Day 01 Arrival Day in Kathmandu
Altitude1350m/4428ft
Meals: Welcome Dinner
Welcome to the Land of Himalayas! On arrival at Kathmandu International Airport, Advanced Adventures officer will pick up you, then trasnfer to your hotel. Time for refreshment and relax. In evening, we meet again for trip briefing/ discussion, group introduction and introduce your guide team to your trip. In Evening, we host welcome dinner at one of the finest local restaurant with music and ethnic dance. Overnight Kathmandu.
Day 02 Day Guided Tour of Kathmandu Valley
Altitude1350m/4428ft
Activities: Sightseeing tour
Meals: Breakfast
Today, you will have guided tour of great cultural and historical highlight of Kathmandu Valley. Visit includes to Swayambhunath Stupa (Also known as money temple- Buddhist shrine), Pashupathnath Temple (Biggest Hindu Temple with dead body cremation in riverside) & Boudhanath Stupa (Biggest Buddhist Stupa in Kathmandu). Free evening for relax or last minute shopping etc. O/N at Kathmandu.
Day 03 Kathmandu- Lukla Flight (Trans Himalayan Flight) & Trek to Phakding
Altitude: Lukla (2800m/9154ft) & Phakding (2650m/8692ft)
Activities: 3 to 4 Hours Walk
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
We drive to airport early in the morning to take our flight to Lukla (35 min flight) and meet our other assistance trekking crew there and start our trek. (Flight to Lukla itself is amazing, very interesting and full of excitement while landing to this little mountain airstrip.) After a short break of tea and coffee (Guide would load the baggage to the porter at the same time)-{Enjoy taking a great picture of flight landing and taking off.}, then, you will take an easy walk passing through local Sherpa villages, crossing through the several suspension bridges, the trail mostly follow the river bank of Dudhkoshi River till reaching to Phakding where we will have our first overnight stay in mountain. Today is a wonderful walking at full of natural surroundings, passing through many local Sherpa villages, crossing through the Buddhist monasteries, several up hills and down hills and involves of crossing a several suspension bridges. As this day hike is mostly about 3 to 4 hours only, which is relatively short then others days of walking thus you would also have time to relax and little acclimatize at Phakding itself. Simply relax or visit to the local Sherpa village surroundings of Phakding. O/N at Mt. Lodge at Phakding
Day 04 Phakding - Namche Bazaar
Altitude: 3440m/11283 ft
Activities: 5 to 6 Hours Walk
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Morning breakfast at Lodge at Phakding then start walking for a slightly longer day to Namche. At first, the trail crosses Dudhkoshi River over a long suspension bridge, then walking through beautiful pine forest. After about 2 hours of leisurely walk, we will reach to Monjo and soon thereafter, we will be at the entrance to the Sagarmatha National Park, where we will check our permit (make permit), then short descent to the Dudh Kosi River again passing lots of Mani stones and in scripts and shortly reach to Jorsale, the last stop before heading up hill to Namche. Since no teahouse is available from Jorsale to Namche portion, we will have to have our lunch here.
From Jorsale, across the river again with long suspension bridge, then short walking through the riverbank brings you to another deep suspension bridge, which is known as a HILLARY SUNSPENSION BRIDGE. Crossing this bridge connects you to the big hill, which required a tough walk (almost 2 to 3 hours) all the way up to Namche Bazaar. Little more than half walking to this hill, there is a rest point which gives you a first glimpse of Mt. Everest (8848m/29021ft), it is just amazing. Namche Bazaar; the gate way to Mt. Everest and is the main trading centre of this region. O/N at Namche at Mt. Lodge
Day 05 Namche Bazaar- Day Rest & Exploration
Altitude 3440m/11283 ft
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Today, we will spend a day in Namche Bazaar, resting and allowing our bodies to become acclimatized to the altitude of (3,440m/11,283ft). The best acclimatization hike we could recommend for this day is to Everest View point Hotel (3880m/12,726ft), which is approx. of 2 hours uphill, the great view of Mt. Everest and Khumbu Himalayan panorama.
Afternoon, you may just explore Namche, visit its Sherpa museum- a great place to learn Sherpa culture and history of mountaineering and if this happens to be Saturday, you would have a wonderful local market Hatt market at Namche it is interesting and a wonderful experience about how the locals do exchange their goods or buying their requires stuff for the market itself. Namche itself is a prosperous town, tourist-shopping hub with all the required trekking and mountaineering clothing and equipment. O/N at Namche at Mt. lodge.
Day 06 Namche- Everest Base Camp
(Helicopter Flight & return flight to Lukla)
Altitude: 5364m/17593ft EBC and Kalapathar 5545m/18188 ft
Activities: Helicopter flight to Kalapatther/Everest Base Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
This morning, after breakfast, you will be picked up from Helicopter from helipad from Namche, then fly over to Everest Base Camp/ Kalapathar Base side. This flight is incredible as it will gives you closed up views of great Himalayas, landscapes, and Himalayan Valleys. You will have great oppertunity for Videos and Photography. Depending on the weather condition, Helicopter will either land at Everest Base Camp or at Kalapathar for minimum of 15 minute. Here, you will have oppertunity to see the great Mt. Everest ( 8848m/290021ft) in front of you, and world highest Himalayan Panorama. After short visit, you will then fly back to Lukla by Helicopter. Free afternoon in Lukla to explore Lukla Valley, and Local Markets. O/N at Lukla.
Day 07 Lukla- Kathmandu Flight (30 minute flight)
Altitude1350m/4428ft
Activities: Fly back Kathmandu
Meals: Breakfast
This morning after breakfast at Lodge you will have plane flight back to Kathmandu. As Lukla flight is weather depended flight, delays on the flight is expected even if our flight will be booked for morning. Today, you will almost have full day in Kathmandu. Your personal time for leisure or shopping etc. O/N at Kathmandu.
Day 08 Departure from Kathmandu
Meals: Breakfast
Today, your trip ends with us. You will have morning breakfast at hotel, then free onward. If you departing this day back home, we will transfer you to airport (You should reach airport 2 hours and 30 min before the flight departs), and our services ends.
End of our Trip!
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