Island Peak Climbing

On arrival get received by our staff and guide and transfer to your respective hotels in the hub of Kathmandu. After checking into your lovely rooms, get refreshed from jet-leg. Then join in with other members of Island Peak climbing and trekking. Our guide / leader will brief with information about the hotels-including detail of trekking regarding local lodge, walks, view, history and culture.  Simultaneously, with few important do’s and don’ts while you are with us having enjoyable times.

Evening includes a nice dinner(includes traditional Nepalese foods) in a pleasant Nepali Restaurant with folk dance and music.

A free day is arranged to get closer to Kathmandu life. In the morning, an optional sightseeing tour  takes you at places of great interest. So, explore around Kathmandu world heritage sites for few hours and back at hotel. Afternoon at  free time do individual activities.Prepare yourself with packing for next early morning flight to Lukla where our walk begins towards Everest base camp.

Morning at the earliest before or after quick breakfast or one carry pack breakfast to save time to reach Kathmandu domestic airport terminal. Take short and scenic flight of 35 minutes to reach at Lukla. It is a gateway Sherpa town at the height of 2,820 m high facing views of Kongde peak and Naulekh Himal. With refreshing stop at Lukla, follow our lead guide after adjusting baggage. Thus, walk leads past Lukla town heading down to Choplung. Choplung is a small village to follow Dudh-Kosi River and valley to reach at Phadkingma village for overnight stop.

The second-day hike follows the river and crossing over bridges to reach Monjo village with views of Tharmarserku and Kongde peaks. Then enter Sagarmatha National Park (Sagarmatha in Nepal with another local name of Sherpa Chomolungma for Everest), from here within serene forested area to cross a high bridge to reach at Namche Bazaar. The walk follows on winding ups for few hours with grand views of peaks in clear day Everest can be seen along the treks to Namche. On reaching, you get transfer into nice lodge and rest. And, then you can browse around the Street of Namche with many shops and restaurants.

Namche at the height of 3,440 m is a perfect spot for rest to support acclimatization. Meanwhile, you can take a short excursion to the view point above Namche for glorious panorama. The snowcapped peak includes Kongde, Tharmarserku, Kangtenga with Amadablam and Everest. Enjoy a visit to the park museum where you can find full information of Khumbu area and Sherpa culture with mountaineering history. The other options include a sidewalk to Everest View Hotel (the first luxury hotel within Khumbu). And, it’s the place where you can relax with refreshing drinks with views of Mt. Everest and other close peaks.

With pleasant time at Namche, walk leads to short climb and  on good wide trail facing views of Everest and Amadablam with array of peaks. As our route leads into woodland then descend towards Imjatse River to reach at a small place in Phunke-Tenga, possible lunch stop in the middle of a wood. Afternoon climb into forested areas facing views of Kangtenga-Tharmasarku and other peaks. Now, walk brings at a wide open plateau in Tengboche with its beautiful colorful Buddhist monastery. So, visit the interior of the monastery where you can witness monks and priest on religious activities with prayer. It is a scenic spot surrounded by high peaks with views of Everest and magnificent looking Amadablam. Moreover, forest of rhododendron-magnolia-oaks-juniper-birch and fir tree lines rounds this village which makes this place a great stop for overnight.

Morning catching views of peaks, downhill past Deoboche within woodland to reach Imjatse River. Then crossing a bridge. From here e green vegetation and tree lines ends. Next, walk leads into windswept and arid country to reach Pangboche. Pangboche is a last permanent village on route Everest base camp . Slowly walk passing Pangboche, head higher with ups and down to a river. After this you will encounter a last climb of a day for hour to reach a scenic Pheriche valley.  This day long walk ends with overnight in Pheriche.

A day at this high terrain is managed for acclimatization and rest. So, on this day you can hike further up towards Nakarjung Hill to get best panorama of surrounding peaks and of Imjatse valley with Island Peak. Afternoon  take rest and enjoy the views in the comfort of nice warm lodge with preparation for next day walks to Lobuche.

Now, you feel that the journey is slowly getting close to the destinations. The morning walk starts with short climb to a hill marked with Buddhism monuments and prayer flags. And then, the walk takes you on pleasant uphill path to reach Thugla, where trails from Pheriche and Dingboche joins. At Thugla, we take a refreshing break or lunch with super views of Amadablam, Cholatse, Taboche with other giant peaks. Then, from here we climb for an hour to a hill called Thugla pass. And here, you can notice many stone memorials of unfortunate climbers died on Mountains of Khumbu. From here, we walk an hour or more on gradual path to reach Lobuche for overnight stop. It’s a small settlement with many good lodges to stay beneath peaks of Lobuche and views of Nuptse.

Today our adventure leads to our main target and goal at Everest base camp. Thus, morning walk follows a flat valley with slow climb to reach further and then a steep climb to reach a ridge near above Khumbu glacier. As walk continues over rocky moraines and ice,  reach a scenic flat areas at Gorakshep located on the bottom of Kalapathar and Mt. Pumori on  the route to Everest base camp. After a rest at Gorakshep, we continue our walk to reach  Everest Base Camp. At the base camp, we enjoy the great thrill of a lifetime experience within close to Khumbu Ice Fall and glaciers and beneath world number one Mt. Everest. In high mountaineering season this place is flooded with tents of expeditions camps. After enjoying the great time at the base camp, we return back to Gorakshep for overnight stop after fulfilling dream of a lifetime reaching at base camp.

Start early morning with climb before breakfast to the top of rocky hill at kalapatthar above 5,545 m.  It is the highest spot of the adventure, where you will be rewarded with overwhelming panorama of giant surrounding peaks with close views of Everest and Mt. Pumori. Now, descend to Gorakshep for breakfast and then carry on trekking down towards Imjatse valley. And walk further to reach at Chukung, a small settlement for overnight stop after a great scenic walk of the day.

On this morning, walk to a place called Parsya Gyab within Island Peak Base Camp. As trek takes on, steep climb to cross over moraine of Lhotse glacier.  Follow a stream to a snout of Imja glacier to reach a dry lake between Lhotse and Imja glaciers at base camp around Parsya Gyab area. Afternoon time, relax for short walks and practice climbing. Also, check the route of climb that you are doing next morning.

A rest day is managed to support for acclimatization as well for final preparation to Island Peak summit. Here you will get time to check climbing equipment and get ready for the climb of next  morning. So, rest of the day engage with climbing training on ice and rocky walls at base camp.

After enough exercise and practice with acclimatization day at base camp, our adventure starts early morning as climb leads across glacier. You need  to be careful in avoiding crevasses, as climb takes you straight north over snow covered scree in-between a glacier to the top ridge. A  climb over rocks and icefall section, a steep snow and ice ramp takes you at about 100 meters (300ft) to the summit. On reaching the top, our real adventure of Island peak climbing with Everest base Camp Trek completes before heading descend. Here at the top, enjoy views facing views of Mt. Everest, Lhotse, Amadablam and Makalu 8,463 includes Chamlang and Baruntse peaks. On conclusion this is an experience of a life time and a great success. After a great and exciting climb,  descend on the same route to base camp.

On this day, reach back to Dingboche for onwards journey back to Lukla after having a successful time. A long  walk on this day brings you at Dingboche. So, take a short rest and continue downhill to Pangboche for overnight stop.

On completing our memorable and exciting adventure on Island Peak Climbing with Everest base camp trek including Kalapathar, an easy walk from here on without worry of high altitude sickness leads back to Lukla. From Pangboche,  climb to beautiful Tengboche and its colorful monastery. Then, back into green woodland. Onwards will be a lovely walk of downs and ups on the trail to Namche Bazaar for last night in Khumbu before Lukla.

To sum up, final day of walks takes you back at Lukla. So, start with long descend to reach a river valley  and Sagarmatha National Park entrance. And exit to Monjo village, where walk continues past Phakdingma with last short climb to reach last overnight stay in Lukla before flying back to Kathmandu.

Depending upon flight time for Kathmandu, morning with last breakfast in Lukla transfer to air terminal named after Tenzing and Hillary. They were the first to conquer Mt. Everest in 1953. As per flight schedule board in a smaller aircraft for sweeping short air journey to reach Kathmandu airport. And then transfer back to your respective hotels

We have reserved an extra day in Kathmandu or for the whole program in case of flight problem. The problem may be due to bad and unfavorable weather condition at Lukla or in the beginning. So, this extra day allows you to have time for yourself. Or you can join tour, just relax after a great adventure on high Khumbu and Everest base camp.

Finally all good things must come to an end with grand glorious memories of Island Peak Climbing. With last final day in Nepal, the land of best Himalayas ,our staff and guide will transfer you to TIA for your flight  to home or to respective countries.