Lobuche East Peak

You will be picked up by our airport representative and transferred to the hotel. You can have refreshment at the hotel and explore around city.

Today, you can visit Swayambunath (monkey) temple which is pretty close from Thamel. You can see the entire views of Kathmandu valley over the temple. At the end of the day we will return back to the hotel and prepare for next day’s trip.

Today we fly to Lukla which takes around 35 minutes. Lukla is the entrance point for this trek where we take short break for tea. Then we will continue the journey to Phakding which takes about 4 hours and stay overnight there.

From Phakding the trail starts with the beautiful scenery of waterfalls along with the magnificent view of Thamserkuhimal then crosses long suspension bridges several time. If the weather is clear, you can see the Mt.Everest as well while ascending to Namche. It takes around 7 hours from Phakding to Namche Bazaar.

you have whole day free in Namche Bazaar for acclimatization. You can visit Sherpa museum and army camp to see the Everest view along with detail information for flora and fauna that can be found in this region. After that, we come back to the hotel and will spend the time by wandering around Namche Bazaar.

The trail this morning descends to the DudhKhosi. There are spectacular views of AmaDablam (6696m) and Kantega (6779m) as well as Everest (8848m) and Lhotse (8501m). Keep a look-out for pheasant in the undergrowth. We cross the river at PhunkiThanga and climb through the afternoon amongst rhododendron forest to the saddle at the top of the hill. Suddenly in front of us is Tengboche, the principal monastery of the Khumbu area; the views from here are unforgettable.

We follow the path down from Tingboche through the rhododendron forest to Dingboche and cross an exciting bridge with the boiling roaring ImjaKhol beneath our feet. A gradual climb takes us to the village of Lower Pangboche. We are now in the heart of the Khumbu, with spectacular views across to AmaDablam. The afternoon stroll takes us along a path that hugs the valley wall and then across wide plains to a split in the valley. The Khumbu breaks lift, up to Periche, but we take a detour right to the hamlet at Dingboche at the start of the ImjaTse valley.

Today we stay at Dingboche for acclimatization you can walk up to Chhokung then return back to Dingboche and stay overnight stay there.

From here,the routes climbs up to the ridge behind Periche and stay high, mesmerized by the views of Tawoche and Cholatse, until we reach the tea houses at Dughla. From here, we continue to Lobuche and stay a night there.

Lobuche is a small place where only a few lodges are available. From here, the way is flat at the beginning but later it goes through rocky landslide and sometime you may feel exhausted due to its altitude. We go directly to Gorekshep for lunch which takes approximately 5 hours. On the same day, you can go to Everest Base Camp (5364m/17598ft) after lunch. It takes approximately 4 hours with up and down.

On the next day, we climb up to Kalapathar which may takes about 4 hours. It is the popular view point from where you can see the Mt. Everest, Lhotse, Pumori, the Khumbu ice fall and sunrise. After that, we will descend down to Gorekshep, take breakfast and continue our journey back to Lobuche and stay at lodge.

Lobuche base camp is not far from here. So, we go to base camp first and then continue on a rocky moraine path to reach the High Camp. After reaching there, we set up our camp, take lunch and rest. For the climb, we usually will be climbing on rock surface for up to around 5770m. After that, we climb on ice and use ropes when necessary. At high camp, our climbing guide will give training on peak climbing techniques and the proper ways of using climbing gears such as the ice axe, climbing boots and crampons, harness, ascender, etc. The training will also include using ropes to go up and down. We sleep overnight at tent.

Today, we wake up early today at around 12 to 1 am and have our breakfast before beginning our climb. It is important we reach the summit before noon because in the afternoon the strong winds in the high lands might become a barrier for a successful summit.  We will most likely be walking on rock surface up to around 5700m after which we climb on ice. We use both fixed rope and main rope as per our leader’s instruction. From the summit, you get to enjoy magnificent views of Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, AmaDablam, Cholatse, Pumori, and much more.We take the panoramic pictures on the summit, then we get back to the High Camp again for an overnight stay.

After having summited the peak, on the next morning we descend down to Pangboche. From here the entire way is downhill. At the end of the day, we will reach at Pangboche and stay a night at lodge.

We continue our journey to Namche through the same way. From here we, catch the way to Namche through Diuche and Tyangbuche. We will get to Namche by the evening and spend a night at lodge.

Namche is a beautiful city of Khumbu region from where we descend down to Dudhkoshi River, cross the suspension bridge several times. We follow the same route to Lukla which takes around 7 hours. By the evening we will arrive at Lukla and sleep a night there.

We will fly early in the morning from Lukla to Kathmandu with the magnificent views of Kongde Himal, Mt. Everest along with the entire Khumbu and Langtang ranges. We will be picked up by the airport representative and transferred to the hotel.

You have full day sightseeing today to explore around world Heritage site like Bhaktapur Durbar Square and Patan Durbare Square and overnight at hotel.

On the final day of your trip, today you can visit the Hindu Temple Pashupatinath (The biggest Hindu Temple) and Bodhanath (The big stupa) and shopping time and overnight at hotel.

The driver will drop you to the airport for your final departure.