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Mt Everest with Lhotse

Mt Everest

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A direct approach to the foot of the world's highest mountain - Mount Everest.

 

Mount Everest (Nepali: Sagarmatha, Tibetan: Chomolungma, Chinese: Zhumulangma Peak, pinyin: Zhumulangma Feng, Chajamlangma (Limbu), or Mount Chomolungma) is the world's highest mountain above sea level at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). It is located in the Himalayas in Asia.

 

This is a trek designed to get you real close-up to the 'mother of all peaks', Mount Everest. Everest Base Camp has been a popular destination for trekkers since the very first expedition to the Nepalese side of Everest in 1953. To reach this part of the Himalaya within a limited time, we have devised this two-week trek to Everest Base Camp which runs directly to and from Lukla.

The Everest Base Camp trek, a very well known mountain trek, starts at the upper Phakding and follows the Dudh Kosi valley which climbs up to the Sherpa capital of Namche, a bustling bazaar that is a junction for trekkers, the local Sherpa and expeditions en route to the mighty Mount Everest. All along this part of the trail, villages are interspersed with magnificent forests of rhododendron, magnolia and giant firs. In both the early autumn and late spring, the flowers on this portion of the trek make it the kind of walk you will remember for a long, long time.

From Namche, we trek along a high traversing path where we have our first good views of Everest and then head towards Thyangboche Monastery, which is a 2 hour climb. The monastery sits at 3867m in a clearing surrounded by dwarf firs and rhododendrons. The monastery is structurally located on a ridge top with commanding views of the Everest landscape. The view from this spot, seen to best advantage in the morning, is absolutely mesmerizing and stunning and is rightly deemed to be one of the most magnificent in the world.

We then descend to the Imja Khola and continue to the villages of Pangboche and Pheriche before finally approaching the Khumbu Glacier. We then follow the glacier, first to Lobuche, a vantage point for some spectacular views of the Ama Dablam, Taweche and other peaks, and then hike to Gorak Shep for a breather.

We also have the opportunity to ascend Kala Pattar (5554m) from where we can get some awesome views of the Himalayan giants which literally numb your senses with breathless admiration, making up for the lung-bursting climb that took you up there. You soon realize it was absolutely worth it. This also includes fantastic views of the south west face of the colossal Mount Everest. We then trek down to Everest Base Camp at the foot of the Khumbu ice fall before finally making our way back down to Lukla.

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