Everest Base Camp Trek Itinerary

The Everest base camp trek is one of the most popular trekking in the world. If you are also planning to do the EBC trek then the Everest Base Camp trek itinerary comes under the priority list. There are a lot of itineraries leading you to Everest base camp. Some of the EBC trek itineraries are listed below. You can choose any of them depending on your holidays

14-day Everest base camp trek itinerary

The Everest base camp trek can be completed in 14 days. This 14-day Everest base camp trek itinerary includes a complete EBC trek package without excluding arrival and departure days.

Trekking begins on your second day. The brief itinerary of the EBC trek for 14 days is shown in Table 1. You will trek to Everest base camp on the 9th day of your trekking, and the next day you will hike to Kalapather for a fantastic view of Mount Everest, Pumori, and Nuptse. The entire Karakoram range shines with snowcapped peaks far from the Himalayas. You will have your golden time in Kalapather that always remain in your memory.

Table 1: 14-day trek itinerary in brief

12 days Everest base camp trek itinerary

12 day Everest base camp trek excludes arrival and departure days. The itinerary of the 12-day EBC trek begins with the Lukla flight and completes with your arrival in Kathmandu from Lukla. Day you will trek to Phakding, Namche, Tengboche, Dingboche, Lobuche, and Gorekshep with 1 day of rest in Dingboche. Trekking continues from the first day to the eighth day until reaching Gorekshe. After reaching Gorekshep you will trek to Everest base camp. After enjoying a couple of hours in base camp and its surroundings, you will return back to Gorekshep. Next morning you will hike to Katlapather and enjoy the view with sunrise. You will return to Pheriche, Namche, Lukla, and Kathmandu from 9th day to 12th day respectively.

Everest base camp Heli tour itinerary

Everest base camp Heli tour is the shortest route for Everest base camp. You can complete the dream of stepping on Everest base camp in a day through Everest Heli tour. Everest Heli tour itinerary includes the following schedule within a day.

5-30 am: Drive to the airport

7: 00 am: Heli flight to Lukla

8: 00 am: refueling flight at Lukla

8: 30 am: Heli Flight to Kalapather (5,600 m)

8: 45 am: Landing around Kalapather and exploring the surrounding

9: 30am: Heli flight to Syangboche (3950m) for breakfast in Everest view hotel

10: 30am: Heli flight to Lukla for refueling

11: 00 am: Heli flight to Kathmandu

You can explore the entire Everest region with an interval of 5.5 to 6 hours in a day. The EBC Heli tour itinerary is always best for those who can’t walk the challenging route to EBC. If you don’t have enough time to cover a long route to Everest base camp, then it is always better to choose  Everest heli tour.

Luxury Everest base camp trek itinerary

The Luxury Everest base camp trek is a comfortable trek to base camp. You will get a luxury room for accommodation. There will be Kathmandu sightseeing, a rest day in Namche and Dingboche, and an extra day for returning back to Lukla. Luxury Everest base camp trek itinerary includes 17 days as shown in Table 2.

Table 2: Brief itinerary of Luxury Everest base camp trek

Everest base camp trek without Lukla flight itinerary

Everest base camp trek without Lukla flight is 17 days of trekking that begins either from Salleri or Jiri. The trekking route from Jiri to Everest base camp includes 21 days, whereas the trekking route from Salleri to Everest base camp includes 17 days. Both routes connect Lukla and continue the same route to the Everest base camp via Phakding, Namche, Tengboche, Dingboche, Lobuche, and Gorekshep.

Jiri to Everest Base Camp trek Itinerary

Day 1: Kathmandu to Jiri (1905 m)

Day 2: Jiri to Sete (2575 m)

Day 3: Sete to Jun Beshi

Day 4: Jun beshi to Nunthala

Day 5: Nunthala to Bupsa

Day 6: Bupsa to Surke

Day 7 to Day 15: Phakding to Everest base camp

Day 16 to Day 18: Gkorekshep to Surke

Day 19: Trek to Thamdanda and drive back to Salleri

Day 20: Drive to Kathmandu

Day 21: Rest day in Kathmandu

Salleri to Everest Base Camp Trek Itinerary

Day 1: Drive from Kathmandu to Salleri

Day 2: Drive to Thamdanda from Salleri

Day 3 to day 11: trek to Phakding and continue to Everest base camp until day 11

Day 12 to Day 14: Return back to Surke

Day 15: Trek back to Thamdanda and drive back to Salleri

Day 16: Drive back to Kathmandu

Short Everest base camp trek itinerary

The short Everest base camp trek itinerary includes the one-way route from Lukla to Everest base camp and return back by Heli. It is a 7-day trek to Everest base camp. If you want to do the EBC trek but don’t want to return on foot, then always choose the Short Everest base camp trek package. You will fulfill your dream of trekking to Everest base camp and returning to Lukla in Heli.