Gokyo to Everest Base Camp

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Is Everest Base Camp Trek everything when you are trekking or when you are thinking actively? The answer to this question is no. Although Everest Base Camp Trek is phenomenal, its trekking trail does not help you to explore the Everest Region entirely. Because the region has so many beauties; the region is also vast, and the beauty with the vastness will enta...
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Overview

Trip type
Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

    • Stunning views from your flight to Lukla
    • Various Stupas on the trails
    • The big town of Namche Bazaar and the beautiful village of Gokyo
    • Cho La and the Ngozumpa Glaciers
    • Gokyo Ri Peak
    • Stunnig views of Everest, Makalu, Lhotse, Cho Oyu and the Gyachun Kang mountains
    • The Holy lakes of the Gokyo Valley
    • Guides favorite viewpoint
    • Everest Region's most beautiful lake
    • Incredible view of Mt. Everest

What's this trip about?

    Is Everest Base Camp Trek everything when you are trekking or when you are thinking actively? The answer to this question is no. Although Everest Base Camp Trek is phenomenal, its trekking trail does not help you to explore the Everest Region entirely. Because the region has so many beauties; the region is also vast, and the beauty with the vastness will entangle your mind and eyes and takes you away from a usual trekking trail that most of the trekkers follow. Therefore, many trekking guides and solitary trekkers have switched to the Everest Base Camp via Gokyo Lakes. This trek is perfect for them because the trek comes in his or her radar because the trek has a solitude trekking trail. Further, the trekking trail is off the typical trekking trail and has a lot of snow-clad mountains which you yearn for more and more as you head deeper and deeper into the Sagarmatha National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site with a collection of towering peaks.

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Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeStandard Group - 25 + people
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportAll internal transport included (including local flights)
Start CityKathmandu
End CityKathmandu

Travel Themes

  • Hiking & Walking
  • Trekking & Expeditions
  • Photography

Destinations

  • Asia
  • Nepal

Attractions

  • Durbar Square
  • Kathmandu

Activities

  • Culture
  • Nature
  • Photography
  • Trekking
  • Volunteering & Community Service

Trip includes

    • 24 hour access to our staff
    • All ground transportation in a private vehicle
    • Four nights (twin sharing beds) accommodation with breakfast at a 3 star category hotel in Kathmandu
    • Guesthouse accommodation during the trek in mostly twin-share and occasionally dormitory-style rooms
    • Full board meals with tea/ coffee (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner) during the time of trekking
    • Local professional, certified and experienced TMG's trekking guide and porters (One porter for 2 person)
    • Food, accommodation, salary, insurance, equipment and medicine for all TMG's staff
    • Everest National park permits and TIMS permit for trekking
    • Round trip flight from Kathmandu-Lukla-Kathmandu including departures taxes.
    • Government taxes and permits
    • Medical kit
    • Farewell dinner in a typical Nepali restaurant with cultural dance show
    • TMG’s trekking accomplishment certificate with token of love

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Itinerary

Travel Map

Day 1: Arrival in Kathmandu (1,400 m)

Welcome to the contrasting mystical city of the temple, Kathmandu. Begin your Nepal explore. Your representative is waiting for you in the customs area. From the airport, you will traverse through the busy streets to the center of the city in order to check-in a hotel. If you have time, you can stroll in the streets of Thamel.

Overnight at a Hotel. No meals included.

Day 2: Kathmandu: Sightseeing and trek preparation

On this day you will receive the TMG’s staff and move to the Kathmandu valley sightseeing with the private vehicle.

During sightseeing, you will visit the UNESCO World Heritage Sites that are in Kathmandu. Their names have been given below.

Kathmandu Dur...

Day 3: Fly to Lukla, trek to Phakding (2,652 m) Duration: 3 hours trek.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Today, after breakfast, head to the domestic airport. Enjoy a scenic mountain flight to Lukla. See the wonderful Himalayas, including Everest. Next, we trek to Phakding along with a trekking guide. As you trek, you see Mt Nup...

Day 4: Trek to Namche Bazaar (3,440 m) Duration: 6 hours

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Today, you enter the Sagarmatha National Park. See the cascade of waterfalls. Follow the trekking trail that goes uphill and downhill. Villages are widely prevalent with flowers, such as Rhododendron, Magnolia, and fir. Interm...

Day 5: Acclimatization Day: Namche Bazaar

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Acclimatization means an adaptation for tomorrow's higher altitude. For the ultimate view of the mountains, head to the Everest View Hotel. This is a short hike, and hiking is always strenuous in the Everest Region. The view of the mountain is impressive. You will see a 180-degree view of the mountains, and you will not regret.

Day 6: Trek to Phortse Thanga (3,680 m) Duration: 5 hours

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

If you are hungering for Chorten and believe in the reincarnation of Lama, you find today is the perfect day. If you have the dream of the latter, explore Mohang, the birthplace of the re-incarnated Lama of Rongbuk Monastery of Tibet who is believed to have introduced Buddhism in the Everest Region, en route.

Day 7: Trek to Machherma (4,470 m) Duration: 5 hours

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

The trekking trail begins from Phortse Thanga by descending and extending to rhododendron forest, waterfall, Tongba Village, Dhole, Labarma and Luza villages, and Machhermo. The trail also takes you to Chorten and offers you the fine view of the Dudh Kosi River. Most part of the trail runs by this river.

Day 8: Machhermo to Gokyo (4,800 m) Duration: 4 hours

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Today's highlights are Cho Oyu (8153 m), Ngazumpa Glacier, and lakes such as Longpongo and Gokyo. The trekking trail condition is tougher than the previous ones. Gokyo Lake is as blue as the sky and displays full of calmness. It glimmers in the sun rays. Unmaintained steep trail above the lake requires caution.

Day 9: Gokyo Valley: Acclimatization Day- Optional Hike to Gokyo Ri (5,357 m) Duration: 4 hours

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

You can customize to meet your needs. Acclimatization means an adaptation for tomorrow's higher altitude. For the ultimate view of the mountains, hike to Gokyo Ri, viewpoint. This is a short hike, and hiking is always strenuou...

Day 10: Gokyo to Thagnak (4750 m) Duration: 4 hours

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

The trekking trail today also offers you an option to hike to Gokyo Ri if you had missed yesterday. Follow the trekking trail that takes you to the Ngozumpa Glacier. Later, walk along the edge of the mountain, and the meanderi...

Day 11: Thagnak to Cho La Pass (5,367 m) to Dzongla (5,420 m) Duration: 7 hours

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

The upper part of the trekking trail is tough; it is steep, and it is unmaintained. The top of the pass is decorated with colorful Buddhist flags. It also offers the view of the pyramidal geometrical shape of Ama Dablam, and soaring Cholatse, Lobuche and Baruntse. From the top, the trail extends downhill.

Day 12: Trek to Lobuche (4,940 m) Duration: 3 hours

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Begin walking until you reach the river bed. TMG believes that trekking should be more enjoyable. It feels that you have walked more than your capabilities in the pass. If you desire an easy walking, today is the day. The part of the trekking trail that you are walking is grassy.

Day 13: Lobuche to Gorak Shep (5,170 m) visit Everest Base Camp (5,364 m) Duration: 6 hours

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Today, our top priority is to visit the Everest Base Camp. Hit to the narrow and rocky path. Next up is an area from where you can detour. Your guide will tune with the original trekking trail. Pay a visit to the Italian Pyramid. You also hit rocky dunes, moraines, and streams. After you swallow the beauty of Everest Base Camp, you say farewell to it.

Day 14: Gorak Shep to Kala Patthar (5,545 m) to Pheriche (4,288 m) Duration: 7 hours

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

When you reach the top of Kalapathar, you will find it full of life because it is the only place in the world for every Everest Lover. Kalapathar is a well-defined viewpoint. Above all, you will see 360-degrees panoramic view of Mt Everest, Mt. Pumori, Mt. Lingtren, Mt. Khumbetse, Mt. Nuptse, Mt. Lhotse, Mt. Ama Dablam, Mt. Thamserku and so on.

Day 15: Trek to Namche Bazaar Duration: 6 hours

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Follow the same trekking trail, you are once again heading to Namche, the largest Sherpa Village in Nepal. With this in mind, visit Everest Photo Gallery and the Sherpa Culture Museum. In the evening return to your hotel. In the hotel, you might see the trekkers of all genres.

Day 16: Trek to Lukla (2,800 m) Duration: 6 hours

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Retrace and find out the steps that you have covered. Why not become overwhelmed and cherish at the distance that you have covered? Why not also take the last photo of the Everest Region? You might find this last scene as the awesome scenery of your life, after all, Everest Region is the iconic region, incomparable.

Day 17: Fly to Kathmandu.

Meals: Breakfast

Leaving Lukla, you fly to Kathmandu where you can treat yourself with the facilities of urbanisation. Find yourself in the midst of something that you have missed. Splurge along the streets of Thamel. Soak up the best cuisines that Kathmandu offers before you bid farewell to Kathmandu.

Day 18: Leisure Day and farewell dinner in Kathmandu

Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

This day will be the day of leisure and take relax, roam to the narrow street of Thamel. Make some spare time to buy some souvenir for your friends. Taste the food offered by the Thamel restaurant and much more entertainment stuff. At the evening time, we will have a farewell dinner together. Share the experiences of the trip and many more.

Day 19: Final Departure

Meals: Breakfast

From the haphazard city, as well as from nature's dramatic set, you fly out from Nepal. The proceedings of your flight begin by picking you up from the hotel. Where your trek was a paradise, and where you head is your native land. Prior to 4 hours, we pick you up from the hotel and take you to the international airport.

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    • International air tickets
    • Travel and rescue Insurance
    • Nepal entry visa
    • Personal trekking equipment
    • Personal expenses like water, laundry, phone and bar bills
    • Extra night accommodation in Kathmandu because of early arrival, late departure, early return from mountain (due to any reason) than the scheduled itinerary. Expenses due to unavoidable events, flight cancellation, strikes and other
    • Tips to your guide and porter (tipping is expected)
    • Any other expenses that are not mentioned in the ""cost includes"" section

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Meals Included

19 Breakfasts, 14 Lunches and 15 Dinners

Age Requirements
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Moderate - Trip involves regular walking or cycling over long distances on sometimes hilly, or bumpy terrain.

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