Upon arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport, you will be welcomed by a beautiful garland of seasonal flowers at the gate of the International Arrival Terminal. With the final counting and loading of luggage into the vehicle, you will transfer to the hotel and check in.
After welcome refreshments, there will be a short briefing with the Infusion Trip Adventure Representative. You will get general information and orientation about the tour or trek. Then you have free time in Kathmandu. You can explore the city.

In the evening – welcome dinner and traditional show in an authentic Nepali restaurant in Kathmandu. You will enjoy your dinner with different types of dances.

After breakfast, proceed for a half-day sightseeing tour of UNESCO’s World Heritage Site, including Pashupatinath Temple and Bhaktapur Durbar Square.

After the sightseeing tour, start to drive to Mulkot for about 4 hours via BP Highway to about 132 Km. Upon arrival at Mulkot, check into the resort and get refreshments with swimming.

Early morning, drive to Manthali Airport for about one and a half hours. And check in at the airline’s counter and board the flight of Lukla. This 20-minute flight provides a magnificent view of the massif Himalayan Ranges in the north. Upon arrival at Tenzing-Hillary Airport, Lukla, meet the trekking support team, assistant guide & porters.
Before commencing the trek, stop at a nearby lodge for hot tea/coffee and light snacks. Then start to trek to Phakding for about 3 hours by exploring the charming town of Lukla with hotels and shops lining both sides of the traditional cobbled street. Just at the end of town, there is a check post where we need to get the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality Permit and Sagarmatha National Park Permit Fee. The trail is downhill and easy to walk and passes through beautiful human settlements of Chheplung, Thadokoshi, and Ghat, and ultimately descends to Phakding (2,610m).

Breakfast at the teahouse. Packing and preparations for a trekking day.

With the rule of 6-7-8, we will have breakfast at 7 am and start to walk at 8 am towards Namche Bazar. This day, most of the trekkers find it a little bit difficult as we will gain 830m of elevation within 6 hours. For the first half, the trail is easy following the river bank. At Monjo, we will stop at the check post to check the permits and enter Sagaramatha National Park and descend to Jorsalle where we will stop for Lunch.
Leave the main village and follow the trail on the left bank of the Dudhkoshi River.
Walking for 30 minutes more, we will reach Hillary Bridge from where we will walk uphill. Near halfway, we will get a chance to see Mt. Everest (8,848.86m), Lhotse (8,516m), Taboche, Kusum Kanguru (6,339m), Thamserku, and many other peaks. After climbing for 3 hours we will reach Namche Bazar.
This prosperous town is the largest in Khumbu. Mt. Thamserku (6,648m) and Kwangde Ri (6,624m) loom along the east and west of the village. The sacred mountain Khumbila (5,707m) dominates the skyline along the west.

On this day we will explore Namche in the morning time. Before leaving Namche Bazar, we will visit Sherpa Cultural Museum, Mount Everest Documentation Center, Sagarmatha National Park Museum and Tenzing Norgay Memorial.
Then we will continue to walk towards Everest View Hotel. En route, we will stop at Shyangboche Airstrip (3,775m) to visit Sagarmatha Next. At the Visitors Centre, you will find information about Sagarmatha National Park and the Khumbu region including History, Geography, Culture, Climbing & Trekking, Flora & Fauna, as well as the environmental challenges that we are facing and possible solutions. Then continue walking to Hotel Everest View (3,880m) and return to Namche Bazar.

Leaving Namche Bazaar, we take the northwest route via Namche Helipad to the village of Thame following the BhoteKoshi River. The trail passes through pine and rhododendron forests and the beautiful stupa of Thamo. There is a popular monastery in Thamo which is situated southeast of the Buddhist Stupa, Chorten, and northwest of the Furte Stupa.

After walking for 3 hours, we will reach Thame. It is the Sherpa Community and the birthplace of many Everest Summiteers, including Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the first person to climb Mt. Everest in 1953 with Sir Edmund Hillary). In the evening, we will visit Thame monastery which takes about 25 minutes.  

Theme Monastery was built 350 years ago into the steep, bluffed hillside above the Thengbo Khola. Thame Monastery was built at the same time as Kerok, Pangboche and Rimijung Gompas when three brothers migrated from Rolwaling and settled in Khumbu. Residing in this monastery is a reincarnate that came from the adjacent Rolwaling Valley. Thame Gompa holds the Mani Rimdu festival each year.

Over familiar terrain, water powered prayer wheels and prayer flags, trek to the village of Khumjung retracing the route via Thamo. Enroute to Khumjung,  stop at Khunde and explore

Khunde Hospital – Built in 1966 by Sir Edmund Hillary

Khunde Monastery

Khumjung and Khunde are two villages with rock walls dividing stony fields have beautiful landscape views on all the sides.

Then continue walk towards Khumjung villages and check into the lodges.

Khumjung is a small monastery village located, above the Namche Bazaar, at an elevation of 3,790 meters above the sea level and is near to the Mount Khumbila (5,761 meters). It is the traditional village along with another village Khunde. 

Time Permits, after some rest and refreshments, explore

Khumjung Hillary School – Khumjung School is a historic school which was built back in 1960 by one of the first Mount Everest climbers Sir Edmund Hilary.

Khumjung Monastery – Khumjung Monastery of Khumjung is located at an elevation of 12,400 feet, by the sacred peak of Khumbila. Khumjung Monastery is a historical monument built around 400 years back. It is the center of the Sherpa culture and religion. Yeti Scalp is kept at the monastery and we need to give donation to see it, but we can’t touch it. 

After Village, start our walk with superb view of Mt. Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Ama Dablam and a close-up view of Thamserku on the way to Phortse. The trail has a fe ups and downs while overlooking amazing views of the high Himalaya along the way. The trail goes gradually down upto Kayangjuma and reaches Sanasa. Further, the step walk takes us to the Mong La Pass (3,975m) with the spectacular views of Ama Dablam and Khumbila Mountains. After crossing Phortse Tanga River, trek up through Rhododendron forest and reaches Phortse Village. 

The trail to Pangboche is an easy day of traversing with views of Tengboche monastery just across the valley.

Pangboche is a traditional village, inhabited by Sherpa people, and home to one of the oldest monasteries in Nepal.

After breakfast, start trek to Kyangjuma via Tengboche Monastery. We will descend to cross a bridge over a terrifying gorge before making a short climb in forest to Tengboche – watch out for musk deer and pheasants in the woods along here. From Tengboche we descend to the river at Phungithanga and then make the final climb of the day up through pine forest to reach Kyanjuma

After breakfast, start the trek towards Namche by following the path around the eastern flanks of the hills. At the rear is the beautiful west face of the Thamserku (6,608m) and Kangtenga (6,685m). From Namche Bazaar head to the end of the village and then immediately start to descend to the river. The trail passes the beautiful villages of Jorsalle, Monjo, Chhumoa and other small human settlements and reaches Phakding.