Everest Base Camp Luxury Trek

Your luxury trek to Everest Base Camp begins with your arrival in Kathmandu. You’ll meet a representative from our team at the airport who will drive you to a luxury hotel in Kathmandu. Get settled into your room and enjoy the rest of the day at your leisure. We provide Nepalese cuisine welcome dinner along with the cultural dance show in the evening. Enjoy the fine dining and other amenities available at the hotel.

A private vehicle will pick you up this morning from your hotel for an excellent sightseeing tour around the heritage sites in Kathmandu. Today, you’ll visit the UNESCO-listed heritage sites in Kathmandu, including Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swayambhunath stupa, Pashupatinath temple, and Boudhanath stupa. In the evening, you’ll be dropped off at your hotel in Kathmandu.

In the early morning, you’ll be transferred to the domestic terminal of the Kathmandu airport for a flight to Lukla. Our guide will help you with your luggage at the airport. Check into the airport and board a flight to Lukla. In around 45 minutes, you’ll reach the Lukla airport. As soon as you step at the airport, you can feel your closeness to the mountains. Porters will help you with your luggage and our guide will help you on the way! Follow the path shown by our guide and walk through a beautiful route full of fantastic scenery to Phakding.

It’s time to head towards Sagarmatha National Park. Today, you’ll walk through a magnificent path full of pine forests enjoying the incredible view of Mt. Thamserku to enter a check post at the entrance of Sagarmatha National Park. Follow the confluence of DudhkoshiRiver and BhotekoshiRiver to take a steep ascent to Namche Bazaar. As you reach the Namche bazaar, you can relish the first sight of Mt. Everest along with the ridges of Mt. Lhotse and Mt. Nuptse.

The faster you climb up, the higher risk of altitude sickness you possess. Therefore, take it easy for the day and acclimatize yourself to the rising elevation. Namche Bazaar is a busy settlement area in the Khumbu region that is facilitated by ATMs, restaurants, cafés, bakery shops, etc. Early in the morning, your guide will escort you to Everest View Hotel for a hike. You’ll be able to enjoy some enchanting views of mountains from this point. For the rest of the day, you can explore Thame village and visit a photo gallery center and museum in Namche.

Walk past the beautiful alleys of Namche bazaar and hike up to make your way to the Tengboche. Enjoy the heart-warming views of Mt. Amadablam, Mt. Everest, and Mt. Lhotse as you make your way to Khangjuma. Drop down, walk head along with the forests of pine, and climb up for another three hours to Tengboche. At Tengboche, you can visit the Tengboche monastery and admire the views of Mt. AmaDablam which stands tall, right above the monastery. 

Your adventure for the day starts with a walk down to Imja River. You’ll walk past a suspension bridge over the Imja River and make your way to the settlement of Pangboche. It’s a scenic route full of mountain views, fields, and summer settlements. After a few hours of walking, you’ll open up to the beautiful pastures of Dingboche. Dingboche is a summer valley with grasslands, often used by yak herders to graze their yaks. In the winter, the grassland is fully covered with snow.

Use this day for acclimatization. Higher elevation possess a risk of altitude sickness so it’s essential to acclimatize yourself to the rising elevation. Today, you’ll stay at Dingboche and hike up to Nagerjun, which is a beautiful vantage point that lies on the edge of Chhukung valley. From Nagarjuna, you can enjoy some incredible views of mountains like Lobuche peak, Mt. Thamserku, Mt. Tawache, Kangtega, Mt. AmaDablam, etc. In the evening, descend to Dingboche for an overnight stay.

Day by day, you are getting closer to the Everest Base Camp. LeavingDingboche, you’ll follow the classic route to Lobuche at 4910 meters. Climb up the steep moraine of Khumbu glacier to ChupkiLhara and then to Lobuche. On the way, you’ll pass a memorial of mountaineer Scott Fischer and BabuChiri Sherpa adorned by a collection of stones and prayer flags. During the entire day, you’ll be blessed with some enticing views of Khumbutse, Mt. Lingtse, Mt. Pumori, and other mountains in the Mahalangur range.

Day 10 marks the most important day of this entire luxury trek to Everest Base Camp. Today, you’ll climb up the route to Gorekshep and then to Everest Base Camp. It’s a moment of delight to step into the base camp applauding the beauty of the mountains in the region. From the base camp, Mt. Everest is not visible but you’ll get close-up views of mountains like Mt. Nuptse, Mt. Lhotse, Mt. Pumori, and many other mountains.

As scheduled, we start our journey early in the morning, after about two hours of ascent, we reach Kala Patthar. If you brave the ascent to the Kalapatthar summit, often known as the “black rock,” You will be rewarded with unrivaled vistas of the entire Khumbu Glacier below you and a 360-degree panorama of Mt. Everest and other peaks.

Kala Patthar is decorated with prayer flags and cairns and has a small stupa and weather station at its summit, where you are surrounded by glaciers and incredible panoramic views of the mountains that include Pumori, Nuptse, Changtse, Ama Dablam, Taweche, Everest and Kantega. We have breakfast back at Gorekshep and are ready to rest after a long but unforgettable day. We descend to Pheriche for a well-earned rest.

Your Everest Base Camp Luxury trek comes to an end today. At Lukla, you’ll catch a flight back to Kathmandu. Next, you’ll be transferred to your hotel room. You can either explore the streets of Kathmandu or relax in the hotel room as per your pursuance. The rest of the day is on your own.

Finally, you have a leisure day in Kathmandu that’s on your own. You can either relax in the hotel room or explore any places of desire. You can use this day for shopping for souvenirs or exploring the places of religious and historical delight in Kathmandu.

Today is the last day of your Nepal stays. After your breakfast, you’ll be transferred to the Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu for your flight back to your hometown. We wish for the safe journey to your home.