Everest Base Camp Trek -12 days

You will get neat and clean basic tea house accommodation in the trek. The room with twin beds with mattress and a pillow. No heating and electricity in the room, there will be a small/dim solar light. The rooms are small partition with plywood. The rooms in the lower parts of the trek are much better than the higher elevation.

Yes and you can trek to EBC if you are reasonably fit. Ready for 6 to 7 hours walk in a day in the mountain trails .No matter who you are and what your background. Physical training and preparedness is helpful to enjoy the trek.

Well, and it is nice maximum of 10 kg to 15 kg weight per person in the flight to Lukla for EBC trek.

Yes, there will be electricity in most tea houses at the lower part of the trek. But no heating in the room. In the higher part of the trekking, there will power from 6 pm to 8:30 pm by solar panel. The charging is only possible in the main dining room at expensive rates. The battery charging cost range from RS 250 to 450 rupees per hour for cameras and laptop.

Yes, Travel Insurance is necessary for Everest Base Camp Trek. Injury and altitude sickness is far too common on EBC trek. So it is best to have travel insurance before trek to EBC.

Well, Trek to Everest base camp is possible throughout the year, yet Autumn and Spring is the best time of year trekking to Everest base camp. Rainy season is not recommended for EBC trek.

If someone get sick in the group, a fellow trekker in the group has to descend with a porter/assistant guide. The rest of the other people in the group continue their trek to Everest base camp. In serious and emergency case, we also do medical evacuation and helicopter rescue to Kathmandu hospital.

There is no specify training method to recommend. We advise you to exercise a minimum of 5 times per week for one hour each time doing activities like hill walking, cycling, running and strength work.

There will be 2 to 12 travelers in the group. The Everest Base Camp trek is a popular trip, so most of groups are fully booked. The group is mix of individuals, couples or friends travelling together. The ages differ and trekkers can be in their 20's to 60's. The group comprise of people from all nationalities.

No, we are not spending overnight at the Everest Base Camp. You will stay at Gorakshep from where we hike to Everest Base Camp. To spend night at Everest Base Camp require special permit which are very expensive. Also, there is no tea houses at Everest Base Camp. So it is better to stay at Gorakshep and trek to Everest Base Camp for a day trip.

The most difficult and underestimated aspect of the EBC trek is the altitude. The trek steadily climbs as the path winds it way up to Base Camp. There is no correlation between altitude sickness and fitness levels gender or age. Everyone is potentially at risk. Trek up slowly with enough rest days is nice to avoid AMS.

This is a wilderness trek with no paved section ascends and descends often. Make sure you rest often enough to prevent over-tiredness. 15 km trek a day is often rocky, steep and fairly slow going depending on when you trek, the trails can also be covered in snow trekking EBC in Dec-Jan-Feb.

Everest Base Camp trek is not dangerous at all because trekkers are not going into the danger zones where real climbing is required, and they stay below the most dangerous altitudes - there's little risk involved though on Everest Base Camp Trek.

Weather/Temperature in Summer like in June, July, and August will be in between 20 to 25 degree centigrade. The lowest that the temperature gets in the night time is -3 degree centigrade and a maximum of 5 degrees. The temperature in the months of June and July are pretty similar.

Weather/Temperature in Autumn from September to November in between 12 degree to 20 degree in in the day time. The sun is not as warm as in the summer, but that is expected. In September the average nighttime temperature is almost 3 degrees. This starts to fall down and reach in between -7 to - 15 degrees in November

Weather/Temperature in Winter in December, January and February in between 10 degree to -20 degree.

Weather/Temperature in Spring like in March/April/ May in between 20 degree to -10 degree.

Yes, there is a good mobile phone reception on the trek with good internet coverage in all small villages though it is expensive as it is owned by a private company by the name Everest Link. From them you have to buy volume not time and after activation it is only good for not more than a day.

There are a number of internet cafes along the route like in Lukla and Namche Bazaar. After that there are several dotted along the route, including a good one in Gorakshep. Be warned though, these internet cafes are not always reliable and signal is often poor/lost. Most tea houses will offer wifi, however, this will come at a cost that is usually more expensive than an internet cafe.

At the lower altitude like Lukla, Phakding, Namche the guesthouses provide hot shower. And in rest of places at higher elevation, warm water in the bucket will be provided for shower. For all the showers, it costs you extra payment, range from USD 5 per shower. The higher you go, hot shower is more expensive.

Cash transaction is highly recommended. Please change the currency in local Nepali Rupees before you trek to everest base camp. The ATM machine is available only in Namche and relying on it is not a better idea as you never know when things stops working. Also if you try to exchange your foreign currency there you get a very very less exchange rate. So changing money from Kathmandu and taking Nepalese cash is a good idea.

The hotel in Kathmandu provides free storage services. So you can leave all your items that does not require for trekking at your hotel, and you can also leave at our office too.

This is a difficult thing to gauge. We have seen everything from USD 20 to USD 1000 per person for guides and porters. Tipping is a small gesture of thanks to your guide and local porters. The level of the tip should reflect the level of satisfaction from and personal involvement with your guide. However, we recommend you to spend minimum 10% of your total trip cost for tipping entire local staffs, the ratio of tipping guide and porter will be given to you at the pre-trip meeting in Kathmandu before starting the trek.

The electricity gadgets charging facility is available in most of the places by paying some cost. Remember to bring TWO and THREE pin travel adapters. You can also buy the adapters in the super markets or electronic shops in the Kathmandu. Our guide can help you with it

Yes, most of our departures sell out during the peak seasons but during the off season we generally have smaller groups. We guarantee all departures once you make the deposit. We will run the trek for you even if you would be alone there at the same group cost.

It is not really necessary. We get a lot of first time trekkers in the group, so even if you don't have experience you will be in a good company. Your fitness level should be such that your comfortable walking all day. Previous, hiking or trekking experience is always a plus.