17 Days EBC Trek with Lobuche Peak Climbing

Today you will start your 17 days trek with a flight from Kathmandu to Lukla (2,860 m) in the morning. If you are not taking guide from Kathmandu and like to take from Lukla airport, your guide will be there in airport with your name card. After 45 minutes, you will land in the runway. Then you will walk down to the Dudh Kosi river, where you will connect with the main path to Namche Bazaar. After moving all the way through the small area of Ghat (2550 m), you will soon arrive at our teahouse at Phakding.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Teahouse
• Place: Phakding
• Altitude: 2610

You will start your trekking from Phakding and walk across the river to trek all the way through the area of Rhododendron. Then you will go crossways to the Dudh Kosi at Benkar and take pleasure from the scenes of snow-topped mountains Kusum Kanguru (6,369 m), Thamserku (6,623 m.) and so on. Along the way you will have your permits check at Jorsalle. Then trekking becomes fairly difficult and includes a perpendicular climb to Namche Bazaar. After crossing one of the suspension bridges above the river, you will ascend to Namche Bazaar. Overnight at hotel in Namche Bazaar.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Teahouse
• Place: Namche Bazar
• Altitude: 3440

Adaptation to harsh geography and high altitude is vital before further continuing the ascent to avoid altitude sickness and other unwelcomed illness. You’ll be taken for a one day hike through the beautiful villages of Khunde and Khumjung. After getting back at Everest view hotel, you can go have a look at the giant skull of so called mystical creature “Yeti”, in a monastery in the region. You can also savor a lovely pastry in the world’s highest bakery. On a fairly clear day, you would have breathtaking view on peaks such as Everest, Lhotse, AmaDablam among others. The view on mountains from Everest View Hotel, is also commendable. After a nourishing breakfast at hotel, you will endeavor an hour long climb to the Syangboche airstrip (3790m), from where you will steadily ascend towards Khundu. On your way up, you can see century’s old Chorten (stone Buddhist monuments).

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Teahouse
• Place: Namche Bazar
• Altitude: 3440

Our guide will then take you down through the Khumjung community and move to the major path to Everest. You will walk further to Trashinga and then move down to go across the Dudh Koshi at Phunke Tenga(3,250 m.). In the daytime, it is a wide and vertical ascend through Fir, Black juniper, Pine, Rhododendron forest and reach Tengboche monastery. Here we can see gigantic peaks like AmaDablam, Kangtega and Mount Everest. You will stay at teahouse in Tengboche.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Teahouse
• Place: Tengboche
• Altitude: 3867

You will walk slightly down through the forest of Birch, Juniper, Fir and Rhododendron at Debuche. Here due to the elevation you will have to speed yourself all the way through the day. After passing the Imja Khola, the trail heads to Pangboche where you will be able see the beautiful mountain of Ama Dablam. Then your route is to climb all the way through unwrapped alpine hillsides prior to another crossing of the Imja Khola and reach Dingboche. And you will stay overnight at Dingboche teahouse lodge.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Teahouse
• Place: Dingboche
• Altitude: 4410

Its 800m climb from the Pheriche to Nagarjun peak 5000m. It has some good views of the mountains including Mt. Makalu 5th higest mountain in the world. This hike help a lot for acclimatization. There are chances to see Snow leopard on the hike to Peak. Hike to Najurjun peak take about 3-4 hour to get the top and come down about one and half hour. Enjoy the view from the top and descend down to Dingboche. You will spend night at Local lodge.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Teahouse
• Place: Dingboche
• Altitude: 4410

The trek to Lobuche is pleasant as you get closer and closer to the snow clad giants. It is a gradual climb. After a 45-60min hike you will reach Thukla. Here, you will make a stop for food and continue up to a flat area where several memorials dedicated to the climbers who died on Everest are erected. Then in another two hours, you will have climbed out of the valley and descended to the yak pastures at Lobuche. Tomorrow, you will hike to Everest Base Camp.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Teahouse
• Place: Lobuche
• Altitude: 4940

This day you will start trek from Lobuche(4910m) towards Gorakshep(5170m), where you can find the nearest teahouse from EBC. You will get to Gorakshep at about lunch time. After having lunch, our guide will lead you to Everest Base Camp (5364 m), then return to Gorakshep for staying overnight as there are no teahouses in Everest Base Camp.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Teahouse
• Place: Gorakshep
• Altitude: 5170

You will notice when up in the base camp that the Everest is not completely visible. From Gorak Shep, you will walk down, up and up again to Kalapatthar. You will climb up to Kalapather either at sunrise or sunset. It will take 1 and half to 2 hours. All the effort is worth it as you will get the best view of Mount Everest, Nuptse and Changtse with a little of Lhotse from there. Then you will return to Gorakshep for food and descend to Lobuche. Overnight at Teahouse.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Teahouse
• Place: Lobuche
• Altitude: 4940

Today you will start hiking from Lobuche to Lobuche high camp via Lobuche East Base Camp. Compare to the trekking part climbing part will be little difficult as you will have to use crumpens and other gears. Our guide will fix tent in high camp on appropriate place and our porter cook will make food in tented accommodation. 

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Tent
• Place: High Camp
• Altitude: 5600

Today is the main highlight of the whole trek. You will climb the summit from east today. On reaching the top of the peak, you will realize the best taste of victory. From the peak, you will have beautiful view on mountains covered with snow. After spending some time at the peak, you will return back to the base camp. Then you will trek down to Pheriche.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Teahouse
• Place: Pheriche
• Altitude: 4371

Just in case of bad weather or any health problem, you will use this day on the base camp or further down on the trail. Whenever you may need this buffer day. If you do not use your buffer day, you will finish one day earlier trekking. It can be useful in case of unstable weather condition for Lukla Kathmandu flight.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Teahouse
• Place: Pheriche
• Altitude: 4371

Return journey is much easier as the walk drops heights every few hours, you will walk downhill with few short ups to Pangboche and then to a bridge with two hours climb to Tengboche. Stop for lunch in Tengboche, then continue to Namche Bazzar. Over night at Namche Bazaar.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Teahouse
• Place: Namche Bazzar
• Altitude: 3440

The trail steeply goes down through Rhododendron and Pine forest to Jorasalle. It will take about two hours and another 5-hour walk to Lukla via Monju, Benkar, Phakding, Ghat Khola, Chaurikharka, Chheplung and arrival in Lukla and overnight at guest house.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Hotel
• Place: Lukla
• Altitude: 2860

The day starts with early morning joyful flight from Lukla to Kathmandu and transfer to your hotel. During the day you will have rest after long journey in the Khumbu Himalaya and evening dinner with Nepali cultural show.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
• Accommodation: Hotel
• Place: Kathmandu
• Altitude: 1300

And here you are done with your 18 days of journey in Nepal. And then as per your flight timings our staff will transfer you to Kathmandu airport for your international departure.

• Meals: Breakfast
• Place: Kathmandu
• Altitude: 1300