Jiri to Cho La Pass trek
This four weeks fascinating trip offers an wonderful opportunity to climb kalapathar (5,545m), overlooking the base camp area, superb view of the highest mountains including Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Makalu etc, and to interact with the indigenous people. This is considered as the highly praised trekking route to Everest region. It was in 1952 when two renowed figures Sir Edmund Hillary and Mr. Tenzing Sherpa had taken the same route to Mt. Everest. After a seven hours scenic drive to Jiri, we follow spectacular route via Solukhumbu area through the heart of fine Sherpa villages, each village having something new to offer. It offers an ample chance to explore beautiful forest, farming country sides and several monasteries situated at high elevation on the way to Lukla. Once one has passed Lukla, we climb on to Namche, the main trading village of the Khumbu area continuing via Thyangboche monastery to Pherche and Lobuche.
The trek has got several numbers of attractions, chief of which are the spectacular scenery, the unique culture of the Sherpa people of the Solukhumbu, the region where Mt. Everest and its attendant lesser peaks are located.
In order to avoid having to repeat all those ups and downs, mostly the Everest trekkers opt to fly one way. There are two alternatives for you. If you have the time, walk in from Jiri and fly out from Lukla following the itinerary as given below, or if you want to shorten the trip you can fly in to Lukla, trek to Everest and then fly out, taking 14 days to trek to Everest Base Camp & Kalapathar or you just can visit Gokyo Lake & Gokyo Ri, or Tyangboche Monastery in a week or so.
TRIP ITINERARY:
Day 01 Arrival in Kathmandu airport Transfer to Hotel
Day 02 Sightseeing around kathmandu Valley
Day 03 Kathmandu drive bus to Jiri (1905m)
Day 04 Jiri trek to Shivalaya (1767m)
Day 05 Shivalaya trek to Bhandar (2194m)
Day 06 Bhandar trek to Sete (2573m)
Day 07 Sete trek to Junbensi (2675m)
Day 08 Junbensi trek to Taksindo (2971m)
Day 09 Taksindo trek to Khari khola (2050m)
Day 10 Khari Khola trek to Surke (2339m)
Day 11 Surke trek to Phakding (2640m)
Day 12 Phakding trek to Namche bazaar (3446m)
Day 13 Acclimatization in Namche Bazaar
Day 14 Namche trek to Dole (4200m)
Day 15 Dole trek to Machchhermo (4470 m.)
Day 16 Machchhermo trek to Gokyo (4790 m.)
Day 17 Gokyo Ri (Gokyo Peak) Excursion return Gokyo
Day 18 Gokyo trek to Thagna (Dragnag) (4700m)
Day 19 Cross to Cho la (5330m) trek to Dzonglha (4830m)
Day 20 Dzongla trek to Lobuche (4920m)
Day 21 Lobuche trek to Gorak Shep visit Everest Base camp
Day 22 Gorak Shep trek to Kala Pattar (5545m) & return Lobuche
Day 23 Lobuche trek to Dingboche (4410m)
Day 24 Dingboche trek to Tengboche (3870m)
Day 25 Tengboche trek to Namche Bazaar (3440m)
Day 26 Namche trek to Lukla (2840m)
Day 27 Lukla flight to Kathmandu transfer to Hotel
Day 28 Bhaktapur & Patan sightseeing and return
Day 29 Free day in Kathmandu for shopping or relax
Day 30 Drive to Airport for flying your own destination
