The extended section of Cho La (5420m/17783ft) can give you an adrenaline check along with another new vistas opening up before you. And this part is much more lovely with the great views as well as spiritual as it has the presence of lakes! If you are fit and better acclimatized, you may be able to do in within 15 days also without hurting the motto of entire trip. The trip is started taking a flight from Kathmandu to Lukla (2830m) – Phakding (2640m/4hrs) with your guide. An exciting trans-Himalayan flight (just of 30 min) with morning glorious views over the snow mountains, jungles, waterfalls, hills, dunes etc. etc. Landing at Lukla, meet your porter and start the trek.
Trip type: trekking, hiking, excursions,
Group of: 1 to 30 people,
Locations: Everest National Park area, Solukhumbu, East Nepal,
Trip duration: 17 days,
Max altitude enroute: 5623m/18445ft,
Season: Autumn, Spring seasons are the best,
Difficulty level: medium to difficult
Overview
There are so many interesting things to do in this 18 days’ Everest Base Camp with Cho La (pass) – Gokyo Valley trek. It includes two main valleys of the Khumbu Region to explore each with spectacular mountain scenery, lifetime experience of three glaciers walks, visit to some of the biggest Sherpa villages and pay a visit to some of the most respected Buddhist monasteries in the area. This trip brings you to see the place where the Mt. Everest stands up at and how mightily it rises all the way to the summit. We also see the top of Mount Everest from the closest possible view point but without technical climbing – Kalapatthar Ri (5623m/18445ft). The extended section of Cho La (5420m/17783ft) gives you an adrenaline check along with another new vistas opening up in-front of you. This part is much more lovelier as it has unique combination of close up views of Mt. Cho Oyu and several other iconic snow summits and the presence of lake series from Gokyo Lake one to five of emerald blue high altitude glacial freshwaters lakes!
If you are fit and better acclimatized, you may be able to do this trip within 15 days also (please write us for itinerary tailoring!). The trip is started taking a flight from Kathmandu or Ramechhap to Lukla (2830m) – trek to Phakding (2640m/4hrs), then gradually to Namche – Dingboche – Lobuche and so on. The Lukla flight is regarded as an exciting trans-Himalayan flight (for 30 min if you fly from Kathmandu, but from Ramechhap its only of 17min) with morning glorious views with sunrays over the snow mountains, hills, jungles, and so on. Landing at Lukla, meet your porter/s and and you’re ready to hit the trail.
