EBC Arun Valley Trekking

• Altitude – 1380 meters
• Time – 30 minutes hotel transfer time
• Activity – Relax at hotel

Nepalgram office representative will welcome you at the airport on arrival. S/he will let you know about the meeting time and venue. Please look for hording board by the name of Nepalgram Adventure to connect with our airport representative.
Transfer to hotel. Tonight, Trip briefing after refreshment.

• Altitude – 1380 meters
• Special – Kathmandu city tour
• Time – Full Day
• Activity – Sightseeing of UNESCO world heritage sites

For the tour - we will take you to 4 major UNESCO listed spots in Kathmandu. The tour will be guided by local guides and the information about each and every place will be delivered on the sighting spot.

• Altitude – 260 meters
• Special – Scenic view from plane and during trek
• Time – 1 hour flight and 3/4 hours walk
• Activity – Flying in Plane and Trekking

You will be taking flight from Kathmandu to Tumlingtar. It takes around 1 hour to reach tumlingtar from Kathmandu. You will start your trek from Tumlingtar. You will trek around 3/4 hours and will reach to Chyawbesi. You can get the scenic view during the flight and trek.

• Altitude – 750 meters
• Special – Scenic view of surrounding
• Time – 5/6 hours walk
• Activity – Trekking

From chyawabesi you will be walking following the trail by the side of the river. From the trail you can see villages as well as tea shop. You will walk downhill in the last 1/2 hours.

• Altitude – 1680 meters
• Special – View of diverse landscapes
• Time – 5/6 hours walk
• Activity – Walking uphill and downhill

You will be walking through rice fields, forests and villages. You will also walk across the river to reach salpa Phedi. You can find basic lodges that provides you food and accommodation in salpa phedi.

• Altitude – 2850 meters
• Special – spectacular views of the deep valley, Salpa Pokhari "a sacred pool", vegetation and wildlife in the area
• Time – 10/11 hours walk
• Activity – hike through rhododendron forests with mani walls and stupas intermixed

Today you have to walk a lot. But there are various things that inspire you to walk. You will be walking through rhododendron forests, mani walls and stupas. During your hike, you can get the beautiful view of deep valley, salpa pokhari and you will also get opportunity to view the wildlife and vegetation.

• Altitude – 1900 meters
• Special – Explore the paper factory, tea shop, and old Gompa
• Time – 5/6 hours walk
• Activity – Gradually walk descend through mixed forests until reaching to village

You will walk descend until the Hongu Khola (River). Until Hongu khola you will walk through forests and passing by the villages dominant by Rai and Sherpa. You have to walk uphill from Hongu Khola. Bung can be the best place for you to experience the culture and tradition of local Rai people.

• Altitude – 2300 meters
• Special – Scenic view of surrounding
• Time – 5/6 hours
• Activity – Walking across bung

You will be walking uphill from bung to reach Gai Kharka. It takes around 5/6 hours to reach to Gai Kharka. You can get the scenic view of surrounding.

• Altitude – 2230 meters
• Special – Greenery around the trail
• Time – 5/6 hours walk
• Activity – Trekking through jungle

You will walk through the village and straight up to forest. Walking through forest will offer you to view around the surrounding. 5/6 hours hike from Gai Kharka will take you to Paiyan.

• Altitude – 2830 meters
• Special – Joining the main trail to EBC
• Time – 5/6 hours walk
• Activity – Cross the suspension bridges and ancient ethnic settlements

Today you will meet the main Everest Base Camp trail. You will be walking through the various settlement and also cross the various suspension bridges. To reach to Phakding you have to walk around 5/6 hours.

• Altitude – 3480 meters
• Special – View of mountain ranges
• Time – 6/8 hours
• Activity – Trekking through river valley and pine jungle

Trekking through river valley and pine jungle will take you to the famous Namche Bazaar. Namche Bazaar is famous tourist place. During the hike you can get the view of Everest ranges.

• Altitude – 3890 meters
• Time – 5/6 hours

Walking uphill from namche will take you to Phortse village. You can explore the local sherpa people culture and tradition at phortse village.

• Altitude – 4365 meters
• Special – View of tall mountain ranges
• Time – 4/5 hours
• Activity – Trekking

Today you will head towards Dingboche. 4/5 hours of walk from Phortse village will take you to Dingboche. During the trek you can get the eye - appealing view of mountains especially Mount Amadablam.

• Altitude – 4910 meters
• Special – Lobuche village
• Time – 3/4 hours
• Activity – Trekking

Today the hike is flat for the entire day except 2 hour uphill for thukla pass. On the top of thukla pass, the view of pheriche valley and the surrounding mountain is admiring. At the top of thukla pass there are memorials of 100s of people who died in Everest. You can find the memorials of Scott fitcher, Rob hall, Babu chhiri Sherpa and many other mountaineers.
After getting to the top of this pass, walk to lobuche is pretty flat. The view on the other side of Lobuche is stunning. Lobuhce has worlds highest bakery, visit the small bakery at 5000mteres above the sea level.

• Altitude – 5180 meters
• Special – View of various mountain ranges
• Time – 3 hours
• Activity – walking by the side of the world’s longest glacier “Khumbu Glacier”

Lobuche to Ghorakshep is just 3 hours hike. Walking to Ghorakshep is walking through and by the side of the world’s longest glacier “Khumbu Glacier”. Today’s scenery is unbelievably nice, although many trekkers are starting to feel the effects of the high altitude.

• Altitude - 5545/4000 meters
• Special – Exploration of pangboche village and various mountain ranges from Kalapatthar
• Time – 6 hours
• Activity – Trekking

Today a hill top hike will take you up to Kalapatthar at 5545meters to view the sunrise. The view of sunrise from Kalapatthar with the backdrop of tall mountains is very special to watch. After sunrise view you will trek down to Pheriche or Pangboche village.

Trek early in the morning up to Kalapatthar (5545m) for fabulous Himalayan views including Mt. Everest 8848m, Mt Lhotse 8516m, Mt. Nuptse 7855m, Mt. Pumori 7161m, Amadablam 6856m, Mt. Thamserku 6723m, Mt. Kantega 6685m. Trek down to Pheriche (4345m).
From Gorakshep we will start to trek downhill around 9am in the morning and try to get as lower as we can, but Pheriche is the commonly chosen camp by most of the trekkers. Walk is downhill for most of the time and it gets windy after Thukla pass all the way to Pheriche village, so getting ready with wind stoppers is a good idea for today. As today is the first day of downhill walk, if you have knee problem, use your Knee caps and let your guide know if any assistance needed. Scenery of river valley seen from Thukla pass and view of Pheriche village from the corner of the river valley is magnificent

• Altitude - 3440 meters
• Special – Exploration of namche village
• Time – 4/5 hours
• Activity – Trekking

Trekking back to Namche means you are almost done with the trekking. So, it's time to treat yourself and rest tonight at the tea house in Namche.

• Altitude – 2830 meters
• Special – View of mountains and greenery
• Time – 6 hours
• Activity – Trekking

This is the last hike of your trip. You need to walk around 6 hours to reach to lukla. During the hike you can view the greenery surrounding and the snow capped mountains.

• Altitude – 1380 meters
• Special – Scenic view of mountains and greenery
• Time – 25 minutes flight
• Activity – Flying in Plane

25 minutes of scenic flight from lukla will take you back to Kathmandu. After reach to Kathmandu you can take rest or you can explore around Kathmandu, shopping etc (at your own).

• Time – 30 minutes airport transfer time
• Activity – Flying to next destination

It's time to say farewell. We will drop you off to the airport to catch your flight to the next destination. We are hoping to welcome you to Nepal again in the future. Be happy and remember us.