Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek, 22-day program

Arrival in the Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport

Transfer to the hotel

Briefing on the itinerary for the next days

Overnight at Hotel B/B

Sightseeing around Kathmandu, including World Heritage Sites like the Durbar Square, the sacred Hindu temple of Pashupati Nath, the famous ‘Monkey Temple’ Swayambhu Nath and the Bouddha Nath Buddhist shrine

Optional: last minute shopping for personal items in preparation for the next day

Overnight at Hotel B/B

Flight to Biratnagar (duration of the flight: 45 minutes)

Overnight in a Hotel in Biratnagar

Early flight to Suketar (2,300 m)

Gradual trekking ascent along a rhododendron covered ridge, past the Deorali River and four more streams

Arrival in a 2,570 m pass

Descent through to Lalikharka

Trekking time: 4 hours

Trek to the Lumbu village of Thembewa (1,800 m)

Ascent to a ridge, and steep descent through Shimu and Pokhara to a suspension bridge across the Phawa River (1,430 m) – where there is a good swimming hole and a possible campsite near the river

Steep ascent to the Khunjari (1,700 m) Limbu village

Trekking time: 6 to 7 hours

Trek into the Kabeli river valley

Descent to the scattered village of Keswa (1,960 m)

Trek to Phun Phun

Steep descent through rice terraces into a side canyon

Crossing of a stream along a suspension bridge (1,540 m)

Climb to Mamankhe (1,810 m), a prosperous Limbu village

Gradual descent to the Tenguwa River

Steep ascent to another ridge marked by a Chorten and prayer flags

Steep descent across the valley

Trek along the west side of the Kabeli River

Arrival in Yamphudin (1,690 m), where there is a community of Sherpas, Lumbus, Rais and Gurungs

Trekking time: 6 to 7 hours

Crossoing of the Omje River on bamboo poles

Trek along the Kabeli River upstream

Trek to Darachuk, and then to Dubi Bhanjhyang, acros a 2,540 m pass

Trek along the Omje River, through Chitre (2,920 m) lamite Bhanjyang (3,410 m)

Arrival in Torontan (2,990 m)

Trekking time: 7 to 8 hours

Trek to Tsento Kang, a Goth at 3,360 m

Arrival in a Buddhist shrine decorated with rock cairns, prayer flags and iron, three-pronged Trisuls

Arrival in Tseram (3,870 m)

Trekking time: 5 to 6 hours

Trek towards the valley, which opens up as you approach Yalung, a pasture full of Yaks at 4,260 m

Climb alongside the moraine through scrub junipers up a stream to a lake at Lapsan (4,430 m) – views of the Rathong peak in the Nepal-India border

Arrival in Ramche (4,620 m)

Trekking time: 6 to 7 hours

Trek from Ramche to Oktang (4,800 m)

Trekking time: 6 to 7 hours

Trek from Oktang to Ramche (4,620 m)

Trekking time: 6,5 hours

Trek from Ramche to Tseram (3,870 m)

Trekking time: 7,5 hours

Steep ascent from Simbua river valley, crossing of five passes and an unnamed pass at 4,724 m

Trek to the Ghunsa village (3,440 m)

Trekking time: 6 to 7 hours

Trek through fields and larch forests to the Tibetan village of Phera, where Gompas and friendly monks live

Steep ascent to Kyapra (2,730 m), referred to as Chapla or Gaabla by the Tibetan inhabitants

Trekking time: 6 to 7 hours

Steep  descent to a large waterfall in the Ghunsa river

Trek into lush bamboo, oak rhododendron forests – views of Nango Ma and the south-west part of the Kanchenjunga Massif

Descent to the Tibetan settlement of Amjilassa (2,490 m)

Arrival in Ghaiya Bari (2,530 m)

Trekking time: 7 to 8 hours

Crossing of the Tamua River on a suspension bridge above the village of Helok

Trek to the Chirwa village (1,190 m)

Trekking time: 7 to 8 hours

Trek from Chirwa to Suketar (1,480 m)

Trekking time: 6 to 7 hours

Flight to Kathmandu via Biratnagar

Overnight at Hotel B/B

Day at leisure

Options:

• Go on a new trekking program or tour

• Explore the Thamel for a last day of shopping

Farewell dinner.

Overnight at Hotel B/B

Transfer to the International Airport

End of program