What To Expected During Your Everest Base Camp Tour?

Everest’s intimidating peak soars so high that hiking to its base camp is still known as a highest form of adventure. If you’re on a Nepal Holiday Tour for this kind of adventure, let us guide you through top 3 basic things you can expect from your EBC trek.

The adventure starts from Lukla: To arrive at Lukla from Kathmandu, you have to catch an early morning flight in a tiny airplane with roaring engine. From Lukla, you’ll trek to Phakding for three hours, passing through Sherpa villages, shrines & monasteries of Drangdrak Gompa & Pema Choling Gompa. During this trek you’ll find quick chances to soak in the awe-inspiring panoramas of sacred mountain Khumbila & Kusum Kangaru.

Demanding but not super difficult six hour trek per day: Reaching the base of the globe’s highest mountain doesn’t need you to be a professional trekker. Anybody in good health condition can comfortably accomplish Everest Base Camp Trek. However, don’t expect it to be easy because it’s not. The route still covers 75 miles round trip and the extreme altitudes of 17,500ft pose a challenge, making it not fit for every adventurer.

The days are also long, with average of 6 hours of trekking per day but each day of trekking adventure to the base camp rewards you with a sense of accomplishment and excitement which grows the higher you climb.

Rest Days aren’t really rest days: You will take rest on Namche Bazaar. Many climbers call it rest days but they are not really rest days. During these days, you will acclimatize which means steep climbing & this is where you’ll feel changes in air.

Everything becomes more costly the higher you climb: Bottled water, snacks, internet service or hot shower are usually not included in your tour package, so they will need to be budgeted for. You will find that the higher you go, the higher the price of everything. A bottle of water in Lukla(at 9,200 feet) only costs you around $0.50 and this same bottle will cost you up to $2 when you get to Gorakshep (at 16,900 feet).

So to save some money, we advise our guests to take plenty of snacks such as energy bars or chocolates, or consider using water purification tablets or water purification filter bottle to save some money on drinks. If you love tea, bring a variety of tea as well as hot water is slightly cheap up there.

Be it EBC trek or Annapurna Base Camp trek – proper preparation is always important to make your trip comfortable and memorable.