Everest Base Camp Trek- 14 Days

Transports used on Everest Base Camp Trek: We at Outfitter Nepal will provide private vehicles for the airport transfers and sightseeing tour in Kathmandu and flight from Kathmandu to Lukla and return.

Electricity and battery charges on trek: There are electricity available in some of the villages on our Everest base camp trek where you can re- charges your camera batteries and there is solar power in some villages we trek through and you can recharges your batteries in those places as well if they have enough power and we suggest you to have spare batteries as well and you will have to pay some for recharging batteries.

Meals and drinks on Everest base camp trek:  There are both option on our Everest Base Camp trek whether you want to take normal package without meal on trek or take the meal included package, whether you take the meal package or without meal,  the meal are taken in lodges; we will have breakfast and dinner at the lodge where we stay overnights and our will guide will choose and stop for lunch on available place every day on trek and we recommend you to bring water purification pills since you will have normal water for free, then you can have the normal water and use the medicine and drink however you have options of buying bottled water or boiled water in every places as well.

Luggage/Bag pack on Everest Base Camp Trek: Your main luggage will be carried by porters on trek and you simply carry a day pack with water bottle, camera, sun-screen, spare jacket, and etc, during the trek, as small loads allows you for full enjoyment of the trek. A trek bag is ideal for your main luggage, plus a small lockable bag for travel clothes or anything that you do not need during trek which you can leave at hotel’s locker room/safe deposit box in Kathmandu for free of charge. Weight allowance at Nepal’s domestic airlines is 15 Kg including your hand bag; excess weight is chargeable at USD 1 or more which is extra on our tour cost.

Guide/Porter on Trek: We provide trained trekking guide (handles the logistics and guides you and your team on the trek) and porters, A porter for each 2 trekkers and a porter carry about 20 Kg (10 Kg from each trekkers) and if there are more than 10 people in the group then we will provide you additional guide for the group.

Group Size, guide and crew member:  We organize Everest base camp for single people to maximum 16 people at once or even if you have more than 16 people then we can split the group in to two or more groups (according to the number of trekkers) however you all can walk together and stay at same guest house and there are only different guide, and there are 1 guide up to 10 people and 2 guide for 11-14 people and a porter for each 2 trekkers.

Join a fixed date group trek or private departure: The Everest Base camp is available on both fixed departure and private basis, If you are looking for a group to join then please check our fixed departures dates and ask for availability or if you would like to travel independently, or with your friends, families & colleagues then you are invited to choose any date at your convenient timeframe for any number of people.

Personal expenses on Trek: Personal expenses depend largely on your habit and if you choose the meal included package on our base camp trek, then you only need money for table drinks (alcoholic/non alcoholic beverages), snacks while walking (some smaller shops are available along the trail in the areas), tips, souvenirs, hot shower (available in some places), and meals ( A meal cost 5-7USD in Kathmandu) for your Kathmandu stay, entrance fees ( approx: 25USD) while your tour in Kathmandu, if you do not drink alcohol and sopping then 12-15USD per day should be enough for the hot drinks, shower and snacks on trek and Tips are appreciated by your support team after the trek. The amount depends on your budget and appreciation of their work. As a suggestion, we advise you to allocate 10 - 15% of the total tour cost as tips to the staff and you can do this if you feel the services have been good and if you are choosing without meal package then you will need another 400-500USD for the meals on top of the above mentioned expenses.

Gears available in Kathmandu: It's not necessary to spend a lot of money buying equipment for the Everest Base Camp Trek in your country as Majority of these gears can be bought at reasonable rates in Kathmandu.

A typical day on Trek: Each morning on our Everest Base Camp Trek, after packing your bags and having hot breakfast at lodge, you set off on the day’s walk/hike/trek and after walking for 3-4 hours, you will stop for lunch at around midday. The afternoon’s walk is generally shorter and usually arrives at destination in time for afternoon tea. The remainder of the afternoon can be spent exploring the village, doing a bit of washing or simply relaxing with a good book. On some days you will arrive at our destination by lunchtime and the entire afternoon will be free then after dinner, the evening will often be spent playing cards and reliving the day’s adventures, before retiring for a well-earned sleep.

Our meeting in Kathmandu: You should to pass your International flight details to us once you confirm and book Everest Base Camp Trek with us for a “meeting and greeting” service at the airport on your arrival, once you pass through the Customs and come out of the Terminal building where you will see someone standing with a placard with either ‘Outfitter Nepal’ or your name written on paper then our airport representative or tour officer will greet you and transfer you to the hotel or if you have not booked your Kathmandu hotels with us and you have done it yourself and have just booked the trekking part then you should pass your hotel in Kathmandu, we fixed the date and time to meet through e mail when we communicate while booking trek.

Itinerary and Changes on it: we have 14 days itinerary for the Everest Base Camp Trek that includes your arrival and departure days but you may need at least 1 or 2 days extra because of the weather situation of the Lukla however if you do not want our accommodation in Kathmandu and want to book your hotel yourself in Kathmandu and just want to take our trek part then we arrange the trek on that way as well on your request, do let us know your inquiry then we will communicate and finalize the cost and itinerary that you required and The given itinerary for the Everest base camp trek should be taken as a guideline only. Depending on the prevailing situation, you can modify it to some extent after consulting with your guide while you are on trek as well, however, the date of trek completion should always coincide with the original itinerary where many unforeseen events may contribute to the need for a change in itinerary, In such cases, we or our guide will suggest the best alternative similar to your original program.

Insurance/Rescue/Evacuation: In case of a serious sickness or a casualty while you are on Everest base camp trek (which we believe will not happen), we will do everything to transfer you to the nearest hospital to save your life (this has happened to us few times) and you are entirely liable for all the expenses incurred in evacuation/rescue, so, please make sure that these expenses are covered by your insurance policy before assigning for the trek or be prepared to pay on your own after getting back to Kathmandu. Ensure that you’ve insured yourself before doing the trip, Common sense dictates this, it’s good for you and please visit Nepal Travel insurance page for more info about it.

Trip Extensions: In addition of Everest base camp trek, we organize extensions both within Nepal and other neighboring countries like Bhutan and Tibet of you have time and want us to arrange your extensions tours, you may do water rafting or a jungle safari, Pokhara tour or Lumbini Tour  in Nepal or Bhutan or Tibet tour.

Flight Delay in Kathmandu and Lukla: The Twin Otter Plane only the mode of transport to and from Lukla on this tour, Sometimes, flights to and from Lukla may be cancelled due to mountain weather conditions as the weather in mountain is really unpredictable so, we have kept one extra day in the end of the tour on our tour itinerary to use in the case of flight delay or cancel to or from Lukla so, if the flights cancel for 2 or more days, we will charter a helicopter to ensure you are on scheduled flight to your home or other destination. The cost of this extra service is payable directly to our office in Kathmandu if you have to use this service in US cash, or credit cards (Visa Cards, Master Cards only) then we will give you receipt of the payment from which you can claim the amount from your insurance and The minimum cost will be US$500 and maximum US$2500 depending on the number of people.

Transports used on Everest Base Camp Trek: We at Outfitter Nepal will provide private vehicles for the airport transfers and sightseeing tour in Kathmandu and flight from Kathmandu to Lukla and return.

Electricity and battery charges on trek: There are electricity available in some of the villages on our Everest base camp trek where you can re- charges your camera batteries and there is solar power in some villages we trek through and you can recharges your batteries in those places as well if they have enough power and we suggest you to have spare batteries as well and you will have to pay some for recharging batteries.

Meals and drinks on Everest base camp trek:  There are both option on our Everest Base Camp trek whether you want to take normal package without meal on trek or take the meal included package, whether you take the meal package or without meal,  the meal are taken in lodges; we will have breakfast and dinner at the lodge where we stay overnights and our will guide will choose and stop for lunch on available place every day on trek and we recommend you to bring water purification pills since you will have normal water for free, then you can have the normal water and use the medicine and drink however you have options of buying bottled water or boiled water in every places as well.

Luggage/Bag pack on Everest Base Camp Trek: Your main luggage will be carried by porters on trek and you simply carry a day pack with water bottle, camera, sun-screen, spare jacket, and etc, during the trek, as small loads allows you for full enjoyment of the trek. A trek bag is ideal for your main luggage, plus a small lockable bag for travel clothes or anything that you do not need during trek which you can leave at hotel’s locker room/safe deposit box in Kathmandu for free of charge. Weight allowance at Nepal’s domestic airlines is 15 Kg including your hand bag; excess weight is chargeable at USD 1 or more which is extra on our tour cost.

Guide/Porter on Trek: We provide trained trekking guide (handles the logistics and guides you and your team on the trek) and porters, A porter for each 2 trekkers and a porter carry about 20 Kg (10 Kg from each trekkers) and if there are more than 10 people in the group then we will provide you additional guide for the group.

Group Size, guide and crew member:  We organize Everest base camp for single people to maximum 16 people at once or even if you have more than 16 people then we can split the group in to two or more groups (according to the number of trekkers) however you all can walk together and stay at same guest house and there are only different guide, and there are 1 guide up to 10 people and 2 guide for 11-14 people and a porter for each 2 trekkers.

Join a fixed date group trek or private departure: The Everest Base camp is available on both fixed departure and private basis, If you are looking for a group to join then please check our fixed departures dates and ask for availability or if you would like to travel independently, or with your friends, families & colleagues then you are invited to choose any date at your convenient timeframe for any number of people.

Personal expenses on Trek: Personal expenses depend largely on your habit and if you choose the meal included package on our base camp trek, then you only need money for table drinks (alcoholic/non alcoholic beverages), snacks while walking (some smaller shops are available along the trail in the areas), tips, souvenirs, hot shower (available in some places), and meals ( A meal cost 5-7USD in Kathmandu) for your Kathmandu stay, entrance fees ( approx: 25USD) while your tour in Kathmandu, if you do not drink alcohol and sopping then 12-15USD per day should be enough for the hot drinks, shower and snacks on trek and Tips are appreciated by your support team after the trek. The amount depends on your budget and appreciation of their work. As a suggestion, we advise you to allocate 10 - 15% of the total tour cost as tips to the staff and you can do this if you feel the services have been good and if you are choosing without meal package then you will need another 400-500USD for the meals on top of the above mentioned expenses.

Gears available in Kathmandu: It's not necessary to spend a lot of money buying equipment for the Everest Base Camp Trek in your country as Majority of these gears can be bought at reasonable rates in Kathmandu.

A typical day on Trek: Each morning on our Everest Base Camp Trek, after packing your bags and having hot breakfast at lodge, you set off on the day’s walk/hike/trek and after walking for 3-4 hours, you will stop for lunch at around midday. The afternoon’s walk is generally shorter and usually arrives at destination in time for afternoon tea. The remainder of the afternoon can be spent exploring the village, doing a bit of washing or simply relaxing with a good book. On some days you will arrive at our destination by lunchtime and the entire afternoon will be free then after dinner, the evening will often be spent playing cards and reliving the day’s adventures, before retiring for a well-earned sleep.

Our meeting in Kathmandu: You should to pass your International flight details to us once you confirm and book Everest Base Camp Trek with us for a “meeting and greeting” service at the airport on your arrival, once you pass through the Customs and come out of the Terminal building where you will see someone standing with a placard with either ‘Outfitter Nepal’ or your name written on paper then our airport representative or tour officer will greet you and transfer you to the hotel or if you have not booked your Kathmandu hotels with us and you have done it yourself and have just booked the trekking part then you should pass your hotel in Kathmandu, we fixed the date and time to meet through e mail when we communicate while booking trek.

Itinerary and Changes on it: we have 14 days itinerary for the Everest Base Camp Trek that includes your arrival and departure days but you may need at least 1 or 2 days extra because of the weather situation of the Lukla however if you do not want our accommodation in Kathmandu and want to book your hotel yourself in Kathmandu and just want to take our trek part then we arrange the trek on that way as well on your request, do let us know your inquiry then we will communicate and finalize the cost and itinerary that you required and The given itinerary for the Everest base camp trek should be taken as a guideline only. Depending on the prevailing situation, you can modify it to some extent after consulting with your guide while you are on trek as well, however, the date of trek completion should always coincide with the original itinerary where many unforeseen events may contribute to the need for a change in itinerary, In such cases, we or our guide will suggest the best alternative similar to your original program.

Insurance/Rescue/Evacuation: In case of a serious sickness or a casualty while you are on Everest base camp trek (which we believe will not happen), we will do everything to transfer you to the nearest hospital to save your life (this has happened to us few times) and you are entirely liable for all the expenses incurred in evacuation/rescue, so, please make sure that these expenses are covered by your insurance policy before assigning for the trek or be prepared to pay on your own after getting back to Kathmandu. Ensure that you’ve insured yourself before doing the trip, Common sense dictates this, it’s good for you and please visit Nepal Travel insurance page for more info about it.

Trip Extensions: In addition of Everest base camp trek, we organize extensions both within Nepal and other neighboring countries like Bhutan and Tibet of you have time and want us to arrange your extensions tours, you may do water rafting or a jungle safari, Pokhara tour or Lumbini Tour  in Nepal or Bhutan or Tibet tour.

Flight Delay in Kathmandu and Lukla: The Twin Otter Plane only the mode of transport to and from Lukla on this tour, Sometimes, flights to and from Lukla may be cancelled due to mountain weather conditions as the weather in mountain is really unpredictable so, we have kept one extra day in the end of the tour on our tour itinerary to use in the case of flight delay or cancel to or from Lukla so, if the flights cancel for 2 or more days, we will charter a helicopter to ensure you are on scheduled flight to your home or other destination. The cost of this extra service is payable directly to our office in Kathmandu if you have to use this service in US cash, or credit cards (Visa Cards, Master Cards only) then we will give you receipt of the payment from which you can claim the amount from your insurance and The minimum cost will be US$500 and maximum US$2500 depending on the number of people.