14 days Everest Base Camp Trekking is including your day of arrival in Nepal and day of depature from Nepal. Trekkers who can arrive at the morning or day time in Kathmandu, can plan to fly Lukla airport next day with all the preparation. 12 days trekking plan is to fly Lukla and fly back after the trekking. It is also the perfect itinerary with two days of well acclimatization on the way which help to reach Everest Base Camp and climb Kalapathar without any altitude sickness. This trekking is with professional trekking guide and porter. Every nights is staying in local guest houses which are entirely tourist standard. Small group joining trek who are willing to join other trekkers is available in its best season from March to May and September to December.
Trek starts from Lukla after flying. It is 35 minutes flight from Kathmandu with small aircraft in which 16 to 19 peoples are fit. Lukla airport is the only one airport landing regular flights either from Kathmandu or from Ramechhap airport. The first day of trekking is easy of 4 hours. Land about 2800 meters Lukla and sleeping at 200 meters below in Phakding. Day second of the trekking reach to unique Sherpa village Namche Bazar which lies in the altitude of 4340 meters. This is the point we spend two overnights to acclimatize. Next day of staying in Namche also involve in the memorial hike till Everest view point Shyangboche village which is about 3800 meters. Trekking to Tengboche village after Namche. This village is small village lies of biggest monastery. You reach above 4000 meters altitude Dingboche village where we stay for 2 night to acclimatization and hike the view points. We reach to the more altitude place during the hiking and back to hotel at low elevation to overnight. After we spend 7 overnights on the way via Lukla, Phakding, Namche, Tengboche, Dingboche and Lobuche, reach at EBC on your day eighth. After the memorial hike till base camp and climb Kalapathar, trekking than ascending to Lukla, this takes only three days.
Attraction of Everest base camp trekking
trekking is a lifetime memorial adventure. Reaching at the base camp of worlds highest peak is the first attraction. Local and unique Sherpa villages, long suspension bridge on the way treks over fully Himalayan water flowing rivers. The giant mountains views every day including three more than eight thousand meters. Biggest monasteries and monks activities. Beautiful forest and bushy landscape. The experience of high altitude hospitalities, activities of local peoples, great view points, best sunrise and sunset view are the major attraction during this treks. If you add few more day in the itinerary, you will also explore UNESCO heritage attraction of Kathmandu which makes your trip more memorial and attraction.
Customization in your trekking itinerary
Trekking plan is always possible to make customization, if you are in your own group or individual trekker. Everest base camp is one of the three different valley inside Everest National Park. There are other two more valley which can include in this itinerary. Gokyo valley where the beautiful Gokyo Lake lies can add in the plan via one of the mountain pass Cho-La. Chhukung valley is another to include mountain peak climbing. Island peak is the one famous mountain peak for beginners climber can includes with EBC trekking. Lobuche peak is the another one can includes during this adventure. Plan is available to reduce total trekking days. Trekking up to Everest base camp is for eight days and another four days are trekking down to Lukla and fly back Kathmandu but can reduce the total days of hiking back taking helicopter to Lukla or till Kathmandu. This customization plan reduce 3 days.
Selected months for Everest base camp trek
in Autumn and Spring is the selected seasons to trek Everest base camp. Month from March till May is the first season of the year and October till December is second season of the year. Beginning of the March is less crowded on the route and end of the May as well. Similarly month of December is less crowded comparatively Oct, and Nov. Warm temperature and sunny weather is expected during those months. Month of December is already starting cold temperature but it is still doable with good weather. The average temperature in Everest base camp during autumn and spring in daytime is between -2 to -5 degrees. Nighttime temperatures can drop to around -10 degrees. Month of December may drop up to -20 degree at base camp.
