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F6015 EVEREST BASE CAMP & GOKYO LAKE via CHOLA PASS 18D17N TREKKING
Group 1 : 5/11/2023 - 22/11/2023 (Open Booking)
***Booking Dealine : 60 days from departure date
Welcome to Everest Base Camp Trek, a journey takes you at the Base of Top of the World Mount Everest an Altitude of 5360 m and offers you an Experience of Lifetime.
Hiking to Everest Base camp is amalgamation of high altitude topographical experience and people’s cultural understanding. Too many of superlative activities do make it an exciting prospect of finding the inner self of your traveling desires. From adventure to creation of momentous events EBC trek tops all. The entire trek covers 132 Kilometers from Lukla to Lukla.
Highlight of those mighty Snow Mountain along the trek for our journey to Everest Base Camp :
Ø Mount Everest 8848m
Ø Mount Lhotse 8516m
Ø Mount Nuptse 7861m
Ø Mount Ama Dablam 6812m
Ø Mount Lobuche 6119m
Ø Mount Taboche 6495m
Ø Mount Cholatse 6440m
Ø Mount Thamserku 6608m
Ø Mount Pumori 7161m
Ø Mount Changtse 7580m
Distance : 132km
Difficulty : 7/10
Duration : 14D TREKKING + 1D ARRIVAL + 1D DEPARTURE + 2D CITY
Type of Event : Mountain Trekking + Nepal Cultural & Leisure trip
Group Size : Min 10, Max 18
Meetup : Kathmandu
End Point : Kathmandu
Toilet & Bathroom : Yes
(Mountain Lodge, Hot shower available on own expanses)
Wifi : Yes
(limited speed internet available in Mountain Lodge on own expenses)
DAY 16 Lukla - Kathmandu
Lunch - (own expense)
Dinner - (own expense)
DAY 17 Kathmandu
Lunch - (own expense)
Dinner - (own expense)
DAY 18 FLY BACK KL
Lunch - (own expense)
Dinner - (own expense)
6 Meals cost around RM130
Trekking Equipment - 3 Hiking clothes, 2 Hiking pants, Hiking shoe, Cap, Glove, Warm jacket (MUST), Rain jacket, 3 sets City leisure tour Spare clothes, Small backpack 15-25L, Luggage or Duffel bag or Big backpack
Accessories - Trekking poles, Headlamp, Slipper (optional), Power bank, wiser (if any), Toiletries, spare battery, Power bank, Tissue
Snack and Water - Water 1-3L (provided during trekking), Snack, Raisin, Nuts, Candy, Energy bar/gel, etc..
Medicine - Personal medicine, Antihistamine
Gas and Stove, Simple First-aid kits
2 person share 1 porter with total carry weight 15kg
This activity requires high level of physical fitness. Participant must have the fitness and stamina to ascent 1200m and above, or at least complete hiking distance of 15km in day hike. We do not accept registration from people suffering from infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, severe respiratory diseases, mental illness, severe anemia, patients recovering from surgery, pregnant women, and people with severe high blood pressure. This event is only open to those aged 16-70.
This event is planned and executed by Nova Adventure. Before registering for the event, please be sure to read, understand, evaluate, and agree to all terms and conditions.
Payment terms
1. A non-refundable deposit of RM1500 is payable to secure booking. Balance fee RM5560 to be collected upon booking deadline or when the event is fully booked.
** Deposit is refundable subjected to below conditions:
a. Event cancellation by Nova Adventure due to insufficient number of participants
b. Event cancellation by Nova Adventure due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control. (Example: due to pandemic/ natural disaster/ war/ etc)
c. Event cancellation by Nova Adventure due to fail to secure permit or accommodation at event destination.(Example: Mount Kinabalu Panalaban Hostel/ hiking permit/ etc)
Full event fee must be paid upfront before event departure. Once an event has closed booking by stated deadline or fully booked, Nova Adventure will notified participant in our event group for balance collection. Failure to make payment in 14 Days after Nova Adventure issued balance collection notification, the booking will be automatically canceled, and security deposit forfeited.
2. Upon full payment, in the circumstances of pending approval of hiking permit from Local Forestry/Authority Department, refund is allowed, 20% admin fees, permit fees and permit application service charge will be deducted and balance will be refunded to participant. However, transfer to other events under Nova Adventure OR same event on different departure date NO admin fee will be deducted.
3. Cost differentiate for switching between event, in the circumstances of pending approval of Hiking Permit from Local Forestry/Authority Department :
a. if original event fee less than new event fee, participant need to top up the differentiate cost
b. If the new event fee less than the origin event fee, the differentiate of fee will be refunded
4. Upon full payment and confirmation of hiking permit from Local Forestry/Authority Department , refund or transfer to other Nova Adventure event apply as below.
a. More than 10 days prior event start date, refund or transfer is allowed. Guide fee, permit fee, permit application service charge, 20% administration fee and related fees will be deducted from total payment and balance will be refunded
b. Less than 10 days prior event start date, refund or transfer will not be entertained.
5. Upon confirmation of Hiking Permit or any other trekker card or entrance ticket, name change only allow 21 days prior event departure date, EXCEPT Mount Irau via Mossy Forest trek and Mount Kinabalu, name change NOT ALLOW at all time due to terms and conditions set by authority party.
7. Cancellation of participation due to personal reason ,such as serious illness, injury, operation, and etc before commencement of event, formal documents and prove must be attached for refund purpose, all incurred cost will be deducted, and imposed 20% of admin fees and service charge, balance will be refunded to participant.
8. Payment make using credit card, when refund happen, another 4% of the total payment will be deducted for finance service charge.
9. 100% charge will be applied for No Show registration.
10. After commence of event, no refund in part or in full will be given for services included in the booking and not utilized by the participant.
11. Event Tentative may subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances beyond Nova Adventure’s control. Every effort will be made to carry out event as planned, but alterations in accommodation arrangement (if any), event tentative, date, may occur when deem necessary.
12. Participant need to self-purchase travel insurance prior event started. Nova Adventure cannot be held responsible for any losses as a result of you being inadequately insured OR without insurance.
13. Nova Adventure reserves the rights to update or modify our events and payment term contents and clauses in terms and conditions without prior notice, you are advise to check and keep tab of changes by browsing Novaplanet.club website regularly.
14. Last minutes cancellation of event due to weather factor like raining and etc, payment is NOT refundable, but new date for same event will be given. If participant can not make it on the given date, participant allow to transfer to other event under SAME GUIDE.
All Participant MUST sign a copy of disclaimer form before start of hiking. IF anyone fail to sign the disclaimer form, please do inform us earlier and consider you retrive from participate in this event and partial payment after deducted guide fee, permit fee, permit application service charge, 20% administration fee and related fees, balance will be refunded.
- Arrival in Kathmandu airport (TIA), transfer to hotel
- Walking round Thamel area, sightseeing and gears top up
- Meet Guide during welcome dinner, trip briefing, Q&A session
- Go back hotel packing and get ready your backpack, those items need to keep in Kathmandu hotel pack separately and secure it with padlock
- Bring along Passport and all valuable belongings while on trek, DO NOT keep in baggage that leave in Kathmandu hotel
- Rest earlier, tomorrow gonna to be long day on trek
- Wake up early morning (TBA)
- Get your backpack and baggage ready and bring it to reception
- Breakfast and check out
- Transfer to Ramecchap airport (30-45 minutes drive )
- Check in flight and take flight to Lukla (30-45 minutes flight time)
- Arrive Lukla, meet and greet by Guide and porter
- Luggage to porter
- Short rest at Lukla Mountain Lodge
- To start trekking to Phakding where we stay tonight
- Arrive Phakding, check in mountain lodge
- Bring your water bottle to Dining hall for hot water refill and take order for your dinner in advance, dinner take time to be prepared.
- After that, you may start to wash up and unpack your backpack
- Dinner serve normally 1-1.5 hours after we take order, take note and take care of your time and be in dinning hall in time
- Order your breakfast for tomorrow after dinner
- Follow by tomorrow schedule briefing and reminder
- Free n easy
- Rest early
- Wake up (TBA) and get ready your backpack
- Breakfast at dining hall
- Check out and get ready at dining hall
- Start trekking of the day
- Check in Sagamartha National Park check post to get Entrance ticket
- Interesting point of today : long suspension bridge (Larpchen Bridge) and first glimpse of Mount Everest
- Lunch at tea house along the trail
- Arrive Namche Bazaar & check in mountain lodge
- Bring your water bottle to Dining hall for hot water refill and take order for your dinner in advance, dinner take time to be prepared.
- After that, you may start to wash up and unpack your backpack
- Walk around Namche Bazaar - The biggest town in Khumbu region, shop for all necessity
- Dinner (TBA)
- Order your breakfast for tomorrow after dinner
- Follow by tomorrow schedule briefing and reminder
- Free n easy
- Rest early
- Acclimatization is very key thing to do while doing high altitude trekking
- Wake up (TBA) and get ready your backpack
- Breakfast at dining hall
- Gather and get ready at dining hall
- Start trekking of the day
- We will hike towards Everest View Hotel after having breakfast. From balcony of this hotel you have panoramic view of mountains like Amadablam, Thamserku, Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Tabuche and others
- On the way back visit Khumjung village, you will find an ancient monastery that has a scalp of Yeti and the first school in Khumbu region established by Sir Edmund Hillary.
- Lunch at tea house along the trail
- Back to Namche Bazaar and walk around Namche Bazaar
- Dinner (TBA)
- Order your breakfast for tomorrow after dinner
- Follow by tomorrow schedule briefing and reminder
- Free n easy
- Rest early
- Everest will be at far distant and you will crave to reach there on this day. The journey consists of flat, downhill and uphill walking. Take a walk around monastery in evening before chilling out at dining hall of tea house.
- Watch the sunrise and sunset from here and observe the spectacular beauty of the nature.
- ArriveTengboche, check in mountain lodge
- Bring your water bottle to Dining hall for hot water refill and take order for your dinner in advance, dinner take time to be prepared.
- After that, you may start to wash up and unpack your backpack
- Dinner serve normally 1-1.5 hours after we take order, take note and take care of your time and be in dinning hall in time
- Order your breakfast for tomorrow after dinner
- Follow by tomorrow schedule briefing and reminder
- Free n easy
- Rest early
- Wake up (TBA) and get ready your backpack
- Breakfast at dining hall
- Gather and get ready at dining hall
- Start trekking of the day
- The day will be picturesque because of rivers, forests and hilly landscape having mountains on background.
- Arrive Dingboche, check in mountain lodge
- Bring your water bottle to Dining hall for hot water refill and take order for your dinner in advance, dinner take time to be prepared.
- After that, you may start to wash up and unpack your backpack
- Dinner serve normally 1-1.5 hours after we take order, take note and take care of your time and be in dinning hall in time
- Order your breakfast for tomorrow after dinner
- Follow by tomorrow schedule briefing and reminder
- Free n easy
- Rest early
- Wake up (TBA) and get ready your backpack
- Breakfast at dining hall
- Gather and get ready at dining hall
- Start trekking of the day
- As part of acclimatization before ascending higher that 4400 m height we hike to Chhukung Valley for lunch. We will come back to our tea house and relax. You can stroll around the village as it is the last large village on this route. Over Night Dingboche
- Back to Dingboche
- Bring your water bottle to Dining hall for hot water refill and take order for your dinner in advance, dinner take time to be prepared.
- After that, you may start to wash up and unpack your backpack
- Dinner serve normally 1-1.5 hours after we take order, take note and take care of your time and be in dinning hall in time
- Order your breakfast for tomorrow after dinner
- Follow by tomorrow schedule briefing and reminder
- Free n easy
- Rest early
- Wake up (TBA) and get ready your backpack
- Breakfast at dining hall
- Gather and get ready at dining hall
- Start trekking of the day
- The most memorable portion of this day’s trekking would be the Everest Memorial in Thukla Pass and sight of Pumori, Lobuche, Cholatse and other mountains.
- Arrive Lobuche, check in mountain lodge
- Bring your water bottle to Dining hall for hot water refill and take order for your dinner in advance, dinner take time to be prepared.
- After that, you may start to wash up and unpack your backpack
- Dinner serve normally 1-1.5 hours after we take order, take note and take care of your time and be in dinning hall in time
- Order your breakfast for tomorrow after dinner
- Follow by tomorrow schedule briefing and reminder
- Free n easy
- Rest early
- Wake up (TBA) and get ready your backpack
- Breakfast at dining hall
- Gather and get ready at dining hall
- Start trekking of the day
- After climbing the Lobuche Pass we will have to walk through the moraine. The trail is rugged and rocky which requires careful walking. Once you have reached the Gorakshep we will keep our baggage and have lunch. After lunch we set out to reach Everest Base Camp (EBC).
- 1.5hours walk to EBC from Gorakshep
- Back to Gorakshep tea house
- Bring your water bottle to Dining hall for hot water refill and take order for your dinner in advance, dinner take time to be prepared.
- After that, you may start to wash up and unpack your backpack
- Dinner serve normally 1-1.5 hours after we take order, take note and take care of your time and be in dinning hall in time
- Order your breakfast for tomorrow after dinner
- Follow by tomorrow schedule briefing and reminder
- Free n easy
- Rest early
- Early in the morning we will climb the Kalapathar before sunrise
- Back to Gorakshep for breakfast
- Breakfast at dining hall
- Gather and get ready at dining hall
- Start trekking of the day
- long and tired walk today
- Stop by Lobuche for early lunch
- Arrive Dzongla, check in mountain lodge
- Bring your water bottle to Dining hall for hot water refill and take order for your dinner in advance, dinner take time to be prepared.
- After that, you may start to wash up and unpack your backpack
- Dinner serve normally 1-1.5 hours after we take order, take note and take care of your time and be in dinning hall in time
- Order your breakfast for tomorrow after dinner
- Follow by tomorrow schedule briefing and reminder
- Free n easy
- Rest early
- Wake up early
- Early and simple breakfast
- 2 eggs for each person for trek meal
- Gather and get ready at dining hall
- Start trekking of the day
- Steep and dangerous climb to Chola pass, Cliff and loose stone area, must not shout and need to be extra careful for every step.
- At top of the pass, there is a glacier trek. It may not technically hard but physically challenging, be prepared and walk carefully.
- Take a short rest at Chola Pass top, then start steep descent to Thangnak
- Late lunch at Thangnak
- Bring your water bottle to Dining hall for hot water refill and take order for your dinner in advance, dinner take time to be prepared.
- After that, you may start to wash up and unpack your backpack
- Dinner serve normally 1-1.5 hours after we take order, take note and take care of your time and be in dinning hall in time
- Order your breakfast for tomorrow after dinner
- Follow by tomorrow schedule briefing and reminder
- Free n easy
- Rest early
- Wake up early
- Early and simple breakfast
- Gather and get ready at dining hall
- Start trekking of the day
-The mighty Cho Oyo(8,188m) the sixth highest peak of the world can be viewed from the way.
- Hike along the Nzogumpa Galcier the longest in Nepal.
- Expected to arrive Gokyo lake just after lunch hour.
- Lunch at Gokyo lake mountain house
- Bring your water bottle to Dining hall for hot water refill and take order for your dinner in advance, dinner take time to be prepared.
- After that, you may start to wash up and unpack your backpack
- Dinner serve normally 1-1.5 hours after we take order, take note and take care of your time and be in dinning hall in time
- Order your breakfast for tomorrow after dinner
- Follow by tomorrow schedule briefing and reminder
- Free n easy
- Rest early
- After early hike to Gokyo Ri, back to Gokyo lake for breakfast.
- Breakfast
- Gather and get ready at dining hall
- Start trekking of the day
- 5-6 hours journey from Gokyo lake to Machhermo
- Arrive Machhermo, check in mountain lodge
- Bring your water bottle to Dining hall for hot water refill and take order for your dinner in advance, dinner take time to be prepared.
- After that, you may start to wash up and unpack your backpack
- Dinner serve normally 1-1.5 hours after we take order, take note and take care of your time and be in dinning hall in time
- Order your breakfast for tomorrow after dinner
- Follow by tomorrow schedule briefing and reminder
- Free n easy
- Rest early
- Wake up (TBA) and get ready your backpack
- Breakfast at dining hall
- Gather and get ready at dining hall
- Start trekking of the day
- Lunch alongside the trail
- Arrive Namche Bazaar in evening, check in mountain lodge
- Bring your water bottle to Dining hall for hot water refill and take order for your dinner in advance, dinner take time to be prepared.
- After that, you may start to wash up and unpack your backpack
- Dinner serve normally 1-1.5 hours after we take order, take note and take care of your time and be in dinning hall in time
- Order your breakfast for tomorrow after dinner
- Follow by tomorrow schedule briefing and reminder
- Free n easy
- Rest early
- Wake up (TBA) and get ready your backpack
- Breakfast at dining hall
- Gather and get ready at dining hall
- Start trekking of the day
- Lunch alongside the trail
- All the way downhill and a bit climbing
- Arrive Lukla in evening, check in mountain lodge
- Bring your water bottle to Dining hall for hot water refill and take order for your dinner in advance, dinner take time to be prepared.
- After that, you may start to wash up and unpack your backpack
- Dinner serve normally 1-1.5 hours after we take order, take note and take care of your time and be in dinning hall in time
- Order your breakfast for tomorrow after dinner
- Follow by tomorrow schedule briefing and reminder
- Celebration time together with guides and porters
- Tipping distribution
- Free n easy
- Rest early
- Wake up early morning
- Get breakfast and prepare
- Gather at dining hall
- Move to Lukla airport
- Check in Flight
- Time to say Goodbye to all guides and porters
- Flight back to Kathmandu
- Ramechhap airport pickup and transfer to Thamel area Hotel
- Check in hotel
- We suggest to do sightseeing trip to some of Nepal most attractive cultural places like Big Bouddha, Monkey temple and etc or you may choose to do just chill out in Thamel area.
- Congratulatory Dinner with guide and certificate distribution
- Free and easy
- Rest
- As standby day, if everything go accordingly to schedule, today will be sightseeing day around Kathmandu heritage sites, like Bhaktapur or Patan or Thamel durbar square.
- Dinner together
- Free and easy
- Packing and get ready for tomorrow for fly back to KL
- Breakfast
- walk around Thamel area to buy souvenir
- Hunt for good food
- Check out Hotel
- Since our flight is in the evening
- Visit to Big Bouddha and have tea time at Big Bouddha square
- Transfer to airport
- Check in
- Fly back to Malaysia
End Of Journey