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Nepal: Island Peak Trek
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Overview
- 23 total days with 19 days hiking, including strenuous hiking to 20,000 feet (ice axes and crampons required)
- This follows the Everest Base Camp trek for the first 9 days and last 4 days.
- Lodging is in local tea houses.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive Kathmandu, transfer and overnight hotel
Day 2: Day tour in Kathmandu, overnight hotel
Day 3: Fly Kathmandu to Lukla (2800m), trek to Phakding (2550m)
The flight to Lukla is a lifetime experience in itself. Meet with your sirdar and the rest of the crew. You will need to identify your luggage which is made into loads. While you have lunch, your crew will load these on the animals or get it ready for your team of porters. After lunch, trek for few hours along the Dudh Kosi river to the village of Phakding.
Day 4:Trek Phakding to Namche Bazaar (3445m)
After breakfast in the morning, you walk north up the Dudh Kosi valley with gentle ups and downs up to the Benkar village where one can see a beautiful stone carved prayer wall. Then the trail follows forest interspersed with magnificent rhododendron trees and old growth. The trail gradually ascends up to the village of Jorsale with an army check point and the entry to the Sagarmatha National Park. The trail climbs up slowly to the confluence of Bhote Kosi and Dudh Kosi. Crossing the bridge, the trail continues to climb until Namche Bazaar. Situated in the lap of Khumbu Himal range, the Sherpa capital is the home of the legendary Sherpas renowned the world over for their incredible climbing skills.
Day 5: Acclimatization day in Namche Bazaar (3445m)
You can spend the day either in rest at Namche enjoying the incredible scenery and getting used to the altitude. Or, if you are the adventurous type, you could explore the surrounding area. After breakfast, you may take a side trip onto a ridge and to the Everest View Hotel offering some of the best views of the high Himalayas including Mount Everest, Lhotse, Lhotse Shar, Ama Dablam, and Thamserku. Or you could visit the Thame Monastery, and then trek to the serene Sherpa villages of Khunde (3890 m) and Khumjung (3790 m) where Sir Edmund Hillary established his first school and hospital.
Day 6: Namche Bazaar to Tengboche (3867m)
The incredible view of Thamserku and Amadablam is your constant companion as you ascend to Tengboche. The trail follows a steady path and steadily descend to the Imja khola. We stop for lunch at Phunki Tanga where there are series of water driven prayer wheels. After lunch, we make a steady and slow climb to Tengboche. The monastery here is a cultural and religious landmark. Set against the backdrop of the majestic that will linger on forever.
Day 7: Tengboche to Pheriche (4350m)
Day 8: Acclimatization day in Pheriche (4350m)
Day 9: Pheriche to Loboche (4930m)
Day 10: Loboche to Kala Patthar (5545m) to Loboche (4930m)
Day 11: Loboche to Everest Base Camp (5364m) to Loboche (4930m)
Day 12: Loboche to Dingboche (4410m)
Day 13: Dingboche to Chhukung Valley (4730m)
Day 14: Chukkung to Island Peak Base Camp (5200m)
Trek along the Imja Khola to Pareshaya Gyab, a pleasant site by a small lake with fine views of the Lhotse Glacier and Nuptse-Lhotse wall. You will reach the Base Camp of Imja Tse (Island Peak) today. Once the camp has been set up, you will be free to get your climbing gear in order and get organized for your ascent of the peak tomorrow, if the weather permits.
Day 15: Island Peak BC to High Camp (5700m)
If the weather permits, you will begin your climb today. The climb will take you to High Camp on a col at 5,700 m.
Day 16: High Camp to Summit (6189m) to Chukkung (4730m)
The climb starts early in the morning. Just below the summit, there is a steep climb and great care and caution must be exercised while scaling the wall to emerge on the ridge leading to the summit. After the summit, descend to the Base Camp and Chukkung.
Day 17: Chukkung to Dingboche (4446m)
Retrace your way back to Dingboche along Imja Khola. A most beautiful walk leads you to the camp ground amid the rhododendron forests of Thyangboche. A visit to the monastery is a must. The singular beauty of Ama Dablam standing isolated from all other mountains provide a spectacular backdrop and constant reminders of the height of Himalayan peaks.
Day 18: Trek Dingboche to Tengboche (3867m)
Day 19: Trek Tengboche to Namche Bazaar (3445m)
Day 20: Namche Bazaar to Lukla (2800m)
Day 21: Fly back to Kathmandu
Day 22: Free day in Kathmandu, overnight hotel
Day 23: Depart
Pricing
| Group Size | Tea Houses |
| 2 - 5 people: | $1880 |
| 6 - 9 people: | $1650 |
| 10 - 12 people: | $1500 |
| Single Supplement: | $135 |
| Local Payment: | $220 |
Tea House Trek Includes:
- 4 nights twin sharing accomodation in tourist class hotel with breakfast in Kathmandu
- 18 nights twin sharing accomodation in simple lodges with breakfast during trek
- Sirdar during trek
- Necessary Sherpas during trek
- National Park Fees for Sagarmatha National Park
- Necessary porters during trek
- Porter and support staff insurance
- 4 nights in Hotel Manaslu in Kathmandu on twin sharing and B/B basis
- All internatinal and domestic arrival and departure transfers
- 1 full day sightseeing in Kathmandu with cultural guide and transfer.
Local Payment:
- Local payment includes the airfare (Kathmandu-Lukla-Kathmandu), local transfers and park fees where applicable. Local payment must be made on the day of your arrival in cash or traveler's check.
Cost Excludes:
- Lunch and dinner throughout the program
- Sleeping bags
- Beverages and alcoholic drinks including bottled water
- Nepalese visa
- Costs incurred due to unforeseen circumstances like landslides, political unrest, cancellation of flights, flood, rain etc
- Airfare Kathmandu - Lukla - Kathmandu
- City and monument entrance fees while sightseeing in Kathmandu
- Excess baggage cost for domestic flight (baggage allowance is 15 kgs per person).
- Tips and personal natured expenses, laundry, medical kits, rescue evacuation and personal travel insurance of the clients
Note:
- Trip leader will be provided for groups of four person and above.
- Budget US$ 12-15 per day for lunch and dinner in Kathmandu and on treks.