a while, you may have Nepali Thakali food as the meal for the first day.

On the same day, we will guide you to the site to see the Kathmandu valley. Kathmandu valley has more than 7 different sites that are listed as World Heritage sites including Lord Pashupatinath Temple, Chungunarayan Temple, Bhaktapur durbar square, Swayambunath Temple, and many others. We won’t have enough time to explore them all in a single day so will worship at Pashupatinath Temple.

On the second day, we will visit some of the tourist places for half a day. After 2 o’clock, we will be having some shopping for warm clothes for the trek at local stores in Kathmandu. On the same day, you will bag pack all your requirement for the trek.

You will prepare yourself both physically and mentally to hike around the Himalayan surface.

The duration of the flight lasts only 30 minutes with the alluring view of green hills, terrains, forests, and rivers. The view gives a positive vibe and increases the excitement level of every passenger out there. After we reach Lukla, we will begin the actual trek hiking for around 4 hours to reach Phakding.

Good morning from 2800 m elevated Phakding village. As per the schedule, on this day we will hike for about 6-7 hours to reach Namche Bazar. The trail goes along with never stopping at DudhKoshiriver following the sub-tropical forest. You’d be lucky to witness red flowering rhododendron forests in the spring season.

We will cross several suspension bridges to reach Benkar village, which is the viewpoint of Mt. Thamserku. Monjo is the place where we will take the permit to go through the route of Sagarmatha National park.

Hiking through the Jhosale, we finally get a glimpse of Namche Bazar; a small town in the lap of the Himalayas. Namche Bazar; known as the City of Sherpa is the biggest market in the Khumbu region. You will notice more than 90 percent of houses serve as a homestay lodging service.

We open our eyes early in the morning in the city of heaven. Any first-timer will agree on the fact that Namche Bazar is one of the greatest wizards of nature they’ve ever seen. Yak Yogurt is served as an energy drink in the morning. After having a meal we will explore the Namche.

This city is both naturally and culturally well decorated having ancient Buddhist monasteries all over the city. The Tamang, Gurung, and Sherpa community has a great number in this region. Namche offers indescribable art and culture along with social practices.

Namche delivers a breathtaking view of the mountain range comprising Kwangde Peak, Lhotse peak, Tawache peak, Kusum peak, and Mt. Everest. We will hike through the main Sherpa town and get back to the hotel to spend the night.

Just after the first shine of the sun, we head on our journey toward the beautiful village of Dhole. Dhole stands at an elevation of 4200m from the sea level requiring 6 hours of a hike from Namche Bazar.

We will be ascending towards the rhododendron forest following the northeast route towards Kyangjuma. We will be staying at a local guesthouse in Dhole.

The seventh day of your journey starts with the casual hike of 5 hours to reach 4470 m elevate Machhermo. We will ascend Lhabarama and Luza village witnessing the canyon-like Dudhkoshi valley.

It is believed that in the year 1974, a yeti killed three yaks and attacked a Sherpa woman. After this incident, the Machhermo village is named after the village of Yeti. This beautiful village offers magical views of Mt. Cho Oyu, Mt. Kantega, and Mt. Thamserku. We will be booking a local lodge to spend the night.

It’s a beautiful morning at Machhermo. After the first sunrise, we will be hiking for about 6 hours to reach 4800 m elevated Gokyo village. Living in the cold air we hike to Pangga from where one can see the beautiful view of Cholatse. Crossing several forests, we head towards the NgozymbaGlacier which shines like a diamond on the open sunny day.

You can observe the various lakes in this region one after another shining blue in daylight. Firstly, we will witness Gokyolake and then TabocheTsho located at 4740 m and finally, you will notice another lake where we will be spending some time enjoying the beauty.

We will hike through the terrains and lakes of Gokyo valley to explore the Gokyo lakes as this will be the acclimatization day for us. The colorful houses of the Gokyo village look stunning from the viewpoint.

You will also discover several mountain ranges including the mountains of Nuptse, Makalu, Everest, Cho- Oyu, and Gyachung Kang peaks in a single frame. After exploring Gokyo for the day, we will head back to the hotel to spend the night.

GokyoRi stands tall at a whopping elevation of 5357 m from sea level. As we have already acclimatized to the altitude of Gokyo, a little increase in elevation doesn’t affect us. We will hike for about 4 hours to reach GokyoRi.

You will realize all your hard work is worth it when you witness the indescribable, just magical art of nature. The alluring views of the highest mountains including Everest, Makalu, Taweche, Lobuche, and other peaks will make you live the rest of your life at the summit

of 5357 m elevated GokyoRi. The whitish peak on the upper side and a bluish Gokyo lake on the ground complete the beautiful picture.

After having some memorable moments at the summit, we will be trekking to Thagnak descending 600 meters down from GokyoRi to Thagnak where we will be spending our night.

Early at 6 AM, we will hike towards our destination to witness the first glimpse of the shining sun. Today we will hike about 7 long hours through the routes of Cho La Pass. Cho La Pass stands at an elevation of 5420 m joining the route of Gokyo to Everest region.

It’s a beautiful sunny day to hike in the month of spring where we will be taking pictures of the beautiful shining glacier in the Cho La pass region. Walking for a while we will notice a lake where Buddhist enchanted prayer flags are found. The lake remains frozen all the time. Playing hide and seek with the sun, we finally reach Dzongla where we will be staying a night in a local homestay.

The route towards Lobuche takes us to the Everest base camp. The hike for the day will be certainly less than 5 hours from Dzongla to Lobuche. Enjoy the view of the mountain range; we pass through the edge of Awi peak. We will see a Glacier named Chola Glacier clearly on the bank of our route.

The trails from Tengboche to Lobuche usually become full of trekkers. As this is only the best possible route, you see trekkers heading towards EBC.

We will witness the beautiful sunset over Nuptse peak in the evening. We will spend the night at Lobuche scheduling and maintaining the arrangement as per the plan.

Hurry! It’s the day finally we will be witnessing the world’s highest peak from the closest point possible. We will be heading towards the Everest base camp which lies at an elevation of 5364 m. For this day, we will get back to Gorakshep to stay the night.

Hiking around 7 long hours we reach the dream destination on the foot of the world’s highest peak. Following the moraines of the Khumbu Glacier just after 3-4 hours of a hike from there, you will reach Everest base camp where you will live the moment of life.

You will notice many trekkers and climbers settling tents to acclimatize themselves for climbing Everest. Your patience won’t last long to have the desire to accomplish the summit of Mt. Everest. We will return to Gorakshep to acclimatize ourselves for the day.

Before sunrise in Gorakshep early in the morning, we hike to one of the highest viewpoints in the world standing at 5545 m where we will be witnessing the rising child sun above the mountain ranges.

After enjoying the magical moment of a ray of sun kissing the mountain range, we return to Gorakshep for the meal and then descend towards the Dingbochevillage which is the ultimate spot for the day.

Today we will hike just for 3-4 hours to reach the Island base camp where we will train ourselves to climb the peak. As the peak is elevated at 6189 m, we need to acclimatize the temperature and altitude before attempting to climb, this will be the preparation day.

We will be camping in the tent in the base camp so that it becomes easy to climb the island peak on the next day.

It’s an exciting day as we will be accomplishing one of the biggest achievements of our life summiting the snowy capped white peak over 6000 m. It will be the moment to be proud of but also a moment to be careful of.

Finally, after 4-6 hours of casual climbing, we reach over 6000 meters at the summit of The whitish peak on the upper side and a bluish Gokyo lake on the ground completes the beautiful picture.

Island peak followed the footprint of Sir Edmund Hillary and TenzingNorgey Sherpa; the first accomplisher of the world’s highest peak. We will enjoy the panoramic view from the summit and after spending 5 to 10 minutes, we descend back to the base camp.

This will be a busy day as we will be hiking about a long long route until we reach Chhukung on the same day for lodging purposes.

The 17th day will be the contingency day scheduled so that if weather problems persist on the first attempt, we try for the 17th day to climb around the white peak. We will take this day as a well-deserving resting day.

It’s a busy day to descend back taking almost 8 hours of a hike from Chhukung to Namche Bazar. Our body will be a lot more stabilized as we took to rest the previous day. The elevation also decreases by more than 800 meters which gives a small relief to our lungs.

You will feel the trails to be easy as you will be descending quite rapidly. Passing through several villages, suspension bridges, and forests we finally reach Namche Bazar where we will have a well-deserved rest at a local guest house at Namche Bazar.

We hike for about 7 long hours through the bank of the DudhKoshi river. Without resting anywhere we continuously bypass the trek in the hurry of getting late for the flight.

We need to be careful about the time as we need to be in time to catch the flight to Kathmandu the next morning. After arriving in Lukla, we book a hotel to spend the night for the day.

We will take an early flight from Lukla Domestic Airport to Kathmandu. This enables us to have an appropriate time to rest in a hotel in Kathmandu. After a 30-minute flight to Kathmandu, our private car will pick you to your respective hotel where you can have plenty of rest.

After having time on your lifelong memorable journey, we thank you with a token of love from our company. We wish you all the best for the upcoming chapter of your life.