Sherpa home down; Monasteries; amazing view of Mt. Everest; Views of Khumbu Ice – Fall, Scenic mountain flight from Lukla to Kathmandu
This three weeks fascinating trek offers an wonderful opportunity to climb kalapathar (5,545m), overlooking the base camp area, superb view of the highest mountains including Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Makalu etc, and to interact with the indigenous people. This is considered as the highly praised trekking route to Everest region. It was in 1952 when two renowed figures Sir Edmund Hillary and Mr. Tenzing Sherpa had taken the same route to Mt. Everest. After a seven hours scenic drive to Jiri, we follow spectacular route via Solukhumbu area through the heart of fine Sherpa villages, each village having something new to offer. It offers an ample chance to explore beautiful forest, farming country sides and several monasteries situated at high elevation on the way to Lukla. Once one has passed Lukla, we climb on to Namche, the main trading village of the Khumbu area continuing via Thyangboche monastery to Pherche and Lobuche.
The trek has got several numbers of attractions, chief of which are the spectacular scenery, the unique culture of the Sherpa people of the Solukhumbu, the region where Mt. Everest and its attendant lesser peaks are located.
In order to avoid having to repeat all those ups and downs, mostly the Everest trekkers opt to fly one way. There are two alternatives for you. If you have the time, walk in from Jiri and fly out from Lukla following the itinerary as given below, or if you want to shorten the trip you can fly in to Lukla, trek to Everest and then fly out, taking 14 days to trek to Everest Base Camp & Kalapathar or you just can visit Gokyo Lake & Gokyo Ri, or Tyangboche Monastery in a week or so.
Trek from Jiri to Everest Base Camp
Day 01/ Drive Kathmandu to Jiri (187 km)
7- 8 hours interesting driving from Kathmandu.
Day 02/ Trek to Bhandar
We begin the the walk with a climb to the ridge top at 2400m. Then the trail drops down to Shivalaya at 1800m. Before the Jiri road was opened the trek used to go through those, which at that time was the busiest market town between Lamosangu and Namche bazaar.
After reaching Shivalaya, we make another climb to Sangbadanda at 2150m, Kosaribas at 2500m, then to Bhanjyang, a pass at Bhandar at 2200m. We can possibly take a detour between Sangbadanda and Bhandar to visit Thodung at 3090m.
Day 03/ Trek to Sete
Today the trail drops down to the Likhu Khloa and crosses the river at 1580m, and tracks along it to Kenja. Now we make the long climb to Lamjura pass. The first part of the climb is quite steep, and then it traverses to Sete, and abandoned gompa at 2575m. Then we continue through the villages inhabited by Sherpas and have both Nepali and Sherpa names.
Day 04/ Trek to Junbesi
The day begins with a long but gradual climb to the Lamjura pass at 3530m. There you are rewarded with frost and often snow along the trail in winter or with flowering rhododendrons in the spring. Goyem at 3300m. The pass is the highest point between Jiri and Namche Bazaar ,there you have good lunch stop. From the top you descend to Tragdobuk at 2860m, then to the pretty Sherpa village of Junbesi at 2675m.
Day 05/ Trek to Nuntala
This day we climb to a ridge at 3080m, from where Everest slowly begin to appear infront of your eye, then on to Salung at 2650m. From Junbesi the trail leads to the hospital and airstrip at Phaplu and the district headquarters and bazaar at Salleri. Leaving Salung, we make our way descending to the Ringmo Khola at 2650m. The trail ups to Ringmo. There we see garden of apples and other fruit; the Apple House offers apple juice, pie and rakshi (rice spirit). The new trail from here to Namche Bazaar was built in the 1980s and avoids many of the steep descents and ascents of the old route.
We make a short climb from Ringmo Khola that takes us to the 3071m Trakshindo pass, then the trail drops down pass the monastery of the same name, on to Nuntala at 2320m.
Day 06/ Trek to Khari khola
Leaving Nunthala , the trail continues descending to the Dudh Koshi (Milk River) where the trail then ascends through several Sherpa villages, terraced fields and forests to Khari Khola.
Day 07/ Trek to Puiyan
We start a day with a climb towards Puiyan through Sherpa villages and a forest inhabited by monkeys, passing through a narrow canyon before arriving at Puiyan.
Day 08/ Trek to Phakding
This day we continue a climb from Puiyan to a ridge at 2800 metres, before a gradual ascent to the final ridge, where we descend to Surke following the trail towards Phakding.
Day 09/ Trek to Namche Bazaar (3440m.).
Today we start at Phakding, from where we head up the valley, beside the Dudh Kosi, to Sagamartha National Park. We continue our journey through the upstream along the riverbank to the confluence of the Bhote Kosi and Dudh Kosi. As our ascent begins to Namche Bazaar, that provides us fantastic photographic opportunities as the peaks of Everest (8848m), Lhotse (8511m), Nuptse (7879m), Arna Dablam (6856m) and Taweche (6542m) come into view for the first time.
Day 10/ Namche Bazaar – Acclimatization day.
The trail hikes up the Syanboche Airport, and around Everest View Hotel. From here, we can see rewarding views of the Himalayas with a stunning sunrise or sunset over the panorama of the Khumbu peaks.
Day 11/ Trek to Phorste Tenga (3675m).
Day 12/ Trek to Machherma (4470m).
Day 13/ Trek to Gokyo (4790m).
Day 14/ Today very early in the morning, we begin steep climb up to the top of Gokyo Ri (5483m),
provides us ample rewards as one attempts this trip. We are fascinated by stunning views of the supper Gokyo valley, the massive Ngozumpa Glacier and an incredible panoramic view of the whole Khumbu Himalayas, such as giants as Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Makalu (8481m), Cho-Oyu (8153m) and Gychung Kang (7922m) can be seen. People those explore the glacier and Gokyo peak are rewarded here. We will have time for acclimatization after noon back to the camp.
Day 15/ Trek to Thangna (foot of the Cho-La pass).
Day 16/ Cross Cho-La pass (5330m), and trek down to Dzongla (4830m.).
Day 17/ Trek to Labuje (4910m). It is an easy day walking to Labuje.
Day 18-19/ Trekking to Ghorakshep (5160m.) – Kalapathar (5545m.)- Everest Base Camp (5400 mtrs.) – Ghorakshep- Labuje.
This day early in the morning, our trek start that can prove to be both mentally and physically demanding. Above Lobuche, we follow the path to reach Ghorak Shep, from where it is about 2 hours hiking to Kala Pattar (5545m), a small, rocky peak on the southwest ridge of Pumori – although the scenery is fantastic, it offers quite hard climb, but the view from the top surpasses the wildest imagination. We receive sweet greeting by the huge creaking glaciers surround us and classic views of Everest.
Day 20/ Trek to Tyangboche monastery.
Day 21/ Trek to Khumjung village.
Day 22/ Trek to Phakding
Day 23/ Trek to Lukla
Day 24/ Flight back to Kathmandu.
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