Everest High Passes and Peaks - 23 Days

• Our representative will welcome you at Ktm airport and transfer you to the hotel.
• Please check the Mountain Monarch clipboard on arrival.
• Arrival pre-trip information.
• Traditional Nepali dinner with a cultural show in the evening.

• After breakfast, half day guided city tour to Bhaudhnath and Pashupatinath
• Late Afternoon, your trek briefing and trip gear distribution.
• Sorting out all the permits and gear for the climbing.

• Today, we fly to Lukla. To avoid the huge air traffic in Kathmandu, we fly out from Ramechhapr.
• Meet the trek crew at Lukla
• Easy 3 hours trek to Phakding for the first night in the mountain

• We enter the Sagarmatha National Park World Heritage site with spectacular high mountain views, including the majestic Mt. Everest. After breakfast, we will take you on an acclimatization hike to the Everest View Hotel the following morning. The afternoon is free to explore the local market or relax.
• Approx 6 hrs trek to Namche.

• We trek clockwise, Mt Everest, and a parade of peaks before us.
• 4/5 hour easy walk to Thame village, home of legendary Late Tenzing Norgay.

• It is a half-day walk from Thame to Lungden, closer to the Tibet border. About 4 hours in the direction of the Nangpa-La glaciated pass
•  We will rest for an acclimatization hike above the tea house at Lungden.

• It takes approximately 08 hours to trek to Gokyo, crossing the Rinjo pass.
• We start walking before the light comes in the valley to reach Rinjo Pass on time. The initial walk and last part of the pass have steep climbing. The views from the pass are incredible. Majestic Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Makalu, many more gigantic Himalayan peaks, and Cho-Oyu above the lakes in very close view. Finally, we will descend 600 meters to Gokyo Lake at 4,790 m.

• Around 4 hrs trek to Thangnak and 4 hrs hike to Gokyo Ri
• We start the ascent of Gokyo Ri early in the morning. It is around 4 hour's walk to the top, one of the best panoramic viewpoints.
• Today we cross the Ngozumpa glacier on the way to Thangnak for an overnight stay.

• We start hiking early to avoid unforeseen situations during the mid-day walk. After the Pass, there are no hazardous sections to come across.
• The next day, we hike to Lubuche and like to see more trekkers on this Khumbu EBC section.

• Approx .walking of 7 – 8 hrs.
• Kalapathar is Earth's best and closest vantage point to see Mt Everest.
• We walk west of Khumbu Glacier and pass the moraine to Gorak Shep. After the light lunch, we continue our hike to the Base Camp. Today’s walk would be strenuous due to the EBC excursion and high altitude.

• Hiking around 8 – 9 hrs.
• Kala Pathar is the best vantage point to see Everest on Earth.
• Morning excursion to Kalapathar (5,545 m): walk for approximately 5 hrs and trek back to Dingboche for about four hrs: early morning, we ascent Kalapathar with the help of a flashlight. The trail is challenging to follow in the dark, although it catches rewarding views from the summit of Kalapathar. After good shots of dramatic mountains, we have breakfast at the lodge before continuing to Dingboche.

• Trek to Island Peak base camp/ Rest and climbing clinic course.
• From Dingboche, we follow the glacial river and open arid valley to the Island Peak Base camp. We have lunch at Chhuking on our way to base camp. We have a fixed tent at the base camp. Our company chef prepares food for as long as you stay at the base camp.

CLIMBING CLINIC @ base camp of ISLAND PEAK

• Today, we had breakfast leisurely and prepared for the climbing clinic. The climbing guide displays all the required climbing equipment, briefs you about technical aspects, and demonstrates it properly. All the climbing members should learn basic climbing gear to cope with the difficult situations on submit day. The climbing guide is always eager to assist you until you are confident using climbing gear.

• Early in the morning, start walking with the help of a flashlight; the track leads a rugged flat path a few hundred meters northeast beyond the base camp before a steep climb of the hillside. We climb uphill through rocky slopes, entering a steep, narrow gully with complex rock steps until we emerge on the right side of the ridge. We follow the ridge and come into the exposed area next to the summit glacier. We rope all members to traverse the icy glacier and cross several crevasses. Ultimately, we reach the bottom of the south summit ridge and use fixed rope and Jumer (ascender) onwards, climbing a 45-degree ice slope and sharp summit ridge to the top. We descend to base camp without delaying on the summit for a night stay.
• CLIMBING SPARE DAY – Keeping a spare day in case of bad weather or any problem before the summit day is vital.

• After the summit's thrilling experience, we descend to Lukla via Namche and Pangboche.
• The journey makes a huge circle covering the less-trodden section of Everest till a long more to see, including the Pangboche and Thyangboche monasteries en route.

• We fly back to Kathmandu and stay at a hotel.
• We customize the airport transfer for your onward flight the next day