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  • 25 days (approx.)

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  • Offered in: English

Classic Everest Base Camp Trekking

Famously known as the “Classic trek to Everest”, Jiri to Everest trek has been preferred by many hardcore trekkers from decades ago. It was believed to be the original route to Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay also embarked on their quest to climb Mount Everest from this trail as well. Starting from Jiri, which lies in the Dolakha district of Nepal, this Jiri to Everest trek takes you deep into the hills, forest, gorges and river banks leading directly to the base camp of the roof of the world. Jiri is the home of an ethnic group called the Jirels and Sherpa. It is one of the classic treks of Nepal which provides an opportunity to experience a true and authentic Sherpa culture with spectacular views of the Everest range.

What's Included

  • Twin sharing hotel accommodation in Kathmandu. Lodge/Mountain teahouse in trekking
  • Entrance fees, required permits & official paper documents
  • Guided Kathmandu Valley sightseeing with included entrance fees.
  • Flight from Lukla-Kathmandu
  • Lunch (21)
  • Full board meal (breakfast, lunch & dinner) with tea/coffee in the time of trekking
  • Dinner (22)
  • An English speaking trekking guide
  • Breakfast (24)
  • Airport to Hotel and Hotel to Airport in a private vehicle. Local bus from Kathmandu to Bhandar.
  • International flight tickets
  • Travel and Rescue Insurance
  • Nepal entry visa
  • Personal expenses like water, laundry, phone and bar bills
  • Tips to your guide and porter (tipping is expected)
  • Any other expenses that are not mentioned in the "cost includes" section
Start time:

5:45 AM

What To Expect

    Day 1: Arrival in Kathmandu (1,400 m)
  • Kathmandu

    Welcome to the contrasting mystical city of the temple, Kathmandu. Begin your Nepal explore. Your representative is waiting for you in the customs area. From the airport, you will traverse through the busy streets to the center of the city to check-in a hotel. If you have time, you can stroll in the streets of Thamel.

    Duration: 30 minutes

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 2: Guided Kathmandu Valley Sightseeing
  • Kathmandu Valley

    Today, you head out for sightseeing, and what you do is you visit higher known places that are in and around Kathmandu. All of these places are UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES. You will visit Pashupatinath, Boudhanath, Durbar Square, and Swayambhunath. Trek preparation is done under the supervision of a trekking guide.

    Duration: 4 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 3: Drive to Bhandar (2190) via Jiri Bazar Duration: 7 hours
  • Jiri

    After an early breakfast, the guide picks you up from the hotel. You will depart from Kathmandu, and you embark across the countryside. Enter the countryside, there you will be treated by beautiful landscapes, such as jagged hills and mountains. Jiri is a big town and is the perfect hill station in one way or another. After that, we will drive to Bhandar where we will stay tonight.

    Duration: 8 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 4: Trek start: trek to Sete (2645m) Duration: 6 hours
  • Jiri

    You will trek downhill. On the way, you will reach a desolate place. You will have lunch on the trail. The unmaintained trekking trail takes you to the summit of the pass. Your heart pounds as you follow uphill, but before this physical challenge, you will cross the river.

    Duration: 6 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 5: Trek to Junbesi (2700m) Duration: 6 hours

  • What you do today is very much your nature. Trek, trek, trek. You stick to this, and you climb gradually to reach the summit of the Lamjura La Pass. What you see from there is a breath-taking view. Today, you are going to have lunch at the highest point as of today's trek.

    Duration: 6 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 6: Trek to Nunthala (2330m) Duration: 5 hours

  • After early breakfast, you trek uphill and reach the top of the ridge and see the first glimpse of Everest. You will love the contours of Everest. There are river and airstrip on the way. Later, you will head to the top of the pass and see the incredible view. You trek down with a lot of enthusiasm.

    Duration: 6 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 7: Trek to Kharikhola (2040m) Duration: 5 hours

  • Today fulfill your dream of seeing the Dudh Kosi River. This river origin from the glacier. Follow the ascending trekking trail with our knowledgeable guide who will take you to the awe-inspiring places, abounding with natural beauties. He will inform you as well as entertain. Enjoy the sight of terraced fields.

    Duration: 5 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 8: Trek to Paiya (2730m) Duration: 6 hours

  • Begin by climbing uphill. What you experience is an exhilarating trek today. Additionally, the colorful Sherpa villages are villages like no other. There is a lush forest that is home to monkeys. Upon reaching the canyon, you find that you have got the jewel of the journey.

    Duration: 5 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 9: Trek to Phakding (2610m) Duration: 5 hours
  • Phakding

    The downhill trekking trail is wondrous. Next, we trek to Phakding along with a trekking guide. As you trek, you see Mt Nupla (5885m) Kusum Kanguru (6367m) and Mount Kwongde Range. En route, you come across Dudh Kosi Valley. Phakding is a small village, once in a life, you have an opportunity to spend a night in such a village.

    Duration: 6 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 10: Trek to Namche Bazaar (3440m) Duration: 5 hours
  • Namche Bazaar

    Today, you enter the Sagarmatha National Park. See the cascade of waterfalls. Follow the trekking trail that goes uphill and downhill. Villages are widely prevalent with flowers, such as Rhododendron, Magnolia, and fir. Intermingling with nature, you head to Namche. On the way, you get an ample opportunity to see the mountains

    Duration: 5 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 11: Namche Bazaar- Acclimatization Day
  • Namche Bazaar

    Acclimatization means an adaptation for tomorrow's higher altitude. For the ultimate view of the mountains, head to the Everest View Hotel. This is a short hike, and hiking is always strenuous in the Everest Region. The view of the mountain is impressive. You will see a 180-degree view of the mountains, and you will not regret it.

    Duration: 5 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 12: Trek to Phorste Thanga (3680m) Duration: 5 hours

  • If you are hungering for Chorten and believe in the reincarnation of Lama, you find today is the perfect day. If you have the dream of the latter, explore Mohang, the birthplace of the re-incarnated Lama of Rongbuk Monastery of Tibet who is believed to have introduced Buddhism in the Everest Region, en route.

    Duration: 4 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 13: Trek to Machherma (4470 m) Duration: 5 hours

  • The trekking trail begins from Phortse Thanga by descending and extending to rhododendron forest, waterfall, Tongba Village, Dhole, Labarma and Luza villages, and Machhermo. The trail also takes you to Chorten and offers you a fine view of the Dudh Kosi River. Most of the trail runs by this river.

    Duration: 5 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 14: Trek to Gokyo (4790m) Duration: 5 hours
  • Gokyo

    Today's highlights are Cho-Oyu (8153m), Ngazumba Glacier, and lakes such as Longpongo and Gokyo. The trekking trail condition is tougher than the previous ones. Gokyo Lake is as blue as the sky and displays full of calmness. It glimmers in the sun rays. The unmaintained steep trail above the lake requires caution.

    Duration: 5 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 15: Hike to Gokyo-Ri (5357m), descend Gokyo Duration: 5 hours
  • Gokyo

    You can customize to meet your needs. Acclimatization means an adaptation for tomorrow's higher altitude. For the ultimate view of the mountains, hike to Gokyo Ri, viewpoint. This is a short hike, and hiking is always strenuous in the Everest Region. The view of the mountain is impressive. You will see a 180-degree view of the mountains, and you will not regret it.

    Duration: 5 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 16: Trek to Dragnag (4700 m) Duration: 4 hours

  • The trekking trail today also offers you an option to hike to Gokyo Ri if you had missed yesterday. Follow the trekking trail that takes you to the Ngozumba Glacier. Later, walk along the edge of the mountain, and the meandering trail takes you to Dragnag. Today's main highlights are Kusum Kanguru, Thamserku, Kangtega, Taboche, Cholatse, Makalu, Lhotse, Nuptse, Everest, Changtse, and Pumori.

    Duration: 5 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 17: Cross the Cho-La Pass (5368m), trek to Dzonglha (4830m) Duration: 7 hours

  • The upper part of the trekking trail is tough; it is steep, and it is unmaintained. The top of the pass is decorated with colorful Buddhist flags. It also offers the view of the pyramidal geometrical shape of Ama Dablam, and soaring Cholatse, Lobuche, and Baruntse. From the top, the trail extends downhill.

    Duration: 4 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 18: Trek to Lobuche (4910m) Duration: 4 hours

  • Begin walking until you reach the river bed. TMG believes that trekking should be more enjoyable. It feels that you have walked more than your capabilities in the past. If you desire an easy walking, today is the day. The part of the trekking trail that you are walking is grassy.

    Duration: 7 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 19: Trek to Everest Base Camp (5364m) then descend to Gorak Shep (5140m) Duration: 5 hours

  • Today, our top priority is to visit the Everest Base Camp. Hit to the narrow and rocky path. Next up is an area from where you can detour. Your guide will tune with the original trekking trail. Pay a visit to the Italian Pyramid. You also hit rocky dunes, moraines, and streams. After you swallow the beauty of Everest Base Camp, you say farewell to it.

    Duration: 4 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 20: Hike up to Kala Patthar (5550m), descend to Pheriche (4240m) Duration: 6 hours

  • When you reach the top of Kalapathar, you will find it full of life because it is the only place in the world for every Everest Lover. Kalapathar is a well-defined viewpoint. Above all, you will see 360-degrees panoramic view of Mt Everest, Mt. Pumori, Mt. Lingtren, Mt. Khumbetse, Mt. Nuptse, Mt. Lhotse, Mt. Ama Dablam, Mt. Thamserku and so on.

    Duration: 5 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 21: Trek to Namche Bazaar (3440m) Duration: 5 hours
  • Namche Bazaar

    Follow the same trekking trail, you are once again heading to Namche, the largest Sherpa village in Nepal. With this in mind, visit Everest Photo Gallery and the Sherpa Culture Museum. In the evening return to your hotel. In the hotel, you might see the trekkers of all genres.

    Duration: 6 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 22: Trek to Lukla (2840m) Duration: 6 hours
  • Lukla

    Retrace and find out the steps that you have covered. Why not become overwhelmed and cherish at the distance that you have covered? Why not also take the last photo of the Everest Region? You might find this last scene as the awesome scenery of your life, after all, Everest Region is the iconic region, incomparable.

    Duration: 5 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 23: Flight- Lukla to Kathmandu
  • Kathmandu

    Leaving Lukla, you fly to Kathmandu where you can treat yourself with the facilities of urbanization. Find yourself amid something that you have missed. Splurge along the streets of Thamel. Soak up the best cuisines that Kathmandu offers before you bid farewell to Kathmandu.

    Duration: 6 hours

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 24: Leisure Day
  • Kathmandu

    Today is a free day for you. You can explore the Thamel- touristic hub where you can enjoy your day buying a souvenir, have food and other entertaining activities. In the evening we will meet and have dinner in a typical Nepali restaurant. Enjoy the Nepali dish, share your experiences in the Himalayas, and feedback to our company.

    Duration: 35 minutes

    Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

    • Day 25: Trip Concludes

Additional Info

  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness

Cancellation Policy

    You can cancel up to 24 Hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

    • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 Hours before the experience’s start time.
    • If you cancel less than 24 Hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
    • Any changes made less than 24 Hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
    • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
    • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

Starting from

$3,840.00

Price varies by group size

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