Nepal: Everest Three Passes Trek Nepal: The Everest Three Passes Trek

The Everest Three Passes Trek is a challenging yet rewarding hike in the Everest Region of Nepal. It traverses three high mountain passes with stunning Himalayan scenery, diverse Sherpa culture.
The Everest three pass trek provides the definitive and complete trekking experience in the Everest region. Truly an energetic itinerary fits best to the determined trekkers set on crossing the high altitude passes with the hikes to the smaller peaks, making Everest Three Passes Trek is best Everest trek in Everest region and is purely an exciting trekking holiday in the Himalayas. This a physically challenging trekking adventure crosses three high passes: Renjo La (5360m), Cho La (5420m), and Kongma La (5535m) and joins the four distinct valleys of Gokyo, Khumbu, Bhote Koshi, and Imja.

Your Everest Three Pass adventure begins with a thrilling flight to Lukla. Through Sherpa hamlets, you make a steep ascent to the frozen pass of Renjo La (5360m), which is the first of the three passes. While the top of the pass is blessed with the alluring panorama of several peaks of the Mahalangur Himalayan Range and also of the Rolwaling Himal Range, the steep descent on the icy path takes you to the pristine Gokyo Lake. You also climb the Gokyo Ri (5360m) for an astonishing bird’s eye view of the whole Gokyo valley dotted with many lakes along with the close-up view of Cho Oyu (8188m) and several other snow-clad mountains. The trek then takes you through the Ngozumpa Glacier, the longest glacier in Nepal, and leads you on an icy trail to reach the second pass of the trek to Cho La (5420m). Once again, a breath-taking panorama of the various mountains in the Khumbu region can be seen from the top of the pass. The trail then takes you to the famed Everest Base Camp and later to the Kala Patthar vantage point, which is bound to fill you with the fond memories of the best sunrise view you have ever witnessed as the first rays of the sun touch the top of the world Everest (8848m). A traverse along the large Khumbu Glacier finally brings you to last of the three passes, Kongma La (5535m), which provides an amazing view of the giants of the world such as Everest (8848m), Lhotse (8414m), Makalu (8463m), and so on. Then through Chhukhung, Pangboche, Tengboche, Namche, and several other Sherpa villages, you head back to Lukla and then to Kathmandu with a huge sense of accomplishment.

The Trek itinerary is mentioned below:

Day-1: Arrival in Kathmandu
Day-2: Fly to Lukla and trek to Phakding
Day-3: Phakding to Namche Bazaar
Day-4: Acclimatization Day at Namche Bazaar
Day-5: Namche Bazar to Thame
Day-6: Thame to Lumde
Day-7: Lumde to Gokyo via Renjo La Pass
Day-8: Hike to Gokyo Ri and back to Gokyo
Day-9: Gokyo to Dragnag
Day-10: Dragnag, Cross the Cho-La Pass and trek down to Dzongla
Day-11: Dzongla to Lobuche
Day-12: Lobuche to Everest Base Camp via Gorakshep trek down to Gorakshep
Day-13: Hike up to Kala Patthar and descend to Lobuche
Day-14: Trek up from Lobuche to Kongma La and trek descend to Chhukhung
Day-15: Chhukhung to Tengboche
Day-16: Tengboche to Namche Bazaar
Day-17: Namche Bazaar to Lukla
Day-18: Fly back to Kathmandu
Day-19: Final Departure

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This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.