Journey to Nepal Trekking route to Everest

Arrival in Kathmandu. Border formalities, meeting with the guide at the Kathmandu airport, then transfer to the hotel, where the guide gives a brief briefing. 22:30 general gathering of trekking participants to Everest in the hotel restaurant, acquaintance, discussion of the upcoming trip.

On this day, we will organize a festive dinner, where the main dishes of Nepalese and Kathmandian cuisine (slightly adapted for tourists) and a concert program. Despite to the fact that this New Year's Eve you need to sleep before an early flight to the gates of Everest - to Lukla.

Breakfast at 5:30 am, departure to the airport and flight to Lukla. Flight time is 40 minutes. Soft we land on the famous ramp of the local airport.

After a short rest - exit to the trekking path to the Base Camp.

Today's crossing will take about 3 hours. We go down, up and down again to the Dudhkosi Nadi River, cross to the opposite bank along the characteristic suspension bridge and drink coffee in the German Bakery.

Half an hour after leaving Zamphute, in the area of ​​the town of Monjo, the gorge of the Kyashar Khola River goes up to the east. In 2012, Russian climbers Alexander Ruchkin and Vyacheslav Ivanov followed a barely visible path, steeply climbing up through a dense pine forest and alpine meadows, to get a golden ice ax.

Through Monjo passes the border of the Sagarmatha National Park. Gradually resort area gives way to more fabulous landscapes, best seen from the Sir Edmund Hillary Bridge, which will take us to Upper Solukhumba or simply Khumba.

The standard option for this day is a radial acclimatization tour of beautiful viewing platforms in the vicinity of Namche Bazaar and return back. But radials will not propel us on the way to Everest. Secondly, we can see more than with the standard approach. There is plenty to do in the Sherpa capital on this evening, but letting yourself relax too much at the start of your hike is wrong. We will return to Namche, and there will be more oxygen in our blood for the digestion of the solemn banquet on the occasion of the successful completion of trekking!

The morning begins with the usual breakfast in the loggia. From Kumjung to Phortse Tenga we followed the Gokyo trek trail. Today we turn off it in order to return in the evening to the main trail of the trek to Everest, which runs parallel below. In the morning we cross Dudh Kosi, climb 200 meters to Pkhortse and drink tea with a view of Cho Oyu. Further, the trail hovers over the abyss - Imdzha Khola gorge. On the other side is the largest Sherpa monastery in Tengboche, towering over it are the 6,000-meter Tamserku and Kangtega. The monastery is very close - it is less than a kilometer away, but we are unlikely to reach it on this day, since it may take the last forces to overcome the water barrier.

In May, rhododendrons bloom here.

Today we will not stay without an excursion in the monastery. Pangboche has its own, small but very cute! Accommodation in the loggia.

After breakfast, we go further towards Everest through the gate formed by Taboche Peak on the left and

Ama Dablam on the right, along the chain of villages Shomare, Orsho and Churo. As Everest ascends

hide for a while behind the wall of Nuptse to re-open to us on the way to the Base Camp.

In a thin strip of forest along the river on the left, the Himalayan birches have completely replaced the pines.

Soon the forest will end, approximately in the place where both peaks of AmaDablam will line up on the same line, making for a while the familiar outlines of the majestic mountain hardly recognizable. At this point, just above the confluence of Imja and Khumbu Khola, we will cross to the opposite side of the valley, and we will have no more than half an hour to the loggia.

For relaxation in Dingboche, there is a coffee machine and fresh local pastries, as well as picturesque

neighborhoods where sea buckthorn ripens massively in autumn, alpine flowers bloom in spring. For

For better acclimatization, you will need to walk for two to three hours. It will be possible to take a walk, for example, to a horseshoe-shaped lake, which is located near the village. The guide always has

a burner and a kettle, so you can organize tea by the lake with wonderful views of the surrounding mountains. Today we will spend the second night in the loggia in Dingboche.

In the morning, the trail rises sharply to 100 meters, then, almost without climbing, it goes to the final moraine of the Khumbu glacier near the village of Tugla (4600m), which is an hour and a half away. After a day of rest, it is easy to walk, besides the sun and levitating like the Taj Mahal AmaDablam gently push in the back.

Halt in Tugla. The Khumbu glacier, the southern tip of which hangs over the village, has a length of about 10 kilometers.

The culmination of our trip!

We leave at dawn, accompanied by our Sherpas. The trail winds along the Ngozumba Glacier,

past the springs feeding Gokyo, along the shore of the Fourth Lake and then runs away towards the Base

Cho Oyu camp. Behind the lake, we will turn left and, without a path, we will begin to climb along the high-mountain meadow overgrown with low grass, then we will continue moving along the plateau. Soon

on the right, because of the black rocks hanging over Ngozumba, Everest will appear. As he rises, he

more and more will be opened, and when the Gaunara glacier “creeps” under the line of sight of Everest, we will see almost the entire northern ridge, the southern saddle and the neighbor of Everest - Lhotse.

After breakfast we will go to Deboche. The descent will take all day. Rest and overnight at the lodge.

In the evening, the promised festive banquet. The Namche hotel restaurant has the best cuisine under Everest!

We made the way to Namche Bazaar in 2 days. One is enough back. Accommodation at the base

Lukla, where there is a hot shower in every room and this is at the expense of the host! In the evening another banquet. Success was celebrated yesterday, today we celebrate the end of trekking! Tomorrow is only half a kilometer from Sir Edmund Hilary Airport.

Another flight over forests, hills, terraces, amazingly picturesque Nepalese

landscapes. We hope the weather will be good and we will once again see the Himalayas from the DHC-6 Twin

Otter, Let L 410 "Turbolet" or Dornier Do 228, depending on which ticket we have.

Interesting! We're flying within range of several cell towers. There will be an opportunity publish photos taken from the window of an airplane on the Internet. Straight off the board!

On the left side of the plane is Gaurishankar.

To the left are picturesque Nepalese terraces.

Upon arrival transfer to the hotel. In the evening, a gala dinner in one of the most exotic Restaurants Kathmandu - Harati. About 200 local dishes. Newar cuisine (Newars - indigenous the population of the Kathmandu Valley) is completely alternative to the general Nepalese!

Breakfast in the hotel. This day is devoted to acquaintance with the sights of Kathmandu - a city with

over 2000 years of history.

We can visit the Durbar, the largest palace square recognized by the World cultural heritage of UNESCO. There are more than 50 ancient religious temples and monuments of various styles and religions. In the Hindu complex of Pashupatinath, the most important holy Shiva temple in the world, on both sides of the Bagmati River, the rite of cremation of the dead is performed. And in the center of the Swayambhunath temple complex (monkey temple), there is a large Buddhist stupa, in order to climb it, you need to overcome 365 steps, according to the number of days in a year.

At the same time, we do not exclude a small improvisation: the guide can conduct his author's

excursion - the back streets of old Kathmandu ..

In the evening - return to the hotel. Rest and overnight at the hotel.

Departure to the airport according to the purchased tickets.