Classic Everest Trek

Today, you will be visiting the major places in Kathmandu with the help of our tour guides. You will mainly visit Swayambhunath, Bauddhanath, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu Durbar Square and Patan Durbar Square among others.

About 10 hours of drive from Kathmandu will take you to Sivalaya via Jiri, which will be the actual trekking point for Classical Everest Trek. You will stay at lodge overnight.

Today's trek will lead us on the uphill through the cool shade of the forest and terraces with steep accent and descend in some places till we reach to Bhandar .

Early morning breakfast then trek slitly down hill through the cultivated land area until you reach you reach Kinja village for your lunch stop. After lunch the trails goes uphill for three hours until you reach at Sete village. Once reaching Sete, the air gets much cooler along with the altitude of 2575m.

The trek will be much cooler from today. Passing through Lamjura-La pass, after walking along the trail for about 8 hours, you will reach at Junbesi. Junbesi is a large Sherpa village with chorten, monastery and a school built by Sir Edmond Hillary Foundation.

Today will be a quite long day walk to Nunthala. We will pass through marvelous trail along hillside, forest of pine, oak, and rhododendron and reach to a village od Solung Danda where you can have the view of Everest in the distance a dark pyramid shaped and other high snowcapped mountains of Khumbu Region. THe following the route, we will finally reach at Nunthala.

After breakfast at Nunthala, journey begins with a descent after leaving the suburb of the village, following the steep downhill slope through the terraces and forest. The long trek of about 7 hours will lead us to be at Bupsa where you could visit Buddhist Monastery and explore the village with superb views of the rolling valley and hills.

Today, we start our trek at Bupsa in the morning after having our breakfast. After walking around 6 hours, we will reach at Phakding.

After your breakfast at Phakding, we start our trek and passing through Monjo, we finally reach at Namche Bazaar after walking about 5-6 hours.

We will spend a day here in order to acclimatize and adjust to the thinning of the air. Suggested activities here are: a short walk uphill to the Sagarmatha National Park Headquarter which is a magnificent sport perched on top of Namche Bazaar with breathtaking views of the surrounding snowcapped mountains and the valley way down. We will also hike up the Syangboche Airport around Everest View Hotel.

After breakfast, we start our trek with pleasant walk trail through the forest with magnificent view of mountains until Kenjoma and the trail goes downhill towards Phungi Tanga. After reaching at Phungi Tanga, we have our lunch. Then, we climb uphill around 2 hours to finally reach at Tyangboche which is the highest monastery in the world. From Tyangboche, we can have the magnificent views of Mount Everest, Lhotse, Nupse, Amadablam, Thamseru and Khantega.

After breakfast, the trail descends down from Tengboche through the rhododendron forest to Dengboche and crossing a bridge over the raging Imja Khola. After having lunch at Pangboche, following the Imja Khola we gradually move uphill until we reach at Dingboche.

Today will be the acclimatization day at Dingboche. You can have a full day rest or hike around the near places like Nagarjun Peak (5073m), Amadablam Lake (5200m). Also, we have the choice to hike up to Chukung towards Island Peak.

After your complete acclimatization, the trail heads you to gradually climb up until Duglha. After having a tea break, we climb up to Duglha Pass which is the beginning of Khumbu glacier. Then gradually walk uphill to Lobuche where you will be able explore Khumbu glacier from where you can even see the Everest Base Camp which is our ultimate destination for tomorrow.

Today will be the longest day of our entire trek. So make early morning start, and our trek continues gently to climb and sometimes direct ascent to nearby glacier and moraine. Following this trail will finally bring you to Gorakshep for our breakfast. After the breakfast, we continue our trek to EBC with packed lunch. EBC offers you the beauty of Khumbu Icefall on the base of the tallest mountain in the world. Again, we have to return back to Gorakshep today.

This days trek will take you to Kalapatthar from Gorakshep. After arriving at this small rocky peak Kalapatthar, you will be enjoying the amazing panorama of Everest, Nupse, Lhotse, along with Khumbu Glacier. Kalapatthar is top-of-the-world finest photographic viewpoint. Then we stroll back to Pheriche, in Imja Valley.

Today, you can feel easier heading downhill to lower elevation from Pheriche. The walk is pleasant all the way to Namche via Tyangboche. And we will stay here at Namche tonight.

After breakfast in the late morning, the trail goes down through forest with pine, rhododendron, Jupiter, and some few magnolia and birch trees with a great memory after crossing the highest suspension bridge over the Dudh Koshi River. Then, we reach to our final check point at Jorsalle. After an hour and half, we reach at Phakding to stay overnight.

After a long walk, we will have short last day trek to Lukla today. After 3-4 hours of trekking we will reach at Lukla. This will mark the end of our trekking to EBC. You will have the farewell dinner party with Sherpas and Guides.

Today, we will fly to Kathmandu from Lukla. After arriving in Kathmandu, you will have time to shop around or explore Kathmandu Durbar Square in the remaining time. You will enjoy your final farewell dinner in Kathmandu with Guides and Company members.

A Cold Feet representative will accompany you to the airport to catch your returning flight. We hope to see you again soon!