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Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu and Transfer to Hotel. Overnight at Hote
Our office representative will be at the outside of the terminal hall for warm welcoming you upon your arrival at Kathmandu. Then you will drive to Hotel. After refresh, we will brief you about the program and preparing for trekking.
Day 02: Fly to Lukla (2840m) and Trek to Phakding (2650m). 4 hours. Overnight at Guest House
Today, you will fly to Lukla in the early morning from Kathmandu. This short and scenice mountain flight offering a great views of mountains, rivers and villages. Your adventure Gokyo Lake Trekking starts after you landed at Lukla Airport (A tiny mountain airstrip). You will meet your porters and follow the footpath of great climbers through nice settlement village, forest and Dudh Koshi river to reach Phakding for the first night. We descend around 200 meters from Lukla to Phakding.
Day 03: Trek to Namche Bazaar (3441m). 6-7 hours. Overnight at Guest House
After breakfast at Phakding, we start our journey to go Namche Bazaar, known as Gateway to Mt. Everest. We follow nice and gentle up stream trail of Dudh Koshi river and reach Manjo via Bankar. Bankar is a nice place with waterfall and good place to see Mt. Thamserku (6608m). Just beyond the Manjo, there is a entrance office of Sagarmatha National Park office where we buy a trekking permit and continue our trekking to go Jorselle. Jorselle (2840m) is the last place before Namche. We stop for lunch and continue following Dudh Koshi for 30 minutes to reach bottom of the hill. From there we climb up a hill for 3 hours to reach Namche bazaar. If the weather is nice and clear in the afternoon, we could see the glimpse of Mt. Everest while ascending. Namche Bazar is a gateway to the high Himalaya and the main trading center of the Everest Region. This small village has a number of lodges, internet cafes, bars, restaurants, bekaries and banking facility too, it is like a little europe in Mountain.
Day 04: Acclimatization Day in Namche Bazaar
Having exceeded to more than 3000 meters, we will need a day to acclimatize. An acclimatization day at Namche Bazaar will help you adjust with the sudden change in climate and altitude. Our body has a ability to adapt with any climate and altitude if we have given a time. So today, you will take for short hike around 4 hours. During the hiking, you will take to Army camp for the views of Mt Everest, Mt Lhotse, Mt Ama Dablam (one of the beautiful mountain in Khumbu Region) and Musuem. Then you will climb up a hill for one hours to reach Syangboche Airstrip (3680m) and continue climbing to reach 3840m, the hightest point of hike. This whole hiking is very scenic and offering the beautiful scenery of Mountains and landscape. After being the hightest poing, you will decend back to Namche Bazaar for lunch and then free afternoon.
Day 05: Trek to Phortse Thagna (3620m). 4 hours. Overnight at Guest House
Today, after breakfast at Namche Bazaar, We climb to get the top of Namche Bazaar hill. Then the trail mostly goes flat and gentle climb up to Kyanguma, the best place to see a close view of Ama Dablam and Tengboche Monastery. The trail goes up again for one hours to reach Mong Danda (3940m), the birth place of saint lama Syang Dorje, who introduced Buddhism in Khumbu region and discovered the Tengboche Monastery. The top also offers a great view. We decend down for 45 minutes on rocky path to reach our camp site, Phortse Thagna.
Day 06: Trek to Machhermo (4400m). 5 hours. Overnight at Guest House
In the morning, we start climb up a hill through deep rhododendron forest. If we are lucky, we could see a musk deer, himalayan pheasent and himalayan goat. We also cross the tree line and walking on alpine meadow after Dole (4040m) and reach Machhermo via Lapharma.
Day 07: Trek to Gokyo (4790m). 4 hours. Overnight at Guest House
Day 08: Hike Gokyo Ri and Free afternoon
We shall be at the place of the popular Gokyo Ri (5360m) this day after a comfortable hiking of around 2.5 hours. From Gokyo Ri, we can catch a sight of five 8,000-metre peaks: Mount Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, Kangchenjunga, and Cho Oyu along with great lakes there. This will be the most exciting and eventful day spent in the land of mountains and lakes.
Day 09: Trek Down to Dole (4100m). 5 hours. Overnight at Guest House
Our destination of the day will be Dole (4100m), a small village in Khumbu Region. Dole is often a stopping point for the trekkers who go in this trekking. It has a number of guesthouses waiting for tourists.
Day 11: Trek to Namche Bazaar (3441m) via Khumjung. 5 hours. Overnight at Guest House
After all those trekking events and wonderful time with the mountains, we will have a 1.5 hours walk this day to reach Namche Bazaar (3441m) again. There, we will take time to rest and enjoy the Namche Bazaar facilities.
Day 12: Trek To Phakding. 4 hours. Overnight at Guest House
Day 13: Trek to Lukla. 3 hours. Overnight at Guest House
Day 14: Fly back to Kathmandu and Transfer to Hotel
From Lukla, we will be taking a domestic flight back to Kathmandu this day. Recapping the mountain views and events so far, we will have a safe flight from Lukla. We shall then drive to a rated Hotel in Kathmandu.
Day 15: Departure to Tribhuwan Internation Airport for your onward destination. |
