Everest Panorama Trekking   |  10 Days

‘walk to a beautiful scenic spot at Thyangboche and its impressive monastery’

 

Everest Panorama Trekking, a moderate adventure with scenic walks to beautiful spot at Thyangboche Monastery. Located on a high plateau amidst green vegetation and lovely woodland lined with silver fir-oaks-rhododendron-pines- birch, and juniper trees.

Thyangboche a perfect destination for a short adventure, one can enjoy stunning panorama of world highest peaks with Mt. Everest. Includes magnificent view of majestic Mt. Ama Dablam at close distance, rises above the colorful monastery at Thyangboche.

A week long adventure on top of the highest point of the trek at 3,867 m high, at Thyangboche. Enjoy the glories of Himalayan peaks and visiting the impressive monastery enriched with ancient arts and relics.

Everest Panorama Trekking starts and ends at busy and popular town in Lukla, with a unique airstrip. Built with support by late legendary mountaineers Edmund Hillary, where you fly in at Luka’s Tenzing & Hillary airport.

From Lukla adventure begins, walking into lovely Sherpa farm villages lined with interesting religious monuments and prayer walls.

Walk follows the raging glacial Dudh Koshi River and then entering Sagarmatha National Park, designated in World Heritage Sites. The word Sagarmatha a name for Mt. Everest in Nepal, the native Sherpa call as Chomolungma of Tibetan origin language.

On entering the park premises than leaving river valley gorge, heading high towards famous Namche Bazaar. Where once a week a busy colorful market held on Saturday, hence the name tagged as Bazaar for Namche.

Spending an extra day at Namche for acclimatization, walk continues higher reaching at the final highlight of the adventure. Enjoy the glorious mountain panorama from the view-point of Thyangboche and its famed Monastery.

 

At Thyangboche visit the monastery complex and the interior and a small museum with information of Sherpa origin and culture.

This scenic spot is lively during festival of Mani Rimdu takes place once a year in the month of October. As per Buddhist calendar, an interesting time to visit, contact for the date to coincide this trek with the festival.

From Thyangboche Monastery return journey a long downhill walk to nice village of Monjo, close to the park entrance. After a pleasant time around high valley of Khumbu on the road to Lukla for the flight back to Kathmandu.

Enjoying last overnight in Lukla, and around Khumbu region of Everest, a short scenic flight brings you to Kathmandu. After a great short adventure and wonderful experience on Everest Panorama Trekking.

Trip Highlights

  • “Lovely scenic, cultural walk to Thyangboche and magnificent majestic Monastery
  • Enjoy glorious views Mt. Everest and Mt. Amadablam with array of snow peaks
  • Explore lovely Sherpa villages enriched with age-old Buddhism heritage cultures.
  • Short delightful adventure around high Khumbu in the close shadow of Everest
  • Walk into Sagarmatha National Park listed in UNESCO World Heritage Sites”

Itinerary

  • 1 Day 1: Arrival in Kathmandu and transfer to hotels.On arrival at Kathmandu, Nepal international airport, guide and staff meets to receive you for a short drive to your hotel in the hub of Kathmandu city. 
After a refreshing rest, meet the other members of Everest Panorama trek, guide will brief regarding the trek, local lodge on route, culture and sightseeing tour around Kathmandu heritage sites.
    Evening a welcome dinner in a Nepali restaurants with cultural program as introduction of Nepalese culture and arts.
  • 2 Day 2: In Kathmandu with sightseeing tour around world heritage sites.A day in Kathmandu for trek preparations, as well for sightseeing tour at places of interest, the city guide takes you around historical and cultural places listed in World Heritage Sites. After visiting historical and cultural sites, and then back to hotel for final preparation for Everest Panorama trekking.
  • 3 Day 3: Fly to Lukla 2,820m (35 min) and trek to Phakding 2,657 m - 03 hrs.Morning transfer to Kathmandu domestic airport for flight to Lukla after checking in then board in a small aircraft for 35 minutes flight to Lukla. 
Landing at Tenzing & Hillary Airport, during flight, enjoy panorama of Himalayan peaks with Mt. Everest.

    From Lukla start the trek down to Dudh Koshi River following on winding easy trail to Phakding village for an overnight stops.
  • 4 Day 4: Trek to Namche Bazaar 3,440 m - 06 hrs.After breakfast walk on a nice trail with short up and down, crossing a bridge to Monjo. As walk enters Sagarmatha National Park, then reaching at Jorsalle village for lunch stop.

    Having good lunch, walk on a river bed for an hour as climb leads to a high bridge, and then climb to Namche Bazaar for an overnight halt. Facing views of Kwangde peaks at near distance with a panorama of Namche Bazaar.
  • 5 Day 5: Rest day at Namche Bazaar for acclimatization and excursion.Enjoy a rest day for acclimatization, and take a short morning hike up at 
Park Headquarter, a place for grand view of Mt. Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, and majestic Ama Dablam. Overlooking an array of snow peaks, visit the museum of great interest. For interested people can hike to Everest View Hotel, a few hours climb to the first luxury hotels of Khumbu, built in the 1970’s at 3,880 m high.

    Afternoon enjoy walking around Namche Bazaar lined with restaurants, shops, and stores with large hotels and resorts. 
  • 6 Day 6: Trek to Thyangboche Monastery 3,867 m - 05 hrs.Enjoying pleasant time at Namche, morning walk leads to scenic and gradual walks overlooking Everest and other giant peaks, as our route leads downhill to Imjatse river at Phunki Tenga, a small place with few lodges an ideal spot for refreshing break or lunch stop.
    Afternoon walk leads uphill into enchanting alpine forest to reach a beautiful surrounding at Thyangboche Monastery offering grand panorama of mountains with Everest and Amadablam at close distance, here with time for tour into monastery and witness monks and priest on prayer.
    Thyangboche also holds a ‘Mani-Rimdu’ a colorful religious festival where monks with mask dancing wading evil spirits which falls in the month of October as per Buddhist lunar calendar.
  • 7 Day 7: Trek to Monjo 2,860 m via Namche Bazaar -07 hrs. 
Morning catch the last panorama of Everest, walk leads to long downhill reaching a bridge, from here a slow climb to a small village of Sanasa. An easy walk on winding path to Namche bazaar for lunch or refreshing stop.
    From Namche head downhill to Dudh Kosi River then reaching Jorsalle, and then a short steep climb to the entrance and exit point of Sagarmatha National Park.
    After an exciting long day walk reach at Monjo village for overnight, in the comfort of a nice cozy lodge.

  • 8 Day 8: Trek to Lukla, afternoon at leisure after 04 hours walks.
The last day walk of the adventure of few hours trek following on the same
    trail to Lukla past Phakding. Walk leads through nice village of Ghat and then final
    climb of an hour to Lukla town for last overnight stop around high scenic Khumbu
    and Everest region. Reaching Lukla by lunch time, afternoon free to explore
    around Lukla and the streets lined with shops, restaurants and stores. 

  • 9 Day 9: Fly to Kathmandu and then transfer to your hotels.
Morning transfer to Lukla Tenzing and Hillary airport for sweeping short flight to
    Kathmandu facing grand panorama of Himalaya peaks and hills. As plane lands at
    Kathmandu airport, a short drive reaches you to the hotel, with free afternoon to
    relax after a great memorable adventure on Everest Panorama Trekking.
  • 10 Day 10: Depart for international flight for homeward bound.Last day in Nepal, after a wonderful experience on Everest Panorama trekking as time for your international flight. Transfer to the airport for homeward bound or to respective destinations.

Cost Includes:

    • Airport pick up and drop by private vehicle
    • Three nights standard Hotel in Kathmandu on twin sharing basis with B.B
    • Half day sightseeing tour of Kathmandu valley as per the itinerary  
    • all domestic flight Kathmandu Lukla Kathmandu 
    • Government license holder guide 
    • Helpful porter with proper equipments (1 porter for 2 people)
    • Salary, food, accommodation and insurance for guide and porters
    • Tea house/lodge accommodation during the trek on twin sharing basis 
    • Hire Sleeping Bag and Down Jacket  for the trek 
    • Duffel bag for packing your things for the trek 
    • Local Entrance fee  for entering to the khumbu valley 
    • Sagarmatha National Park entry permit
    • Government taxes and official expenses
    • Welcome Dinner 

Cost Excludes:

    • All food pay your self  during the trek  
    • Nepal entry visa personal travel and medical insurances.
    • Expenses of personal nature and as well  gratitude (tips).
    • Emergency  evacuation by any means of transport including Helicopter and personal medical kit. 

Our itineraries of any trips are based on our leading experience in the Himalayas. But, we also organize the trips according to your special requests or your personally given itinerary. Please, feel free to contact us for your questions and queries.

INSURANCE POLICY:

Traveling to Himalayan countries specially on treks and other adventure with Nepal-Bhutan and Tibet, where clients should purchase travel and medical insurance covering immediate evacuation by any means of transportations, like helicopter or fastest way vehicle to reach nearest city and town hospitals.

Insurance Policy should cover all medical expenses incurred during your holidays in Himalayan countries, including travel insurance where sometimes Himalayan weather even in best times can be unpredictable, where trekking routes can be re-routed of cancelled in this case local company will not entertain you with refund, however provides you with letter so that one can claim from your respective insurance companies.

Insurance policy for Medical and Travel:

Should cover medical insurance for illness and emergency evacuation by Helicopter or other means of transportations including other expenses on treatment at respective countries hospitals, as for travel insurance against bad unfavorable weather conditions, delay or cancellation of domestic flights on mountainous area where flight involves on the start of trek and at the end.

Travel and Medical Insurance also needs to cover when clients break the journey in the middle of the trip, due to sickness-personal domestic problem etc………

 Guide and Porters: 
On treks or climb where you will be accompanied by our expert guide who knows the area on route of the trek chosen, we have professional and veteran guides to led the trek where you can feel comfortable, as our guide are knowledgeable offers you various information of the country from history-geography, culture to flora and fauna.

All guides have gone through basic medical training that includes high altitude symptoms or AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness) can help you with simple medical First Aid and for severe condition will support taking you to safe area or to nearest hospitals by any means of quick transportation.

Our guides are well versed in Eco-Trekking and Responsible Tourism as well and are committed in keeping the environment on trekking route in pristine form as it was.

Porters are picked can be regular porter of the company of hired in Kathmandu-Pokhara or in Lukla on start of the trekking, with always a strong and cheerful porters to carry your heavier luggage, baggage of 15 to 25 kg maximum weights to carry by each porters, we do not allow underage porters of below 16 years of age or above 50 years.

Porters and guide are well looked after by the company with good wages, medical insurance, travel allowance including meals on treks and climb company also provides warm gear in winter as well for high and cold altitude trips.

We are also member of PACT (Porters Act commitment).  

Altitude Sickness or AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness):
    Information of AMS and Precaution Measures:

High Altitude or Acute Mountain Sickness for short as AMS a symptom faced and can catch any people on high altitude adventure walks.

Due to high pressure and low oxygen level as certain height where some people feel uneasiness with shortness of breathiness, light headache, nausea, dizziness, lack of good sleep and with less appetite.

To avoid these whole symptoms where we always designed itinerary days accordingly with enough space, flexible days for acclimatization at high elevation, taking short walks up and sleeping and resting at low places.

The other good way to avoid AMS taking slow and steady pace on walks, stopping frequently to catch your breath and adding lot of fluid or safe drinking water at least 2-3 liters a day to support against AMS.

On high altitude take enough rest and with short slow hike above high hills to catch views as well to support acclimatization and sleeping and resting at low altitude will certainly helps you in avoiding AMS.

The company provides as precaution measures against AMS with comprehensive medical kit, oxygen and Gamma Bags / Pressure Bags in some high altitude adventure treks, where some people as per their own doctor advice use Diamox also known as Acetazolamide to prevent and reduce symptoms of AMS can lower headache when in high altitude walks and climb

Useful in situations when you cannot make high ascent, the best ways to prevent altitude sickness doing it slowly, stopping for overnights at certain altitude to adjust to the new height, and taking it easy for first one or two 2 days.

This Diamox also used for other medications to treat certain type of eye problem (open-angle glaucoma). 

Acetazolamide a "water pill" (diuretic), it decrease amount of fluids that can build up in eyes, also helps to decrease buildup of body fluids (edema) caused by congestive heart failure or certain medications. Acetazolamide can work less well over time, so it is usually used only for a short period of time.

Using this pill should get advice from your doctor before trip departure to high Himalaya.

In our list we always mention general medication to bring from home as well from your doctor advice also, your doctor might recommend you some basic medication list like medicine against diarrhea, headache, fever, cold-flu as well constipation including first aid for cuts-wounds and burns as well.

Equipments List

  • Down Jacket
  • Down sleeping bags one each with inner linear
  • Fibre pile jacket
  • light cotton trouser
  • Long sleeved cotton shirts
  • Scarf
  • Short Trouser
  • Shorts or Skirt (for ladies)
  • sun hat
  • Sun Screen Cream
  • Sunglasses
  • T-shirt
  • Track Suit Bottoms
  • Trekking pole
  • Ultra Fleece Trousers
  • Warm Gloves a pair
  • Water bottle
  • Waterproofs trouser
  • Waterproofs Jacket
  • Well fitting, comfortable boots
  • Wind Proof Jacket & Trouser a set each
  • Trip Duration 10 Days
  • Destination Nepal
  • Trip Difficulty Moderate
  • Trip Style Trekking
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