Highlights of Everest Base Camp Trek?
Mount Everest, the highest mountain peak in the world, has two base camps: the North Everest Base Camp and the South Everest Base Camp. The South Everest Base Camp, located on the Nepal side, stands at an altitude of 5,364 meters (17,598 feet), while the North Everest Base Camp, situated in Tibet, is at 5,150 meters (16,900 feet). These base camps serve as important staging points for climbers ascending Mount Everest via either the northeast ridge or the southeast ridge.
Everest Base Camp (South base camp) is Nepal’s world’s most popular trekking destination; every year, over 30 thousand trekkers are at Everest Base Camp. For this Trek, trekkers must fly from Kathmandu to Lukla and then trek to base camp for a few days. The trek route follows, Phakding, Namche Bazaar, Tengboche, Dingboche, Lobuche, Gorak shep, Kala Patthar, and the rich Everest base camp.
Trekking season ( March to May ) is best to climb Mt Everest in the spring. Every year more than 300 people want to climb Mt Everest.
Everest Base Camp Trek Highlights:
- A Scenic flight to Lukla This flight starts from Kathmandu to Lukla. It is 30 min flight
- Getting acquainted with Sherpa culture: looks similar to Tibetan culture.
- Visiting the heart of Khumbu Namche Bazzer and Khumjung Valley
- Exploring Everest Viewpoint From There, you can see Mt Everest Himalayan range and many other peaks like Lhotse, Nuptse, Ama Dablam, Thamserku, Taboche, and Kusum Kanguru.
- Visiting the Tengboche Monastery is an old monastery for this reason, and it has become very famous. Hears have a festival in November called Mani Rimdu.
- Reaching Mt.Everest Base Camp. 5367 M
- Experiencing Kalapatthar’s Majestic Viewpoint 5545M
- Witnessing views of the Khumbu Icefall.
- We are seeing Nepal’s biggest Khumbu and longest Ngozumpa glaciers.
Best time to Trek
Nepal has two different seasons, spring and Autumn are suitable for the trekking Season (March to May and September to December). At those times, the weather is perfect, and you can see a clear sky with excellent mountain views.