Mera Peak Expedition Itinerary and Cost 2026-2027

Today after a wonderful breakfast you will be escorted to the cultural and historical heritage sites of Kathmandu, which include Swyambhunath, Patan Durbar Square, Pashupatinath, and Boudhanath. This will be a private guided city tour by our professional tour guide who will help you to learn about the nature, culture, and ethnic settlement of Nepal.

After the end of the day’s tour, you will be dropped at the head office of Discover Altitude for a session with your climbing guide, trekking guide, and the entire team to brief you about the nature of the expedition and how team formation will be made for the success of the trip. Your mountain guide will let you know about the required gear, if anything is missed, this will be the right time for last-minute shopping. Evening you can enjoy your last day of free time before we head towards the mountain.

This will be our early morning day, as we will be taking a short drive to the international airport of Kathmandu (Domestic Terminal) for a flight to Lukla. Escorted by our guide and trekking team, we will take a majestic flight to Tenzing-Hillary Airport of Lukla. This will be a fabulous flight with majestic views of the giant Himalayas, hills, and villages.

After landing at Lukla airport the first leg of the trek today goes through the southeast side of Lukla village which is also the older part of the Lukla. The trail climbs up gradually passing through the village, Lukla hospital, and a monastery situated on the hill, and continues through the lovely farmland and eventually crosses a suspension bridge. The trail now climbs steeply all the way to Change passing through several streams and dense mixed forests of rhododendron, pine, and Himalayan oaks. Chutanga is a small settlement of Sherpa and only two lodges make up the locality of the place. Chutanga also provides you with a lovely view of snow-capped mountains.

This will be a bit longer day for us, as we hike uphill to Kalohimal ridge through the rocky mountain. It will further take us uphill towards Zartwa-La (4600m), festooned with numerous Buddhist praying flags around, Zartwa-La is one of the finest places to enjoy the majestic views of the Himalayas, mountains, and valleys.

Spending some peaceful time with nature, we descend downhill for an hour(2 hours) to reach Thuli Kharka, a small Sherpa settlement village. Thuli Kharka is a seasonal pasture ground for yaks and just two lodges and a few Teashop make the locality of the area. 

Bidding farewell to Thuli Kharka, we hike towards Kothe. Hiking towards the north through the main trail to Mera Peak we will enjoy the majestic views of Peak 43 and Kusum Kanguru Peak along with the other Himalayas.

Hiking through MajangKhola, we will divert our trail towards HinkuKhola, this will be an easy hike to reach a small village TashingOngma(Thulodhunga) for a short tea break. Further, we hike straight through the forest to cross Sanu Khola through a wooden bridge to reach Kothe.

Kothe is the biggest village we see during the trip. It is a Sherpa village situated by the Hinkukhola with beautiful farmlands around the village. It also provides great views of Mera Peak to the northeast of the valley above the village. This village has a local health post and telecommunication facility along with a police checkpoint.

An exciting day for us with the majestic view of Mera Peak all throughout the hike. This will be an easy hike for us as we will be passing by pine and rhododendron forests before crossing a small wooden bridge to reach Gonidshung. This is an open pastoral area used by the local Sherpa community for their domestic animals.

Passing by Gonidshung, we will visit a 200-year-old Buddhist gompa built beneath a huge boulder. After spending some time, visiting the gompa and the monk, we will hike further an hour to reach Thaknak which includes 5 to 6 lodges.

Today will be a rest day for us to acclimatize to the environment. Acclimatization is one the best and most crucial parts of any high-altitude activity, this will help our body to cope with the surrounding environment and help to prevent us from Acute Mountain Sickness. So, we will hike uphill for a magnificent view of the surrounding mountains, Himalayas, valleys, and villages from far sight.

With early morning refreshments and the last rest day, we will hike following the lateral moraine of Dig Glacier. As we hike with less vegetation, the clouds remain clear and the view far-sighted. The first leg of the trail crosses a stream shortly fed by KhyasarLake and climbs up on a rocky trail to a viewpoint where you can see the KhyasarLake in full display along with the 3600 views of the snowcapped mountain which includes Mount Khyasar, Kusum Kanguru, and Mera peaks.

The trail then follows the small upstream and gradually climbs to a wide-open ground that has a lodge. After this, the rest of the climb is steep to Khare. Khare is situated by a small stream that has about 4-5 lodges and it is protected from the wind by two small ridges on the sides. It provides an excellent mountain view in all directions.

This will be our training day along with acclimatization we will hike up to Mera Peak Base Camp and back for lunch. Late afternoon, after having some rest our Sherpa climbing guide gives you some information about our climbing and, the use of the gears as well as teaches you the basic climbing skills necessary for Mera Peak.

Overnight at our Tea house/Lodge

Before leaving base camp now we have to put on crampons and gears for our real ice climbing. Our first leg of the mountaineering walk begins with a steep climb up on the ice face which is a 40-degree vertical climb with the assistance of a fixed rope for about 50 meters.

Then the walk still climbs steeply to Mera-La from where the path splits for Mera summit or to trek down to SetoPokhari for Baruntse base camp and Sherpani col which is one of the extremely remote region treks in Makalu region.

Leaving Mera-la we take the path on the right which gradually climbs on the glacier to Mera high camp which is perched behind the rock near the glacier. The trail to Mera High Camp, it provides an excellent view of high mountains such as Mount Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Chamlang, Baruntse, Kanchenjunga, etc.

The final journey to the summit takes place early in the morning waking up around 2. Then after breakfast and climbing gear suit on, the walk goes along the southeast ridge of Mera Peak which is a gradual climb for an hour. Then the climb gradually gets steeper and finally takes you to the summit from the east-north ridge of the peak.

The top of the Mera Peak rewards you with a breathtaking view of the 4 highest mountains on earth such as Everest, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, and Makalu along with several other mountains around the region.

After spending some time on the top and taking in the view we now descend to Khare retracing the same way we came. 

This will be our easy and celebration day for our success of the Mera Peak Expedition. From Khare we take a pleasant hike through Thaknak bidding farewell to the high Himalayas, we will be welcomed by green vegetation. Upon reaching Kothe, we will have a small celebration of our successful completion of the Mera Peak Expedition.

Overnight at our Tea house/Lodge

After our selected special breakfast we descend downhill through blue Himalayan pines and rhododendron forest. Our trail ascends for a while to cross several tributaries of InkhuKhola and we descend through the trail passing by Buddhist Chorten, praying flags, meadow, and grazing areas to reach our final destination of the day Thuli Kharka.

Overnight at our Tea house/Lodge

Today will be our last day of the trek in the Himalayas with some ascending and descending into the mountain until we reach Lukla. We will climb over Naulekh Himal Ridge and then to Zartwa La. As we descend all the way, we will see varied vegetation of the Khumbu region. We pass by Monjovillage, followed by the snow-melted Dudh Koshi river, passing by Phakding village we make a hide and seek with the trail downhill to reach Lukla.

Overnight at our Hotel

After early morning breakfast, we will take our flight from Lukla Airport to Kathmandu. With the majestic views of the Himalayas, mountains, valleys, and rivers from the window-pane, we will land at Kathmandu airport.

The representative of Discover Altitude will welcome you at the domestic terminal and escort you to your respective hotel. This will be followed by a free day, to get relaxed with all the tiredness you can take a rest in your hotel and the afternoon try a trekking message.

Evening you will be escorted to a typical Nepali restaurant for a cultural farewell dinner, this will be followed by certificate distribution for your successful accomplishment of the Mera Peak Expedition.

Overnight at your Hotel.

This will be a reserve day. While trekking or peak climbing in the high Himalayas weather conditions plays a vital role in the success of the entire trip. Due to weather conditions sometimes the flight to Lukla or the flight to Kathmandu from Lukla is postponed for a day or more and peak climbing we need to make sure the weather is favorable enough for the climb.

Thus, to make sure your trip succeeds comfortably, we always suggest our clients keep a reserve day in case we might need it in the mountains. If our trip to the mountain goes according to our plan, we can utilize this reserve day to make a day tour to some of the historical sites of Kathmandu Valley which includes Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Changunarayan Temple, Kathmandu Durbar Square, or visit the Royal Palace Museum (Narayanhiti Palace).

Overnight at your Hotel

This will be your last day in Nepal according to the Itinerary, a representative from Discover Altitude will escort you to the Kathmandu International Airport according to your flight Schedule time to bid you farewell for your journey.

We hope your stay and trip in Nepal were wonderful and wish to see you in the coming days for some other exciting journey in the Himalayas of Nepal. Have a wonderful journey back home will a lovely memory.