everest base camp trek

Overview

With superb mountains and peaks with an height of 18513 feets, Everest makes the best place for the travelers with the wide blue color sky in the backdrop. For a nearest experience with the Everest top, the Mount Everest base camp journeys suggest the beautiful vision from the Kalla Patthar. In Addition to these, there will not be any other trip which gives the closest view of the highest hills from around the world, Mt.Everest, advised by the highest inspiring vision from all the Himalayas.

The trip starts from the Capital city of Kathmandu where the people will get the beautiful flight of 30 mins to the short Lukla airport. The journey goes through the route of legendary experiences and hills traveling people like Tenzing and Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary. The route passes by the way of beautiful villages, Grassy lands, Steep rocks etc. The travelers will get the opportunity of meeting all different groups of people, which includes the guides.

Starting point of the trek

The Everest base camp trip moves by the way of the Sagarmatha National Park. Every moment of the journey gets closer to the powerful MT.Everest known as Sagarmatha in the Nepali language and Chomolungama in the Tibetan language. Travelers will get to know more names while meeting the very good residential people who reside in these villages, expanding out all over the Everest Base Camp Trek.

These hills townships are beautiful in the complete country of Nepal, and lovely to listen to about all these, Namche Bazar, Tengboche, Dingboche, and few of the main astonishing arriving points of that Everest base camp. Into these beside places where people will get a closer of the Sherpa tradition together with the old aged school of Tibetan Buddhism that has in addition to its individuality for decades.

Highlights of Everest Base camp trek:

It Is enjoyable and energetic by the foot of the banks of the Dudhkoshi River, passing through the Sagarmatha National Park beginning point and snow-covered forest.

The largest coverage of Flora and Fauna flowers.

Old monastery in Tengboche, Phakding, Pangboche, and Khumjung.

Wildlife like musk deer, colorful game birds, snow leopard, and Himalayan Thar.

Beautiful panoramic view from Kala pathar at an altitude of 5,545 meters.

Duration of Everest Base Camp Trek:

The trip to Everest Base Camp will consume 12 days of time period to complete on a 130 km circular journey but it totally depends upon the traveling people, climate conditions, rest day etc. it consumes 8 days to go to the Base camp and 4 days return back towards down.

Nepal Everest Base Camp traveling pathways journey, there will be pathways to the base camp which goes by the way of multiple villages, camping areas, and incredibly isolated places with beautiful vision of the hills panoramas.

Short guiding map

Day 1: the Journey to Kathmandu to Lukla Flight, and Trek to Phakding village

Day 2: Phakding to Namche Bazar

Day 3: trek to Thame and Khumjung, the green village

Day 4: Namche bazaar to Tengboche

Day 5: Tengboche to Dingboche

Day 6: hike to Chhukung or Nagar Zhang peak

Day 7: Dingboche to Lobuche village

Day 8: Reaching Everest base camp passing the Changri ice mountain and get back to Gorak Shep

Day 9: Gorak shep to Pheriche

Day 10: Pheriche to Tengboche

Day 11: Tengboche to Monjo village

Day 12: Monjo to Lukla and stay the night. Get back to Kathmandu on the day itself

Difficulties of Everest base camp

The 12 days journey of Everest base camp is both difficult and equally exciting. The traveling should have prior experience of traveling to the long journeys only can reach the destination, physical fitness and exercise is must and should be required in this trek. People who can go for 4 to 6 hours of journey without any light in the day can take part in this trip. The traveling includes going upwards of the rocky hills, steep ascents, descents, and straight forward. It is very much necessary to be healthy before beginning this trip.  People who are having medical conditions like heart diseases; lung and blood disease should consult the physician before starting this trek.

Best time to travel to this Everest base camp

Climate conditions of the Himalayas are fluctuating and the perfect traveling seasons are mainly by the arrival of the summer season. To stay away from  the snowy conditions many people travel at the time of spring season which begins from the months of February to March. At this time period the weather conditions will be in bloom and temperatures are more convenient. 

Some travelers might choose at the time of autumn season which comes in between the months of September and November. Winter season is also possible sometimes but the climate will be very cold and routes completely covered with snow and it will be very comfortable going there at the time to enjoy it without any crowd.

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