Early in the morning, we shall transfer to the domestic airport for the 35 minutes flight to Lukla. Upon arrival, our team will prepare for the trek and then start off on a four hours hike to our lodge in Monjo.

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Post breakfast, we head off on our uphill, cross a very long suspension bridge and then make our trudge before lunch to Namche Bazaar. Traditionally, treks stop in Namche Bazaar for the night, but we shall move to a small village of Thamo, about two hours away, which is at a similar altitude as Namche.

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Today post breakfast, we shall trek a very short distance as an acclimatisation day. We reach really early at Thame, the birthplace of Appu Sherpa, who has climbed Everest 21 times, a world record. In the afternoon, one has the option to hike to the monastery above Thame, for a little adjustment to the altitude

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After the acclimatization that we have, we should be ready today to make the trudge to the base camp for climbing Renjo La. Lungden is a small purpose built lodging area which has a few lodges. We shall reach here in about five hours and rest up, keeping in mind the fact that we are above 4000m

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Renjo La is our first highlight on the trek. The small 4390m pass is accessible with a four to five hours uphill trek from Lungden. Upon arrival up here, we shall have great views of the Everest Range, weather permitting, of course. After resting up here, we shall walk about three hours down to the settlement of Gokyo besides the Dudhkunda lake.

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Its time to rest a bit, and if you want to brave it a bit, take on the second highlight, one of the most popular viewpoints for Everest, Gokyo-Ri @ 5450m. This will take about five to six hours in total. An alternative is to go to the fifth lake on a day trip to view Everest with no interruptions in between.

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Another amazing day for experiences will be the walk through a moving glacier. The Nogzumpa glacier is one the longest glaciers in the world and passes just above Gokyo, with a very thin moraine protecting the village from the glacier. As it melts, the glacier moves, and we traverse over this to go to the village of Dragnag.

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The third highlight of the trek is the over 5000m pass at ChoLa, and today we have a big day of movement where we go over the pass and onto the other side at Dzongla.

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Today we come back into the main trail into Everest Base Camp, and move for about four hours to Lobouche.

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After an early rise, we trek up the hill to the highest point that we will be sleeping at - Gorakshep at 5100m. If we arrive early, we could go for sunset atop Kalapatthar, which is the highest point we shall reach on this trek, at 5565m.

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The Everest Base Camp is our final highlight on this trek, at 5325m. We do a day trip to go there, enjoy the fact that we have reached the point where all mountaineers go and then come back to Gorakhshep for the night

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Post breakfast, we start our journey back on the main trail and come all the way back to Dingboche, one of the acclimatization stops on the way up if you go on the main trail.

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The Tyangboche monastery is one of the most famous in the area, and today we trek to this monastery and stay in one of the lodges around. At three in the afternoon, we shall make our way to the monastery for the evening prayers, which is quite an experience. If you still feel like a walk, one could trek all the way up to the viewpoint above the village

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Now that we are on the way back, its time to relax a bit, as we have only a few more days to go. We shall trek about five hours to Namche bazaar and hit one of the coffee shops there, or have a great drink.

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Today we do not have to start early, as we only have a shorter trek today. We shall trek downhill from Namche Bazaar to Phakding.

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Lukla is only three hours away, but we cannot reach there to catch a flight, so we can take our last day on the trek easy.

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A short walk from our hotel will get us to the one of the most busiest airports in Nepal - Lukla. A little bit of patience might be required for waiting for the flight. The 35 minute flight will bring us down to Kathmandu, where an awaiting car will transfer us back to the hotel.

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