Short Everest Base Camp Trek

Normally there is no age limit of Everest Base Camp Short trekking we have past experience of 6 years old to 75 years old trekkers trekking to Everest Base Camp Short trekking. For family trekking, we request you not to join with other group members and we request you to take a few days extra then please feel free to ask us about your arrangement. We made clear your question regarding the trip prior to your confirmation.

According to our past experience, we have a lot of trekkers who did Everest base camp trek without any past experience of trekking and hiking. If your fitness level is normal you can complete the Everest base camp Short trek. Past trek and hike experience is the plus point of your trek for this time. Are the lady trekkers safe in the trek? Of course yes. We ensure full of travel safety in both for female and male travelers. We have a very good relationship with our guide staff and lodges. All our guides are very helpful and mindful with our guests.

MHTAE guide and pre-meeting request all the trekkers to keep slow and regular trekking instead of fast and stop trekking. We will not participate in any marathon in this trek so the main guide of the office stays with the slowest trekker during your Everest Base Camp trek in group trek. Slow trekking is the plus point of preventing acute mountain sickness. The difficulty of the trek Nepal trekking situated in higher elevation so it will a bit challenging for most visitors. Some training and good information are always helpful for this trekking. Normally it's moderate difficult trekking as compared to other trekking routes of Nepal. Trekking normally 5 to 7 hours in one day and around 10 to 15 kilometers in one day.

Normally we not suggest a very hard pre-training before the trek. But 1 month prior to the trek if you will do running or distance walking in your hometown it will very helpful. But please do not do a high level of fitness like Gym or other hard training it is not necessary for this trek. It is moderate hiking only because of the altitude it looks difficult. How I can pay my full cost of this tour? After you deposit for the trek advance from your hometown then you can send your scanning copy of your passport, Flight ticket copy, and passport-sized photo together for booking this trekking. We confirm your flight ticket, Permits, and hotel booking prior to your arrival time in Nepal. For the rest of the due amount we warmly request you to pay in cash after your arrival at the Kathmandu hotel before start the trekking.

The trek and the tour are higher altitude activities. We hardly request you to buy your travel insurance from your hometown. We will not suggest you buy an insurance policy with us or our recognized company. There are some risks in higher altitude trekking like Acute Mountain sickness, Leg injury, and other diseases. So please do not hesitate to buy your insurance. Before buy your insurance policy confirm with your agents higher altitude evacuation by helicopter include or not. In case of emergency, it must necessary so in higher elevation, there are no good hospitals. We always keep the priority on your health risk. So Buy Insurance policy covering 5555m altitude covering and emergency rescue evacuation.

Here is the trek packing List. Baselayers For Everest Base, Camp Trek base layer cloth is very important for higher elevation. In lower elevation like Lukla(2850m) Namche(3440m) they will not necessary in the high season of trekking. Please try to pack wicking moisture clothes and wool base layers. Insulation layer: The second layer of cloth also necessary depends on the season. We suggest a fleece jacket with a lightweight. Outer layer this is a warm layer used in the higher elevation of the trek because there the weather is very cold all season. A down jacket of negative 10 degrees will be recommended for all trekkers. Trekking Trousers: MHTAE Expert suggest you take 2* pair of hiking trousers and 1 pair of short stretched trousers for the trek Trekking shirt: We suggest 3 to 5 pairs of short and long shirt mix sets which are lightweight and fabric is better. Waterproof Jacket and trousers: please in your Short base camp packing list Rain and snow protection gear need to add. A waterproof good quality jacket. But the trousers normal is fine. Underwear At least 2 to 4 pieces of moisture-wicking underwear necessary for hiking. Sporty underwear is the best choice for this trekking. Headwear a good quality trekking hat or cap and a warm hat or beanie for cold wear will be recommended. Neck Gaiter A gaiter makes your face and neck warm in cold altitude and dusty places. A cheap quality gaiter also fine for any trekking. Gloves Light inner gloves and outer insulated gloves which must be waterproof and durable can be suggested by MHT for Everest Base Camp Short Lodge trekking. Footwear Another most important gear for the Everest base camp Short trek is footwear. Frostbite protection is our one goal for all trekkers. A pair of comfortable trekking boots that must be waterproof or Gore-Tex and good quality with a pair of warm quality socks will be necessary for Everest Base Camp Trek. For day hiking in lower elevation, you can use sports shoes. A sandal we will recommend you to bring for the teahouse stay period. Note: Be remember that do not bring very new shoes it makes the foot blister. So use it at least 1 week before trekking. Warm thermal socks. Gaiters, sandals, and hiking shoes are better if you add this to your packing list of the trek. Bags and Backpacks: A duffel bag or 50-70 liter backpack will be recommended for porters and a day backpack for your personal use in hiking 20-40 liter with rain cover we will suggest for the Everest Base Camp Trek packing list. Sleeping Bag a good quality sleeping bag around negative 10 to 20 degrees will be better for Everest Base Camp Short Trekking. We suggest you bring a sleeping bag liner if you have one. If you do not have we will give you a sleeping bag which you need to return to us after complete trekking. Ear Plugs to protecting the Snoring of your teammate or from another room trekker earplug is the good packing gear for Everest Base Camp. Trekking Poles Most of the trekkers who like to Everest base camp bring a trekking pole in their hike. So for your less stress please you can pack a pair of trekking pole for this trek. Sunglasses UV Protector Sunglass with the light-reduction in must necessary gear for Nepal all snow Himalaya Mountain trekking. Headlight every guesthouse they have a light but some higher elevation the power of light not enough. so at night they off all light. Mountain is a remote place for the toilet and other issues like a sunrise hike to Kalapatthar 5545 m you need to bring a headlight with an extra pair of good quality batteries you must bring in Everest Base Camp Trek. Hydration Bladder /water bottle: To protect your dehydration in Mission Himalaya The trek and prevention of AMS you need to drink water so, please add 2 water bottles one for cold water and another for hot water. or hydration bladder is easy to carry or drink cold water from your backpack. Towel Most of the teahouse in the Everest region does not provide a towel for trekkers so please for your personal use in the bathroom put 1 towel for your Everest base camp packing gear. Lock: For your belongings safety Mission, Himalaya Treks suggest you bring 2 locks - one for porter luggage and another for your backpack for your valuable goods, passport, and money. Waterproof Bag you can bring a waterproof bag or some plastic bag to save your valuables (camera mobile passport, documents) from the water like sweating or wet by rain. Camera a good quality camera with lots of memory cards and pairs of batteries will better bring for EBC trek for memory in the future. Or recall for other trekking with. You can show good pictures with your friends and relatives. Portable chargers everyplace anytime you cannot charge your battery. So please bring a portable charger for your personal use of mobile. Books Cards, Passport, Money Book and cards can be used for fun in your teahouse rest time except for your trekking period. Please bring enough cash and change in NPR local currency in Kathmandu before start trekking. Because trekking EBC is a remote place you cannot change USD at good exchange rates and there is no ATM in trekking places. Only Lukla ANDF Namche can find some ATM but it's not working much time. Insurance Trekking in a mountain or in a higher Elevation is a high risk. So buy a good insurance policy and bring a copy of it which covers at least 5600m and with emergency coverage of helicopter evacuation. Some Medications and Toiletries Some water purification tablets or drops will be recommended for your trek. Some isotonic powder and oral rehydration powder, Diamox, normal first-aid kit we suggest to add is your packing gear of Everest Base Camp Trek. Sun cream, Wipes, Toilet paper MHTAE suggests you bring some rolls of toilet paper, Sun cream SPF 50 or more, lip balm SPF 50 or more, and some wet wipes to add to your Everest base camp packing gear. Toothpaste and Toothbrush also add to your packing list. Blister plaster, Oximeter, and hand sanitizer Please note that if your oximeter shows your oxygen level less than 70% you can consult with your guide for your next day’s trekking or back immediately in the day from that altitude to lower altitude. Hand sanitizer you can use before eating breakfast lunch and dinner time. Blister in the in your feet blister comes you can use blister plaster.

Of course yes. We will free provide a rented down jacket and sleeping bag for this trek. But after a complete trek, you can return it back to our staff. If you have your own sleeping bag and down jacket do not hesitate to bring them. Only the trekkers who do not have we will provide our rented sleeping bag and down jacket. Please let our staff in trip meeting time about your clothing then we know you need.

Normally our trekking is organized trek with guide and porters. Day backpack you can carry by yourself but your hiking clothes and other teahouse clothes and goods carried by your porter. Your unnecessary luggage you can leave in Kathmandu and put your necessary gears and goods in a duffel bag or if you have your own hiking 60 to 80-liter backpack it will be good for porters. How will be the size of the day backpack for the Everest base camp Short trek? We suggest you bring a 30 to 40 liter maximum size day backpack where you can put your essentials day hiking things and some valuables.

Yes, Domestic flights from Kathmandu to Lukla and return have weight limits. 10 kgs of luggage and 5 hg hands luggage will be allowed freely on the flight. if you have more weight than this you need to pay US$1 per kg in flight. For porters also 20 to 25 kgs yours two-person backpack is suggested by our company and the Government of Nepal. Note: Passport Medications and valuables we will suggest you bring by yourself during the flight or in a trekking day backpack. Because some time flight luggage can be delayed due to overweight of tiny airstrip weight of peoples. They have a flight weight limit of airplanes too.

Of course yes. You can deposit your luggage in Kathmandu in a hotel free of cost before the trek. The things unnecessary for the trip can leave there. After deposit your luggage please take the deposit voucher. After finish your tour you can show it and back to the hotel.

Yes, our airport representative will wait for you at the arrival gate before your arrival time. After your procedure of visa, you can see him in front of the gate with your name card placid in a paper and he leaves 3 hours before departure in the airport departure hall.

Of course yes. After your plane landing please show your 6-month validity passport in the arrival hall visa procedure section. It takes a little time because of the small airport and many trekkers take online visas there. But the procedure is very easy to get a visa here. Please staying place name need to fill up in the visa form. So do not forget to ask us about your booking hotel name before the flight from your home town to Nepal.

This trip is short so we will book you the standard deluxe hotel accommodation during your stay in Kathmandu. The hotel can be Hotel Thamel Park or similar standard and located in the town center. How about the extra night

According to your trek confirmed itinerary and dates we will provide the hotels in Kathmandu. If you will stay more nights because of early arrival, late departure from trekking you need to pay yourself for an extra hotel in Kathmandu. A similar hotel costs US$ 30 per double room and US$ 25 per single room per night. If there is availability the rooms we will book for you and you can pay us or you can book yourself. In case the same hotel not available we will give you information about the hotel and costing after consult with you when is necessary or similar category accommodation nearby.

During our other trekking arrangements deluxe tea houses and lodges available during the trek in the mountain but this trek, we will provide a normal guesthouse in trekking. At the lower elevation of trekking, we will provide the best available lodges. We will provide inside toilet rooms were available at least 3 night in the mountain too.

Higher elevation hotels are limited. In high season many trekkers are trekking in Everest Base camp because it's the most popular trekking in the world. as per availability, we will provide twin-sharing accommodation during the trekking. In case if you will need a single supplement you need to pay US$ 10 extra for a guesthouse per night. Somewhere we will provide freely the extra single rooms. Note: Some teahouse cannot provide private room because of their availability and limitations. Even you have the ability to pay extra they will not provide a private room because other trekkers cannot find the bed also. He went out without rooms.

We provide trekkers all meals during the trekking but the drinks and water you need to buy by yourself. The Short options of water are to use your pills or chlorine drops in local water provided by lodges. Or you can buy your own water in teahouses or shops from US$ 1 to US$ 5 per liter depends on elevation and places.

MHTAE guide provides you the menu from your staying hotel and you can choose your own meal during the trekking. We will provide free hot drinks in trekking each meal with 1 cup. They have Nepali, Chinese, Indian and continental dishes. You have full the freedom to choose your meals from the menu. The food like Pizza, Noodles, Pasta, macaroni, Spaghetti, Rice, Eggs, Bread, Soups, Momo, Toasts. Traditional Nepali cuisine is very famous which includes the sets of rice, Vegetables, Lentils soup, Pickle, Curry, and crispy bread called papad. This food is popular because it's a buffet all over Nepal without pay extra add-on cost. Meals are hygienic and freshly prepared after you arrive at the guesthouse. Note: Meat in higher elevation is not very fresh so beware with meat items.

Yes, no doubt. You can charge your electric device in common places like the dining hall in the guesthouses. Only some places have to charge in your private rooms. You need to pay extra for your charging which can be US$ 1 to US$ 5 per hour per device or per full charging per device depends on the guesthouse or elevation. Note: 230 Volt c and d type of travel adapter useful in Nepal trekking and traveling. In case if you forget to bring you can buy this in Kathmandu for a couple of dollars.

Normally Nepal squat toilets popular in Nepal. Some teahouses provide trekkers western toilets. Some higher elevation the toilet is squat and outside sharing with many trekkers means not attached with your personal rooms.

Many of your time in the teahouse you can use toilets in teahouses. But during your trekking, you cannot find a toilet middle of the way. You can go toilet to see your privacy yourself outside in shadow or unseen places of trekkers.

Many lower elevation teahouses provide wifi in 3 to 5 us$ per 24 hours. You can buy a sim card in Kathmandu with a data package and use it during trekking but the signal is poor and strong depends on the places. You can use this phone for domestic and international calls too. In case some places your sim card not works properly you can use the guesthouse phone with paying the cost. Nowadays many teahouses provide the Everest Link wifi. If you buy US$ 30 for 20 GB or US$ 20 for 10 GB you can use almost all places during the trekking until your GB finished.

Of course yes. All the tea houses and hotels sell toilet paper in trekking. They do not provide toilet paper freely in the toilet. The cost of toilet paper starts from US$ 2 to US$ 5 in higher elevations. What kind of Shower facilities during my Everest Base Camp trek? Lower elevation teahouses have a hot shower either by solar or by Gas whereas higher elevation provides hot water in the bucket because of flowing water freezing. Normally they charge US$ 3 to 5 for a hot shower per person per shower.

Only some teahouses have laundry facilities during the trekking. During your acclimatization day in Namche and Dingboche we will suggest you do laundry but another day it is not good for laundry because sometimes the clothes cannot dry due to time and cold weather. After complete trekking, you can give all your clothes in Kathmandu for laundry. They have fast laundry and dry services.

The best way of traveling higher elevation is slowly ascended to a higher elevation and acclimatize after 3500m 1 day at the same altitude. After 1000m altitude gain you need to stay another night again for acclimatization. Otherwise, you might have acute mountain sickness. Our all the guide are highly experienced with Symptoms with AMS and another related mountain sickness. So they carry oximeter and Diamox in higher elevation trekking. Some trekkers can trek without acclimatization. If you have a limited time frame you can consult with us for a trek then you can fly back from Gorakshep to Kathmandu by helicopter. We can customize your trip according to your holiday and economic wants so please consult with Mission Himalaya Treks experts.

Our trekking leaders are experts to handle such problems. In case if you are unable to trek lower or higher elevation during your injury or AMS they will consult with your travel insurance agents and according to your policy, we will send a helicopter for emergency evacuation. If you are normal we will give you good advice with first aid treatments to reduce sickness and bring your nearby health post or HRA post.

Yes, we can tell it's safe according to our past trekking experience. But before eat your food please check if it's well cooking or not. Water needs to treat safely before drinking because our natural water has lots of minerals. We can digest it but trekkers cannot be. Do not eat uncooked vegetables in Kathmandu. During the trekking meat is not fresh so beware before you eat meat items.

Nepal Mountain is obviously cold no doubt. Depends on the season and timing the temperature a lot of changes. Trekking in higher elevation will much colder than lower elevation. Normally during the high season of trekking day time hike not very cold you can hike with normal light hiking gear but in tea, houses say at night it will very cold. The temperature falls until negative 20 degrees at Everest base camp. But depends on elevation the temperature is different. Trek to Everest Base Camp in the wintertime is Very cold so the temperature falls to negative 40 degrees in Everest Base Camp. To prepare your trekking gear please consult with us before your departure.

Due to weather anytime the Lukla flight delayed or canceled. If you have a buffer day you can make your trek flexible. But if you have no extra day you can decrease your acclimatization day or you need to fly back from Everest Base camp to Lukla or Kathmandu by helicopter with extra add-on cost. Sometimes the weather is bad but the chopper can fly to Lukla. For this flight, you need to pay an extra US$ 500 per person per way. So prepare your contingency add-on cost for this flight. If you have a buffer day you can back to Kathmandu hotel that day cost you can pay yourself in hotel lodging and food. The flight can be rescheduled for the next day without extra addon cost in flight. Sometimes the airlines change the flight from Kathmandu to Lukla to Ramechap to Lukla in that case we will provide you free transport from Kathmandu to Manthali Ramechap on a sharing basis. And Vice versa when you back after complete your trekking from Lukla to Kathmandu or Lukla to Ramechap and drive to Kathmandu.

Tips not mandatory but are expecting in Nepal. The guide and porter tips are not included in the tour fees. The tip is the appreciation of your treks. During the staff's hard work and their effort for your happy holiday, we generally suggest you tip them. They think they succeed to complete your trek organize happily.

Except for the tour fee, your extra money depends on the things that you buy. For yourself drinks personal expenses we will suggest you bring US$ 20 per day. For extra spending, you can consult with our expert from Mission Himalaya Treks Prior to The trek and they will give you a Hint of the Money you spent. Roughly you can manage after our advice.

For group tour joining we no charge you extra cost but on your dates, if you like to private trek you can consult with us for a solo trekking itinerary with Quotation.

Normally we have a free postponed policy prior to 3 months of booking. But Cancellation of booking after paying deposit are as follows: Before 90 days, a full refund of the deposit. Less than 21 days, no fund of the deposit. Between 90-21 days, only 50% of the deposit can be refunded. Can I get a refund if I unable to succeed to complete my whole trek? Normally the cost you cannot get a refund if you are unable to trek by yourself because we need to pay our guide and porter fully after we committed the trip. So the tour fee is not refunded.

Of course yes if you will book your private trek with us but in group joining it will be not possible. If you have your private group tour you can consult with our company and guide then probably you can add extra days in your trek. You can consult with us after you confirmed we will try to choose your best solution.

We can organize the tour or short trekking quickly too. There are many options like Pokhara sightseeing, Chitwan Jungle Safari, Paragliding, Bungy jumping, Rafting Kathmandu tour, Lumbini tour. So you can easily extend your holiday after consulting our MHTAEExperts at least the Prior 3 days if possible. Who can trek with me along My trek? In our office policy, we cannot share private personal data with anyone. In sharing groups, we only can give you nationalities and aged groups with gender. You can ask us how many people in your group signed up with us for this trek. We never share your private data with another person too.

Trek package included almost all items but generally, we suggest you bring some tipping extra money and contingency optional helicopter flight from Kathmandu to Lukla and Lukla to Kathmandu US$ 1000 in case of bad weather and emergency. Other items are Nepal Visa fees, Wi-Fi, Battery Charging, Showers, Snacks and alcoholic drinks, and water charges. Also, you can bring some amount of Kathmandu lunch and dinner

Normally only in the city, you can use credit cards properly. There are several; ATMs in Kathmandu you can use this and bring cash is suitable for trekking. Normally they charge 3 to 5% extra cost for credit card use. Most of the trekking routes have no ATM so we will warmly request you to bring cash after an exchange in Kathmandu. For emergencies, you can use a credit card in some places.