SHORT ITINERARY

Alright, With popular demand we are coming up with 2 versions of the trek this time . A Hybrid plan with 3 days of descent cut down to a 30 min Heli ride and a regular plan of 13. Both plan included Amadablam Base camp 🙂

DAY 01 : REACH KATHMANDU

TREKKING PLAN WITH HELICOPTER RETURN

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Upon arrival in Kathmandu-Take cab from Airport and reach booked hotel in Kathmandu City. Enjoy local cuisine in the evening and do trek gears shopping or any last minute purchase from this place.

Attend briefing session in the evening –know about do's and dont's of trekking . If you have any questions then it’s good time to get all the answers.

DAY 02 : TREK TO PHAKDING

Early morning next day, you would have a flight from Kathmandu to Lukla. You should keep your pen- knifes, lighter, matchboxes and other related stuff in the bigger baggage than in your hand-bag to avoid any security breach and unnecessary delay. The planes are generally small for these flights but the journey is panoramic. You will have some time to see Lukla and enjoy its beauty. Your trekking in Nepal would begin after a 30 min halt at Lukla.

The walk from Lukla to Phakding is gradual and has few ups and downs on the way. You would have a superb view of Kusum-Kangru, while you are crossing the short suspension bridge on your way. After a short climb, you would reach the Ghat village and another one and a half hours of gradual walk brings you to Phakding village.

DAY 03 : PHAKDING TO NAMCHE

From Phakding, after crossing the Dudh-koshi suspension bridge, the walk is easy and pleasant with short uphill and down-hill climb. You would be re-crossing the same river again. You would have a magnificient view of Thermasarkhu which is 6,608 meters from the village of Benkar. Now you would cross the long suspension bridge over the Bhote- Koshi River. This is a busy area and is full of trekkers and porters. After here you would finally arrive to the small river of Monjo, after a climb of 20 minutes from this area.

Here, you can see some interesting water mills which are used for grinding corns and barley. It is one of the major staple diet of the Sherpas. Monjo is situated below the magnificent peak of Thermasharkhu. Close to this you have the entrance to the Sagarmatha national park. At this point, your trekking permit is checked and the officials keep a record of all the trekkers going ahead. After a gradual walk you would reach Namche bazaar.

DAY 04 : NAMCHE TO KYANGJUMA

This is a short day. We sometimes take a day break at Namche for Acclimatisation , but if everyone in the group is doing well in terms of their SPo2 reading, we will not take the break day in Namche Bazaar and continue to KYANGJUMA which is just 2 hours of an easy walk from Namche.

The owner the property we regularly stay is super sweet and cool. She runs regular donations to nearby villagers, owns a small business in US , has a huge prayer hall which radiates some another level energy and provides the warmest vibe that you will take back with you even when you are back home from EBC. Her lodge name is called Amadablam view , for obvious reasons. Duh.

Today is a long day that takes you through a jungle trail initially for first hour and then you will start gaining altitude for about next 2 hours to reach the Tengboche Monastry. After a short visit we continue our trek to Pangboche. From monastery , it's mostly a hike down till our next guesthouse. The monastery mostly stays shut , so if you are lucky you can pay a visit inside.

DAY 06 : ACCLIMATISATION DAY