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Trip Details
Total Trip Duration : 26 Days (03 nights in kathmandu/ 23 days trek)
Highest elevation : 5400 m
Style of Trek: Tea house /Camping
Trek Grade: Medium / Hard
Start: Jiri
Finish: Lukla
Mode of Transport: Bus Air
Starting trek from Lukla is shorter but if you have enough time we suggest you to start from Jiri because starting trek from Jiri offers you to explore more cultural site also prevent you from AMS ( Acute Mountain Sickness). The beginning of trek is through the typical Nepali village famous monastery "Thupchen" at Junbensi
This trek gives you the grand tour of the famous Khumbu valley. This is a strenuous trek leading to Gokyo Lake and over the Cho La at 5,430m making a circuit of Tawache (6,367m.) and Cholatse (6,440m). Emerging into the Khumbu valley above Lobuje the trail continues up to Kalapatthar and then back to Lukla via Tengboche and Namche Bazaar. The small herding settlement of Gokyo (4750m) lies on the banks of the third lake in a series of small turquoise mountain lakes and on the ridge above Gokyo, the four peaks above 8000m of Cho You, Everest, Lhotse and Makalu expose themselves. In addition to this you can have a look at the tremendous ice ridge between Cho You and Gyachung (7922m), considered one of the most dramatic panoramas in the Khumbu region. There are many options for additional exploration and high-altitude walking, including the crossing of Cho La, a 5420m-high pass into Khumbu and a hike to Gokyo Ri.
Strenuous trekking is continuously rewarded with dramatic Himalayan scenes, including four of the world’s highest peaks: Cho Oyu (8,201m.), Makalu (8,463m.), Lhotse (8,516m.) and Everest (8,848m.). Breathtaking mountain vistas are complemented by visits to Sherpa villages, homes and monasteries offering you an insight into the quiet but, culturally vibrant Sherpa way of life.
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