Everest Base Camp is popular among trekkers and has a well defined route. Only in Nepal can you trek for weeks without the need even for a tent. Visit monasteries of Namche and Tengboche. video

From Kathmandu to Tyangboche (3867 m)/ Lukla (2834 m) by flight (40 min to Lukla). Lukla to Namche Bazar (3440 m, 20 km, 4 hour, main village), to Tyangboche (5 hour, monastry), to Periche (4243 m, 5 hour, 10 km, accommodation), to Lobuje (4930 m, 3 hour, 10 km, stone huts), to Gorakshep (5150 m, 4 hour, 10 km, single hut), (a) to Kalapathar (5623 m, 3 hour). (b) Everest base camp (5356 m, 3 hour) : 8 days trek. Views of Ama Dablam, Cho Oyu, Makalu, Lhotse and Everest.

Everest BC has well beaten trail, so one can trek with out even a guide. Season : March to May. Tyangboche has regular flights from Kathmandu from Oct to May. Himalaya has violent blizzards, high winds and intense cold. Weather is of cloudiness, rain, snow, occasional hailstorm or snow blizzards, avalanche etc.



Main peaks in Himalaya : Everest (8848 m, Nepal-China border), K2 (8611 m, POK : Pakistan), Kangchenjunga (8598 m, Sikkim, India), Lhotse (8501 m, Nepal), Makalu (8475 m, Nepal), Dhaulagiri (8167 m, Nepal), Cho oyu (8153 m, Nepal), Nanga Parbat (8126 m, POK : Pakistan), Manaslu (8125 m), Annapurna (8091 m, Nepal), Gasherbrum -1 (8068 m, POK : Pakistan), Gasherbrum -2 (8035 m, POK : Pakistan), Annapurna-2 (7937 m, Nepal), Himachuli (7892 m), Nuptse (7879 m, Nepal), Masherbrum (7820 m, POK : Pakistan), Nanda Devi (7817 m, Uttaranchal, India), Kamet (7756 m, India), Jhomsom (7473 m, Nepal), Pumori (7145 m), Nun (7135 m, Kashmir, India), Api (7132 m, Nepal), Trishul (7120 m, Uttaranchal, India), Kun (7017 m, Kashmir, India), Santopanth (7075 m, India), Nandakot (6887 m, Uttaranchal, India), Ama Dablam (6856 m, Nepal).