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Island peak
Mountain System, country – Khumbu Himal, Sagarmatha, Nepal
Season – Spring, Autumn
Dates, duration – 16 days
Difficulty of the route – Challenging
Itinerary
Day 1: From Kathmandu, you enjoy an exciting flight to Lukla (2860m, 9384ft). Trek to Phakding. (2622m, 8603ft). Overnight in lodge.
Day 2: Trek to Namche Bazar (3340m, 10959ft). Sagarmatha National Park has its entrance here and you will have to show your permit. Namche Bazar is the largest village and the administrative center of the Khumbu region. Overnight in lodge.
Day 3: Trek to Khumjung (3790m, 12435ft), called the green valley. Visit the local Khumjung Gompa, the school, hike to Kunde and visit the hospital and the Gompa. Overnight in lodge.
Day 4: Trek to Tengboche Monastery (3837m, 12589ft). Reach the Dudh Kosi and the village of Phunki Tenga (3,321m, 10896ft) with its water-driven mills and prayer wheels. This is one of the most memorable sights anywhere in Nepal. Tengboche monastery is the site of the annual Mani Rimdu festival, held at Oct / Nov full moon. Overnight in lodge.
Day 5: Trek to Dingboche (4343m, 14249ft). Descend a steep trail through a damp rhododendron forest to the village of Deboche (3736m, 12258ft), which has a nunnery. Beyond Orsho there is a fork in the trail, take right and cross the small wooden bridge crossing the river. Overnight in lodge.
Day 6: Dingboche. Rest day for acclimatization. Visit the ridge with the monastery. Overnight in lodge.
Day 7: Trek to Lobuche (4915m, 16126ft). Leave Dingboche by the steep trail going straight to the shorten on top of the hill. From there a gentle slope goes to Tukla. Relax for 15 minutes near the tea houses and steep to the pass (4755m, 15601ft). Just after the pass are all the monuments from Sherpa and climbers who died on Mount Everest. Overnight in lodge.
Day 8: Visit Kala Patthar (5545m, 18193ft) and back to Lobuche. Hike to Gorak Shep. From Gorak Shep, it is about a 1 1/2 -hour steep climb to the top of Kala Pattar. Overnight in lodge.
Day 9: Trek to Chhukung (4730m – 15519ft). Overnight in lodge.
Day 10: Trek to Island Peak Base Camp (5087m – 16690ft). Overnight in tented camp.
Day 11: Trek to Island Peak High Camp (5600m – 18374ft). Overnight in tented camp.
Day 12: Summit Island Peak and return to Base Camp. Overnight in tented camp.
Day 13: Trek to Pangboche (3965m, 13009ft). Overnight in lodge.
Day 14: Trek to Namche Bazar. Overnight in lodge.
Day 15: Trek to Lukla. Overnight in lodge.
Day 16: Fly back to Kathmandu. Transfer to hotel.
Included
- Accommodation at local lodges with local food as per itinerary
- All inclusive full board tented trek with food, foam mattresses, sleeping tent, toilet tent
- Transportation from/to Kathmandu of all equipment, food, staff and porters
- Service of guide
- Service of porters while on trek (15kg personal equipment maximum per member)
- Local taxes, guide/porters insurance
- Domestic airport departure taxes
- Transfers hotel – domestic airport- hotel
Not included
- International flights
- Entry visa to Nepal
- Transfer Airport – Hotel – Airport
- International Airport Departure Tax
- Accommodation and food in Kathmandu
- Alcoholic beverages, bottled drinks, mineral water, laundry, postage, telephone calls, and all other expenses of personal nature.
- Personal travel, medical and rescue insurance.
- Personal high altitude climbing gear (boots, harness, jumar, crampons, ice axe, etc)
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