On this day, you’ll do sightseeing of cultural world heritage sites in Kathmandu valley. You’ll visit the pilgrimage sites of Hindus temple Pashupatinath and the world biggest Boudhanath Stupa. You’ll also visit Swayambhunath stupa known as monkey temple. After exploring these places you’ll visit historical and culturally rich Kathmandu Durbar Square. In the evening, you’ll have time for trek preparation.

Your adventure begins at Kathmandu International Airport with your 45 minutes of scenic flight to Lukla. After resting for some time, you’ll start your trek passing via several Sherpa villages. En route you’ll pass several suspension bridges decorated with colorful prayer flags. After 3 to 4 hours of walk, you’ll reach Phakding (2,652 m), a dense settlement of Sherpa people for an overnight stay.

On this day, you’ll continue your trek to Namche Bazaar (3,440 m) through a bank of the Dudh Koshi River. You’ll cross it over small suspension bridge twice before reaching Monjo village, the main entrance of the Sagarmatha National Park.
Further, the trail gradually descends towards the suspension bridge over the Bhote Koshi river and you’ll reach Jorsalle village. This is the last village till Namche Bazaar. You’ll cross the high Tenzing-Hilary suspension bridge. On the way, you’ll get a jaw-dropping view of Mt. Everest next to Nuptse-Lhotse ridge. After walking for 3 hours through beautiful pine forests you’ll finally reach Namche Bazaar.

On this day, you’ll take a rest day in order to acclimatize to the high-altitude. You’ll hike to a nearby viewpoint to enjoy the spectacular views of Mt. Everest, Ama Dablam, Lhotse, Thamserku, and other surrounding peaks. You’ll explore Khumjung valley and visit the Hillary school and Khunde hospital. Remaining of the day, you can explore Namche Bazaar visit Sherpa Museum.

On this day, you’ll trek from Namche Bazaar to Thame village which will take around 4-5 hours. Thame village lies at 3,880 m on the way to old trade route to Tibet via Nangpa La Pass. Enroute you’ll enjoy the mountain views, waterfalls, and picturesque villages.

On this day, leaving behind Thame village you’ll enter into the absolute wilderness near towards Tibet border of Nangpa La, where most of the Tibetans enters Nepal to trade. After 3-4 hours walk, you’ll reach Mingbo (3,990 m), a small herder’s village for overnight stay.

On this day, you’ll leave Mingbo after having breakfast. You’ll continue your trek towards Marlung through winding trail. Enjoying the surrounding views of high barren hills and snow-capped peaks you’ll reach Marlung at 4,200 m of altitude. It’ll take around 5 hours to reach Marlung.

On this day, you’ll continue your walk on the grassy meadow with the great views of distant mountains and valleys. After 5-6 hours of walk, you’ll reach Sumna (4,900 m) small yak herders. This place is small and beautiful yak herder’s temporary settlement. You’ll spend a night at Sumna.

On this day, you’ll walk towards near Renjo with breathtaking scenery. After 6 hours of walk, you’ll reach a small summer pasture at Chulung (4,380 m) for the overnight stay.

On this day, you’ll walk almost 5 hours before reaching Renjo Pokhari at an altitude of 4,600 m. Although this is a shorter day compare to other trekking days it will be a bit tiring as you’ll ascend most of the day with occasional descends.

On this day, you’ll cross one of the first passes of the Everest trek. After trekking for the 4 hours you’ll reach the top of the pass, Renjola at an altitude of 5,345 m. From the top, you can see the astonishing view of Mt. Cho Oyu. It is the sixth highest mountain in the world. After enjoying the view you’ll go down to the other side to Gokyo for the overnight stay.

On this day, you’ll go for an early morning Gokyo Ri hike. It is one of the major highlights of the Three Passes of Everest Trek. It lies at an altitude of 5,357 m and offers a fabulous 180-degree mountain view of the Everest region including Mt. Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, Gyachung Kang, and Taweche. It will take around a couple of hours to reach the top via steep trail. You’ll again come back the same way and continue your trek towards Thagnag (4,830 m) for an overnight stay.

On this day, early in the morning, you’ll start your trek towards Dzong La (4,850 m) which will take around 5-6 hours. At first, you’ll climb on a steep trail and then trail descends to the bottom of the Chola. After that, the trail leads you via the rock toward the top which is also steep climbing. Cho La Pass lies at an altitude of 5,400 m and at the top, there are some Buddhist prayer flags. After enjoying the great mountain views from the top you’ll return back to Dzongla for an overnight stay.

On this day, early in the morning, you’ll start your trek with an easy downhill walk for a while. After a few up and downhill trek, you’ll reach Lobuche for an overnight stay. It’ll take around 4-5 hours to reach Lobuche village which lies at 4,930 m of altitude. It is a beautiful settlement of stone house sitting in the middle of the icy wilderness.

On this day, you’ll trek via the trail that leads towards more wildernesses away from the main trekking trail. The trail follows the upper moraine and will take you towards the Khumbu Glacier. Walking on a zig-zag path is totally challenging and adventure as well. Further, you’ll ascend steadily towards the other side of the glacier nearby the Nuptse wall. After 4-5 hours of slow walk, you’ll reach the base of Kongma La at 5,200 m.

On this day, you’ll trek towards the top of the Kongma La Pass (5,335 m). It is the highest point of the trek. It is also less crowded trail as it is one of the challenging passes of Nepal. After crossing the pass, you’ll descend to Bibre for overnight camp. Bibre is also the junction where the path from Dingboche and Chukung meet. After 5-6 hours of challenging walk, you’ll reach Bibre for overnight camp.

On this day, you’ll start your trek from Bibre to Dingboche, (4,350 m). After one hour of walk, you’ll reach Chukkung village. You’ll walk through the Imja Khola valley on glacier moraines with towering mountains on both side; Mt. Lhotse on your right and Mt. Ama Dablam on your right. The views are just breathtaking! After 2-3 hours of a pleasant walk, you’ll reach beautiful Sherpa settlement Dingboche for an overnight stay.

On this day, you’ll trek through the main Everest path where you can witness many trekkers, yaks, and villagers. This scenic walk takes you through the village of Pangboche. Further, after a few hours of a pleasant walk through the pine and rhododendron forests, you’ll reach Deoboche. After 40 minutes of an uphill climb, you’ll reach Tengboche village.
Tengboche village hosts the largest monasteries of the Everest region i.e, Tengboche Monastery. After this, you’ll gradually descend towards Kyangjungma (3,600 m) for the overnight stay.

On this day, you’ll cross a couple of villages. You will leave Kyangjunma village to head towards Namche Bazaar. Following the downhill path, from Namche Bazaar you’ll reach Monjo (2,860 m) for an overnight stay.

On this day, after early morning breakfast, you’ll trek back to Lukla. You’ll trek via the forests of rhododendron and pine until you reach the Sherpa village. Once you reach Lukla you can relax and celebrate the success of your adventurous Three Passes of Everest Trek.

On this day, you’ll take an early morning flight to Kathmandu. Upon your arrival at Kathmandu International Airport, our guide will drop you at the respective hotel. You’ll have enough time to relax and in the evening you can explore Thamel and purchase some souvenirs to take back home.

Our friendly representative will drop you off at Tribhuwan International airport 3 hours before the scheduled flight. We are sure that you will be inspired to visit Nepal again after this trek. We hope that you choose us to plan your next trip to Nepal.