Lobuche East Peak

Mission Nepal Holiday’s representative waits your arrival at airport with play card of company name for greeting you to Nepal; the land of Himalaya. After your arrival at Tribhuvan Airport you will be transferred to your hotel as per itinerary and you can take rest. At the evening you can enjoy the welcome dinner hosted by Mission Nepal Holidays.

After having breakfast, we start our heritage site day tour. Today we visit Pasupatinath Temple, Bouddhanath Stupa, Swayambhunath Stupa and Kathmandu Durbar Square which are included in UNESCO word heritage sites. First of all, we visit Pasupatinath Temple; pilgrimage site of Hindu People then Bouddhanath Stupa; ancient and biggest stupa which symbolize the journey of people from birth and death. After Bouddhanath, we explore Kathmandu Durbar Square; famous for traditional architecture and Swayambhunath Stupa; called ‘Monkey Temple” which offer peace and freedom. We spend our night at hotel.

This day is the most thrilling day of our trip due to the flight to Tenzing-Hilary Airport; high altitude (4,500m) and world’s dangerous airport. We catch first flight to Lukla at early morning from Kathmandu Domestic Airport. It is a short but exciting flight with view of mountains, beautiful landscapes and several lush valleys which takes 30 – 35 minutes. After landing at Lukla, we begin our trek to Phakding through stone- paved descending trial. When we reach Chheplung village, the trial is slow descent with forests and lanscapes to reach Phakding. We spend our night at lodge.

After having breakfast, we leave Phakding and hike to reach our today’s destination Namche Bazaar. We hike through beautiful forest of pine, fir and juniper and along the Dudhkoshi River. After short walk from Phakding, we can enjoy the view of Thamserku (6,608m) on right side and sacred Khumbila peak as well as Mount Everest peering over the Lhotse – Nuptse ridge, if weather assists us. We cross several suspension bridges, among them when we cross Hillari (last bridge of today) bridge, our trial is uphill a steep ascent to Namche Bazaar. Namche Bazaar is the biggest Sherpa town of the Everest Region, gateway to Mount Everest, entrance of Everest National Park and home of many restaurants, hotels, lodges, shops, money exchanges service, cafes and bakeries. We stay overnight at lodge of Namche.

We will spend a day in Namche Bazaar for acclimatization and adjust to the thinning air. On this day, there are three options for us; first option is to hike up to Khumjung, Thame and Kunde village which need longer walk (5-6hrs.) where we visit Khumjung Hillary School and Khumjung Monastry, second option is to climb up to famous Syangboche airstrip for visiting Syangboche Monastery and Everest View Hotel which offer magnificent view of Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse and Mt. Amadablam and third option is to explore Namche Bazaar; we can visit traditional Sherpa life, mountaineering museum, restaurants and lodges, market and flora and fauna available in this region. We spend our second night of Namche in lodge.

Today, we leave the Namche Bazaar and start our hike to Tengboche village; oldest Sherpa village of Khumbu region. A short walk brings us to old –fashioned settlement of Sherpa, Punki. When we cross DudhKoshi River near the Punki Tenga, we reach Imja Khola valley and we need to climb a steep ascent to reach famous Tengboche Monastery which is located in Sagarmatha National Park, largest monastery of Khumbu region and famous for celebrating Mani Rimdu Festival, Statue of Lord Buddha, traditional musical Instruments, intricate wall painting and attire of the local monks. From the village, we can enjoy the panoramic view of Mt. Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Amadablam Kongde and Thamserku. We spend our night in a teahouse.

In the morning, we enjoy the sunrise views over mountains; Mt. Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Amadablam, Kongde and Thamserku with breakfast and start our trek to descend trial which passes through lush forests of confer and rhododendron. When we reach the Imja Khola valley, we climb steadily to the Panngboche and continue our hike to the Pheriche village which is located at side of river. From Pheriche, we descend along the bank of the river and short climb to reach Dingboche. We stay overnight at Dingboche.

This is the second day for acclimatization in thinning air, take rest from the walk and climb. If we want to explore the nearest place of Dingboche, we have two options; the first option is hike to the hill behind the Dingboche and the explore the village and second option is hike up the Imja Khola to Chhukung; small Sherpa village or Nagarzhang peak which offer magnificent view of Lhotse, Amadablam, Island peak and Amphu Lapcha pass and return to the Dingboche. We spend our second night at same lodge.

After having breakfast, we leave Dingboche and begin our trek to Lobuche. We walk on the shattered and creaking ice and vertical terminal moraine of Khumbu Glacier; the longest (32km) glacier of Nepal. On the top of this climb we can see stone cairns; built as memories to the Sherpa who have died while climbing Mt. Everest and enjoy the great view of the mountains; Mt. Pumori and west part of Mt. Everest which are covered with snow. We spend our night at lodge of Loubche.

After breakfast, we continue our journey to Gorakshep and Everest Base Camp (EBC). The first destination is Goarkshep; the small semi-permanent Sherpa inhabitant, the trial passes through rocky ridges, moraine and streams and along the Khumbu Glacier; longest glacier of Nepal. On the way to GorakShep, we cross a large moraine of the Changri and trek to the descend trial. In Gorakshep, we take launch and rest before heading to Everest Base Camp. The walk in the rocky and less defined trial for 1 – 2 hours bring us to the base camp. On the way, we enjoy the magnificent view of Amadablam, Pumori, and Nuptse and other mountains. After reaching Everest Base Camp, we return back to GorekShep and stay overnight at lodge.

Today, we need to wake up early in the morning and prepare for hike to Kalapthar; famous view point of Khumbu Region. From the Kalapthar, we can enjoy the sunrise view of Mt. Everest; world’s tallest mountain, as well as Amadablam, Lingtern, Changtse, Thamserku, Khumbutse and Nuptse. After spending some quality time in the Kalathar, we return back to the Gorakshep and hike to Lobuche. We spend our night at lodge of Lobuche.

After having breakfast at Lobuche, we start our short walk to Lobuche Base Camp. Today’s walk is short and passes through easy path which takes only 2 hours so that we have enough time for rest before climbing further to High Camp. We set camp and do necessary preparation for next day climbing. We spend our night in tent Camp at Lobuche Base Camp

We take breakfast at Lobuche Base camp and start our climb to High Camp through relatively flatter plane and then steeper and rocky trial along Lobuche Glacier. During the climb, we see Amadablam, Cholatse, Thamserkhu, Kantega and Pokalde. When we reach the high camp, we take rest, have lunch, walk around for acclimatization and do some mountaineering technique for the peak climbing. Our professional guide provide training of climbing techniques and use of equipment; Ice Axe, Climbing boots, Harness, Zoomer and Rope for going up and down. We set up tent camp for overnight stay.

Today, we need to wake up at 2 -3 am, take breakfast and be ready for climbing to reach summit before noon because strong winds of summit on noon can create difficulty to reach summit. We start our trek with fully acclimatized in thinning air and well equipped. We climb slowly to the steep ascending trial with technical guidelines of expert. Several technical sections are overcoming before reaching summit. In the summit, we spend unforgettable time with views of Mt. Everest, Amadablam, Lhotse, Nuptse, Cholatse and Pumori. Then, we descend down by following the same route to reach Lobuche Base Camp and complete our 8 - 10 hours climb of Lobuche east peak. We spend our night at the base camp.

If the trip goes efficiently, there is no requirement to use this day but if weather situation is bad or opposed, we cannot reach the summit as per our organized schedule. So that, we use this leisure day for reach summit of Lobuche peak.

We take breakfast at Lobuche base camp and return back to the Dingboche village through; Lobuche village and vertical terminal moraine of Khumbu glacier. After the short walk, we can see stone cairns; built as memories to the Sherpa who have died while climbing Mt. Everest. We spend our night at Dingboche.

After having breakfast in Dingboche, we start our trek to Namche Bazaar; a big town of Khumbu region. The trial is steep down to Imja Khola then we cross the suspension bridge and ascend to Tengboche. When we reach Tengboche, take lunch and visit Tengboche Monastery then continue our hike on steep down trial before reach Punik Tenga. After crossing the bridge over DudhKoshi River, we walk along the gorge and descend to reach Sansa. We pass chorten and reach army camp of Namche. We stay overnight at Namche.

Today, we leave the Namche Bazaar and start our trek along the bank of DudhKoshi River to reach Lukla. Today’s trial is steeply downward with many suspension bridges, Sherpa villages and few monasteries. When we reach Lukla, we take rest and recall our journey of Himalaya. Then prepare for next day flight to Kathmandu and spend our last night of trek at Lukla.

Today, we catch first flight from Lukla to Kathmandu which is short and takes only 30 – 35 minutes. When we fly over 4500m, we can enjoy the view of Himalayan Range, beautiful valley and landscapes. After arriving at Kathmandu, we will transfer you to your hotel for rest then you can explore the nearest tourist area of Kathmandu and do shopping in the Thamel (tourist hub of Kathmandu). At the evening, you can enjoy the farewell dinner hosted by Mission Nepal holiday for completion of journey. Stay overnight at hotel.

This is the last day of our trip to Khumbu region and Lobuche East Peak. A representative of Mission Nepal Holiday will transfer you to the airport, before 3 hours of your flight time. We expect to see you again in your next journey in the country of Himalayas, Nepal and pray for your wonderful and safe journey.