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Nepal: Everest Base Camp, two ways

~18 days · Khumbu, Nepal · April 2027
Dates
April 2027
Spring season · exact dates soon
Duration
~18 days
+4 days with Island Peak
Price
Effort
Hard
Fit hikers. Cho La is a real glacier pass
Group
Up to 12
people · two groups, same lodges most nights
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the idea

Two ways to Everest Base Camp, on the same dates. Most of us go via Gokyo: turquoise lakes, a 5,420 m pass called Cho La, then Base Camp and sunrise on Kala Patthar. The stronger group crosses all Three Passes with Peter.

We fly by helicopter from Kathmandu to Lukla and back, so we don't lose days to flight delays. Want more? Add Island Peak, 6,189 m, with a climbing guide.

Why April

Spring in the Khumbu: rhododendrons in bloom, warmer days, and Base Camp full of Everest teams getting ready for the summit.

Rhododendrons in bloom
Spring on the trail
Everest teams at Base Camp
The climbers' tent city

what this adventure is made of

The Gokyo Lakes

Gokyo · 4,790 m

A chain of turquoise lakes under Cho Oyu, among the highest freshwater lakes in the world. We rest here a day and climb Gokyo Ri for a view of Everest.

Rest day at the lakes
Gokyo Ri, 5,357 m

Cho La and Base Camp

A real high pass

Cho La has a small glacier on top, so this is a trip for fit hikers. Then Everest Base Camp, and sunrise on Kala Patthar: the most famous view in the Himalaya.

Cho La, 5,420 m
Kala Patthar sunrise

Island Peak add-on

6,189 m

A real summit to finish. Island Peak was first climbed in 1953 by the British Everest team, as training for Everest. Tenzing Norgay was one of them.

+4 days
First climbed in 1953

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itinerary

A rough plan for the Gokyo group. The Three Passes group splits off for a few days and meets us again.

Route map
Day
1
·
Day 1

Arrive in Kathmandu

Route
Travel time
Where you sleep
Kathmandu, 1,400 m
Meals

Airport pickup, gear check, welcome dinner.

Day
2
·
Days 2–4

Helicopter to Lukla, up to Namche

Route
Kathmandu · Lukla · Namche Bazaar
Travel time
Where you sleep
Lodges, up to 3,440 m
Meals

Fly in by helicopter, walk up the valley to Namche, and rest a day to adjust.

Day
3
·
Days 5–8

Up to the Gokyo Lakes

Route
Dole · Machhermo · Gokyo
Travel time
Where you sleep
Lodges, up to 4,790 m
Meals

Slowly up the Gokyo valley. Rest day at the lakes and a climb up Gokyo Ri. The Three Passes group joins us here over Renjo La.

Day
4
·
Days 9–10

Over Cho La

Route
Thangnak · Cho La · Dzongla
Travel time
Where you sleep
Lodges
Meals

An early start over the 5,420 m pass and its small glacier.

Day
5
·
Days 11–13

Base Camp and Kala Patthar

Route
Lobuche · Gorak Shep · EBC · Kala Patthar
Travel time
Where you sleep
Lodges, up to 5,140 m
Meals

Everest Base Camp, then sunrise on Kala Patthar with Everest turning gold.

Day
6
·
Days 14–18

Down, helicopter, home

Route
Lukla · Kathmandu
Travel time
Where you sleep
Lodges, then Kathmandu
Meals

Back down the valley and helicopter to Kathmandu. Spare day for weather, farewell dinner. Island Peak climbers stay 4 more days.

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