Everest Base Camp Trek for Seniors and Kids 17 Days 2026-2027

As per our itinerary, today will be our official trekking day. Our trekking team will visit your hotel for a drive to the domestic terminal for the Lukla flight.

This will be an exciting journey into the Himalayas, passing by lush green vegetation and magnificent views of the Himalayas from our window we will be landing in Lukla.

Taking a short break to maintain our body temperature for high altitude we will be heading towards Phakding.

From Phakding we trek uphill through the forest, crossing by a suspension bridge of the Dudh Koshi River we will reach Monjo, a small village on the bank of the river.

Monjo is also the entrance point of the Sagarmatha Conservation Area listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1979.

Taking some breaks we will be heading uphill to Jorsele a small village in the Khumbu region of Nepal that lies in the west of Snow melted river called Dudh Koshi.

Hiking through the alpine forest will lush green vegetation uphill will be a bit tired-some but our itinerary will help us to gain the normal pace because of two last days hike.

After some 7 hours of hike, we will reach Namche Bazaar, which is the capital city of the Khumbu region not officially.

Namche Bazaar is a modern town with modern facilities. This is a business hub for the Sherpas as well. People from the Himalayas descend towards Namche for their business of buying and selling stuff.

Namche Bazaar is well-equipped with facilities like banking, schools, ATMs, hospitals, bars, bakeries, hotels, etc. Namche is a very popular town for trekkers to acclimatize, as the trek further from Namche is into high altitude.

This will be our acclimatization day, as we will be heading towards high altitude in the coming days. To cope with the forthcoming situation, we will be hiking toward Everest View Hotel for the stunning views of the Himalayas including Mt. Everest.

Everest View Hotel lies at an altitude of 3880 meters/ 12730 ft above the earth; this is the world's highest-placed hotel in terms of its altitude.

Furthermore, Everest View Hotel provides magnificent 360-degree panoramic views of the Himalayas.

It will be around a 4-hour hike both ways, spending an hour more to explore nature and have a glimpse of the Namche Bazaar from the top. Afternoon we descend towards Namche for our overnight stay.

Overnight at our hotel

This will be a descending day for us as compared to the height of Everest View Hotel but the trail will ascend all the way uphill passing by the beautiful Namche Bazaar, village, and army camp before descending.

Throughout the trail, we will be encountering different animals and Himalayas birds.

On reaching the top point of the hill, trekkers will have a beautiful view of the Himalayas. Further, we descend towards a small village called Phunke Tenga which will take us a couple of hours.

The trail descending towards Phunke Tenga will be lush green vegetation and the Dhud Koshi river flowing from the Himalayas.

Passing by the river and lush vegetation, we climb uphill through a well arrange trail to reach Tangboche.

Tangboche is a bit busy village with multiple hotels around, as the place is an overnight camp for all the trekkers but during the winter the region is covered with snow.

On the way, we can visit the Tangboche monastery which is one of the biggest monasteries in the entire Khumbu region.

Spending some memorable time in the Tibetan monastery we further ascend to our hotel afternoon we will be hiking uphill to nearby hills to make our body acclimatize before descending for an overnight stay.

Overnight in Tangboche 

From Tengboche, we descend downhill through stone steps to reach Deboche (3820m). This will be an easy hike for us, Passing by the National Park Office, we descend further towards Milingo (3750). This will be a hide-and-seek trail with nature and the Himalayas before reaching Somare.

Passing by Milingo the trail will be uphill to Somare, before reaching Somare we will pass by Pangboche (3930m). Pangboche is a beautiful village with a local monastery and a big Chorten.

Trekkers can spend some time observing the monastery and Chorten before passing by Pangboche. From Pangboche the trail will be inclined uphill to reach the beautiful village of Somare.

Crossing by a river through a suspension bridge our trail will be flat enough to Orsho (4190m). From Orsho we follow the fair trail passing by some tea shops by the Imja Khola (river).

As we ascend uphill, we can enjoy a glimpse of the Himalayas until we reach Dingboche. The trail will be inclined to climb uphill to reach Dingboche.

Afternoon we can explore the village and climb uphill to acclimatize our body.

Overnight in Dingboche

An easy day for us but we can experience the thinness of oxygen as we are above 4000 meters from the sea level. Today we can explore Dingboche and visit the Mani wall to stroll the Tibetan way of praying.

Further, we will be hiking toward Nagarjun Hill to explore the magnificent views of Mt. Lhotse, Ama Dablam, Lobuche, Taboche, etc.

Descending downhill towards Dingboche we will explore the small town filled with beautiful shops, bakeries, and play billiards if interested and enjoy typical Sherpa butter tea from the balcony of the hotel facing towards Island Peak (6189m) will be something more exciting.

Overnight at our hotel

From this day our hike will be lower distance and the altitude we gain will also be low because maximum altitude sickness occurs between Dingboche to Gorekshep.

This area is also known as a risk factor zone for first-time trekkers. So to avoid risk we are making this two-day camp from Dingboche to Gorekshep into a three-day camp.

From Dingboche we hike uphill around 200 meters to Thukla, the trail is fair enough inclined uphill. Passing by postural land, we will encounter wild Himalayan animals and birds.

With the majestic view of the snow-covered Himalayas and bare mountains, we will reach Thukla, a small village with some lodges. Thukla also known as a Dughla lies at an altitude of 4620 meters and is below the Lobuche.

Trekkers to avoid risk-factor prefer to stay overnight or descend when altitude sickness occurs in Lobuche. Afternoon we can explore the village and climb the surrounding hill to acclimatize.

Overnight in Thukla

Lobuche is one of the most famous overnight camps for trekkers into Everest Base Camp, is so due to its difficulty to reach, as trekkers with restricted time are forced to trek from Dingboche to Lobuche a one-day camp, and trekking all the way takes around 8 hours but to avoid difficulty we will be hiking from Thukla to Lobuche, thus making it more easy and relaxing.

The trail from Thukla to Lobuche is the entire way uphill climb through the rocks of the Himalayas. As we are now heading towards around 5000 meters, the mountains are bare and windy.

We pass by tombstones, which have been erected in respect to all trekkers and climbers who died in the Everest region. Spending some time to show respect to the departed soul we hike further uphill with the majestic view of Thokla Pass and Khumbu Glacier.

This needs to be an easy hike because as we hike we need to make sure our body is acclimatizing to the high altitude. Upon our arrival in Lobuche, we can explore this bit of busy camp, and in the afternoon we can spend some free time further ascending from Lobuche.

(Note: To make sure you are in one of the most dreamlands for trekkers which is Everest base Camp. Our well-experienced guide will do his best.

To make this happen Discover Altitude will arrange a sufficient option for our valuable clients. If you feel difficulty in hiking, upon request we can arrange a horse to take you to Lobuche. 

This horse ride is not included in the package, so upon paying some extra, your guide will help arrange this.)

A bit busy day for all trekkers, from Lobuche to Gorakshep is around 3 hour's hike which is our overnight camp as well but further, we need to hike to Everest Base Camp which will take around 4 hours two-way from Gorakshep.

Today our hike starts from Lobuche passing by Lobuche Glacier to our left-hand side and Khumbu Glacier to our right-hand side.

This will be the most exciting journey because of the panoramic view of the majestic Himalayas and also to reach Everest Base Camp.

Upon reaching Gorekshep we check into our hotel, carrying a sufficient amount of water we will hike to Everest Base Camp to be at the base of Mt. Everest.

This will be more exciting because from Gorekshep we will be hiking further 200+ meters to make our bodies acclimatize.

Spending some free time with the picturesque view of the Himalayas we descend towards Gorekshep the last village of the Himalayas for our overnight stay.

(Note: Today we have open options for our trekkers to make their journey easygoing with their health.

• If you are uncomfortable with the altitude, you can take a horse ride from Lobuche to Everest Base Camp making Gorekshep your lunch spot and descending towards Lobuche.
• If you are uncomfortable trekking to Everest Base Camp due to altitude or physical condition, we can take a horse ride from Gorekshep to Everest Base Camp and vice-versa.

This will be determined by the situation and physical condition. Your well-experienced guide will provide multiple options)

This will be an early morning day for us, from Gorekshep we start our early morning hike to reach Kalapatthar (Optional) which is the highest altitude of the entire trek. Kalapatthar (5545M) is a famous hill station for its magnificent views of the Himalayas.

This is a 360° panoramic viewpoint of the Everest region. To speak the truth the views from Kalapatthar are far better than Everest Base Camp.

We start our early morning Kalapatthar hike before sunrise because the first ray of the sun falling upon the mighty Himalayas is never to be missed. This will be a 400+ meters climb uphill to Kalapatthar making it a bit more difficult than Everest Base Camp.

After enjoying the picturesque view we descend towards our camp Gorekshep for breakfast and further descend towards Pheriche. From today our entire itinerary will be descending so we don’t need to be worried about acclimatizing our body.

Upon reaching Pherihe we can spend free time accordingly or can descend further according to your interest, we can be flexible while descending to avoid staying in the same spot. This depends upon the client’s interest.

(Note: If our clients don’t want to miss the picturesque view from Kalapatthar or if they don’t want to miss being at the highest altitude of the Everest region trek but are not physically fit for the hike to Kalapatthar.

Your guide will help arrange a horse ride halfway to Kalapatthar because of the steep climb riding a horse to Kalapatthar is not suggested.)

Now we divert our trail from Pheriche and descend to Phunke Tenga. The trail will be easygoing but different from the one we used while ascending uphill from Dingboche.

Passing by the different landscapes and postural land, the visibility of alpine vegetation will welcome us.

Descending towards Khenjuma will be exciting there are stone walls on the way, further crossing a bridge over a river we will be near Orsho to meet our old trail which we followed while ascending.

From Orsho we pass by Somare, Pangboche, Dedoche, and Tengboche villages before reaching Khunjuma for our overnight camp.

From Khunjuma the trail will be easy going with lush green vegetation with the views of massif Himalayas until Namche Bazaar.

Before descending towards Namche we can stop for some pictures of the mighty Himalayas and the capital town of the Khumbu region which is Namche Bazar.

Enjoying our lunch at Namche Bazaar we descend towards Monjo passing by Sagarmatha National Park headquarters.

Monjo is a small but beautiful Sherpa village, a great choice to stay overnight in a peaceful environment by the Monjo River in an evergreen environment.

This will be our last trekking day in the Everest region. The trail will be the same as we followed uphill, passing by green vegetation and crossing the suspension bridge over Dudh Koshi River we descend towards Lukla through Phakding.

Afternoon we can explore Lukla and observe the world's most dangerous airport. Visiting Lukla will be exciting as this little town is well equipped with modern facilities and some bars and discos to bid farewell to your Sherpa potters for their support and help in the entire trek.

Overnight in Lukla

Today will be an early flight from Lukla to Kathmandu, our trekking guide will arrange all our procedures to enter the airport and after our breakfast, we will take a domestic flight to Kathmandu.

On arrival in Kathmandu, we will drive towards our hotel in Thamel. Rest will be a free day for us to explore around Thamel or we will visit some of the historical sites in Kathmandu.

Evening Discover Altitude will arrange a farewell dinner accompanied by a representative and trekking guide, this will be a certificate distribution ceremony as well for your successful accomplishment of the trek and being at the highest base camp on earth.

Overnight at our hotel

Today is our final day in Kathmandu; we hope your entire journey in Nepal for the 14-day trek was awesome and memorable.

Our representative from Discover Altitude will escort you to the international airport in Kathmandu for your flight according to your flight schedule.

Hope to see you in the coming days, and have a wonderful flight back home.