Everest View Comfort Trek starts in Kathmandu, where you go for a sightseeing tour of UNESCO listed world heritage sites and relax for a night before flying to Lukla. The mountain airstrip at Lukla is the gateway to Nepal’s famous Khumbu region and from here you will start on your leg. The journey takes you through many Sherpa villages, including the childhood home of the famous mountaineer, Tenzing Norgay. As this itinerary is for beginners it gives you enough time for acclimatization and takes you only to an altitude of 3,870 meters at Tengboche, where we visit famous Tengboche Monastery and get amazed by the magical mountain views of Everest and adjacent Himalayas, take pictures, make memories and follow a different trail downhill to Lukla, from where we take a domestic flight back to Kathmandu. We celebrate your last evening in Nepal joining Farewell Dinner in one of the Traditional Nepalese Restaurant with Cultural Dance.
On arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport, a representative from our office will greet you at the airport and escort you to your hotel. You’ll have rest of the day at leisure.
Overnight: 4 Star Hotel in Kathmandu
Included Meals: Welcome Dinner
Kathmandu Durbar Square: is one of three royal palace squares in the Kathmandu Valley. This site was the royal residence until the 19th century where important ceremonies, such as the coronation of the Nepalese monarch use to take place. The two-hectare palace complex is divided into two main courtyards, and was initially constructed in the 16th century, although subsequent additions were made in the Shah dynasty in the 18th century and by the Rana rulers in the 19th century.
Swoyambhunath Temple: This Buddhist Stupa, said to be 2000 years old is a perfect architecture of gilded spire and white washed dome located under thousands of fluttering prayer flags. From the spire, four faces of Buddha stare out across the valley in the cardinal directions.
Pashupatinath Temple: Pashupatinath, a pagoda style Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva is considered to be the powerhouse of Hindu spiritual power in religious terms.
BoudhanathStupa: Listed in the UNESCO World Heritage list, this enormous stupa where thousands of pilgrims gather daily to make a ritual circumnavigation of the dome, beneath the watchful eyes of the Buddha, which gaze out from the gilded central tower.
Overnight: 4 Star Hotel in Kathmandu
Included Meals: Breakfast
We fly to the mountain airstrip of Lukla (2,800m), and set off on the first leg of our trek, heading northwards up the valley of the DudhKosi. We descend from the small plateau, down into the forested valley. The trail offers some tantalising views before reaching the small settlement of Phakding (2,652m), where we spend our first night.
Overnight: Lodge in Phakding
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
From Phakding, we cross through suspension bridges. Beyond Monjo is the entrance to the Sagarmatha National Park which was set-up in order to protect and preserve the fragile mountain environment. You then take a steep hike to Namche. If the weather is clear, you get the first glimpse of Mt Everest. Namche is the main trading village in the Khumbu and has a busy Saturday market, a meeting place for the traders from the lowlands and the Tibetan yak caravans that have crossed the glaciated Nangpa La.
Overnight: Lodge in Namche
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Namche is tucked away between two ridges amidst the giant peaks of the Khumbu and has an abundance of lodges, tea shops and souvenir shops. It is an ideal place to spend a day, acclimatizing to the new altitude before heading off towards Tengboche. To acclimatize, you can do a strenuous day walk to a higher altitude, coming back down to Namche for sleep.
Overnight: Lodge in Namche
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast we do easy trek to Khumjung for 4 hours.
Overnight: Lodge in Khumjung
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Today we trek further to Tengboche. Tengboche is famous for its celebrated monastery, the largest in the Khumbu where lots of visitors come for traditional yoga and meditations. From Tengboche we can see nice views of Mount Everest, Mount Lhotse, Mount Nuptse and Mount Ama dablam.
Overnight: Lodge in Tengboche
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight: Lodge in Kyangjuma
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
From we walk alongside arid terraces with awesome views of mountains on all sides. We pass through Phulung Karpo, the camp site of the first successful Everest Expedition in 1953 then onwards uphill to to the memorial site. After the memorial site it is an easy walk in the fairly even trail. As we continue towards our destination, the majestic sight of Mt. Pumori (7138 m/ 23418 ft) comes into view. Then the trail descends and curves, paving way for Mt Cholatse, Mt Thamserku and others to appear before us and after a short while we reach Dughla.
Overnight: Teahouse Lodge in Monjo
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight: Lodge in Lukla
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
In the early morning you take off from Lukla airstrip for a spectacular mountain flight back to Kathmandu. After being met at the domestic airport terminal and transferred to your hotel, the rest of the day is free for you to explore this wonderful city; shopping for souvenirs, trying out the various restaurants in Thamel or simply relaxing.
You spend the last evening in Kathmandu in a farewell dinner together sharing photos recalling the excitements of trip and exchanging emails in one of the traditional Nepalese restaurant.
Overnight: 4 Star Hotel in Kathmandu
Meals: Breakfast, Farewell Dinner
Today after breakfast you are in leisure on your own. You will be escorted to airport for your flight home at your flight time
Included Meals: Breakfast
NOTICE:
The Government of Nepal has announced an issue for the flight operation to Lukla. Most of the flights to Lukla will commence from Ramechhap until further notice to avoid the heavy traffic congestion in Kathmandu airport. The airport in Ramechhap is located 130km from Kathmandu (approximately 5 hours drive). Flight to Lukla from Ramechhap airport is almost guaranteed unless the flight is canceled due to bad weather conditions.
Alternatively, helicopter arrangements can be made on 5 people sharing basis, for Kathmandu to Lukla, with the additional cost to change your airplane flights to the helicopter.
In Kathmandu, you will stay in a 4 Star Hotel and along the trekking routes, we provide you rooms with attached toilets where ever available. In high season the accommodation are crowded and full. So we recommend early booking. Accommodation are on a twin sharing basis. Single supplement will cost extra and depends on availability. Hotels in Kathmandu can be upgraded to 5 Star in an additional cost.
In Kathmandu breakfast, welcome dinner and farewell dinner are provided. While on trekking, we provide breakfast, lunch and dinner. Usually, each day dinner and breakfast will be at teahouses/lodges where you will stay and lunch will be on the way. We make it sure that the food is hygienic and at the same time suits your palate.
Foods cooked in lodges and guesthouses on the way are pasta, tuna bakes, noodles, potatoes, eggs, daal bhat (rice and lentils), bread, soup, fresh vegetables and even some desserts like apple pies, pancakes. You will find a lot of garlic on the menu because it assists with acclimatization. In many larger villages you may find some meat items on the menu but we do not suggest eating meat as they are carried by porter or yak from lower altitude without refrigeration.
The spring time from March to May and the Autumn months from September to November is considered the best months for Everest View Comfort Trek.
Anyone who is fit and healthy and have a habit of walking for few of hours a day can do this trek. Exercising and jogging regularly for some weeks prior to the trip is a good idea to enhance your stamina.
All of Eve Holidays trekking itineraries are planned keeping in mind the risk of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). Everest View Comfort Trek is for beginners and goes very slowly walking 4 to 5 hours a day and has a rest day at Namche. This trip takes you only up to 3,870 meters at Tengboche Monastery.
Going up at higher altitude too fast causes a medical condition called AMS which is serious enough to kill if neglected. We are well aware that it is essential to allow you sufficient time for acclimatization to minimize the risk. However it is important to remember that some people are more vulnerable than others. So we suggest to avoid alcohol and drink enough water and get good night sleep during the trek.
Everest View Comfort Trek is an easy trek for beginners that goes only up to an altitude of 3,870m/12,694ft. If you are physically fit and have an active lifestyle with some exercise, you will find it very easy.
March April May and Sept Oct Nov are the best time to trek
Yes, we give you the flexibility to change the travel date or amend the itinerary and that has to be in written and at least 25 days before departure date.
Booking deposits are transferable to anyone you want for any time in future. For cancelling the trip, cancellation policy in our booking terms and conditions will apply.
During my trip in Nepal I did this trek last March and I did complete it successfully. Thanks to Eve Holidays Team for everything and I am now thinking to do the Annapurna Base Camp Trek or Upper Mustang Trek with Eve Holidays in my next visit, probably next year Autumn. I thank my trekking guide Bishnu, my porter and off course Maina for her perfect arrangements and making sure all the time that we were safe in the mountains
