Lobuche Peak Climbing

Mega Adventures representative will be at airport to pick up you to the Hotel. Short briefing at hotel. You will have welcome dinner in the evening.

In the morning after having breakfast we begin tour around Kathmandu with professional English speaking guide. During the day you will cover some of the historical and religious, world heritage sites;

Swoyambhunath –“the Self Existing One’. The oldest Buddhist stupa of Nepal situated in the small hill, from where you can see the nice view of Kathmandu valley. Historian believes that it is the oldest history of Kathmandu. No sooner you enter the periphery of Swoyambhunath you will see the monks, chanting religious words and monkeys chattering and hanging around the different temple and trees. It is also known as monkey temple, especially given by the tourist.

Bouddha nath Stupa: the ancient stupa of Boudhnath is one of the biggest Buddhist stupa of Nepal, situated in the northern part of Kathmandu valley, which is one of the trading routes of Nepal with Tibet in ancient time. Tibetan merchants used to take rest and offers praying in this place during their trading time. Later when Tibetan refugees enter Nepal in 1950s, most of them decided to stay around the same place. Even now most of the monk in Boudhanath is from Tibet. Around the stupa you can see some Buddhist painting school of traditional paints “Thanka”.

Pashupatinath Temple: Pashupatinath the national deity of Nepal is one of the most significant Hindu temples of Lord Shiva in the world, located on the banks of the Bagmati River in the eastern part of Kathmandu. The word Pashupatinath is derived from three Sanskrit words: “pashu” means organism, “pati” means protector, and “nath” means Lord. Hence in hindu mythology Pashupatinath means protector and Lord of all living things. The bank of Bagmati River is the cremation centre of Hindu dead body. Where you can see the cremation process of hindu people. Beside this you can see the color full sadhu ‘the holy devotee of Lord Shiva’ around the periphery of temple. After sightseeing, final preparation for trekking. Trekking guide will meet you and give the final instruction for next day.

Early in the morning you have to wake up for the flight to Lukla via twin otter. You can see panoramic Mountain View by aircraft. In Lukla we meet our Sherpa staff and Yaks for baggage and then begin our first day trekking to Phakding located near to the river Dudhkoshi (white like Milk).

We continue walking along the bank of Dudh Koshi River, passing small villages and many suspension bridges. We walk real uphill slowly to reach to Namche. Namche is the administrative center of Khumbu region. It is a marketplace for the people of Khumbu and also for trekkers to buy equipments. We stay overnight in Namche.

This specific day help you adjust with the local climate. Hiking up to Khumjung and coming down back to Namche will help you to adjust thin air and is helpful to avoid altitude sickness. Visit Namche Musum, climb up to Everst view Lodge via syanboche airport. You will see magnificent view of Mt. Amadablam, Mt. Everest, Mt, Lhotse and many more mountains. Slightly descend down to Khumjug valley and visit Sir Edmund Hillary’s school and hospital at Khumjung and walk down to Namche.

After Breakfast start trek to Tengboche. Trial goes through sloppy hill, crossing different mani walls, chortens, pine and junipers trees. Recharge your energy in Phungi Thenga, and start slowly climbing up. Continue ascent up to Tengboche inside the rhododendron forest. On the way you will feel as if you are playing hide and seek game with different peaks.

As usual trek start after your breakfast. First the trail gradually descent down to Deboche through the forest of birches conifers and rhododendron. The continuing path inside the forest leads you to Imja Khola, cross the steel bridge and continues walking up hill towards Pangboche Crossing different stupa along the route. Take your lunch in Somare and continue waling to Dingboche. Dingboche the beautiful village with magnificent views. You can see Island Peak, Makalu and another face Amadablam.

Acclimatization in Dingboche is mandatory for every trekker as like in Namche. After breakfast, slowly start to scale the Nagakarsang Hill. The view is magnificent form the hill. You can see different glacial lake and some of the best view from Nagakarsang. You can also see the Makalu (8463m) fifth highest mountain of the world. After hiking 2-3 hours you can back down to Dingboche. In the evening explore the Dingboche village.

This 5 hours walking is one of the tough walking for trekkers. The route goes just above the town of Pheriche. First half of the route is easy to walk. Cross small glacial stream and take your lunch in Dukla. The trail is directly up from Dukla for about one hour but the magnificent view of Cholatse, Lobuche, Pumori and Nuptse gives you more pleasure. At the top of the ridge you can see the memorials of climbers who lose their life in mountains. Continue walking towards Lobuche, the perfect peak Pumori (7165m) soars into view with whistling air, makes you feel cooler. When you are in lobuche you will feel completely different.

Around 6 hours after breakfast start to walk towards Gorakshep the trail goes through the narrow gap between the glacial moraine and the mountain wall. Gorakshep is the last point where tea house are available. Put your luggage in Goreakshep, take your lunch and start to walk towards Everest Base Camp. It took around 2 hours to reach Base camp. Spend few minutes in base camp and back to Gorakshep.

Early in the morning fill up your water bottle and process towards Kalapathar. The way is straight line up above the Gorakshep along the grassy ridge. With the help of your torch light move continually towards the summit. The more you go up the more you feel cooler. Views are fantastic and breathtaking from the top. It takes around 2 hrs to reach the top. After spending few minutes at the top, the chilling atmospheres push you back down to Gorakshep. Take your breakfast and process Lobuche.

After breakfast slowly start to trek towards Lobuche Peak Base Camp. Within 2 hours you will be in Base Camp and continue trek to High Camp. Trial up to Base Camp is flat then Zigzagging ascent in moraine up to high camp. Climbing guide will again re-check your gear and give you basic training about climbing, how to use your climbing gear and so on. Overnight in tented Camp.

Today is your Summit day. Start around 2:00 am in the morning. Your climber guide will give you wake up call, serve tea and some high food after then gear up and ready to move. Your guide will let you know form where you have to use your climbing gear. Within 6-7 hours you will be in Summit (depend on conditions). After spending half an hour in summit climbing down to High Camp. It takes around 5 hours to come down/

Only in case of bad weather

Today we leave Lukla and fly to Kathmandu. Our staff will be at airport to pick up you to the hotel.

It is our rest day in Kathmandu. You can walk around Thamel in the early evening. It is the main tourist attraction where you can have various options to buy. It seems restful to walk around Thamel. We will have farewell dinner at Typical Nepali restaurant.

Final Departure to your country. Our staff will be at hotel to help you to the airport and give you Khada, for good luck.