From Kathmandu: Everest Base Camp Guided Trek with Round-Trip Lukla Flights

Trek to Everest Base Camp on a guided 14-day route with flights, hotels, teahouse stays, and support included.

Getting started

Begin your Everest Base Camp guided trek in Kathmandu, where private two-way airport transfers take you to your 3-star hotel. Your team handles national park permits, paperwork, and government taxes before your Kathmandu-Lukla-Kathmandu flights, including any required Kathmandu-Ramechhap transfers. After meeting your licensed professional guide and porters, you set off toward the Khumbu region.

What to expect

Kathmandu and Lukla approach

Your journey combines time in Nepal's capital with a mountain flight into the Everest region.

Features

• Settle into 2 nights in a Kathmandu hotel with breakfast included before and after your trek.
• Fly on the scenic Lukla flight between Kathmandu and Lukla, with Kathmandu-Ramechhap transfers arranged if flights operate from Manthali Airport. This round-trip air travel is included as part of your Kathmandu-Lukla-Kathmandu flights.
• Trek with a licensed, experienced trekking guide and porters for luggage support, with 1 porter shared between 2 trekkers and a 20 kg total limit per porter.

Namche Bazaar and Sherpa heartland

Namche Bazaar is the main Sherpa town and acclimatization hub on the route.

Features

• Walk into Namche Bazaar, a key stop for adjusting to altitude and observing local life in the Sherpa capital of the region. This town is a named highlight of your Everest Base Camp trek with Kala Patthar, Namche Bazaar, and Khumbu Glacier Icefall.
• Experience Sherpa culture and villages along the way, passing traditional mani walls, spinning Buddhist prayer wheels, and strings of colorful prayer flags between settlements. Stays in traditional teahouses and visits to Sherpa villages, mani walls, and prayer flags are central to this section of the trail.
• Spend your nights in trekking guesthouses here and in other villages, forming part of the 11 nights in trekking guesthouses on a twin-sharing basis included in the package.

Traditional teahouses along the trail

Teahouses provide food, shelter, and social hubs as you gain altitude.

Features

• Sleep in traditional teahouses across the Khumbu, where you can rest between trekking days and connect with other travelers. These are counted within your 11 guesthouse nights and are covered under the 2 Kathmandu hotel nights and 11 nights in trekking guesthouses inclusion.
• Eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 11 trekking days, with morning and evening tea or coffee and seasonal fruits when available. These 11 days of meals with tea, coffee, and seasonal fruits are fully included.
• Use the provided sleeping bag, trekking poles, duffel bag, and route map, which are supplied for your trek, with the duffel bag designated as returnable at the end of the journey.

Everest Base Camp and Khumbu Glacier Icefall

This section covers the upper Khumbu, including the glacier and the base of Everest.

Features

• Reach Everest Base Camp at 5,364 meters, located beneath the towering Khumbu Icefall, where climbers begin their ascent of Mount Everest. This visit forms part of the Everest Base Camp trek with Kala Patthar, Namche Bazaar, and Khumbu Glacier Icefall.
• Walk near the Khumbu Glacier and approach views of the Khumbu Glacier Icefall, experiencing the dramatic ice formations and terrain that define the upper valley.
• Enjoy panoramic Himalayan views along this stretch, including clear perspectives of iconic peaks such as Everest, Ama Dablam, and Lhotse, which are named view highlights of your itinerary.

Kala Patthar sunrise viewpoint

Kala Patthar offers one of the highest viewpoints on the trek.

Features

• Climb to Kala Patthar at 5,545 meters for a sunrise viewpoint over Mount Everest, Nuptse, and other surrounding Himalayan peaks. This ascent is included in the Everest Base Camp trek with Kala Patthar, Namche Bazaar, and Khumbu Glacier Icefall.
• Observe the changing light on Everest and nearby summits from this panoramic vantage point, complementing the views of Everest, Ama Dablam, and Lhotse highlighted in your inclusions.

Safety, support, and services throughout

From permits to insurance, the logistics are arranged in advance.

Features

• Trek with an expert guide supported by porters for luggage support, so you can focus on walking with a lighter daypack while your main bags are transported between guesthouses.
• Benefit from guide and porter insurance, a first-aid kit, and rescue arrangements that are in place for the group; these are listed under insurance, first-aid kit, and rescue arrangements.
• Rely on the operator to manage national park and local permits, paperwork, service charges, and government taxes, which are all covered in the permits, paperwork, service charges, and government taxes inclusion.

Closing experiences back in Kathmandu

Your trek concludes where it began, back in the capital.

Features

• Return from Lukla to Kathmandu using the included Kathmandu-Lukla-Kathmandu flights and any required Ramechhap transfers, then transfer privately to your hotel using the private Kathmandu airport transfers that operate in both directions.
• Mark the end of your journey with a cultural farewell dinner in Kathmandu, where you also receive a certificate of appreciation that commemorates your Everest Base Camp guided trek.