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Everest Base Camp Trek from Kathmandu: 14 Days

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Two weeks walking toward Everest, starting from a Kathmandu teahouse

You fly into Lukla, walk lodge-to-lodge through the Khumbu for 12 days with a guide and porter, reach Everest Base Camp and Kala Patthar, then fly back out. All meals, accommodation, permits, and transport are arranged; you bring fitness and the right gear. The trek takes 14 days total from Kathmandu arrival to departure.

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Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Arrival in Kathmandu

Arrive in Kathmandu

Day 2 — Travel to Phakding via Lukla

Drive to Ramechap
Fly to Lukla
Trek to Phakding (8 km, 3 hrs)

Day 3 — Trek to Namche Bazaar

Trek to Namche Bazaar (10-12 km, 6 hrs)

Day 4 — Acclimatization and Everest View

Hike to Everest View Hotel (3-4 km, 3-4 hrs)

Day 5 — Trek to Tengboche

Trek to Tengboche (10-11 km, 5 hrs)

Day 6 — Trek to Dingboche

Trek to Dingboche (11-12 km, 5 hrs)

Day 7 — Acclimatization hike at Dingboche

Hike to Nagarjun Hill and return (5-6 km, 4-5 hrs)

Day 8 — Trek to Lobuche

Trek to Lobuche (11-12 km, 5 hrs)

Day 9 — Everest Base Camp excursion

Trek to Gorakshep (14-15 km, part of 8 hrs)
Visit Everest Base Camp and return to Gorakshep

Day 10 — Kala Patthar and trek to Pheriche

Trek to Kala Patthar (part of 13-14 km, 7 hrs)
Trek back to Pheriche

Day 11 — Return trek to Namche Bazaar

Trek to Namche Bazaar (14-15 km, 7 hrs)

Day 12 — Trek to Lukla

Trek to Lukla (18-19 km, 7 hrs)

Day 13 — Fly back to Kathmandu

Fly to Ramechap
Drive to Kathmandu

Day 14 — Departure from Kathmandu

Departure

The Experience

You'll meet your guide the morning you fly out of Kathmandu to Ramechap, and from there the small plane climbs toward Lukla. That first flight is the thing people talk about afterward — the runway tilts uphill, the mountains fill the window, and you land on what feels like a shelf cut into the ridge. Your guide will be waiting. He speaks English, carries a first aid kit, and knows the rhythm of the Khumbu region because he's walked it dozens of times. The trek to Everest Base Camp takes 14 days total, and the first three are about getting your body used to the altitude while you walk through villages where the lodges still smell like woodsmoke and butter tea.

The route moves upward in stages. Day two you trek to Phakding at 8,699 feet — three hours, eight kilometers, mostly downhill from Lukla, which surprises people. Then Namche Bazaar, the real town in the region, where you spend a full acclimatization day hiking up to the Everest View Hotel and back down. The lodge-to-lodge system means you're not camping; you sleep in a bed, eat three meals a day (vegetarian options available if you request them at booking), and the porter carries your heavy gear so your daypack stays light. By day five you're at Tengboche, where the monastery sits on a ridge and the view of the peaks opens up. The walking days run five to eight hours depending on altitude and terrain, and the acclimatization days are shorter — three to four hours — which is when your body catches up.

The summit push happens on day nine. You trek from Lobuche to Gorakshep, then on the same day walk the final stretch to Everest Base Camp itself — 14 to 15 kilometers, eight hours, and you're standing at 17,594 feet on the glacier where climbers stage their expeditions. The next morning you climb Kala Patthar, a peak that sits slightly lower but gives you a clearer view of Everest's face than Base Camp does. Then the walk out: two days back down to Lukla, a flight to Ramechap, a drive to Kathmandu, and two nights in a 3-star hotel before you leave. The whole thing is 14 days from arrival to departure.

What's included takes the logistics off your hands: the round-trip flights to Lukla, all meals during the trek, lodge rooms with private bathrooms and hot showers at the lower elevations, permits, a certified English-speaking guide, a porter (one porter per two trekkers, carrying up to 25 kilograms), and the airport pickup and drop-off in Kathmandu. You need to bring your own gear — hiking boots, warm layers, a sleeping bag rated to zero degrees Fahrenheit, trekking poles — and the reference content includes a full equipment checklist. Most of what you need can be bought in Kathmandu if you arrive without it. A minimum of two people per booking keeps the group small; the maximum is 15.

What’s included

Round-trip flights to Lukla via Ramechap with transfers, full board meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) throughout the trek, twin-share lodge accommodation with private bathrooms and hot showers at Phakding, Namche and Lukla, two nights in a 3-star hotel in Kathmandu, trekking permits, a certified English-speaking guide, porter support (one porter per two trekkers), first aid kit, seasonal fruits, trekking map and achievement certificate, airport pickup and drop-off in Kathmandu, and all guide and porter expenses including their meals, accommodation and insurance.

Good to know

Demanding physical levelPets welcomeNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by Nepal Hiking Team

Is this one for you?Right for trekkers with solid fitness who want the main Everest experience without arranging flights, permits, meals or guides themselves — the lodge-to-lodge system and included porter mean you walk with support but carry only what you need each day.