Imagine walking through high Himalayan passes that too three of them at a go! If this is your kind of adventure, Everest Base Camp via Renjo La, Gokyo, and Cho La pass is the trip for you. This Three High Passes trek goes through a very challenging trail in the Khumbu region and exposes you to extreme mountain madness.
The adventure bug in you will love this high-altitude Himalayan trekking as it involves several days of walking in the Khumbu region of the Himalayas. The trek goes to explore the magnificence of different valleys, settlements, mountains, passes, lakes, and other wonders in the region eventually taking you to the Everest base camp. You will walk over the Renjo La, Cho La, and Kongma La passes and also hike to Gokyo Ri. It gives you a tough challenge of fighting the high altitude walk but the pristine views that these challenges bring are indescribable. So, the challenge is worth taking it.
You see so many wonderful things before you reach the Everest base camp that you are already left awestruck just to be dumbfounded again by the magnificence of mountain sights from Kalapatthar and on being at the Everest base camp.
If you want to go on a short Everest base camp trek, this is the ideal package for you.
While you are on the Three High Passes Trek, you will complete the most complete adventure trekking in the Everest region. It covers a wide area of the region and takes you over three high mountain passes during the adventure.
The adventure combines Gokyo Lakes Trek, Everest Base Camp Trek via Cho La Pass, and Everest Base Camp Trek into one adventure. It also covers an additional area in the region before Renjo La pass. Three High Passes Trek is an ideal trekking adventure in the Everest region for the trekkers who love to explore and spend more time in the mountains.
You will get an ultimate experience of trekking in the Everest region and exploring the best of the Himalayas while on this trek.
The Three High Passes Trekking is a challenging adventure in the secluded Himalayan region. It tests your endurance at every point of the mountains and the trail ascends and descends the mountain. You will be traversing the trail in the high altitude and cross three passes, and hike to two high Himalayan viewpoints during the trek.
The terrrain, elevation, and duration of the trek makes Three High Passes Trek a challenging and difficult adventure. You will need to prepare well to complete the trek successfully. Walking regularly, going on short hiking trips, regular excercise focusing on building endurance can help you physically during the trek. While physical preparation is important, your mental preparedness is more crucial for the adventure. If you have a strong determination to accomplish the adventure, it becomes much easier for you.
While you are on this adventure, you can use basic to luxury lodges in the region. As you trek along the trail, there are several places where you can stay overnight. You can choose from basic to comfortable and luxury lodges to stay in. While you stay at your overnight stop, you can also explore the village that you are in.
Food is another factor that you have to be careful of while trekking in the mountains. You can get varieties of foods during the trek. Dal Bhat is the main food that you can find easily while other food options depend upon the places that you are at. Most of the places will give you the options to choose your food from the menu. You can eat from momo to pizza and chowmin to pasta.
When you are on the Three High Passes trek package with us, we provide you with a trekking guide and a necessary number of porters for the trek. All our guides are highly experienced professionals who have guided and led trips to various destinations in the Himalayas.
Traveling with our team of guides and porters makes your adventure a safe and unforgettable adventure experience. They will make sure of your safety at all times while you are in the mountains and also ensure that you enjoy the entire trip.
Nepal has two best trekking seasons in a year - spring (March-May) and Autumn (September - November). Apart from these months, Nepal experiences a few extreme weather conditions, which makes trekking more challenging. The months from December to February are extremely cold and June to August are rainy.
Although it is possible to trek during these winter and summer months, the weather condition will be pretty challenging. It is quite an uncomfortable situation to trek in extreme weather conditions.
If you want to go and enjoy the adventure, you can plan the trip in the spring or in autumn. You can experience pleasant weather, clear views, beautiful nature, and an entirely wonderful experience.
The first day of your adventure trip to the Three Passes Trek starts with your arrival to Kathmandu. Our company representative will welcome you at the airport on your arrival. He will transfer you to the hotel where you can find an easy time to relax after checking in. We will meet you in the evening at the hotel to talk about the trip in details. Any questions you may have regarding your trip will be discussed so that you are well-prepared for the trip.
Lunch & Dinner
Hotel
1400 m
We have an early morning flight to Lukla today. So, we drive to the airport for the exciting Himalayan flight to the gateway to the Everest region. A wonderful flight on a small airplane takes us to the beautiful town of Lukla with the views of stunning mountains.
Please Note: The flight to Lukla takes of from Kathmandu and Ramechhap. If we are flying to Lukla from Ramechhap, we need to drive for 4-5 hours.
After landing at Lukla, we meet our whole trekking crew and get ready to walk for the day. It is an easy start of the walk of the adventure trek to the Everest Base Camp. We are going to trek to Phakding village on the bank of the Dudh Koshi River. Around four hours of trek today introduces us to the trail, surroundings, nature, and the views of mountains in the Everest region. The atmosphere of our overnight site, Phakding, feels amazing on the bank of the gushing river.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Guesthouse
2610 m
The second day of the walk today takes us to the beautiful and famous Sherpa town of Namche Bazar at the elevation of 3,440 meters above sea level. Almost all uphill walk for the day takes us past beautiful natural surroundings of nature and the view of mountains. As we enter the Sagarmatha National Park today, we will also walk over several suspension bridges over the gushing river.
Finally, we reach Namche Bazar after the walk of around six hours. The view of the mountains and wonderful surroundings of Namche helps us relax and settle. We take it easy to acclimatize well at the changing climatic situation and elevation.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Guesthouse
3440 m
We have an extra day stopover at Namche today that will help us acclimatize well before we head further higher. Namche has beautiful places in the surroundings where we can go for day hiking and exploration instead of staying idle at the lodge and bazar. The hiking exploration for the day will also help us get better acclimatized and we become ready to trek to the higher elevation.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
