You arrive to Kathmandu today. You will be received at the airport and then transferred to hotel. Try to manage your arrival time by the afternoon so that we can meet for an important trip briefing session in the evening. We will leave you with information about the trip briefing timing upon your arrival. Briefing will be at the hotel itself. Until the briefing, take your time to refresh and relax.
Everest Panorama Trek Itinerary
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Day 1 Kathmandu – 1,350m
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Day 2 Kathmandu Tour – 1,350m - B
Before heading to the mountains, you have a full day in Kathmandu to acclimatize for the higher elevation of the mountains. While in Kathmandu, you will be at the elevation of 1,350 meters above sea level. We are taking you for a full day exploration of the Kathmandu valley. Kathmandu valley is a rich place in cultural heritage wonders and we are going to show you around some of them. You will visit four of the heritage sites today - Swoyambhunath, Patan Durbar Square, Pashupatinath and Boudhanath. These sites are of historical, cultural and spiritual importance that will project the general overview of Kathmandu valley.
Enjoy the day with our expert city tour guide who will be accompanying and showing you around the sites. Learn about these places from our local insider guide.
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Day 3 Phakding – 2,610m – B.L.D
This will be the first day in the mountains. Entering into the Everest region and getting into the mountain atmosphere is getting us excited. We drive to the airport for early morning flight to Lukla airstrip. This spectacular, small plane flight takes us to the beautiful Everest region that we will be enjoying for the next few days.
After getting into Lukla and meeting our whole trekking crew, our trekking adventure for the day begins. We embark on the first day of trekking towards Phakding that beautifully lies on the Dudh Koshi River bank. The trail will bring us to several incredible Buddhist prayer walls and prayer wheels along with beautiful view and landscape. The walk for the day will be of about four hours. After checking into the guest house, we can take some time out to explore the surroundings and enjoy the sounds of water in the river.
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Day 4 Namche Bazar – 3,440m – B.L.D
Famous village Namche, also known as Namche Bazar, is our overnight place for today. We embark on the trek towards the destination after breakfast. The walk today involves crossing and re-crossing of River Dudh Koshi several times along the trail. Our walk goes past Jorsalle and Monjo where we can stop for lunch break. We enter Sagarmatha National Park from Monjo onwards and the walk becomes more difficult as the steep ascent to Namche begins here.
The trail, despite its difficulty, brings several wonderful places and views. Crossing of suspension bridges over the river is truly exciting and walking through forested part is a peaceful walking adventure. We eventually emerge at Namche Bazar and the whole village is seen perched on the beautiful mountain slope. This Sherpa capital is also the last place on the trek where you can use your ATM; buy trekking gear you want and enjoy a little bit of happening.
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Day 5 Acclimatization – 3,440m – B.L.D
Namche Bazar is our first acclimatization stop in the mountains before we go further higher on our trek. Acclimatization is really important at the higher elevation of the mountains so we are taking a day here at Namche for the same.
We will go for a hiking exploration of the surroundings that will help us adjust with the elevation and also enjoy magnificent views of the mountains. We hike up to the Everest view point from where we can see the first ever glace of Mt. Everest if the weather is clear. Later, we descend back down to Namche bazar and go for an exploration of the place. We enjoy walking the Namche bazar streets; talking to people and enjoying the whole lot of things going on at this beautiful mountain town.
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Day 6 Tengboche – 3,860m – B.L.D
Mountain wonders keep on unveiling their captivating charisma to us every day. As we trek higher, mountains get closer and look more magnanimous. On our trek to Tengboche today, we are going to experience some incredible nature walk before emerging to Tengboche. The trail goes fairly up the hill before it descends to a river and steeply head up towards Tengboche. The steep walking up to Tengboche gets rewarded with breathtaking view of mountain peaks as we emerge to the place.
Tengboche has an important Buddhist monastery that holds high faith and respect for the Buddhist people living in the region. This monastery is the cultural and spiritual center of the Sherpa people. Wonderful views of mountains including Mt. Amadablam welcome us to Tengboche village. We wander around the place and monastery to explore and enjoy the wonders.
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Day 7 Khumjung – 3,790m – B.L.D
The trek on our adventure today takes us to Khumjung as our destination for the day. The trail will bring us beautiful view of the Himalayan peaks and other wonderful surroundings.
Once we arrive at Khumjung, we can explore the wonders of the village. This village is one of the largest villages in the region. This beautiful Sherpa village has a Buddhist monastery that has a yeti skull. We enjoy the view and wonders of the village.
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Day 8 Monjo – 2,835m – B.L.D
We are going to exit Sagarmatha National park today. Our trek for the day takes us to Monjo to stay overnight. As we embark on the adventure walk down towards the destination, we come to Namche bazar where we will stop for lunch break. We can explore the Sherpa once again if we like. After the lunch, our trek begins down towards Monjo.
Once we check out of the national park and reach Monjo, we settle into a guesthouse and spend leisurely time. We can wander around in the surroundings to immerse more into the atmosphere. The Dudh Koshi River valley has a special charm to spread peaceful ambience.
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Day 9 Lukla – 2,860m – B.L.D
We have come to the end of trekking part of this trip. Today is the last day that we can enjoy walking through the mountain trail 3n this trip. The walk along Dudh Koshi River valley via Phakding takes to Lukla to stay overnight.
Our Everest base camp trekking adventure has brought us so many amazing wonders – from Sherpa cultural experience to breathtaking views of mountains. We celebrate the mountain wonders and the completion of Everest panorama trek at Lukla. We thank all the amazing crew members for making it happen. We spend the relaxing night at Lukla.
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Day 10 Kathmandu – 1,350m – B
We are flying back to Kathmandu today. Another wonderful flight takes us to Kathmandu. Once we reach Kathmandu, we will have time at leisure. Take some time to wander around the streets of Kathmandu. You can go for some souvenir shopping; find restaurant to dine; take some relaxing trekkers’ massage or just wander around.
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Day 11 Trip Concludes – B
All the services on the trip conclude today unless extended. If you are departing home or other destinations, we will transfer you to airport.