15-Day Everest Base Camp Trek from Kathmandu with Kala Patthar

• Pick up from the airport and transfer to the hotel for your stay.

No meals included.

• Go on a sightseeing tour of Kathmandu city.

Stay overnight at the hotel.

No meals included.

• Take a flight to Lukla.

• Reach Lukla and trek to Phakding through an arresting green landscape, with views of Kusum Kangraru along the way.

Stay overnight.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner included.

• Have an early breakfast and begin with a slight climb to Munzu, passing waterfalls and other cultural and natural points of interest.

• Walk through a beautiful pine forest, from where you may catch your first view of Mt. Everest. Thamserku (6,648 m), Kwangde Ri (6,187 m), and Khumbila (5,707 m) surround the natural bowl in which Namche sits.

• Take a steep climb up to the beautiful village of Namche Bazaar (3,440 m). Namche Bazaar is the gateway to Mt. Everest and the main trading centre of this region.

Stay overnight at a local guesthouse.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner included.

• Spend a day here to acclimatize and adjust to the thinning air.

• Take a short trek in and around Namche Bazaar and enjoy rewarding views of the Himalayas, with a stunning sunrise and sunset over the panorama of Khumbu peaks.

Stay overnight at a local guesthouse.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner included.

• Descend to the small hamlet of Phunki Tenga beside the Dudh Kosi.

• Cross a suspension bridge before beginning a steep ascent for about an hour. This part of the trek is heavily forested with rhododendron and pine, making it well shaded and cool. Once out of the forest, the trail becomes gentle and gradual for another 1.5 hours, all the way up to the monastery.

• The setting of Tengboche is magical, and it is incredible to think that the temple was burned down a few years ago and rebuilt primarily through the efforts of the Sir Edmund Hillary Trust.

• Return to the accommodation after lunch and exploration of the monastery and its surroundings.

Stay overnight at Summit Lodge.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner included.

• Continue the uphill trek.

• Reach the quaint traditional Sherpa village of Dingboche, with its exquisite views of Lhotse, Island Peak, and Ama Dablam.

Stay overnight at Hotel Country Site.

• Enjoy another day for acclimatization.

• Take a trip to Nagajang viewpoint to get a marvellous view of the surrounding mountains, especially Lhotse's massive south wall.

• Return to Dingboche in the evening.

Stay overnight at Hotel Country Site.

• Continue along the lateral moraine of the Khumbu Glacier and pass stone memorials for climbers who have perished on nearby summits.

• Head up to Lobuche at 4,910 m, which is really just a few huts at the foot of the giant Lobuche peak.

• Stay at Hotel Oxygen or a similar class guesthouse, with common toilet and bathroom facilities.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner included.

Breathing problems may arise today due to the altitude.

• Walk along the Khumbu Glacier and up to Everest Base Camp at 5,365 m.

• See the Khumbu Icefall from Base Camp.

• Return to Gorakshep for the night.

Stay overnight at a guesthouse, with shared toilet and bathroom facilities.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner included.

• Climb Mt. Kalapatthar, a small peak by Himalayan standards, at 5,555 m. The ascent is demanding, but the climber is rewarded with a magnificent mountain panorama of Everest, the highest point on the planet at 8,848 m, along with Nuptse, Pumori, Chagatse, Lhotse, and countless others.

• Make a quick descent to Gorak Shep, a tiny hamlet at 5,180 m.

• Trek down to Pangboche village.

Stay overnight at the best available lodge.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner included.

• Descend through Tengboche Monastery at an elevation of 3,860 m.

• Continue back to the town of Namche Bazaar at 3,441 m.

• Return to Namche Bazaar in the afternoon.

Stay overnight.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner included.

• Return to Lukla.

• Explore the town.

Stay overnight at Paradise Lodge or a similar lodge.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner included.

• Enjoy one last glimpse of the mountains you have recently visited on the 35-minute scenic and adventurous flight back to Kathmandu.

• On arrival in Kathmandu, get transferred to the hotel.

• Attend the farewell dinner programme at a Nepali restaurant.

• See some cultural performances.

If you want to extend the trip, you have options such as a Chitwan Jungle Safari, River Rafting Adventure, and more.

• Drop off at Kathmandu's Tribhuwan International Airport for your flight departure from Nepal.

Breakfast included.