Island Peak Climbing

Mega Adventures representative will be at airport to pick up you to the Hotel. Short briefing at hotel. You will have welcome dinner in the evening.

In the morning after having breakfast we begin tour around Kathmandu with professional English speaking guide. During the day you will cover some of the historical and religious, world heritage sites;

Swoyambhunath –“the Self Existing One’. The oldest Buddhist stupa of Nepal situated in the small hill, from where you can see the nice view of Kathmandu valley. Historian believes that it is the oldest history of Kathmandu. No sooner you enter the periphery of Swoyambhunath you will see the monks, chanting religious words and monkeys chattering and hanging around the different temple and trees. It is also known as monkey temple, especially given by the tourist.

Bouddha nath Stupa: the ancient stupa of Boudhnath is one of the biggest Buddhist stupa of Nepal, situated in the northern part of Kathmandu valley, which is one of the trading routes of Nepal with Tibet in ancient time. Tibetan merchants used to take rest and offers praying in this place during their trading time. Later when Tibetan refugees enter Nepal in 1950s, most of them decided to stay around the same place. Even now most of the monk in Boudhanath is from Tibet. Around the stupa you can see some Buddhist painting school of traditional paints “Thanka”.

Pashupatinath Temple: Pashupatinath the national deity of Nepal is one of the most significant Hindu temples of Lord Shiva in the world, located on the banks of the Bagmati River in the eastern part of Kathmandu. The word Pashupatinath is derived from three Sanskrit words: “pashu” means organism, “pati” means protector, and “nath” means Lord. Hence in hindu mythology Pashupatinath means protector and Lord of all living things. The bank of Bagmati River is the cremation centre of Hindu dead body. Where you can see the cremation process of hindu people. Beside this you can see the color full sadhu ‘the holy devotee of Lord Shiva’ around the periphery of temple. After sightseeing, final preparation for trekking. Trekking guide will meet you and give the final instruction for next day.

Early in the morning you have to wake up for the flight to Lukla via twin otter. You can see panoramic Mountain View by aircraft. In Lukla we meet our Sherpa staff and Yaks for baggage and then begin our first day trekking to Phakding located near to the river Dudhkoshi (white like Milk).

We continue walking along the bank of Dudh Koshi River, passing small villages and many suspension bridges. We walk real uphill slowly to reach to Namche. Namche is the administrative center of Khumbu region. It is a marketplace for the people of Khumbu and also for trekkers to buy equipments. We stay overnight in Namche.

Today is our acclimatization day in Namche. To adjust with high altitude we spend one more night in Namche. We hike to Khumjung crossing Syangboche airport. On the way we go to Everest View hotel for the outstanding view of Mt. Everest, Amadablam. We visit to Sir Edmund Hillary’s school and hospital at Khumjung and Khunde and walk down to Namche.

We walk towards Tengboche, going downhill to the river and cross bridge. Again the trail climbs steeply at first then make a gradual ascent through forests and Mani stones and reach in Tengboche Monastery, the religious sites which sits at 3870m. It is the best place of the world that provides the most magnificent view of the Himalayan giants; Kwangde (6187m.), Twachee (6,542m.), Amadablam (6,812m), Everest (8,848m.), Nuptse (7,879m), Lhotse (8,501m.), Kangtega and Thamserku.

In the morning, you can see a great view of the Himalayan range from Tengboche. We descent down to Debuche through the forest of birches conifers and rhododendrons. Crossing Imja Khola (river) on a steel bridge, the route climb to the Pangboche. Our goal for today is to reach to Pheriche, en route to Everest Base Camp and old Yak grazing place of Sherpa People. Himalayan Rescue Clinic is situated in Pheriche.

Another rest day in Pheriche. We have short hike near the hill Nangakarshang (5,010 m)for adjusting with high altitude. Or one can visit HRA clinic to get more knowledge about High Altitude sickness. HRA has information class every day in the afternoon to inform trekkers/climber more about the AMS. We take rest in Dingboche.

We continue our journey from Dingboche through the high alpine region to the conclusion of Luboche and stay overnight. On the way to Lobuche we cross the glacial frozen river at Thukla and climb up hill to the Lubuche, watching magnificent view of Cholatse, Lobuche, Pumori and Nuptse.

Each day our trek is exciting, the distance will shorter and we walk slowly due to the thin air and high altitude. We can see Khumbu Glacier along the way to Gorakshep. We arrive at Gorakshep. We can view Mt. Pumori and Nuptse standing above us. After taking short rest, we walk to the Everest Base Camp and returned to the Gorakshep and stay overnight. You can see lots of expedition tent and group in Everest Base Camp during expedition period in spring. It is a great place to view Khumbu glacier.

In the morning we climb up to the Kala Patthar to view the summit of Mt. Everest. It is the best place to photograph the panoramic view of Mt. Everest. Most of the pictures of Mt. Everest are taken from Kalapathar. We decent down to lower altitude to Lobuche.

Today we decent down to Dingboche and then set our way to Chhukung for Island Peak Climbing.

Today we will stay in tented Camp. Guide will also give training about using climbing equipments. Then one can learn about how to use Ice axe, crampons, ascending and descending.

Another camping day. Food serves by guide and helper in tent.

Walking day start at 3 am. During day time it’s difficult to move up due to sunlight and snow melting. So, it’s a tough day that one has to wake up at night and start climbing. We decent down to Island Peak Base Camp. If we reach early to Base Camp then we will stay overnight at Chhukung.

We walk towards the Tengboche and stay overnight there.

Today we reach Namche with enjoying the downhill walks. Stay overnight at Namche.

This is our final and last walk to the mountain. We prepare for the flight to Kathmandu. This is our last and memorable day in Khumbu. We spend our night celebrating with Sherpa friends and their culture.

Today we leave Lukla and fly to Kathmandu. Our staff will be at airport to pick up you to the hotel.

It is our rest day in Kathmandu. You can walk around Thamel in the early evening. It is the main tourist attraction where you can have various options to buy. It seems restful to walk around Thamel. We will have farewell dinner at Typical Nepali restaurant.

Final Departure to your country. Our staff will be at hotel to help you to the airport and give you Khada, for good luck.