Everest Trek
Description
- Name Everest Trek
- Length in days 9 days
- Start of trail Lukla
- End of trail Basecamp
- Traildino grading SW, Strenuous walk, mountain trail
- Hut tour grading T2, Mountain walk
From Jiri 16 days to Basecamp, from Lukla 9 days.
Nepal is home to the highest mountain in the world, which sits right on the border with Tibet. Mount Everest, associated with ever so many famous names and stories, is within easy reach of the ordinary hiker. Not the 8840 m high summit, of course. But at 3500 m lower down, at the foot of the mountain, is Everest Base-camp, achievable for any backpacker with a down-filled jacket and a strong constitution.
Giving this trail in Khumbu region extra cachet, is the feeling of walking in the footsteps of the renowned pioneers who mapped this area and finally conquered Everest. And it was no hit and run for these adventurers. The first climbers and their company of porters started out from Dharan, and later from Jiri. Even today, Jiri is a starting point of the Everest Basecamp Trek, although it is not the easiest place to start. The hike from Jiri to Lukla means climbing up and down a lot. Definitely excellent to test your fit-ness.
Many hikers these days choose to fly to Lukla, shortening the trek by a week. Lukla airport is not exactly spacious. If the weather is bad, there is no flight and you may have to wait for a day or more.
From Lukla it takes one day to walk to Namche Bazaar, and an-other seven days to reach the viewpoint summits of Kala Patar. From its low (5545 m) or the high (5623 m) summit you will enjoy spectacular views of Mount Everest, the nearby Nuptse, Lhotse, and the splendid double dome of Ama Dablam. Another day's hike will take you to Everest Basecamp at 5300 m, Khumbu Icefall and the towering massif behind (but Everest itself is out of sight).
Thanks to a huge choice of lodges all along the trail, this classic trek poses no difficulties for the strong and experienced hiker. Most risky are the altitude and the change of diet. Please keep in mind this trek is very popular, just like the Annapurna Circuit. October, but also April and September are busiest. During the monsoon (June, July, August) hikers are few, but views are limited. Winter months are quiet, but dreadfully cold. Spring is beautiful, but along with rising temperatures, humidity gradually builds up to culminate during monsoon.
Times are changing. Meanwhile the Chinese on the other side of the border have their own Everest Basecamp at the foot of the Everest. The good news: you can drive all the way up there in your 4WD, so no need to walk anymore.
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Map
Hike Reports

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How to Prepare for Trekking in Nepal
- BookTain September 2017
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Photo Albums

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Links
Facts
- Everest Trek
Excellent introduction and trail description by YetiZone.
Reports
- Everest Trek < Nepal < Travelogues ¦ MyHimalayas
Short report and a large page with beautiful photographs.
- Khumbu (Everest) trek (2005) Photo Gallery by Piotr Zycki at pbase.com
Photo gallery, beautiful.
- Mount Everest 2002
Climb of Everest in 2002
- Nepal Gokyo Lakes - Everest Base Camp Trek
"This site is a celebration of my visit to the Everest region of Nepal in Autumn 1999. I have included my trek diary and around 250 photographs to show what the Khumbu area is like and maybe tempt you to go and visit the area yourself."
- A Visit to Nepal
A trek back in 1994
- Everest Base Camp Trek Blog - Everest Trekking Adventures Stories
This blog has short entries by many; interesting.
- Everest Trek: Lukla, 2800 m./9200 ft. - Conor’s Mildly Thrilling Tales
Jolly good time they had: trek from Lukla in 2004, lengthy diary.
- Khumbu trek (2002) Photo Gallery by Piotr Zycki at pbase.com
- Nepal - München Kathmandu (German)
The story of a two weeks trek through the Khumbu region to Mount Everest.
- Salpa / Arun to Everest Base Camp
Trip in 2000 to Everest Basecamp and Gyoko valley, starting in the Arun valley.
- The Trek: Everest part one.
Blogging the Everest Trek in 2008
- topicwise.com: Hiking: The Annapurnas, by Jill Lundmark
A month in Nepal ... Here is the trail journal with all the details of the journey, 2009.
- Trekking in Nepal Everest and Khumbu
Some pretty pictures here. And a story on an icy trek over Nangp La pass.
- Trekking in the Mt Everest Region -- November 1994
Picture gallery. Maybe you notice the change over so many years.
- Yak Horns and Suspension Bridges: Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya from Lukla to Kala Pattar
Trip report from 1998.
- [Népal] La route de l'Everest (French)
Diary of the trek; fine pictures.
Guides and maps
Lodging
Organisations
Tour operators
- Trekking Adventure in Nepal Himalayas
Find detail information of Trekking routes, trails on Mt. Everest Trek, Annapurna and Manaslu trekking with other popular non tourist hiking destination of Nepal
GPS
Other
Books

United Kingdom
2018
- Everest: A Trekker's Guide
- Guidebook to trekking in the Everest region of the Himalaya in Nepal, including Thame Valley, Lukla to Namche, Everest Base Camp from Namche and Gokyo (the Cho la and Phortse route), plus two routes in Tibet (the Rongbuk route and the Kharta Valley). Also describes the new Three Passes trek (Dingboche to Namche via Kongma La, Cho La, Renje La). Read more
- Also available from:
- The Book Depository, United Kingdom
- De Zwerver, Netherlands

United Kingdom
2018
- Everest: A Trekker's Guide
- Base Camp, Kala Patthar and other trekking routes in Nepal and Tibet Read more

Netherlands
2018
- Wandelgids Everest - A Trekker's Guide - Nepal | Cicerone
- Guidebook to trekking in the Everest region of the Himalaya in Nepal, including Thame Valley, Lukla to Namche, Everest Base Camp from Namche and Gokyo (the Cho la and Phortse route), plus two routes in Tibet (the Rongbuk route and the Kharta Valley). Also describes the new Three Passes trek (Dingboche to Namche via Kongma La, Cho La, Renje La). Read more

United Kingdom
- Dolpa
- Dolpa region in the Newgrove Consultants’ series covering the course of Great Himalaya Trail High Route at 1:100,000 on nine maps printed on light, waterproof and tear-resistant plastic paper. The map is double-sided, with a very generous overlap between the sides, and covers the GHT High Route between Nengla Bhanjyang in the Shey-Phoksundo... Read more

United Kingdom
- Annapurna and Mustang
- Annapurna and Mustang area in the Newgrove Consultants’ series covering the course of Great Himalaya Trail High Route at 1:100,000 on nine maps printed on light, waterproof and tear-resistant plastic paper. The map is double-sided, with a very generous overlap between the sides, and covers the GHT High Route between the Niwar Pass, across the... Read more

United Kingdom
- Ganesh Himal and Manaslu
- Ganesh Himal and Manaslu region in the Newgrove Consultants’ series covering the course of Great Himalaya Trail High Route at 1:100,000 on nine maps printed on light, waterproof and tear-resistant plastic paper. The map is double-sided, with a very generous overlap between the sides, and covers the High Route between the eastern boundary of the... Read more

United Kingdom
- Kanchenjunga
- Kanchenjunga region in the Newgrove Consultants’ series covering the course of Great Himalaya Trail High Route at 1:100,000 on nine maps printed on light, waterproof and tear-resistant plastic paper. The map is single-sided and covers the easternmost section of the High Route between the eastern edge of the Makalu Barun National Park and the... Read more
- Also available from:
- The Book Depository, United Kingdom

United Kingdom
- Seven Steps from Snowdon to Everest
- A Hill Walker's Journey to the Top of the World Read more

United Kingdom
- Humla
- Humla region in the Newgrove Consultants’ series covering the course of Great Himalaya Trail High Route at 1:100,000 on nine maps printed on light, waterproof and tear-resistant plastic paper. The map is double-sided, with a very generous overlap between the sides, and covers the westernmost section of the High Route between the Chinese border... Read more
- Also available from:
- The Book Depository, United Kingdom

United Kingdom
- Doofus Dad Does Everest Base Camp
- One of Planet Earth's Epic Adventures Told by a Slightly-Less-Than-Epic Guy Read more

United Kingdom
- Rara, Jumla and Mugu
- Rara, Jumla and Mugu region in the Newgrove Consultants’ series covering the course of Great Himalaya Trail High Route at 1:100,000 on nine maps printed on light, waterproof and tear-resistant plastic paper. The map is double-sided, with a very generous overlap between the sides, and covers the High Route between Malchham north of the Rara Lake... Read more
- Also available from:
- The Book Depository, United Kingdom

United Kingdom
- The Great Himalaya Trail N3
- The Rara, Jumla & Mugu Section Read more

United Kingdom
- The Girl Who Climbed Everest
- The Inspirational of Alyssa Azar, Australia's Youngest Adventurer Read more

United Kingdom
- The Girl Who Climbed Everest
- The Inspirational of Alyssa Azar, Australia's Youngest Adventurer Read more

United Kingdom
2009
- Trekking in the Everest Region
- Een groot aantal trekkings worden per etappe beschreven. Veel praktische informatie. Een uitstekende reisgids, kaarten zijn soms wat beperkt. Fully revised fifth edition of this practical guide with 60 detailed route maps covering not only the classic treks but also the wild routes: Everest expedition route Rolwaling Trekking from Lukla... Read more

United Kingdom
- The Girl Who Climbed Everest: The Inspirational Story Of AlyssaAzar, Australia's Youngest Adventurer
- The Inspirational Story of Alyssa Azar, Australia's Youngest Adventurer Read more
Maps

United Kingdom
- Island Peak - Mera Peak
- Two peaks of Nepal’s western Himalayas, Island Peak (Imja Tse) and Mera Peak, presented by Swiss publishers Climbing Map on separate contoured and GPS compatible panels at 1:25,000; plus drawings showing approach routes to each peak, plans of Lukla and Namche Bazar, an overview map of the Khumbu Himal region, etc.On one side the main panel is... Read more

United Kingdom
- Everest Base Camp - Gokyo - Three Passes Trek (50K)
- Everest Base Camp - Gokyo - Three Passes Trek map at 1:50,000 from Nepa Maps prominently highlighting the Three Passes Trek from Lukla and Namche along a section of the Everest Trek via Tengboche and Dingboche to the Thokla Pass, then westwards to the Cho (Chhugyuma) La Pass, Gokyo Lake and the Rejno La Pass, and southwards back to Namche via... Read more

United Kingdom
- Numbur Cheese Circuit
- Numbur Cheese Circuit at 1:100,000 in the Nepa Maps series which provides extensive coverage of trekking areas of Nepal on detailed contoured maps with trekking routes and hiking trails, huts and camp sites, local places of interest and other tourist information.The map covers the same area as the publishers’ “Jiri to Everest” title and has... Read more

United Kingdom
- Island Peak (Imja Tse)
- The trek from Namche to the base camp of the Island Peak (Imja Tse) with the climbing route to the peak itself annotated with views towards the surrounding mountains, presented by Nepa Maps at 1:40,000. The map also includes plans of Namche and Lukla highlighting accommodation and other facilities.Namche is in the south-western corner of the... Read more

United Kingdom
- Everest: Tenzing-Hillary Trek from Jiri to Everest Base Camp (50K)
- One of Nepal’s most popular trekking routes, from Juri to the Base Camp of Mount Everest, presented on a double-sided map at 1:50,000 from Nepa Maps. Now named after the two conquerors of Everest, the main trek is prominently marked on the map, along with the route from Namche Bazaar to Gokyo Lakes. Also highlighted are numerous other treks in... Read more

United Kingdom
- Mt Everest ITMB
- Mt Everest region at 1:100,000 from ITMB on a contoured map with tourist information but with somewhat unusual choice of colouring which makes the whole area appear more like a desert rather the highest mountain range covered in glaciers!Coverage extends from Lukla to beyond the North Base Camp on the Tibetan side. The map has contour lines at... Read more

United Kingdom
- Mt. Everest (Sagarmatha) - Hinku Himal
- Mount Everesr (Sagarmatha) - Hinku Himal, sheet no. 2786-04, in the topographic survey of Nepal at 1:50,000 published by the Nepali Government in the late 1990s and early 2000s and produced from remote sensing data by Finnish cartographers as part of that country’s international aid program. The maps cover 15’ x 15’ quadrangles.IMPORTANT –... Read more

United Kingdom
- Everest - Gokyo - Cho La - the Renjo Pass (60K)
- Everest – Gokyo - Cho La - Renjo Pass map at 1:60,000 from the Himalayan MapHouse, prominently highlighting the Three Passes Trek from Lukla and Namche along a section of the Everest Trek via Tengboche and Dingboche to the Thokla Pass, then westwards to the Cho (Chhugyuma) La Pass, Gokyo Lake and the Rejno La Pass, and southwards back to Namche... Read more

United Kingdom
- Everest Base Camp Adventure Map
- Everest Base Camp area at 1:50,000 approx. on indexed, light, waterproof and tear-resistant hiking map, with a plan of the Kathmandu/Patan area including an enlargement of the Thamel district, plus an overview map of the whole country.The map is part of a series covering Nepal’s four most popular trekking areas. The maps were prepared by the... Read more

United Kingdom
- Ama Dablam
- Mt. Everest area on a contoured and GPS-compatible map at 1:40,000 from Nepa Maps, designed to show trekking routes from Namche, Tengboche and Pangboche towards the Ama Dablam and Imja Tse (Island Peak) Base Camps, and the continuation climbing routes towards these two peaks, Lhotse and Lhotse Star.With Thamo and Namche Bazar in the... Read more

United Kingdom
- Everest: Jiri to Everest Base Camp
- Trekking route from Juri to Lukla and Namche Bazaar, and then on to the Everest Base Camp presented on a map at 1:100,000 from Nepa Maps. In addition to the main trekking route from Jiri to Mt Everest the map also highlights several other routes in the Khumbu region including treks to Gokyo Lakes, Island Peak (Imja Tse), Mera Peak, Amphu Labsta... Read more

United Kingdom
- Nepal: Newgrove Consultants Great Himalaya Trail High Route Series
- The Great Himalaya Trail (GHT) series of maps at 1:100,000 from Newgrove Consultants covering the course of GHT’s High Route on nine contoured maps printed on light, waterproof and tear-resistant plastic paper. The base map, derived from satellite imagery, has contours at 200m intervals enhanced by relief shading and colouring to show glaciers,... Read more

United Kingdom
- Nepal Reise Know-How
- Nepal on an indexed, waterproof and tear-resistant road map, ideal for locating the country`s numerous famous peaks, with topographic and tourist information, and enlargements for Kathmandu, Pokhara, and Chitwan regions, plus Bhaktapur. The map, published by Reise Know-How as part of their highly acclaimed World Mapping Project, is double-sided... Read more

United Kingdom
- Shorong - Hinku
- Shorong - Hinku region of Nepal at 1:50,000 on a waterproof and tear-resistant map in the famous Schneider series, revised in 2013 to include extensive tourist information for trekking routes in the area directly south of the Sagarmatha National Park. Centered on Lukla, coverage extends north to Namche Bazaar and south just beyond Kharikhola... Read more

United Kingdom
- Mera Peak
- Trekking route to the Mera peaks at 1:40,000 in the Nepa Maps series which provides extensive coverage of trekking areas of Nepal on detailed contoured maps with trekking routes and hiking trails, huts and camp sites, local places of interest and other tourist information.The map shows a section of the main Everest trek between Taksindu and... Read more
Walking holidays
Netherlands
- Nepal - Everest
- Sherpa-dorpjes, eeuwenoude Tibetaanse kloosters, de groene uitlopers van de Himalaya, en de ruige en imposante Gokyo vallei. Deze klassieke trektocht die de route volgt die Everest eerstbeklimmers Hillary en Norgay volgden, voert u over rustige paden met weinig andere toeristen. De rijke sherpa cultuur en de landschappelijk zeer fraaie omgeving... Read more
- Also available from:
- Snp Wandelreizen, Netherlands
- Snp Wandelreizen, Netherlands
Netherlands
- Nepal - Everest
- De hoogste bergen ter wereld, de rijke sherpa cultuur en de landschappelijk zeer fraaie omgeving zijn uitstekende redenen om je wandelvakantie te besteden aan het lopen van deze trektocht naar de Everest. Een geweldig avontuur van 17 dagen door het Solo-Khumbu gebied, eerst over de Everest Trail naar Kala Patar (5600m) en het Everest Basecamp.... Read more
Netherlands
- Nepal - Everest
- Als er één berg in Nepal is die tot de verbeelding spreekt, dan is dat toch wel de Mount Everest; de hoogste berg op aarde. En dat is niet ten onrechte want het spectaculaire gebied rond deze ‘berg der bergen’, met zijn rijke Sherpa cultuur, staat garant voor een weergaloze trektocht. Eerst over de Everest Trail naar Kala Patar (5600m) en het... Read more