Baruntse Expedition Cost 2026

On this day our tour guide takes you around Kathmandu city and shows you around the UNESCO world heritage sites. this trip is only half-day sightseeing so, later you will have time to rearrange the things that need for the expedition.

Today we start our journey for which we catch the early morning flight to Lukla takes about 30 minutes. at Lukla, we will have some time to rearrange the bags for the porters. Leaving Lukla the trail first goes through the Lukla town and passes the hospital.

the trail now continues gradually along the farmlands and eventually crosses the suspension bridge before the few houses. here on the trail is mostly an uphill climb all the way to Chutanga through the forest where we spend our first in the mountain.

The trek today starts off with a steep uphill climb until  Zartwa-La (4600m) and descend gradually on a desolate mountain terrain until the Mane. from here it's steep descent all the way to Thuli Kharka where we take a night halt. 

The morning trek angulates on a desolate mountain for a while and in the meantime, you will see the first sight of Mera peak which we going to climb first before Baruntse. after this, the trail steeply descends through the rhododendron forests until Thulo Dhunga( Big rock) and descends through the mixed forests of Pine and rhododendron.  now the trail continues upstream of Hinku Khola which gradually climbs until Kothe.

Kothe is a beautiful Sherpa village and has some shops, telecommunication facility, and police station as well.

The trek today starts off passing through the village and we come through the Makalu Barun National park checkpoint. hereafter getting checked for our permit we mostly follow the west bank of the river until  Thanknak where in between we come across the Teashop and Monastery perched on the hill which is about 200 years old.

now we have already entered a tundra climate zone where we only can see juniper shrubs and thorny bushes as part of the vegetation.

Today we take an acclimatization day in Thagnak for which we climb up a hill near the Mount Kusum Kanguru Glacier. the trail steep climb however the view is rewarding where you can see the Mera peak, Kusum Kanguru, and Khyasar as well as lakes, glaciers, and rivers.

The morning starts off with an easy trek and shortly crosses a stream fed by Khyasar lake and eventually climbs up on a terminal moraine to get you to the top of the ridge. from here you can watch the lake in full display.

hereafter the trail follows the small upstream along the alpine meadows and takes you to a wide-open area that has a teashop. the mountain view is closer than before. leaving teashop the trail now steeply climbs all the way up to Khare, a small settlement hidden behind the ridge. here we take night halt for tonight. 

In Khare, we take an acclimatization day, and meanwhile, our sherpa guide gives you some instructions regarding the Mera peak climbing.

As part of the preparation for climbing Baruntse, we climb Mera peak first which helps you to acclimatize your body for over 7000 meters. so, for this our day begins with a steep climb up on the ridge coming out of the Khare village and traversing the rocky trail we get to Mera peak base camp(5100 metes).

Leaving Mera base camp shortly we reach the crampon point where we suit on our climbing boots and put on the crampoon to walk on the glacier. now the first section after base camp is a steep climb through the ice until Mera La(5500m). hereafter, it mostly gradually climbs until Mera High camp(5780m).

meanwhile, you can see the view of Mount Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Baruntse, Makalu, Chamalang, etc. Hike camp is sheltered behind the rock from where you can see the tremendous view of the glacier and surrounding mountains.

waking up very early morning we start our summit day in the dark with the assistance of a headlamp. the trail first goes gradual for a while and scrambles up to the summit following the east ridge of the peak with the assistance of a fixed rope fixed by our climbing guide. we will take some time here to enjoy the moment and take pictures and later we descend all the way to Mera La for the night's stay before heading down into the valley for the Baruntse Base camp.

The morning today starts off with descend getting out of the snowline and then a steep downhill walk traversing through the Desolate moraine down to the valley. the trail now goes gradually  to Kongme Dingma 

The trek today mostly goes through the mountain valley and traverses through the alpine meadow and ground moraine to Seto Phokhari (meaning white pond) where we take a night halt.

The trek today traverse again through the alpine meadow and lateral moraine and takes us to the base camp of Baruntse which is closer to the Lake.

Today we take acclimatization and rest day as we need some more time to recover from the tiredness after all this hard climb.

On this day as part of the local rituals, we have a worshipping ceremony asking for the safe passage to the summit and a better weather window.

On this day our sherpa climbing guide gives you all the necessary instruction and training about Baruntse climbing which will come in handy during the climb.

The day today we start our climbing adventure in which the walking goes through the terminal moraine and eventually we climbs on a rocky cliff to reach the snowline with the assistance of fixed ropes. hereafter the trail goes through the glacier to Camp I (6100m) for the night.

The climb from camp I to camp II is more like a gradual walk on the glacier and doesn't have as steep sections as the previous day. on this walk, you don't really use ropes to reach the second camp of the Baruntse which is situated more like on a glacial plateau. The evening view of sunset on the surrounding mountain is outstanding.

On this day we take acclimatization before the summit push. however, some people straight to the summit from camp II without a rest day.

On this day for the summit push, we start our day very early in the morning as we get to the top before the wind really picks up or before the cloud really disturbs our great sight.  so, we start with our headlamp on and today we mostly walk along the ridge which is narrower as well. we also traverse by the broken glaciers en route to the summit. but the good thing is our sherpa climbers fixes the rope beforehand on the steep sections to the summit. 

you will have some time to take pictures and rejoice the moment on the summit then we have to descend all the way down to camp II for the night.

Today we descend further to Base camp for which our day starts off with an easy descend traversing through the glacier and eventually we have again a steep section through the gully before continue down to Base camp for the night.

Today we traverse mostly through the terminal moraine terrain to Amphu Laptsa base camp before we take another last challenge of Amphu Laptsa Pass which all access to Everest region treks.  

On this day we start again earlier in the morning and traverse through the moraine terrain and to the Amphu Lapcha pass(5845 meters) and after the pass we have technical descend to the valley with the assistance of ropes. after getting at the bottom it's easy downhill walk to Chhukung where we stop for the night.

Today the trek is easy as we descend along the ijma river to Dingboche, one of the highland Sherpa villages in the region. hereafter the trail continues down to Pangboche, Tengboche, and steeply descend down to Phungi Tenga by the river. Leaving Phungi Tenga the trail now climbs up all the way to Kyanjuma through the forests and the rest of the walk is mostly undulating along the ridge above the river until Namche. 

Namche Bazaar is perched in the corner of the hill and is also known as the capital of Sherpa capital. the place the Banks, Bakery, Bars, and variety of stores.

On our last day of the adventure in the mountain, our morning walk mostly descent to the river and goes along the downstream of the river until Jorsalle. from here it is a short climb up to the checkpoint for Sagarmatha national park. Leaving the checkpoint it's easy to walk until Phakding which passes through several small villages along the way. at Phakding we stop for lunch and our walk continues to Lukla which takes about 3 hours to reach.

Today we catch a morning flight to Kathmandu from Lukla. In the evening we take you for a farewell dinner where you can enjoy Typical Nepalese cuisine and Nepali traditional dances. 

On this day our representative take you to the airport to see you off for the final departure.