Can you imagine how a walking adventure to the Everest base camp would after crossing two mountain passes would feel? It would certainly be an incredibly awesome trip of a lifetime. Everest Base Camp Trek via Renjo La indulges you on a walk over Renjo La and Cho La. These two adventurous passes along the route make the trip a wonderful adventure.

Everest Base Camp Trek via Renjo La not only takes you to the base camp but also goes to the beautiful Gokyo valley. You can explore the wonders of the Gokyo lakes and also enjoy the mesmerizing view from the GokyoRi. This trek is one of the most adventurous treks in the Everest region. It is obvious that you get to experience the Sherpa cultural wonders during the adventure. This trek brings the experience of exploring two beautiful regions in Everest.

You also trek to the Kalapatthar after reaching the Everest base camp. The view of the mountains, lakes, glaciers, and surroundings will make the adventure a magnificent experience. This adventure leaves out the Kongma La – the last one of the three adventure passes on the Everest Three Passes Trek.

Highlights

  • Cultural tour of Kathmandu
  • Exploring the beautiful Everest region
  • Two mountain passes – Renjo La and Cho La
  • Two wonderful viewpoints – GokyoRi and Kalapatthar
  • Everest Base Camp and Gokyo Lakes exploration
  • Incredibly breathtaking view of the mountains
  • Exploring the Sherpa cultural wonders

Itinerary

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Day


Day one is your arrival day in Kathmandu. We will come to welcome you at the airport in Kathmandu and transfer you to the hotel. Upon reaching the hotel and checking in to the rooms, we will let you know about our trip briefing meeting.

It is an important meeting so, we will wait until everyone arrives if there are people flying in different flights for the trip on the same date. Anyway, you will get the information about the meeting time.

  • Accommodation: Hotel
  • Place: Kathmandu
  • Altitude: 1400m.


It is an acclimatization day as well as an exploration day in Kathmandu. You will also have the time to do last minute preparation on this day if you need to.

After you take your breakfast, we will take you for a beautiful sightseeing tour of the cultural heritage sites in Kathmandu. The sites include ancient Buddhist stupas, Hindu temple, and medieval royal palace square. You will explore about the Kathmandu valley civilization since the ancient time. This day tour will give you a better understanding of life in Kathmandu in the past and at present.

  • Meals: B.
  • Accommodation: Hotel
  • Place: Kathmandu
  • Altitude: 1400m.


Time to fly to Everest!

We drive to airport in the morning for our flight to Lukla to enter the beautiful Everest region. After half an hour of amazing flight, we will eventually land at the small airstrip at Lukla. The flight introduces us with the adventure and the magnanimous mountains.

Once we land at Lukla, we get ready for the trekking for the day. The first day of walk in the Everest region towards the base camp takes us to Phakding village. This beautiful day walk takes us along an easy stretch of the trail and eventually reaches the beautiful Phakding. We are staying overnight at a mountain lodge on the bank of DudhKoshi River.

  • Meals: B.L.D
  • Accommodation: Teahouse
  • Altitude: 2640m.


The walk today takes us into the Sagarmatha National Park. After the breakfast, we take the trail along the river valley towards Monjo where we check in to the national park. Our destination for the day is the beautiful and happening Sherpa capital of Namche Bazar.

The trail stretch in between Phakding to Namche brings us incredibly beautiful nature and views of the surroundings. We will also cross many suspension bridges along the trail. It is an exciting day of walking in the Everest region before reaching to Namche Bazar to stay overnight.The journey today takes approximately seven hours.

  • Meals: B.L.D
  • Accommodation: Teahouse
  • Altitude: 3440m.


We have an extra night stopover at Namche Bazar today to acclimatize before heading further higher. It is also a chance for us to explore the beautiful surroundings of Namche today. We can go for hiking exploration to one of the nearby destinations and return back to Namche later. The day will prepare us well for the adventure to go towards the higher elevation.

  • Meals: B.L.D
  • Accommodation: Teahouse
  • Altitude: 3440m.


From today onwards, our walk enters a more peaceful region towards Renjo La. The first of the three high passes of the adventure is just a couple of days far from us. We will trek to Thame village as the destination today. After walking through peaceful trail, we finally reach the beautiful Sherpa settlement of Thame. This village has given birth to mountaineers and Everest summiteers including Tenzing Norgay Sherpa.

Once we reach the village and settle into a guesthouse, we can explore the village.The journey today takes approximately five hours.

  • Meals: B.L.D
  • Accommodation: Teahouse
  • Altitude: 3950m.


We continue our trekking adventure to Lungden today. It is another day of walk through incredibly peaceful trail in the region. The walk will take us past wonderful surroundings of mountains and beautiful landscapes. An easy paced walk takes us towards the destination today. We can feel the high elevation effects as we traverse the trail. Once we reach Lungden and check into a guest house, we will have time to explore around and acclimatize.The journey today takes approximately six hours.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  • Accommodation: Tea House
  • Place: Lungden
  • Altitude: 4,380m


The first of the three high passes in on our way today. We start our trek early in the morning towards Renjo La. It is a strenuous uphill trek to the pass. The walk goes steeply up towards the pass through well-trodden trail. Although the walk is a challenging adventure, the view that the pass brings is certainly a rewarding feeling. We eventually reach the pass and spend some time there exploiting and enjoying the beauty of the wonderful surroundings.

Later, we descend all the way to Gokyo valley to stay overnight. We stay on the shore of a beautiful Lake.The journey today takes approximately nine hours.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  • Accommodation: Tea House
  • Place: Gokyo
  • Altitude: 4750m


We have an extra overnight stop at Gokyo today to acclimatize and explore the surroundings. The day starts with an early morning hiking effort to the GokyoRi (5,357m) to enjoy a surreal view of the Himalayan ranges. This vantage point of GokyoRi brings us the incredible view of the mountains including Mt. Everest. We will enjoy the unbelievable view for a while before descending back to Gokyo Lake.

The afternoon will be at leisure to admire the surroundings. The journey today takes approximately five hours.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  • Accommodation: Tea House
  • Place: Gokyo
  • Altitude: 5357m


We leave the Gokyo Lake behind today and head towards Thagnak as the destination today. It is a short walk in the valley that takes us to the destination with ample time to explore the surroundings. While the walk today is another enjoyable feat, we will also enjoy exploring and admiring the surroundings of Thagnak once we reach there. It is the perfect time to prepare for a challenging walk over the Cho La pass tomorrow morning.The journey today takes approximately three hours.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  • Accommodation: Tea House
  • Place: Thagnak
  • Altitude: 4750m


Our day starts early morning with an uphill walking challenge towards the pass. Although it is a tough challenge, we slowly and eventually make it to the Cho La to stand at the elevation of 5,420 meters above sea level.

The walk to the pass gets us to an unbelievable surrounding of massive mountains. We will spend some time at the pass to exploit the view before descending to Dzongla to stay overnight. The entire day today is filled with exciting adventure along the tricky trail. We have to be extra careful on the walk today since the trail runs narrowly along the ridge and the mountain.The journey today takes approximately nine hours.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  • Accommodation: Tea House
  • Place: Dzongla
  • Altitude: 5420m


The walk toady brings the adventure in Gokyo Valley to an end and meets the regular Everest base camp trail at Lobuche. It is a short day walk through spectacular surroundings with the views of mountains. It is an easy walking day to what we have been through yesterday.

Once we reach and check into a lodge at Lobuche, we will spend relaxing time around and admire the beauty of the surroundings.The journey today takes approximately four hours.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  • Accommodation: Tea House
  • Place: Lobuche
  • Altitude: 4940m


The day to reach the ultimate destination of the adventure eventually arrives today. We get all set to trek to Gorakshep after breakfast. But the excitement is to trek all the way to the Everest base camp after Gorakshep.

We take the lunch at our lodge in Gorakshep, where we spend overnight today, before starting the walk to the base camp. The trail from Gorkshep to the base camp is a gradual incline through moraine and boulder filled glacial path. Eventually, we reach the base camp of the highest mountain on earth and spend some quality time creating memories. Later, we return back to Gorakshep to stay overnight.The journey today takes approximately eight hours.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  • Accommodation: Tea House
  • Place: Gorakshep
  • Altitude: 5164m


We have another wonderful adventure to embark on and enjoy before starting on the journey back down. We start an early morning hike to Kalapatthar, the highest point on the adventure. This hike is worth taking it early morning to enjoy breathtaking view of Mt. Everest and other magnificent mountains. A beautiful sunrise over those mountains adds to the beauty of the view. Later, we trek back to Gorakshep and further down to Pheriche after breakfast.

We stay overnight at Pheriche today. The journey today takes approximately eight hours.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  • Accommodation: Tea House
  • Place: Pheriche
  • Altitude: 4200m


After the wonderful trek to the base camp and Kalapatthar, we are already on our way back towards Lukla. The destination for our walk today is the beautiful Sherpa village of Khumjung. Once we reach the village and check into a lodge, we will have plenty of time to explore the village. We will explore the cultural traditions and lifestyle of people in the village. There is also a beautiful monastery in the village.The journey today takes approximately six hours.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  • Accommodation: Tea House
  • Place: Khumjung
  • Altitude: 3790m


After the cultural exploration at Khumjung village, we get ready to trek further lower today. The trek today takes us to Monjo. We trek past Namche Bazar and reach Monjo to stay overnight after checking out of the national park.The journey today takes approximately five hours.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  • Accommodation: Tea House
  • Place: Monjo
  • Altitude: 2835m


The walking adventure in the Everest region finally comes to the end today. On the last day of the trek, we trek all the way to Lukla along the DudhKoshi River valley. We wil!l also have plenty of time to explore Lukla’s wonders once we reach there and check into a lodge.

A relaxing evening and overnight at Lukla today.The journey today takes approximately six hours.

  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
  • Accommodation: Tea House
  • Place: Lukla
  • Altitude: 2860m


We get ready to say good bye to the Everest region. The flight takes us back to Kathmandu with a lot of beautiful memories to cherish. Once we are in Kathmandu, we have the day at leisure simply to wander around and relax after the trekking adventure.

  • Meals: Breakfast
  • Accommodation: Hotel
  • Place: Kathmandu
  • Altitude: 1400m


We have come to the final day of the trip. The adventure to the Everest Base Camp Trek via Renjo La has brought you a wonderful experience and beautiful memories to treasure in life. We will drive you to the airport for your departure flight.

  • Meals: Breakfast

What to Expect

  • Airport pickup and drop off service on your arrival and departure
  • 3-star level hotel accommodation on twin sharing basis in Kathmandu
  • Simple lodge accommodation on the trekking
  • All breakfasts for the trip; all meals during the trek
  • Kathmandu – Lukla – Kathmandu flight ticket
  • All necessary permits for trekking
  • A professional trekking guide for the trip
  • Necessary number of porters for the trek
  • First aid kit
  • Guided Kathmandu sightseeing tour
  • International flight ticket and travel insurance
  • Nepal visa fees
  • Lunches and dinners in Kathmandu; any kind of drinks
  • Gratuities

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