Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trekking

On arrival, receive our staff and guide with a transfer to your respective hotels in the hub of Kathmandu; after checking into your lovely rooms and getting refreshed from jet-leg, join in with other members of Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trekking.

Our guide/leader will brief you with information about the hotels-including detail of trekking regarding the local lodge, walks, views, history, and culture, with a few important do’s and don’ts. At the same time, you are with us, having enjoyable times.

The evening includes a nice dinner(including Nepal traditional foods) in a pleasant Nepalese restaurant with local cultural programs from all parts of the country to enlighten the environment along with your dinner.

A free day to prepare for the upcoming treks to the high Kanchenjunga area, morning an optional tour at places of great interest, exploring around Kathmandu world heritage sites for a few hours, and back at the hotel.

Afternoon at leisure and free for individual activities getting ready for next morning flight to Nepal Far East region for the trek to Kanchenjunga base camp.

Morning as per flight time transfer to Kathmandu domestic airport, where a short scenic flight takes you to Far East Nepal flatland known as Terai belt, during 45 minutes journey to the spectacular panorama of Himalayan peaks with views of Everest, Makalu, and Kanchenjunga.

As the plane lands at Bhadarpur airport, where the drive takes you from low, warm country to cooler alpine hills at Ilam town, a famous place for tea and its vast tea garden with mild cool temperatures facing views of Kanchenjunga peaks.

Overnight stops at Ilam, an interesting mid-hill town where you can observe eastern people of Nepalese with varied cultures of mixed tribes.

Morning short drive to reach Taplejung at Sukhetar, a place with a small airstrip that operates flights to Kathmandu but is unreliable due to bad weather and other conditions.

On reaching Taplejung past Sukhetar, transfer to a local lodge or a tented camp overnight with time to explore the town of Taplejung and observe the eastern people's interesting cultures and traditional farm life.

After a pleasant overnight stop in Taplejung, starting our first-day treks, heading past many small farm villages to reach Mitlung, and our route leads on the pleasant, winding path with a few straight up and down into forested areas of rhododendron and pines trees, where we climb leads to a high hill facing scenic views of Mt. Kanchenjunga and Kabru peaks, as the walk continues with descend to Tamor River encountering short ups and down-hill to Sinuwa village for an overnight stop.

From Sinuwa, descend towards Tawa village to cross several smaller fresh streams reaching into spread out farm villages to reach Chirwa, a nice village of mix tribes dominated mostly by Rai (Kirat tribe), some Magar, Tamang, and Hindu Chettries, Brahmins with Dalits people with time to explore this nice village.

Enjoying stops at Chirwa, a morning walk heading past several neat smaller farm villages to reach a river bank of the cross country where you can witness the cultivation of cardamom fields in the dark shade of dense tree lines.

From here, walk higher up over farm fields with a short descent to overnight camp at Taplethok, a lovely farm village close to Lelep, air gets much cooler with a dramatic change of culture of more Tibetan Buddhist religions.

After Taplethok within interesting farm villages a walk leads past many scattered farm villages with paddy fields and terraces to enter a patch of cool forest with short ups facing views of distant peaks and then reaching a nice agriculture farm village at Sakathum where the overnight camp is pitched near the village back yard.

Enjoying a pleasant overnight at Sakathum, a morning walk heading past several neat smaller farm villages to reach a river bank of the diverse country where you can witness the cultivation of cardamom fields in the dark shade of dense tree lines.

The journey continues to reach higher, gaining more elevation and heading past farm fields and villages facing views of distant peaks with rolling green hills as the walk leads into a valley filled with nice cool woodland, then reaching a high village at Amjilosa for an overnight stop.  

The morning walk continues along the higher side as altitude gains slowly, leading towards a much cooler area as the paddy farms area stops; then walk gets closer to the mountainous around high hill areas encountering several scattered summer pastures and grazing areas to reach Gyabla or Kyapra for an overnight stop within a small cattle herders and farm village, mostly populated by Tibetan like mountain tribes with Sherpa and Bhotia people of Buddhist religion and culture.

The morning begins with a gentle walk downhill as the climb starts for an hour within the forest of pines-oaks and rhododendron trees. As the walk reaches a nice flat area on the Ghunsa river, here on a pleasant walk to Ghunsa village for an overnight stop, a nice interesting village populated by Bhotia and Sherpa tribes of Tibetan origin with houses built with stones and includes neat small farm.

An ideal place for rest to get well with acclimatization before heading higher north at Kanchenjunga base camp, there with a great opportunity to hike around this nice village of unique Buddhist culture takes you to a scenic viewpoint hill for the best panorama of mountains and surrounding landscapes.

Morning walks from Ghunsa climb to follow a river with views of waterfalls along the walks, encountering Yak herder camps along the trail depending upon grazing season, as the trail continues to the bank of Ghunsa river and into rhododendron and pine forest, as the walk leads to a gradual ascend to Rambuk Kharkas and then crossing a small glacier landslide as the walk continues with grand views of Khumbukarna and Janu and other high snow-capped peaks.

On leaving tree lines behind, heading into the barren country with few short bushes and scrub of juniper; after Rambuk Kharka climbs, and then the trail leads gently down to Khambachen after crossing a landslide section to camp at Khambachen, this scenic valley with grand views of Sharphu peaks with the north face of Mt. Janu and Wedge peak.

From this spot, follow a route high above a river for some time, then head further east, with a climb to reach a place and walking over rocks and boulders, then heading to a terminal moraine of Kanchenjunga glacier, on leaving Ramtang Kharka (a Sheppard place) where the trail joins Kanchenjunga glacier and then crossing at a junction to reach at Lhonak for overnight stop with views of Kanchenjunga glacier with Mera, Nepal Peak, and Wedge Peak.

Morning hike to Kanchenjunga North Base Camp, the place known as Pang Pema, one of the main highlights of the adventure, to stand at the foot of the world's 3^rd highest Mt. Kanchenjunga and its massive range of peaks.

As you walk, climb high above a river facing views of Kirat Chuli, Nepal Peak, Taple Sikhar, and Givegela Chuli. The first part of the climb is gentle and then heads through a boulder on a rocky trail.

Walk to a glacier path to Kanchenjunga Base Camp, surrounded by giant peaks, and then head back to Lhonak overnight after a great exciting walk to Kanchenjunga base camp.

The morning walk leads back on the same route heading past Kambachen to Ghunsa's village for overnight stops after a long day walks with a magnificent time at Kanchenjunga North base camp within an array of high mountains.

On leaving the northern side of the Kanchenjunga area, as you walk from here, head into a complete wilderness of thick forest and grazing areas; continue trekking with a long climb to reach Sele-La Kharka for an overnight stop within a summer pasture and meadow.

Today walk higher to cross two scenic high passes in a day, rewards you with amazing views of the whole of the Kanchenjunga range as the walk takes you through dense tree lines and crosses some streams to reach the base of Sinion La after crossing over Sele-la pass a climb of few hours with gradual descend to reach at  Tseram for an overnight stop.

Morning free for an optional day hike to Oktang takes you to Kanchenjunga South Base Camp, where the British Expedition established a base camp for the climb of Kanchenjunga summit in 1955, walking with close views of Yalung Glacier and the south wall of Kanchenjunga, the hike takes nearly three hours with views of Talung Peak and Kabru, after a scenic and exciting trek back to Ramche for an overnight stop.

Morning walks to Ramchaur or Ramche heading for a steep climb for short hours within magnolia, rhododendron, and bamboo forest to reach a stream as the walk continues on gravel ground, leading to a shrine within a big boulder shaped like a serpent.

Walk past a forest area as our route leads to a riverbed, and then uphill to a terrace for an overnight stop at Tseram, a place with roofless bivouac caves, facing views of terminal moraine fed from Yalung glacier and behind looking at Kabru 7,353m and Talung peak 7,349m.

After an enjoyable time at Kanchenjunga South base camp, the walk leads back into green forested areas to reach a place called Tortung, within small cattle herder village surrounded by woodland as the walk leads much downhill with short ups to reach Lamite Bhanjyang within a quaint area for an overnight stop.

An easy day walks as the altitude gets lower on every hour of the trek with downhill and some short ups heading into the serene forest of rhododendron and pine tree lines and crossing streams to enter a gorge to reach a wide open area at the nice small village of Yamphudin for an overnight stop.

Starting morning walk on steep downhill towards nice rice and millet fields and into the forested area within Nandeva khola / stream on the left side of the trail, crossing over then on downhill to a river, as our route reach a high hill where climbs start leads into forested areas to reach Loppoding village.

After a Loppoding walk leads up and down-hill reaching a hill village at Yangpang, and then along the upper edge of a ridge with a slow climb for an hour towards Pompe Dhada, located on a crest of a scenic hill for an overnight stop with a view of Mt. Jannu.

Today another long walk to reach Kunjari near Simbu and Kande Bhanjyang as morning starts on downhill into farm villages, dominated mostly by Hindu tribes, a mixture of Brahmins, Chettries as well with Kirat people, including Rai and Limbu, who practice Hinduism along with their ancient heritage of deities and nature spirit.

Walk leads to the farm village, then descend to Phawa Khola, and cross Phawa Khola towards Pokora village, the path from here takes you within the farm field and suspension bridge as the route leads to a climb up to Kunjari village for an overnight stop.

From this small hill village, walk to Kande Bhanjyang, with grand views of Kanchenjunga and Yalungkang peaks, where our last day walk of the adventure takes you back to Tapeljung, heading across farm villages to reach Sukhetar, a small town with an airstrip that flies to Kathmandu via Biratnagar city, at present due to unpredictable flight timing of local flight leading to cancellation, to avoid many hassles we have taken safe and best route from Bhadrapur to fly in and out to Kathmandu or taking a long overland drive.

A walk continues for a short while, reaching Taplejung main town of the district; here, enjoy the last overnight stop in this hill town famous for its local drinks known as Tomba, a warm drink with mild alcoholic contents made from millet which is widely grown around this areas.

On completing our adventurous walks on both sides of Kanchenjunga base camps, morning a long drive of more than five hours to reach the lower warm country of eastern Nepal Terai area, as the drive leads past Ilam town and its vast tea garden the downhill to a warmer place on the main highway to reach a large town at Bhirtamod, with an overnight stop in one its best available lodge and hotels.

Bhirtamod is full of busy activities as this is a major town in Nepal's Eastern zone.

The morning after breakfast, where a drive leads to Bhadrapur airport; from here, a short scenic flight takes you back to the hustle, and bustle of the city life of Kathmandu, where our remarkable adventure with amazing memories of Kanchenjunga Base Camp trekking completes.

Finally, all good things must end with great, glorious memories of Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trekking with the last final day in Nepal, a country of Himalayan wonders where our staff and guide transfer you to Kathmandu international airport for your flight home or to respective countries.