Everest Region
Sherpa country, the Khumbu valleys and the three great viewpoints — Kala Patthar, Gokyo Ri and Renjo La.
Trekking in the Everest Region
The Khumbu is the highest-profile trekking region on earth, and it earns the reputation. From the airstrip at Lukla the trails run up through Namche Bazaar, past Tengboche monastery with Ama Dablam framed behind it, and onto the glacial moraine below the Khumbu Icefall where every Everest expedition since 1953 has begun.
There is more here than the Base Camp trail. The Gokyo valley to the west holds six glacial lakes and the longest glacier in the Himalaya, with a summit view from Gokyo Ri that takes in Everest, Lhotse, Makalu and Cho Oyu at once. Link the valleys with the Renjo La, Cho La and Kongma La passes and you have the Three Passes circuit — the most complete trek in the Khumbu.
Everest routes need a Sagarmatha National Park permit and a Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality permit. Lukla flights are weather-dependent and often operate from Ramechhap in peak season; we tell you that at booking, not on the morning of the flight.
Treks in the Everest Region
Everest Base Camp Trek – 15 Days
Fifteen days through Sherpa country to Everest Base Camp at 5,364m, with sunrise from Kala Patthar (5,545m). The most famous trek on earth, paced properly.
Gokyo Ri Trek – 15 Days
Fifteen days to the turquoise Gokyo Lakes and the summit of Gokyo Ri (5,357m) — four 8,000m peaks in one view — returning over the Renjo La Pass.
Everest Three Passes Trek – 17 Days
Seventeen days over Renjo La, Cho La and Kongma La — with Gokyo Lakes, Everest Base Camp and Kala Patthar. The most complete trek in the Khumbu.
Mera Peak Expedition – 17 Days
A great beginner climbing peak at 6,476m — trek the remote Hinku valley through forest and glacier, then walk to a summit that shows you Everest, Makalu and Kanchenjunga.
Lobuche Peak Expedition – 18 Days
The popular climbing and trekking peak beside Everest Base Camp — technical enough to matter, and the standard acclimatisation trip before a bigger mountain.
Island Peak Expedition – 19 Days
Imja Tse — the perfect first Himalayan climbing peak. The Everest Base Camp route as acclimatisation, then glacier travel and a fixed-rope summit climb under the Lhotse south face.