Everest Base Camp Trek from Kathmandu: 14 Days & Lukla Flight
Prayer flags and glacier rivers: the Everest Base Camp Trek route
You walk through alpine forests and past prayer flags for 14 days, staying in mountain lodges and climbing to 5,364 meters at Everest Base Camp. Your guide and porter manage the pace and the heavy gear. Lukla flights, all accommodation, meals, permits and equipment are included. The trek demands moderate fitness but no climbing experience, and you return to Kathmandu with a certificate and the kind of exhaustion that feels like accomplishment.
Step-by-step itinerary
Trek through nature and culture
- Walk along alpine forest trail
- Pass Glacier Rivers
- Enjoy mountain vistas
- Visit monasteries
- Observe flag prayers
- Interact with local people
- Experience mountainous hospitality
What’s included
Your 14-day trek includes hotel pickup from Kathmandu airport, three nights in a deluxe hotel before and after the trek, round-trip flights to and from Lukla, lodge accommodation with breakfast during the trekking days, all ground transport by private vehicle, a highly experienced guide, one porter for every two trekkers, Sagarmatha National Park permits, TIMS trekking fees, a down jacket and sleeping bag, a duffle bag, trekking map, first aid medical kit, and a certificate of achievement. All staff salaries, equipment, and accidental insurance are covered.
Times
- Every day 06:45
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The experience
Prayer flags strung across the high passes catch the wind all the way up the Everest Base Camp Trek. You'll see them first near the monasteries on the lower trail, then again at every ridge and col as the altitude climbs: thousands of them, faded and bright, fluttering over the same paths that porters and climbers have walked for decades. The trek itself moves through alpine forests and alongside glacier rivers, the mountains rising behind every turn, and the physical work is real: the ups and downs are steep enough that you'll feel them in your legs by day three. But that's also the point. The effort is what makes the arrival at Base Camp itself (at 5,364 meters) feel earned rather than delivered.
Your guide will be someone who knows the trail in detail and can read the weather and your pace. You'll stay in lodge-to-lodge accommodation, which means hot meals and a bed each night rather than a tent, and a porter carries the heavy bag so you walk with just a daypack. The trek from Kathmandu involves a flight to Lukla (included in the package): a short, steep landing that's famous for being dramatic but routine for the pilots who do it daily. From there, the trail descends into the Khumbu region, passing through villages where people still live at altitude year-round, where children walk to school in the morning and yak herds move across the high pastures. You'll have time to talk with locals, to sit in a tea house and watch the rhythm of mountain life, and to visit the monasteries along the way. The Everest Base Camp Trek isn't a summit attempt. It's a walk into one of the world's highest inhabited valleys, and the reward is the landscape itself and the people who live in it.
The trek takes 14 days total from Kathmandu, with three nights in a deluxe hotel before and after the walking portion. You'll need moderate physical fitness (the altitude and the daily climbing demand that), but you don't need mountaineering experience or technical skills. The package includes your guide, one porter for every two trekkers, all lodge accommodation with breakfast, the Lukla flights both ways, park permits, a down jacket and sleeping bag for the cold nights, a trekking map, and a certificate when you finish. The guide carries a first aid kit, and all staff are insured. Pickup from Kathmandu airport is included, so the logistics are handled before you step onto the trail.
Is this one for you?Book this trek if you want to reach Everest Base Camp without arranging flights, permits, accommodation, or a guide yourself: the 14-day structure and included logistics mean you show up in Kathmandu and the rest is managed for you.
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Top questions
What happens if it rains?
It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.
How many days is the Everest Base Camp Trek?
14 days total from Kathmandu, including three nights in a hotel before and after the trekking portion.
What is the highest altitude on the Everest Base Camp Trek?
5,364 meters at Everest Base Camp itself.
Do I need climbing experience?
No. The trek requires moderate physical fitness but no mountaineering or technical skills.
Is the Lukla flight included?
Yes, both the flight to Lukla at the start and the return flight to Kathmandu are included.
What accommodation is provided?
Lodge-to-lodge accommodation during the trek with breakfast included, plus three nights in a deluxe hotel in Kathmandu before and after.
How many porters are provided?
One porter for every two trekkers, so they carry the heavy bag and you walk with a daypack.
What is included in the package?
Guide, porters, all accommodation and meals, Lukla flights, park permits, down jacket, sleeping bag, trekking map, first aid kit, and a certificate at the end.
What is the physical fitness requirement?
Moderate fitness is required due to altitude and daily climbing, but the trek is not a summit attempt.
Everest Base Camp Trek from Kathmandu: 14 Days & Lukla Flight
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