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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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