Memorable 12 Days 11 Nights Kaldhara Tour Package

After taking early morning breakfast, we drive to Airport 15 minutes and we take 30 minutes exciting flight to Lukla 2804 meters. . After meeting our trekking crews, we embark our first day trek to Phakding 2610 meters - Enjoying the view of landscape, villages, crossing a couple of streams, bridges, we reach to Phakding in 3 hours. There is probability to get flight delay or cancel even in good season of October - November or March - April. Thus, we should be mentally prepared for such a delay! If flight is on time, we reach to Phakding on lunch time; we just stop on the way for just a cup of tea or coffee. In case of any delay we stop for lunch in Lukla or after an hour walking from Lukla. Overnight at Guest House, inclusive of breakfast, lunch & dinner.

After taking breakfast at around 7 am, we start our second day trek following Phakding village and local market; then we cross an iron bridge over the Dudh Koshi river. After a couple of hours easy trail following the river; we arrive Manjo and Jorsali where stop for our lunch. In Jorsale there is also a checkpoint Sagarmatha National Park office. After our lunch we register our trek permits here then enter into Sagarmatha National Park zone from here. From here trail descends for 10 minutes, we cross the bridge over the river and continue follow the Dudh Koshi river and the trail gradually ascend until we reach the last high bridge over the Bhote Koshi river. From here the trail ascends steeply until we reach Namche Bazar. It is approximately 6 hours walking. Overnight at Guest House, inclusive of breakfast, lunch & dinner.

We are now quite in high elevation; thus it is an ideal to spend 2 nights here by doing day hiking to higher elevation and lower elevation. This day after breakfast, we go for 3 - 4 hours hiking to Syangboche, Khungde 3840 meters, Khumjung 3780 meters. It is also worth visiting to Sagarmatha National Park Musuem. This day we will be thrilled by overlooking the amazing views of Himalayan ranges including Amadablam, Thamserku, Kusum Kangaru, Lhotse and Mount Everest. Overnight at Guest House, inclusive of breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Today´s total walking hours will be approximately 5 - 6 hours. After leaving Namche Bazar, we follow the well defined curving trail over looking the mountain views. After 1 hour walking we arrive at Khyangjuma 3550 meters, where there are some guest houses. This place also offers amazing view of Mount Ama Dablam. From here trail descends to Sanasa and then arrive at Phunki Tenga 3150 meters in one hour and 30 minutes. We stop here for our lunch. After crossing the river; the trail ascent following the delightful pine, rhododendron and birch forest. In a couple of hours walking we reach at Tengboche on the hillside. This place offers excellent view of Mount Amadablam and glimpse of Mount Everest. While we are here in Tengboche, it would be worth visiting the old monastery "Tengboche Monastery" in the morning or evening a the time of prayers. Overnight at Guest House, inclusive of breakfast, lunch & dinner.

As usual we take our breakfast at around 7 am and start our trek at 8 am. After leaving the Tengboche monastery the hill side, we descend through pine and rhododendron forest and in about 20 minutes walking we arrive at Deboche 3820 meters. For another 20 minutes we continue our walking through the pine, rhododendron and birch forest until we arrive at the bridge and ascent again after crossing the Imja river and after about 1 hour climbing uphill we arrive at Pangboche 3930 meters. We stop here for our lunch here. It would also be worth visiting to Pangboche monastery; the oldest Gompa in the Khumbu region. After lunch we continue our trek following the Imja river with gradual ascent and after an hour walking we arrive at major trail junction 4175 meters. The left trail leads to Pheriche and and the right trail leads to Dingboche. From the junction we descent to a bridge, cross the Imja river and ascent again to reach Dingboche in an hour. Overnight at Guest House, inclusive of breakfast, lunch & dinner.

This is our 2nd acclimatization in Dingboche valley after Namche Bazar. We are now at the elevation of 4410 meters. There is possibility to get symptoms of high altitude headache, loss of appetite. Thus, this is an ideal to be here for 2 nights by doing some day hiking to higher elevation and spend overnight here. For day hiking there are 2 alternative destinations: The first option is to go to Chhukung Ri 5546 meters. From there, we see magnificent view of 5th highest mountain Makalu; and the second alternative hiking destination is Nagarjun Hill 5000 meters. Overnight at Guest House, inclusive of breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Leaving early morning the trail offers superb views of the surrounding mountains, especially where the path is forced to rise to cross a tributary glacier. We stop for lunch at our camping place Gorak Shep. Later at noon we make our way to Everest Base camp 5400 meters and return to Gorak Shep for overnight stay. Overnight at Guest House, inclusive of breakfast, lunch & dinner.

The day starts with a hike up to Kalapathar 5545 meters, an excellent viewpoint to observe the Mount. Everest and innumerable spectacular mountains views. After our return from Kalapathar, today’s trek is mostly downhill. As we retrace our steps to Duglha and descend to Pheriche, we arrive at The Himalayan Rescue Association, a trekker’s aid post and worth a visit. Overnight at Guest House, inclusive of breakfast, lunch & dinner.

After breakfast we cross the Khumbu Khola on a wooden suspension bridge and follow the Imja Khola to the village of Pangboche. We continue to follow the river and, after crossing it, climb back up through birch and rhododendron forest to Tengboche. Kwangde, Tawache, Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Ama Dablam, Kantega and Thamserku are just a few of the Himalayan giants to be seen. From Tengboche we descend to the bridge over the Dudh Kosi. At Phunki Tenga, we get to see the water driven prayer wheels, before making our way back to Namche for the night. Overnight at Guest House, inclusive of breakfast, lunch & dinner.

We pack up early and head for the airstrip to hop a flight back to Kathmandu On touchdown, the rest of your day is free to do your own things. You could do some last minute shopping and packing, or send a few post cards home or even go down for a stroll to Thamel, an internationally known hub for tourists in Asia. Overnight at hotel, inclusive of breakfast.