Gokyo to Everest Base Camp Trek
An alternative to the traditional route to Everest Base Camp.
Itinerary
Arrive in Kathmandu at your favorite airlines; we will be waiting for you outside the airport because you are our clients, and you have great faith in us when you are in Nepal. Simultaneously, we want to create an impression in you because we believe the first impression is the lasting impression that traces on the back of your mind forever. If you arrive in Kathmandu in our office time, then we would, of course, take you to our office; otherwise, we would take you to the hotel where there are attached bathrooms, TV, and phone to meet your expectations. Give us a call on our mobile no if you have any problems in such a place. Order tea or coffee and breakfast, all of them are free; just give a call from your hotel room.
Accommodation: Hotel
We will come to the hotel to pick you up by private transportation and take you to the following historical places that come under the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Boudhanath Stupa
When it comes to visiting one of the oldest Buddhist Stupas in the world, then there is nothing better than Boudhanath Stupa because the oldest thing always has something too valuable to be mentioned just by doing sightseeing.
Pashupatinath
It is the oldest temple and the most important temple of Lord Shiva, according to the Hindus. You can look at this temple as the head of Lord Shiva. When the head is in Nepal, all the Hindus of the world come to Nepal to visit this temple.
Kathmandu Durbar Square
It is the oldest famous palace in Nepal. The Shah and the Malla kings ruled Nepal from here, and the courtyard is big.
Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel
When you landed in Kathmandu, you landed in its Tribhuwan International Airport, and when you wanted to be flown to Lukla, you will be driven to Tribhuwan Domestic Airport. If your seat is on the left side of an airplane, you will see many snow-covered mountains. Landing in Lukla will be a new kind of experience. After landing, it is all the way uphill, and it is an easy uphill. Many mountains will not be seen today, but you will see one. The suspension bridge, villages, and hills are all the parts of your trekking trail.
Meal: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Accommodation: Lodge/Mountain Teahouse
Today, you are going to Namche Bazaar, the largest Sherpa village in Nepal. And on the way, you will come to the two main villages: Monjo and Jorsilla. Some trekkers trek up to Monjo from Phakding, but we will go to Namche. Jorsilla is a checkpoint because it marks the beginning of Sagarmatha National Park. Everest is called Sagarmatha in Nepali. On the way, there are also suspension bridges and the river called the Dudh Kosi, which is as white as milk. One of the most important suspension bridges is the Hillary Bridge.
Meal: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Accommodation: Lodge/Mountain Teahouse
Namche has been chosen as a place for acclimatization by trekking agencies for a long time. The answer to this statement is you are ascending to a higher altitude tomorrow and tomorrow. Namche has some highlights, including a museum. Your guide will take you to all the places that you deserve to visit in Namche. You will also hike up to Everest Hotel, from where you can see the outstanding view of the mountains. Acclimatization also means preparation in mind to create a feeling that you can do the trekking in the Everest Region easily.
Meal: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Accommodation: Lodge/Mountain Teahouse
As you head to a higher altitude, you will see all the mountains of the Everest Region that you deserve, like Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Ama Dablam, Thamserku, and Kwangde, including Ama Dablam, the world’s most beautiful mountain. It is also a time for you to take photos of these mountains while heading to Phortse Thanga, which is situated by the river and has few lodges because it is not included in the typical itinerary of Everest Base Camp Trek. We have included it because we want to give a different taste to the trekkers so that they can enjoy that place that others have not enjoyed in the Everest Region.
Meal: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Accommodation: Lodge/Mountain Teahouse
There are rhododendron trekking trails that will take you to a more high altitude, including villages, like Dole, Lhabarma, Luza, and Macherma, which is our final destination, but it does not stop you from seeing the mountains, like Cho Oyu, Kantega, and Thamserku. Macherma is the last village before you head to Gokyo or the base of Gokyo. Some of these villages are summer settlements, meaning the locals-only reside in the summertime and not in winter.
Meal: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Accommodation: Lodge/Mountain Teahouse
As you are heading to Gokyo, you will see the outstanding view of Kantega, Cho Oyu, and Thamserku, which need to be photographed. The trekking trail is composed of glaciers and moraines, and the glacier is known by the name of Ngozamba Glacier. Since you are trekking in the valley, you will see three lakes which had been formed due to the accumulation of water, originated from the mountains, and blocked by the valleys. Altogether, you will see four lakes, and the last lake is Gokyo Lake, on whose shore you will spend a night.
Meal: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Accommodation: Lodge/Mountain Teahouse
We have always believed that an acclimatization day should be used for our beneficial. That’s why; we hike up to the places to see the beauties of the lakes that are situated above the base of Gokyo. After seeing these two lakes, we have seen 7 lakes in this valley at the same time; we will see the mountains, like Cho-Oyu, Gyachung Kang, Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, and Makulu. We will be almost close to the base of Cho Oyu, which has the biggest glacier in the world.
Meal: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Accommodation: Lodge/Mountain Teahouse
Before you head to Dragnag, the trekking trail takes you to Gokyo Ri, the best viewpoint of the trekkers as well as of the trekking guides because they can see the best view of Kusum Kanguru, Thamserku, K43, Kangtega, Taboche, Cholatse, Makalu, Lhotse, Nuptse, Everest, Changtse, and Pumori. After enjoying this satisfying view, all of you come down to the base of Gokyo.
Meal: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Accommodation: Lodge/Mountain Teahouse
Crossing the Chola Pass is just like soaking up one of the highlights of Everest Base Camp Gokyo Trek because it shows you the outstanding view of Ama Dablam, Baruntse, and Cholatse. There are crevasses on the way, which adds excitement to your trip. On this pass, there is a lake in a frozen state. Dzonglha, which you reach at the end of the day, also shows you once more the outstanding view of Cholatse, Ama Dablam, and Lobuche peak.
Meal: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Accommodation: Lodge/Mountain Teahouse
Today, it is downhill and then uphill to Lobuche. You will walk on a ridge and see the beautiful view of Ama Dablam, Kangtega, Thamserku, and Taboche. Before you reach Lobuche, you have to reach Dzongla. Both are small villages. There are few lodges in Lobuche. At some point, the trekking trail is grassy.
Meal: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Accommodation: Lodge/Mountain Teahouse
Today is a time to enjoy the panoramic view of the Khumbu Glacier. The trekking consists of the glacial moraine and goes along with the Khumbu Glacier. The two mountains, Pumori and Nuptse, seem to welcome you. You will also see the Changri Glacier. Before you reach Everest Base Camp, the trekking trail passes by the lake.
Meal: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Accommodation: Lodge/Mountain Teahouse
Today, you are climbing to the black stone, which is known as Kalapathar in Nepali, and which is also a viewpoint to see the finest view of the sunrise over Mt. Everest, including others. To catch this view, you have to start early in the morning. Let’s have breakfast later, that is, after you come down from Kalapathar. There are cairns and boulders on the way because you know you are heading to 5000 m plus, and at such an altitude, these are the things you should expect.
Meal: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Accommodation: Lodge/Mountain Teahouse
It is all the way downhill to Namche 80% by passing through new villages like Shomare, Pangboche, Deboche, and Tengboche, but seeing these mountains again, like Lhotse, Everest, and Ama Dablam. When you reach Tengboche, you will visit its monastery, which is famous in the Everest Region for its arts and crafts. Once again, you will be in the forest of rhododendron. You will notice this difference while descending both from Kalapathar and Pheriche.
Meal: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Accommodation: Lodge/Mountain Teahouse
Retrace the trekking trail once more from Namche to Lukla. You don’t see many mountains as you head to Lukla. The trekking trail is the same, and it is easy. It is also a time for you to give a tip to your porter. Everest Base Camp Gokyo Trek has been completed with the help of your guide and porter.
Meal: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Accommodation: Lodge/Mountain Teahouse
Generally, we take an early flight to Kathmandu. Transfer you to the hotel.
Meal: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel
Today is a leisure day. In the evening, we will have a farewell dinner in a typical Nepali restaurant in Thamel.
Meal: Breakfast and dinner
Accommodation: Hotel
We love to do things at the right time, whether it is taking you to the airport or picking you from the airport. Because time is a valuable thing. We respect your time very much.
Meal: Breakfast
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The treks in Nepal are suitable for a wide spectrum of experience and physical fitness. If you can walk uphill for a few hours each day, then you can find a suitable trek in Nepal. A longer trek, crossing high passes and into remote regions demands a higher degree of endurance.
What's included
- Arrival and departure transfers on the first and the last day of this tour. All ground transportation by the private vehicle
- Twin sharing accommodation with Breakfast plan in Kathmandu at a standard hotel
- Guided Kathmandu valley sightseeing in a private vehicle
- Entrance fees for Kathmandu valley sightseeing
- Guesthouse/Mountain Teahouse twin room accommodation during the time of trekking
- Full board meal (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) with tea/coffee during the time of trekking
- Kathmandu - Lukla - Kathmandu round trip tickets including departures taxes
- An experienced, English-speaking trekking guide and porter (One porter for 2 trekkers)
- Insurance of field staff, including their meals, salary, lodging, and transportation
- Sagarmatha National Park permits along with Trekkers Information Management System (TIMS) card
- A comprehensive medical kit
- Farewell dinner in Kathmandu
- A trip accomplishment certificate
What's not included
- International flights tickets
- Travel and rescue insurance
- Nepal entry visa
- Porter service for solo trekker
- Expenses that are personal like trekking equipment, water, laundry, phone calls, hot shower, and bar bills
- Additional accommodation in Kathmandu because of early arrival, late departure & early return from your trip due to any reason. Expenses due to unavoidable events, like flight cancellation, strikes, and others
- Tips for your guide, porter, and driver
- Expenses other than those mentioned in the "What's Included" section
TMG does not expect previous trekking experience from you; however, all the treks that it organizes are physically demanding. It recommends starting an exercise prior to your trek date. Many of its trips are at higher altitudes, the minimum is 2,000m, and the max is 5,000m plus.
Please read up extensively on Altitude sickness. Be familiar with the symptoms and do not ignore them. Be sure to keep to a conservative ascent schedule and drink plenty of fluids. From the first realization of headaches or stomach cramps notify your guide directly and return to a lower altitude. Carry some Diamox (acetazolamide) pills, easily found in pharmacies in Nepal. But note that Diamox is not an immediate fix for acute mountain sickness; it speeds up part of the acclimatization process which in turn helps to relieve symptoms. It may take a day or two. Don’t take acute mountain sickness lightly and even on mild experiences descend to a lower altitude. Encountering serious sickness, high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) symptoms, or high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE) you MUST descent with at least one other trekker (or your guide). Consulting the pharmacist where you purchase Diamox is strongly advised. One major thing to remember is that body requires large amounts of water at altitude to counteract sickness so be sure to drink more than you are used to!
- Trek legally. Independent trekkers are by law not allowed to take any staff, for this you need a licensed Trekking Agency which is solely authorized to employ staff for foreign trekkers. Do not hire staff or "independent guides" through hotels, unless they have a Trekking Agent license or offer this service through an affiliated Trekking Agent.
- Please make sure you take all of your trash, including bottles and cans from goods consumed in restaurants, to the nearest dustbins. Pollution and lack of trash management in the villages on the treks - including trash-clogged rivers and mounds of discarded beer bottles.
- All of our team are local. Either they are our guides, drivers, or a porter. On this trip, we will stay overnight at a teahouse run by the local people. Most of the teahouse in mountains is run by family members. We pay them for the accommodation and the food. That supports the local people. Our team highly encourages you to buy local products and help local entrepreneurs to be sustainable.
- Walk miles for a good cause; Travel Max Guide is a local tour operator, promotes sustainable and responsible tourism in Nepal. Care about our community and the Environment. As a part, we contribute certain income for a good cause to our communities and the people. Working on behalf of the children of Nepal. Specially support in educational assistance.
Yes. We run from solo travel to group travel.
Yes, it provides a helicopter to rescue you. TMG strongly recommends you for trip insurance at an altitude of 2,000 m to 5,000 m. Please read the insurance policy of your company. Bring a copy of your insurance paper to Nepal.
All our trekking guides are certified as Wilderness First-Aid Course and have years of experience in the mountains.
In Kathmandu, you are going to stay at the tourist standard hotel (3-star hotel) on a twin-sharing basis. A few of the common accommodation options while trekking in Nepal are Tea Houses (Lodges) which can be found at various points on the trek. They offer double or dorm room accommodation and simple basic meals reflective of what the local people in the area eat. Although many tea houses and hotels in the hills and mountains are reasonably comfortable, you can bring your sleeping bag even for teahouse treks.
Yes, it will operate on the day it is scheduled, except if is beyond our control, such as political issues, bad weather and natural disaster that will create undesirable travel conditions.
The main essentials to bring are:
- Sturdy and comfortable hiking boots, flip-flops
- Sleeping bag (depending on your accommodation) and -20 degree Celsius for colder regions
- Daypack, trekking bag pack, dry sack, and camera bag
- Few changes of clothes for the varying temperatures
- For cold weather, hiking pants, thermals, gloves, neck warmer/scarf, beanie, a warm inner jacket and a windproof/waterproof outer jacket and down jacket are essential.
- Water purification supplies, a reusable water bottle, and a camelback water bladder
- Sunscreen, Hat, sunglasses, moisturizing skin cream, and lip balm
- Few snacks, granola bars
- A hiking stick or two
- Waterproof case, fabric bandages such as moleskin, a headlamp, altitude sickness, and other medication
- Camera
- Hand sanitizers, toilet paper, band-aids, wet wipes
- Extra batteries (solar chargers recommended)
On the popular trekking routes, everyday supplies, such as toilet paper, soap, chocolate bars, and even basic hiking supplies can be purchased along the way, though prices rise dramatically as you go higher in elevation. Try to stock up lower down and buy locally-produced products such as fruit, biscuits, etc. Maps are easy to find in Nepal.
Ensure you bring a copy of your travel insurance, a copy of your passport, and 3 passport-sized photos. The fee for the Tourist Visa with Multiple Entry for 30 days is US $50. You have to pay for these at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.
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