Trek your way to the roof of the world with the specialists

DAY 01: ARRIVE KATHMANDU
On arrival, you will be met by Earth Tours Trek leader and transferred to your hotel. Overnight in hotel

DAY 02: KATHMANDU
There will be a thorough pre trek briefing by your trek leader to sort out any last minute queries etc followed by escorted sightseeing tour of temples around Kathmandu.

DAY 03: KATHMANDU - LUKLA - CHUMOA
Early morning after breakfast, we leave on a morning flight to Lukla, the most renowned mountain airstrip in the world. On the flight we catch the rugged foothills give way to the snowline of the Himalayas; many of the world’s highest mountains including Kanchenjunga, Lhotse and Makalu (the world’s 3rd, 4th, and 5th highest respectively) may sometimes be seen from the window of the plane. On arrival we meet our sherpas and after a cup of tea, we pick up the trail out of Lukla. Surprisingly, this high altitude trek begins by descending to the river at Phakding. Further on and we choose one of the several good campsites in the wooded area of Chumoa, close to the entrance to the Sagarmartha National Park.

DAY 04: CHUMOA - REST/ACCLIMATISATION DAY
We take the day off for the acclimatization and camping at Chumoa allows us to begin the ascent to Namche Bazaar first thing in the morning.

DAY 05: CHUMOA - NAMCHE (3445M)
At about halfway up the hill, gap in the trees allows us to spy the Everest for the first time. If the weather is clear, the top of the south west face will be just visible behind the long Lhotse-Nuptse ridge. Namche is the most prosperous and the largest town in the Khumbu. A bazaar is held here every Saturday.

DAY 07: THAME (3801M)
After our day off, we traverse west, enjoying marvelous view of the bank of the bhote Khose. As we cross the river we look back down the valley for the beautiful views of Thamserku and Kusum Kungru (6369m), before ascending through more rhododendron forest to pasture lands in front of Thame. This is the birth place of Tenzing Norgay, the Sherpa who made the first ascent of Everest with Hillary in 1953. We camp in meadows at the edge of the village.

DAY 08: KHUMJUNG (3791M)
We return back down the valley via Thamo, a hillside nunnery and then take a high trail that by passes Namche and finally drops into Khumjung. The village is one of the most beautiful in Khumbu.

DAY 11: DINGBOCHE
We follow the path down from Tecngboche through rhododendron forest to deboche and cross an exciting bridge with the boiling, roaring Imja Khol beneath our feet. A gradual climb takes us to the village of lower Pangboche. We are now in the heart of Khumbu, with spectacular views across to Ama Dablam. The afternoon stroll takes us along a path that hugs the valley wall and then cross wide plains to a split in the valley. The Khumbu breaks left, up to periche but we take a detour right to the hamlet at Dingboche at the start of Imja Tse valley.

DAY 13: LOBOJE (4931M)
We climb to the ridge behind Periche and stay high mesmerized by the views of tawoche and Cholatse until we reach the tea houses at Dughla. A steep, stiff ascent to the terminal moraine of the Khumbu glacier is now tackled. The top of the climb is marked by a series of stone monuments to region. A rough but obvious trail cuts across left, away from the glacier to our campsite at Loboje, a wind swept collection of huts tucked in a narrow meadow between the glacier and the Loboje peak (6156m). The Lhotse ridge is simply awesome from this angle.

DAY 14: LOBOJE - KALA PATTAR – LOBOJE
We trek along the rough path along the side of Khumbu glacier to the tea shacks of Gorak Shep. Behind rises the attractive 7000m peak of Pumore which dwarfs our trek summit of Kala pattar. All the peaks – Everest, lhotse, Nuptse, Changtse Ama dablam and scores of other lesser peaks can be seen from this wonderful vantage point.

DAY 15: PHORTSE (3847M)
We descend all morning via Periche to pangboche whereupon we stay high on the west bank of the river all the way to the Sherpa village of Phortse which lies on the lower southern flank of tawoche, directly across the valley of Tengboche

DAY 16: NAMCHE (3445M)
We descend through a forest to the Dudh Kosi. We climb to a chorten where there are wonderful views back across the valley to phortse. We eventually turn south off the main trail to Khunde and Khumjung countering past the Everest view Hotel. The route then leads down the hill to namche and more cinnamon roll.

DAY 17: LUKLA (2880M)
There is something very special about the setting, the villages and the people of the high Khumbu hills and valleys and our memories help us up the deceptively long, final climb into Lukla. Our campsite and house are well located and offer a good final resting place.

DAY 18: LUKLA – KATHMANDU
Another chance to enjoy this great flight. Please note that flights into Lukla are sometimes delayed due to un flyable conditions either in fog bound Kathmandu or windy Lukla. Overnight at Hotel.

DAY 20: DEPARTURE
You will be transferred to the airport for your final departure.