The Everest Base Camp Trek will lead you to the land of the great Himalayas, where you will be part of a completely distinctive community and nature. Within a few days of trekking through picturesque villages, fine valleys, and beautiful forests of rhododendron, oak, juniper, and fir, as well as crossing untamed and cold rivers, you will reach the base of the world's highest mountain, Mt. Everest (8,848.86 m). Everest Base Camp Trekking will present you with a spectacular Himalayan landscape view and numerous snow-capped mountains like Mt. Lhotse (8,516 m), Mt. Cho Oyu (8,201 m), Mt. Makalu (8,481 m), Mt. Nuptse (7,861 m), Mt. Pumori (7,161 m), Mt. Ama Dablam (6,812 m), Mt. Thamserku (6,623 m), Mt. Kangtega (6,782 m), etc.
Everest Base Camp Trek is a classic journey in the Himalayas of Nepal. Every year, thousands of people from all over the world travel the trail. Moreover, EBC Trek is one of the most famous trekking trails in Nepal. The journey is adventurous and thrilling. Every day will present you with new unique scenery and every village will welcome you with friendly and kind locals. During Mount Everest Base Camp Trek, you will get to experience the lifestyle, culture, and traditions of the locals. You will come across numerous Gompas, Mani walls, and Chortens fastened with colorful prayer flags that will showcase the religious richness of the Khumbu region.
Trekking to Everest Base Camp is not only about gorgeous scenery and the highest mountains, but this journey will also allow you to reflect on your inner self as well as your life goals. The calm environment and fresh air, miles away from your hectic life in the middle of nowhere, will allow you to spend the best moments of your life here. We, Nepal Mother House Treks, have professionally designed the Everest Base Camp Trek itinerary to present you with all the joy and adventure of the Everest region. We also organize tailor-made Everest Base Camp Treks to fulfill your requirements. Feel free to contact us for Everest Base Camp Trek costs or any other queries. We will get back to you as soon as we can.
What is the Best Time for the Everest Base Camp Trek?
Spring, aka pre-monsoon (late February, March, April, and May), and autumn, aka post-monsoon (late September, October, November, and December), are considered the best time of year for Everest Base Camp Trekking. You can also go on EBC Trek in January and early February. The weather is perfect, with crystal-clear blue sky and breathtaking views and it is the best time to escape the crowd of trekkers. However, do remember that the climate will be extremely cold (-20°C/-4°F to -30°C/-22°F). You may face heavy snowfalls anytime and need to have some extra days for any kind of weather delays. You have to bring warm enough trekking gear, including microspikes and gaiters. Likewise, during the monsoon, the views are unclear and the trail also gets slippery. Autumn begins just after the monsoon season, and the forest is full of lush vegetation and perfect weather with amazing mountain views. During this time of fall, many festivals are held, including Dashain and Tihar/Dipawali, so the best time of year for Everest Base Camp Trek is autumn (September, October, and November). The temperature is neither hot nor cold during the autumn and spring seasons. During the spring, you have the chance to meet many expedition groups and see colorful Rhododendrons blooming.
Guided for Everest Base Camp Trek Preparation
Are you wondering how difficult the Everest base camp trek is? The Everest Base Camp trek difficulty level is marked moderate. Well preparing for the Everest base camp trek helps to make your trip successful, so you should do some exercise in the last three months before the departure date. Everest Base Camp Trek is suitable for beginners who don’t have trekking experience. The trail will include many steep, rugged, rocky, and snowy paths. Therefore, good physical fitness is needed to go on EBC Trek. You don't need any prior trekking experience to go on Everest Base Camp Trek; however, if you do, it will help you a lot. You are advised to do some physical exercise, such as yoga every day, heart cardiology exercises, a morning walk with a small day bag, hiking each weekend, and participating in the gym club at Everest Base Camp Trek Training a few months before the Trek starts. The complete guide to Everest Base Camp Trek provides you with more tips and ideas about the Trip. Go through the Important Tips you need to know before the Everest Base Camp Trek.
Do I Need a Guide and Porter For Everest Base Camp Trek?
While trekking with Nepal Mother House Treks, we will provide you with the most experienced and professional trek guides and porters. The guides are licensed to lead trekking groups in the Himalayas. They also have gone through extensive training to tackle any emergencies or health problems. Your guides are like your doctors during the trek. Porters are well-trained for cooking if you are camping during the trek.
Is Travel Insurance Compulsory for EBC Trek?
Travel insurance is critical while traveling, especially in high-territory and isolated regions. Your travel insurance for EBC will help you in case of an emergency evacuation or property loss. You can take out travel insurance from any trustworthy company in your hometown and bring documents with you during your trip to Nepal. The insurance must be covered in case of emergency rescue up to 5,500 meters, lost lockage, missed a flight, or medication during the Everest base camp trek.
What Kind of Transport can be used for Everest Base Camp Trek?
The airplane is the major means of transportation for the Everest Base Camp Trek. Lukla is the getaway of the Khumbu region, where more than 40 flights are conducted every day during trekking peak season. Different airlines, including Tara Air, Sita Air, and Summit Air, operate the flights every day from Kathmandu to Lukla. Normally, the early flight is the most reliable due to good weather. The high mountain weather is erratic; it might be cloudy or have a strong wind at any time after noon. As a result, Lukla flights are often delayed or canceled for a day, so it would be better to add some extra days to get back to Kathmandu if the weather does not permit flying. There are helicopter services available for Lukla and back to Kathmandu as another option. Even if it is more costly, you won’t regret flying by helicopter for your lifetime in the Himalayas. Nowadays, the road has access to nearby Lukla at Thamdanda (4 to 5 hours walking distance to get to Lukla), which is a day camp below Lukla. The jeep leaves early morning from Chehabil, Kathmandu, to the Salleri and drives to Kharikhola, talking about a whole day. After completing the road to Lukla, it is possible to drive from Kathmandu to Lukla by bus in one day at a cheaper cost. If you are looking to escape the Lukla flight, then Everest Base Camp Trek by Road (without Flight) can be completed in 14 days, saving a huge amount of money.
Distance and Daily Walking Hours while Walking in EBC Trek
Are you wondering: How Long is the Everest Base Camp Trek in Miles? And what is the Everest Base Camp Trek Length? Well, the Everest Base Camp trek's total distance is 130 km (81 miles) starting from Lukla to EBC and back to Lukla, and the single-way distance from Lukla to Everest Base Camp is 65 km. The Everest Base Camp Trek Duration is 12 days, commencing from the capital city of Kathmandu and returning and 11 days trekking from Lukla. Normally, the daily distance in the Everest Base Camp Trek is approximately 4 to 5 hours, except on the day of Gorak Shep to EBC and Kalapatthar. Mostly, the day trip commences from seven to 7:30 after having breakfast at the same tea house where you stayed. The trail goes through the Sherpa settlements and passes Buddhist Mane walls and monasteries, enjoying natural beauties and mountain vistas. After two and a half to three hours of walking, you will stop for lunch, where you will have various food choices on the menu cards. Again, you will walk another 2 to 3 hours to the day's destination.
Types of Accommodation on Everest Base Camp Trek
Everest Base Camp is the most popular Tea Houses Trek in the Khumbu region. On the trek, you will stay at the basic hotel known as the Tea House, Guest House, or Lodge. The accommodation in the hotel is comfortable, with a net and clean bed, a warm blanket, a pillow, and a shared bathroom and shower. Mostly, the bedrooms in the tea house are double beds or twins and a triple bedroom with a good mountain view from the window, so you will stay with your friends sharing a bedroom. Make sure that you don’t need to carry camping gear for the Everest Base Camp Trek. We at Nepal Mother House will book all the accommodations in a few days and the group trek will be pre-booked a few months before. Lukla, Phakding, Namche, and other places provide the services of different categories of hotels. If you would like to stay in a much more comfortable hotel, you may stay in an attached bathroom and a luxury hotel room with a heater for an extra amount.
What Kind of Food Can I get on the Everest Base Camp Trek?
Visit the base of the highest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest (8,848.86 m), which is the dream of every trekker. Most of the trekkers are wondering about food during the Everest Base Camp Trek. And it raises the question: Do we need to bring food for the Trek? If not, what kind of food can we expect on the EBC Trek? As this is the most popular tea house trek, all the meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner are available in the tea house. During the Everest Base, Camp Trek food can be selected from menu cards. In the menu cards, there are many options for food items like Pizza, Macaroni, noodles, rice, soup, bread, MOMO (dumpling), Sizzler, Stake, etc. Likewise, some places (Lukla, Namche Bazaar, Dingboche) have various food options, like in Kathmandu or other cities, where you can get different continual foods: Nepali (Dal Bhat), Indian, Chinese, continual, American, French, etc. But in most of the places on the Everest Base Camp Trek, you have just a few options to choose from: dal baht (rice + lentils soup + vegetable curry + pickles + Papad), noodle items, potato items, Bread, bread, eggs, etc. The Nepalese dish Dal Bhat is the most popular meal on the trek due to the various items included in the dish. You can get more than one dish until your stomach is full. Dhal Bhat is easy to prepare for many people at the same time; this will help to save some amount of fuel and time, especially using less firewood. While having Dalbhat, you have indirectly made a great contribution to saving our planet. A skilled cook prepares the food with good testing and hygiene, and well-trained waiters serve it with friendly hospitality.
Can I buy drinking water while on the trek?
There are many ways to get safe drinking water during Everest Base Camp Trek; it depends on individual interest and availability. You can easily get boiling and filtering water, a bottle of mineral water, and self-treated purified water (using an iodine/chlorine filter machine/UV sterilizer) at every tea house on the trek. Since January 2020, the local government of Kumbu has prohibited the sale of mineral water bottles in an effort to reduce pollution. So, you have the option to buy boiling water and treat the water yourself. The cost of boiled drinking water soars as you travel higher along the elevation. The average cost ranges from NPR 50 to NPR 150 Lukla to Namche Bazaar and then increases afterward. To minimize the Everest Base Camp Trek, it is also better to use an iodine/chlorine filter machine or UV sterilizer to purify raw tap water.
How Difficult Is the Everest Base Camp Trek?
Everest Base Camp Trek is measured as Moderate to Strenuous for its difficulty level. Most of the trail goes gradually up, making a zigzag through the alpine jungle and rugged cliffs on the mountain paths, from where amazing views are awarded while taking a rest and a chat with fellows. However, there is some steep ascent in some parts of the trip. The third day from Phakding to Namche is not an easy path; the trail ascents rapidly at the confluence of Bhote Koshi and Dudh Koshi to the naturally blessed Namche Bazaar, and on the next day, the part of Punge Thagna to Tengboche is also quite difficult due to its ascent. Likewise, the day eighth from Dingboche to Lobuche at Thukla Tea House to the top of the Thukla Pass needs more effort as the hardest part of the trek. Climbing to the most popular viewpoint at Kalapathar is also another difficult part of the Trek. Everest base camp trek difficulty depends on every trekker’s physical fitness, following a day’s weather circumstances. Here are some facts about the difficulty of the Everest base camp trek:
Distance: 130 km/80.7 mi
Full Trekking: 12 days
Total Ascent: 6015 m/19 734 ft
Total Descent: 5821 m/19 097 ft
Highest Point: 5550 m/18208.66 ft at Kala Patthar and 5,360 meters at Mount Everest Base camp.
Sometimes the trekking gear also plays a vital role in making the trip more comfortable. So, you need to prepare quality trekking gear and trekking accessories before beginning the trek; trekking poles are good support for your knees while descending and make you stable while walking on the slippery trail, likewise, microspikes, good trekking boots, and warm clothes are also necessary to make the trip enjoyable.
Everest Base Camp Trek Packages
Everest Base Camp Trek Packages is a complete travel guide in the lap of the world; all the work (hotel booking in Kathmandu and tea house entire trek, domestic flight from Lukla, requiring other transportation, food on the trek, professional guide and porters, etc.) is taken care of by Trekking Company. You do not need to worry about accommodation or meals, even during the crowded season. However, you need to make sure that the Everest Base Camp Trek Itinerary and which route taken on the Everest Base Camp Trekking Package program. Check all items that are not part of the program and services that are cost-covered. There are occasions when the same trek can be found for less money, but no services will be offered. Before making a trek reservation, check the price and itinerary and evaluate the services. We at Nepal Mother House customize Everest Base Camp trek packages to fit the needs of individual hikers, even though the 12-day trek provides ample time to see the majority of the tourist attractions.
