About This Tour
Trek to the base camp of the world’s highest peak gives you a delightful experience of breathtaking sceneries of Himalayan, the unique culture of legendary Sherpa people, and various flora and fauna, pack up now and get ready for the wonderful trekking experience of a lifetime. Obviously, EBC trek is one of the most stunning trekking ventures on the planet; it has been the ultimate goal for all adventurous enthusiasts. The Everest Base Camp Trek is a legendary and classical trek amongst the most delightful trekking ventures. Actually, it is ‘ A giant of Giants’ amongst the most popular treks in Nepal. It is likewise socially alluring. Together with the magnificence of the Himalayas, the trek is really an excursion of a lifetime! Prepare to drench yourself in ponder of the Everest Himalayas. Experience the Khumbu's numerous glorious highlights. Experience stunning mountain valleys and delight in the district's striking trademarks. Similarly, you can watch the amazing Sherpa Culture.
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What's Included
Private transportation
Experienced ART's government-licensed, English-speaking local guide covering meals, flight, etc.
Water purification tablets to purify your water during the trek for safe drinking water
Air-conditioned vehicle
Meals on a full-board basis (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner, the main course)
Domestic Flight from Kathamndu/Manthali- Lukla and return
Everest national park Fees and TIMS card (Trekking Information Management System)
All the accommodation at trekking lodges during the trek
What's Not Included
Visa fee
Gratuities
International flight
Travel Insurance
Nepal entry visa.
Extra accommodation and meals before and after the trek
shopping, hot and cold drinks, hot shower, hard and soft alcohols, snacks, hot and cold water, Wi-Fi
Additional Information
Public transportation options are available nearby
Specialized infant seats are available
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
A Typical Day On The Trek
Every morning during the trek, you will be greeted by our guide or porter with wake up tea at about 6 am in the morning and after being a bit fresh and you will have to take some time to pack your bag then time for the breakfast,
normally the breakfast serve around 7 am. After having our breakfast, the walking will begin but take 5 minutes time for the stretching and warm up before you start, you should expect to walk for 45 minutes to 1 hour and rest for 3-4 minutes along the way. Our walk will be around 2-3 hours to the lunch camp.
during the trek is usually held around 12- 1 pm with 40-minute duration, the lunch will be typically taken from the menu which will serve as fast as possible with the cup of tea or coffee.
Usually, our walk is about 2-3 hours after the lunch, as we arrive at our camp (Trekking lodge) than we might take some rest before we go to dinner and but our guide and porter will be glad to serve the cup of tea in your room while resting and we alert that for our dinner order before 5 pm and set up our own preferable time to have the dinner together with team members.
The termination of the day our trekking guide encourages you to visit the local Sherpa settlements to know more about their culture and lifestyle in the Himalayas region while preparing our meals or you may like the shower or reading the book.
Every day our trekking will be nicely pleasured by rewarding Himalayas mountain views and it's landscape, exploring the mountain villages and taking the captivating photos and video of untouchable mountains.
Every day, after the dinner our guide will be briefing about the program the next day.
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Physical Condition And Experience Requirements
Everest Base Camp Trek is an exciting moderate trekking destination for all the adventure travelers who have the ability to hike around 3-5 hours a day in the breathtaking Himalaya region of Everest.
The Everest Base Camp Trek is not a technical trek, it is possible to trek with a basic level of fitness, a good training plan prior to your Everest Base Camp trip will make that much more enjoyable and it doesn’t require any climbing skills. We have seen many different ages of travelers are completing this trek like old, young, overweight and underweight and they all are very much appreciated about the journey, as a non-technical trek that does not require crampons, walking poles, oxygen cylinders, ropes, and technical equipment. But our company will be provided the warm down jackets and sleeping bags if you do not have your own. A normal EBC trek is accessible to most trekkers who have some genus of fitness level and decent drive with a lot of stamina to last two weeks on the cold weather in the mountain.
if you could convenience yourself to take some normal pre-training courses like daily physical exercises, jogging, running, climb the staircase and walking down, cycling, swimming and hitting gym etc that would be greatly helped to accomplish the journey easier.
Accommodation during the Trek
t services on the selection in Kathmandu and all Accommodations are provided on the twin-sharing basis. The single supplement will be served if you are a single traveler. Accommodations during the trek in the mountains, basically you will be staying at basic trekking lodges where you will have a nice and clean room with the warm blankets, pillows, and comfortable matrices ( matrices size cannot be very thick size but still comfortable). All the facilities during the Everest base camp trek are not as same as Kathmandu but still very pleasant and suitable. Do not expect everything is the high level of standards in the mountain. Alpine Ramble Treks would be glad to ensure the attached bathroom in every possible place even on Everest region in advance booking, in some places; you have to compromise in sharing a bathroom at high altitudes area because there is no room with attached bath have being built at this elevations area.
High standers Hotels in Kathmandu like 4-5 stars will be provided on your request with the extra cost basis
Passport and Visa
All clients must have a valid passport with
least 6 months prior validity from return date Nepalese visas can be obtained from the immigration office or Consulate in your country or arrival in Kathmandu Airport.
Last minute booking
Concerning your desirable interested for any trip with us we even accept the last minute booking. You can book a trip directly by calling or sending a message anytime. But eventually, Last minute booking may not acceptable for Bhutan and Tibet trip.
Meals
The Everest base camp trek is well-established trekking route of Nepal Himalayas where you can get the numerous trekking lodges along the way in the whole journey and basic meals are available in the trekking lodge on this route. The meals are served by our company as per our inclusive way which is included on this Everest Base Camp trek program. Basically, the foods are provided in the same tea house where you stay overnight and there are no outside foods is allowed according to the rule and regulations of the local community but you can simply take the normal snacks, water and drinking stuffs from outside as you wish which are allowed. In order to complete the 12 Days Everest base camp, the food is one of the most important factors that you really need it to hike in the Himalayas. The meal in this trek is very convenient and fresh except meat items, usually, we take our breakfast and dinner at the same lodge where we stay and for the lunch, our trekking guide will be chosen every day at the best place possible along the way,
Food during the trek, you will have full options to select your preferred meals items from the menu which are provided by the local tea houses, the Menu offers verities of ethnic cuisines foods as well as western styles meals including Sherpa stew, Fresh vegetable items, Rara noodles, different soups, handmade bread items, rice items, spaghetti, pizza, eggs, potatoes items, Apple pie, Dal Bhat and various of drinking like Black tea, lemon tea, Hot chocolates, Ginger tea, Milk coffee/tea, green tea, black coffee, Lemon ginger tea are available on menu in this trek. The meals are quite surprising on this trek then other trekking routes Like Annapurna and Langtang regions of Nepal, all are selected items from the menu of the lodge will be fresh, hygienic and tasty. Some places, there are non-veg item meals are available however we do not recommend to take these meat items in the Everest region as they are not hygienic and healthy during the trek. The fresh and healthy meals during the trek like Dal Bhat, Vegetable items and soups items ( Garlic soup, potato soup, onion soup with the food, ) are recommended which are prepared by the local supplement and do not store as a long period of time to serve it.
The water is available everywhere during EBC trek which cost around 2-3 dollars per liter of botels or you can also use the normal tap water for free but water purification pills are required to filter. And we would like you to take a separate proper bottle for hot water reason because cold water cannot be fit every time in the high altitude area and it’s too cold.
Extra personal expenses on trekking
During the trek, all the food are included (Lunch, Breakfast, and Dinner with hot drinks) which will be provided by the company, behind the schedule of our package the meals and accommodations in Kathmandu will have to be arranged by yourself.
Possible Flight Delay in Kathmandu and Lukla:
Recommended pieces of equipment lists for trekkingHead
Sun hat
Warm hat and scarf
Headlight
Face
Sunscreen +40
Sunglass
Face wipes and towels
List for Hands
Lightweight gloves
And warm Globes
Body clothing
Down or fiber-filled jacket (the company will be provided in rent)
Down or fiber-filled jacket (the company will be provided in rent)
2 pairs of hiking t-shirts, preferably quick drying, possibly thermal tops for the treks
Fleece jacket and sweaters
Poncho and rain jacket
Socks, preferably cotton –mix
Lightweight cotton trekking pants with folding option
Lists of Footwear
The proper Trekking Boots
socks preferably cotton sports socks but take some extra pairs
crampon (optional)
Essential gear
Day Backpack above the 30 L
Pack covers and Thermal bottle
Water peals
Umbrella
Walking pole if you need it
Thick Sleeping bag
Deodorant
Laundry soap
Antibacterial Gel
Toiletries
toothbrush
Shampoo
Personal accessories
Camera
Cell Phone
Money wallet with Money
Padlocks
Plastic bag
Watch
Sewing kit
Extra p photos and passport photocopies
First aid Kit
Diamox (acetazolamide)
Lozenges
Elastic bandages
Moleskin
Cotton bandages and band-aids
Lancing needle
Antibiotic eye-drops
Thermometer
Sling
Paracetamol
Antiseptic antibacterial cream or solution
Painkillers
Anti-emetic for nausea (not at high altitude)
Loperamide to control diarrhea
Norfloxacin or Cipro to cure diarrhea, other infections
Oral rehydration salts
12 days Everest Base Camp trek in Everest region; your trek will be escorted by our well trained and experienced certified guide and porter to make your journey the best and comfortable, our years of experiences guide will assist you in every possible way to make your trip worthy and memorable. We also provide one porter to carry your luggage, one porter for 2 trekkers and basically, your luggage should not surpass heavier than 18 kegs. We never overload our porters; we respect them equally and respect everyone’s work as a human being, porters can be provided for each of you if required. Especially, our guides and porters are from the mountains area, we believe in their hard work and dedication, All our crew are very much passionate and hard working persons as well as honest which greatly admired by our thousands of previous clients and appreciated our hard work, this is why, we have now a really good relationship with our previous clients as a good friendship, they would always like to come back and work again with us. However, Our team always ensure that our clients are happy and satisfy with our team and our presentation As we strongly believe that only happy person make his/her client happy so this is the way that our ART family has been believing in since its establishment.
Responsible for Tourism
Our experience field staffs/team strongly believes that we all are equally responsible to act in favor of the local culture and environment. We would like to follow the important role following the rules.
please respect the local people and their laws, custom and their beliefs
please always ask your guides for permission before doing something in the local community.
please support the keep environment clean, wherever you would travel and dispose of rubbish
please help the local community to encourage positive sides of tourism as long as possible.
Best Time To Travel
The best time to travel in Everest region, during the dry season (Autumn), which runs from the mid of September to May and pre-monsoon season (Spring) March to May, these months are the absolute time and favorable months for trekking in Nepal Himalayas and Everest region, offers crystal clear view of fresh snowy mountains with the nice temperature and nights are quite cold normally temperature drops to the negative during the nights.
Similarly, we also provide private vehicles for the Kathmandu valley sightseeing and a small tour of Cities areas.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
✓ Free cancellation due to bad weather
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