Everest Advance Base Camp
Trek features
Total duration: 22days
Trek/drive/tour duration: 22 days
Max elevation: 6,400m/20,992ft
Trip grade:
Strenuous
Best season: May and September
Tour starts/ends: Lhasa/Nyalam
Accommodation: 10 nights in hotels in Kathmandu and Tibet
on bed and breakfast; rest in basic guesthouses and tented
camp in Tibet with breakfast, lunch and dinner
Trip highlights
Guided sightseeing to World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu
valley
Experience spectacular mountain flight over the top of the
World
Visit the holiest city, Lhasa
Explore the wilderness of central Tibet
Outline itinerary
Day 01: Arrive in Kathmandu (1,300m/4,264ft) and transfer
to hotel
Day 02: Explore the best of Kahtmandu
Day 03: Trek briefing and preparations
Leave Nepal
Day 04: Fly to Lhasa, explore and ease at leisure (3,700m/12,136ft)
Day 05: Guided sightseeing to Potala Palace, Jokhang temple,
kora around Barkor Street with Tibetan pilgrim
Day 06: Guided tour to greatest monastery in Lhasa-Drepung;
summer
Palace-Norbulinkha and Sera Monastery
Day 07: Drive to Gyantse (3,950m/12,136ft), stay in hotel
Day 08: Drive to Shigatse (3,900m/12,792ft), stay in hotel
Day 09: Morning sightseeing, afternoon drive to Xegar (New
Tingri) (4,350m/14,268ft), stay in guesthouse
Trek days
Day 10: Drive to Rongbuk (5,000m/16,400ft), stay in camp
Day 11: Trek to Everest Base Camp (5,200m/17,056ft), stay
in camp
Day 12: Acclimatize at Everest Base Camp
Day 13: Trek to Camp (I) (5,460m/17,908ft), stay in camp
Day 14: Trek to Interim Camp (5,760m/18,892ft), stay in
camp
Day 15: Rest day at Interim Camp
Day 16: Trek to Camp (II) {5,970m/19,581ft}, stay in camp
Day 17: Trek to Everest Advance Base Camp (Camp (III) {6,400m/20,992ft}
and return to Camp (II)
Day 18: Trel to Base Camp (5,200m/17,056ft)
Day 19: Drive to Nyalam (215km), stay in guesthouse
Return to Kathmandu
Day 20: Drive to Kathmandu
Day 21: Rest day/farewell dinner
Day 22: Trip concludes
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