Everest Cho La Pass Trek – 19 days
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Overview
Highlights
- Pass over the Cho la.
- Visit the Everest Base Camp and Kalapattar.
- Sightseeing tours of historical UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu.
- Scenic mountain flight to and from Lukla.
- Visit Namche and Khumjung Village.
- Visit Gokyo valley, Lake and Gokyo Ri.
- Unforgettable views of Khumbu Ice fall.
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Trip includes
- All the airport transfers
- Four nights’ hotel in Kathmandu including breakfast on twin sharing basis.
- Sightseeing tour in Kathmandu as per the itinerary.
- Your standard meals during the Trek with hot tea/coffee in breakfast.
- All necessary paper works, National park entry permits and TIMS permit.
- Flight fare (Kathmandu-Lukla-Kathmandu) with domestic airport tax.
- All accommodations in lodges/tea houses during the trek on twin sharing basis.
- An experienced, helpful and friendly Guide and porters (one porter for each 2 trekkers).
- Salary, food, drinks, accommodation, transportation and insurance for the guide and porters.
- Arrangement of Emergency Helicopter service which will be paid by your Travel insurance company.
- Sleeping bag, down jackets and duffle bag – if Necessary.
- All government taxes, VAT and service charge
Itinerary
You will be met by our airport representative and escorted to your hotel, refresh yourself & your evening is free, first overnight at hotel in the valley of the Gods, the Kathmandu and overnight at hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
Kathmandu is the cultural heart of Nepal and has been a famous destination for tourists ever since Nepal opened its borders to visitors. The city displays an interesting combination of Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism and Western influence in the Val...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After having early breakfast at hotel, you will drive to airport for the 35 minutes scenic flight to the small mountain airport Lukla, after reaching at lukla our guide will introduce with the porters, then start trekking fo...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After having breakfast at lodge, you continue trekking following the Dudh Koshi River and crossing it many times on the way, you enter the park in Jorsale and you will stop for lunch as we rest our weary bones; and again con...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
This is really good for our acclimatization. It prevents any unforeseen altitude problems ahead on the trail as we go to higher altitudes on the trek. Namche is tucked away between two ridges amidst the giant peaks of the Kh...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After having hot breakfast at lodge in Tengbuche, we start our trekking with the ridge and flat level mountain path that offers excellent panoramas of Thamserku, Kantega, and Kusum Kangaru, after walking few hours on flat Zi...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After having hot breakfast at the lodge, we start the trekking with descending through Rhododendron forest to the Imja Khola and cross suspension bridge on it and trek passing by a long Mani stone wall to enter the village o...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Today is the remarkable acclimatization day in Dingbuche, There are some breathtaking views of the North face of Ama Dablam and the Lhotse-Nuptse ridge as we explore this beautiful valley that leads up to Chukum and Island Peak, we will climb either Nagarjan peak or hike to Chhukung valley for acclimatization and overnight at lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After having breakfast at lodge in Dingbuche, we start trekking and the trekking leads us north for up to 50-minutes until we come to a Mani-prayer Stupa then The trail is gentle looking down to Pheriche village below. Today...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After having breakfast at lodge in Lobuche, we start our trekking following the rocky moraine path, view icy glacial pond and icebergs down below of Khumbu glacier. After the last rocky moraine dunes, a short downhill walk b...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
We climb to Kala Patthar (5545m.) peak early in the morning to see the sunrise views over the Himalayas including the Everest then return trek to Gorekshep and have breakfast and start trekking to Zongla by returning the same trail till Lobuche and we will take left trail that leads us to Zhongla and overnight at basic lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After having early breakfast at lodge, we start our trekking as we going to cross the Cho La pass (5370m) today, the high pass over the Chola is not a joke, a steep and somewhat difficult ascent of a rocky ridge a few hours....
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After having breakfast at lodge, we start our trekking in the morning by crossing the Ngozumpa Glacier on a sandy, shifting trail, the frozen lakes creaking below and beside us as we turn our way to the other side of the region. Once back on the main trail to Gokyo, w...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Early in the morning, we climb to Gokyo Ri and it looms above the village on the northern edge of the lake and we leave camp just after first light, following a steep path up the hillside. As we climb, the summits of Everest...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After having breakfast at lodge, we start our trek and today, the trail gently descends to Dole and then starts descending steeply to Photse Tenga (3650m.) passing through rhododendron forests. Then the path immediately asce...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After having breakfast at lodge in Namche , we start our trekking and today is the last day of our adventure Cho la pass trekking, the trekking is pleasant, except for few short uphill climbs and then down to the Bhote-Koshi...
Meals: Breakfast
We will take an early morning flight back to Kathmandu and transfer to the hotel, take hot shower and relax - Overnight at hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
It's also spare day in case of bad weather in Lukla if we could not fly on scheduled date and time, or we can organize you a day tour in or around Kathmandu, shopping tour etc if you want: or we can remove this extra day from the tour itinerary if you do not want it so, contact us and consult about options available for the day, overnight at hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
You will be transferred to the international airport for your final departure to your loving home.
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Logistics
What's excluded
- Nepal entry visa fee (you may easily issue the visa upon your arrival at Tribhuwan International Airport - Kathmandu). You will require 2 passport size photos.
- Your Travel insurance (compulsory).
- Food (lunch and dinner) while you are in Kathmandu.
- Your personal expenses and entrance fees while you do the tour in Kathmandu.
- All the alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
- Sweet things like chocolate bars and hot shower during the trek.
- International airfare and airport departure tax.
- Tips for the guide and staffs.
18 Breakfasts, 14 Lunches & 14 Dinners
Hotel and Accommodation on Cho la pass trek:
We provide you 2/3 star standard hotel in Kathmandu (4 nights) and Lodge/Teahouse during the Chola Pass trekking and the rooms are basic, normally just a bed with a pillow and blankets, A few have electric lights and all have a spacious dining room-lounge on lodges during the trek, we will accommodate the group in local lodge available each day. We send a porter ahead of us to book the required number of rooms for the group (rooms cannot be booked in advance in all places). Please remember that some of them are very basic and a sense of adventure is necessary and there is some luxury 4/5 star accommodation available in Kathmandu if you want we can book them for you for your Kathmandu stay so, do let us know if you want to upgrade your accommodation in Kathmandu
Transports used on Chola pass trek:
We at Outfitter Nepal will provide private vehicles for the airport transfers and sightseeing tour in Kathmandu and flight from Kathmandu to Lukla and return.
Electricity and battery charges on trek:
There is electricity available in some of the villages where you can re- charge your camera batteries and there is solar power in some villages we trek and you can recharge your batteries in those places as well if they have enough power and we suggest you to have spare batteries as well and you will have pay some for recharging batteries.
Meals and drinks on Cho la pass trek:
The meals are included in our trek price of the trek and they are taken in lodges; we will have breakfast and dinner at the lodge where we stay overnights and our will guide will choose and stop for lunch on available place every day and we recommends you to bring water purification pills since you will have normal water for free, then you can have the normal water and use the medicine and drink however you have options of buying bottled water or boiled water in every places as well.
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