Everest base camp Trekking

EVEREST BASE CAMP TREKKING

Everest base camp trekking, a dream of million travelers to set foot beneath highest mountain on this planet earth with matchless panorama of mountains, truly a marvelous and exciting walks to   Everest Base Camp Trekking Who guys interesting please click Here the Everest Base camp Trek height of 5,364 m / 17,701 ft high with grand views of notorious tumbling great block of Khumbu Ice-Falls and massive glaciers. Mt. Everest stands high as world's highest peak at 8,848 m / 29,028 ft (1955 elevation of Everest, 29,028 ft. (8,848 m), was revised on November 11, 1999, at 8,850 m / 29,035 ft). Whatever measures of Everest, still stands as the highest giant of all peaks straddling the border with Nepal and Tibet towards North. Everest base camp trekking walk leads to Mid Eastern Himalaya within Khumbu district in between Lhotse 4th highest and Nuptse peaks with the array of mountains that lines with ridges of Mt.Everest  on its southern face, which was first conquered in 1953 by late legendary mountaineers Tenzing and Hillary. Since the conquest of Mt.

Everest travelers-explorer and adventurer began to venture in this beautiful wilderness of high mountains and its pristine environment of rocks-moraine-ice and glaciers on the higher side of Khumbu, where's below 4,000 meters green forest with tall tree lines dominates. beside panorama of mountains, the lively culture of Sherpa village life is equally interesting as walks lead you into its nice and lovely villages with houses built in Tibetan style with colorful carved windows and doors festooned with prayer flags to wade evil spirits.  Sherpa people dominates from Solu to Khumbu areas of Everest with its fascinating age-old Buddhist religion and traditions of great interest includes impressive old monasteries some of the Gompa/monasteries are older of more than 500 years of history. the walk starts from Lukla after reaching from Kathmandu taking a short scenic flight to land at Lukla unique airstrip which is named as Tenzing & Hillary airport, an interesting town of Lukla with Sherpa and other tribes Tamang and Rai tribes. from Lukla walk leads to follow Dudh Kosi River valley and gorge with many farm villages and forested areas and then entering into Sagarmatha National Park (Sagarmatha for Everest in Nepalese, while Sherpa calls Chomolungma of Tibetan origin in both languages, means Great Mother) On entering the park which is listed in World Heritage Sites then climb up to Namche Bazaar a famous town and a village with well-stocked stores, shops, banks, café, restaurants and nice hotels and lodge, where colorful and busy Saturday market is held once a week of great interest to witness on the market day of Saturday. after Namche walk on the scenic wide path full of views with Everest-Lhotse-Amadablam-Kangtenga-Thamserku and Kwangde peaks as route leads with down and up to reach the scenic small plateau at Thyangboche Monastery surrounded within green forest and mountain views. adventure to Everest Base Camp Trekking continues heading past Pangboche-Dingboche or Pheriche on leaving the tree lines for the arid and windswept country as walk leads closer to mountains heading towards Lobuche and Gorakshep to reach Everest Base Camp  In expedition season of March to May, this place flooded with colorful tents and camping of mountaineers climbing towards Mt. Everest or Lhotse, it will be like a Jamboree to look at on climbing times. Everest Base camp trekking including the hike up to Kalapathar rocky hilltop above 5,545 meters high offering the incredible panorama of surrounding peaks with Everest at close distance, and then heading back to Lukla with choices either walk straight to Namche Bazaar or taking an alternative route via Khumjung and Khunde villages. eventually walk joins at Namche Bazaar with downhill most of the way to Lukla for the flight back to Kathmandu.

ROUTES TO EVEREST BASE CAMP

There are several ways to reach Everest Base Camp Trek  the shortest means taking a short flight of 35 minutes to reach Lukla from Kathmandu and back the same way after 12-13 days of trekking offers the wide panorama of mountains during flights in a small aircraft (Twin Otter or Dornier) The other longer classic and original route is taking an overland drive to Jiri or further to reach Solu district and walk to high Khumbu valley unto Everest Base Camp and then taking a flight out of Lukla. other route taking from east of Everest with the flight to Arun valley in Tumlingtar and trekking towards Khumbu and Everest base camp via Salpa pass and visiting Rai villages of Guidel and Bung. One of the hard and tough routes via Tashi Labtsa pass of above 5,700 m walking from beautiful Rolwaling valley and crossing high Tashi Labtsa pass to reach Khumbu areas in Thame village and walk past Namche to Everest Base Camp with flight out from Lukla.

CLIMATE

Everest Base Camp and Khumbu region with cooler alpine climate mostly morning and night time, during daytime pleasant with sunshine but in shade gets cooler as temperatures drop. In March to June day times are longer with much sunlight with average temperatures of minimum 0 to -05 degree Celsius and maximum of 18 to 20 degree Celsius (not counting wind chill factors which happens in afternoon time).