Best season for Everest Base Camp trek
There is a slogan: “Nepal for all season”. Trekking in Nepal is always suitable for the trekkers, though there is the best time to trek Everest Base Camp. The two best seasons, Autumn (September, October and November) and Spring (March, April and May) are the best time out of the bests to explore the Himalayas. Among best trekking month, we have enlisted other best time to trek to Everest Base Camp: winter (December, January and February) summer (December, January and February)
Trekking to Everest base camp has been one of the top picks among adventure enthusiastic these days. Everest Base camp offers majestic views of Mt Everest, Khumbu ice-fall, glaciers, stunning landscape and varieties of flora and fauna in Sagarmatha National park. The Everest region is full of challenging trails, unpredictable risk, massive mountains, dramatic scenery, and mesmerizing experience, but it will be all myth if you visit there in the wrong season. It is important to understand the weather and the best time to trek Everest Base Camp before planning your trek to the Everest region.
Meals & Food during the Complete Everest Base Camp Trek Package
Breakfast:
The first meal of the day is eaten in the early morning and it must replenish your body with energy for longer period of time. In the tea houses, you will be served healthy breakfast like: Porridge/Oats, Muesli,Toast with honey/jam/butter, Eggs,Tibetan Bread, Pancakes, and few more. Check the detail food guide list served at the tea houses.
Lunch:
Meal of the day is served as per the menu of the tea houses. Often, Lunch is as similar as the lunch, like typical Nepali food: dal, bhat, tarkari, achar and continentals. You can also order your favorite appetizer at the tea houses.
Dinner:
Mainly, the typical dinner includes dal, bhat, tarkari, and acchar; means rice, lentils, vegetables, and pickle. The Nepali lunch is best recommended by expert as it refuels the constant body energy. Besides Nepali food, you can get varieties of western meals in lunch like noodles, Momo, pasta, sandwich, pizza, macaronis, spaghetti and etc.
The Everest Region is a Buddhist territory so no animals are slaughtered here. However, meat is carried by the aircraft to Lukla and porters or mules carry it to the tea houses. Therefore, the health experts and our consultant suggest not eating non refrigerated stale meat while trekking in the Himalayas.
Accommodation during the Complete Everest Base Camp Trekking
This Everest Base Camp Trekking packages offer the soft, comfortable, private accommodation though out the trek. At Lukla, Phakding and Namche, the trekkers get attached bathroom with hot shower facility. But in the higher elevation, the tea houses have twin room with share toilet and shower.
MMT provides good facility of beds, bed-sheet, duvet, and pillow. As Everest Region is cold, Mountain Mart Treks provides 4 season comfortable sleeping bag for warm sleep and clean blankets every night in Everest Base Camp Trekking Lodges. if you feel extreme cold at the higher elevation, our ever-smiling trekking guides manage additional blankets on request.
Porter Service for Everest Base Camp Trek
Local porters in Everest Region are strong, fit and perfect for high altitude trekking routes. Hiring a porter supports locals providing jobs and contributing local community economy. Standard weight to porter 30 kilos/66 pounds. Mountain Mart Treks provides 1 porter for 2 trekkers. They are quiet, humble, smiling and speak a bit English. Each tourist porter becomes a guide progressing porter cum guide in 3-5 years practicing English and acquiring guide trekking held by Nepal government. Hiring trekking porter to Everest Base Camp cost US$20 to 25 a day that covers meals, salary, equipment and insurance.
Kathmandu to Lukla flight
Lukla is gateway to Everest Base Camp. This rural village is connected from Kathmandu by planes after Lukla airport built in 1964 under supervision of Sir Edmond Hillary and, upgraded paving 2001. Lukla airport is 135km/84 miles far from capital city Kathmandu and driving distance is 383km/238 miles. Kathmandu to Lukla flight shorten Everest Base Camp Trekking 21 days to 12 days.
Cloud and turbulent weather are a regular phenomenon in the Everest Region. This domestic flights from Kathmandu to Lukla and vice versa may have to be delayed for a few hours or even cancelled for a day or more. As a safeguard we recommend to add on a couple of buffer days after your trek before fly from Kathmandu to your onward destination.
Everest base camp trek difficulty
Everest Base camp Trek is one of the most renowned treks among the trekkers in the world. EBC Trek is moderate to strenuous which can easily be accomplished by the trekkers of average physical fitness. Trekking to the base camp of the world’s highest peak, Mt. Everest, is the dream of every trekker.
Trekking to the altitude of 5,364m isn’t that easy; there are some difficulties which make the trek risky or dangerous. EBC Trek is one of the greatest lifelong rewards for every trekker; if you can’t carve risk to accomplish it, you can never enjoy the life as trekkers: There is no worth of achieving the rewards if you fail to be virtuous against fear.
The EBC Trek is obviously risky and hazardous from the beginning till the end. The trek commences from Kathmandu with a turbulent mountain flight which bestows a thrilling and breathtaking experience to the trekkers. Once the trek begins from Lukla, we cross suspension bridges over the surging rivers; walk through the dense forest, narrow cliffs or ridges; and trace off the beaten route which will definitely make the trek dangerous and risky. Although the trek is tough and risky, with some precautions, plans, fitness, and guidance, trekkers of the age group 17 to 70 have easily accomplished the trek; therefore, EBC Trek is doable if trekkers.
Everest Base Camp distance
The Everest base camp (5,364m/17,600ft) is 4,48km/2,79miles away from Kathmandu (1,300m/4,264ft)). Jiri to Everest Base Camp Trek turned to Bhandar Everest Base Camp Trek (2 days walk from Jiri) after 215km long road connected from ancient city Kathmandu.
Kathmandu also air connected to another rural village Lukla (2,860m/9,383ft) 7 days walk before conquer Everest Base Camp offers an opportunity to accomplish the EBC Trek in short time. You have another option to choose Everest Helicopter Trekking Tour to reach Everest Base Camp on foot and return by helicopter. If you have limited time, there is private and sharing basis Helicopter mountain flight with landing in Kala Pathar (view point of Mount Everest), breakfast at Luxury Hotel; Everest view Hotel and return to Kathmandu.
Complete Everest Base Camp trekking package
Everest Region is Heaven where deities are solacing in the tranquil nature. God has bestowed this region with natural, biological, cultural and ecological diversity. It is an opportunity to explore the mystery and myth in the wonderful mountain region. The aesthetic natural beauty of The Himalayas like green hills, chirping sound of birds, classical vale, glacial, moraines, milky river, dense alpine forest, inspires the exhausted trekkers to forge ahead and venture the heavenly place on Earth, Everest Base Camp. Mountain Mart Trekking company has tailored hassle free airport to airport Everest Base Camp Trekking Packages to fit all kind of trekkers. This Complete Everest Base Camp Trekking package offers 3 star Heritage Boutique Hotel for 3 nights in Kathmandu, domestic flight Kathmandu to Lukla and vice versa, experience trekking and strong porter, breakfast, lunch and dinner on your choice and comfortable Lodge accommodations.We have short Everest Base Camp Trekking package to short vacation travelers as well as long Complete Everest Base Camp Trekking Package to avid enthusiastic.
Everest Base Camp trekking operator company
Have you ever dreamed to conquer Everest Base Camp on foot? Without any mistake, book with Kathmandu, Nepal based adventure travel company. There are very few companies operated by adventure guides. Mountain Mart Treks & Expedition Pvt. Ltd. is one of the leading professional company with high rating, quality service and great company history. We offer hassle free trip and give true value of hard-earned money. There are no compromises on safety and our slogan “Guest First” Trekking becomes an adventurous and lifelong experience when you trek with a certified trekking agency based in Nepal like MMT. Book your trek with us, and enjoy the aura of Nepal Trekking Tour to the fullest.
EBC trek fixed departure and group joining
Trekking to the base camp of Mt. Everest is one of the greatest and adventurous achievements to anyone; as a result, Everest Base Camp Trek has become the popular trekking package admired by the trekkers and adventure sportsmen. We’ve several set departures both seasons and off trekking seasons. Despite this, customize departures are offered to meet travelers’ vacation and requirement.
Group Trek helps to maintain a friendly and helpful atmosphere throughout the journey.
Trekking in-group will always boost the confidence of the trekkers.
In a long trek like ‘Bhandar – Everest Base Camp Trek’, trekkers support and help one another.
EBC Group Joining Trek will make the trek cheaper than trekking individually.
The trekkers exchange their culture, travel experience, ideas, personality, etc. Also, they may get good friends on the trek.