Everest Base Camp Trek 2025

Himalaja Base Camp Trek 1 – 25 toukokuuta 2025

Through my partners, I organize the Himalaya Base Camp Trek and the opportunity to climb the mountains to the amazingly beautiful Island Peak. Two great opportunities during the same excursion. The mountain trek to Everest Base Camp at an altitude of 5350 m is led by a Sherpa in a 2-3 week mountain trek, of which 2 weeks are hiked up and 1 week down.

The operator and sherpa take care of your safety and well-being

Having established relationships with the Nepalese operator as well as individual Sherpas in Nepal, and familiarity with the mountain trails and mountain conditions in the sub-Everest region, I can deliver the Himalayan trek as clients desire.

Everest Base Camp is located at the foot of the highest peak of the Himalayan mountain range, Mount Everest, at an altitude of 5350 meters. Every year, mountaineers set up the world’s largest mountaineer village of 1,500 to 2,000 yellow tents, with yaks and sherpas bringing equipment and helicopters flying into the mountaineer village. Go on a great adventure!My partner company has two helicopters and the largest logistics network in the Himalayas on the slopes of 8,000-meter mountains, so the service works. Due to lack of acclimatization and other reasons, evacuations are successful and helicopters fly to Everest Base Camp every day, so you can get back quickly if work in Finland is waiting.

A mountaineering village of 1,500 tents at an altitude of over 5,000 meters

Everest Base Camp is located at an altitude of 5350 meters, i.e. 500 meters higher than Mont Blanc and the entire roof of Europe. Without acclimatization, mountain hiking on Himalayan trails in the middle of big mountains is impossible. Come and watch how 1500 mountaineers and sherpas live and prepare in their own mountain village conquered by yellow tents for the conquest of the highest mountain in the world. The atmosphere is palpable when the 7000 meter mountains are around, mountain climbers come and go from the Khumbu Icefall, and tell about their incredible experiences. Fortunately, Everest Base Camp is a safe place from where you can see the block of ice as tall as the Khumbu Icefall.

 

(I’m adding pictures of Everest Base Camp. You can see them on my Instagram page.)

 

End straight to Everest Base Camp. The mountains next to it are more than 7000 m high and everything is big. The photo was taken next to the Italian weather station Pyramid at an altitude of 5000 m.
Italian weather station Pyramid at an altitude of 5000 m – During the mountain hike, you will visit Pyramid, where you can also stay and have dinner. The stone behind the pyramid is about five meters high and the mountain behind it is about 7000 meters high, which gives you a sense of scale.
A mountain river at an altitude of 4000 meters, those waters flow here from somewhere higher. It may come as a surprise that the Himalayas are also flat and hot. At an altitude of about 4000 and 5000 meters there are some kind of plains where the rivers are wider, at that point the river was shallow, but impassable, about 100 to 200 meters wide. On the right side of the picture you can see one of the mountain villages where you can stay. You can also see from the picture that we are already above the tree line, so the weather changes are already felt more, and there is no protection from the trees.

Unique nature in a national park on the slopes of the Himalayan mountains

During the Everest Base Camp mountain hike in the Himalayas, you get to hike through stunning national park landscapes over numerous mountain rivers along 200-meter long suspension bridges. The paths are thousands of years old, beaten by the hands of the Sherpas, along which the Sherpa highway passes through rugged mountain landscapes over gorges on the slopes of the mountains. However, the paths are wide and you can’t fall off them. If a herd of bulls or yaks comes up against you, then you should retreat.

There are several long suspension bridges along the Everest Base Camp Trek. The long suspension bridges give the Everest Base Camp Trek its own atmosphere. Yak oxen, horses, sherpas, hikers and evacuations on foot pass along the suspension bridges, which means that the suspension bridge, which has withstood the winter’s frosts and monsoon storms, acts as a thoroughfare for hundreds of thousands of kilos and thousands of hikers every year.

 

Backpack and Travel Man. At that very moment, my home was in the Himalayas.

The culture of the Sherpa mountain people

Not all Nepalese are Sherpas, but those who live at an altitude of 2800 to 5000 meters in the mountains. You get to see the Sherpa culture up close, the life of the indigenous people in the mountain villages. There are no roads in the Himalayas, the Sherpas carry everything on their backs, more than the Jakki oxen. The use of helicopters has become more common in the last 10 years. However, acclimatization cannot be accelerated with helicopters, so you should trek up, you can come down quickly with a helicopter or even run lightly.

Balmat, the national dish of Nepal, is served.

On my last trip, I met a sherpa man carrying a typical 30 kg load in sandals, eating soup with the palm of his hand, a US$1000 Garmin smart watch in one hand. Someone must have given it as a gift after summiting Mount Everest. The contrast was quite great, as if the guys were going to time jump 500 years into the future. The Sherpa mother heats the food with firewood and fetches water from the mountain stream in the backyard at the same time as the girls in the family surf the Internet via Wi-Fi on their iPhones. Sherpas live off nature and mountain trekkers.

Sherpas can carry a maximum of 90 kg, Jakki bulls 70 kg. On average, Sherpas carry 30 kg loads and earn a full year’s salary of $2000 in two months. Sherpas work in many different roles as car drivers, porters, cooks, mountain guides, ice doctors, IT men and managers.

Namche Bazar at an altitude of 3000 meters

One interesting destination of the trip is the world’s highest city. At Namche Bazar, located on the mountainside, cows roam the city streets among mountain hikers. Here are the last camping shops before Everest Base Camp, if you need to replenish. However, remember that every kilo must be carried on foot, there are no cars.

Namche Bazar is preceded by one of my favorite spots on the hiking trail. A steep climb and long 300m suspension bridges over a mountain river at an altitude of about 200 and 300m. Namche Bazar divides the mountain trekking tour into two parts. Above and below it, the nature is slightly different.

Namche Bazar at an altitude of 3000 meters. One interesting destination of the trip is the world’s highest city. At Namche Bazar, located on the mountainside, cows roam the city streets among mountain hikers. Here are the last camping shops before Everest Base Camp, if you need to replenish. However, remember that every kilo must be carried on foot, there are no cars. Namche Bazar is preceded by one of my favorite spots on the hiking trail. A steep climb and long 300m suspension bridges over a mountain river at an altitude of about 200 and 300m. Namche Bazar divides the mountain trekking tour into two parts. Above and below it, the nature is slightly different.

Everest Base Camp trekking is safe

Trekking with a Sherpa to Everest Base Camp at an altitude of 5350 meters and back is safe with me or a Sherpa. However, you shouldn’t set off alone, because in the Himalayas the tree line runs at an altitude of 4,000 meters, above which the weather changes faster, there is no shelter, and there is a risk of getting lost and falling in the dark and fog. In daylight, the 1-3 meter wide path is easy to follow and along the path there are small Sherpa villages every 5 kilometers where you can stay and get food.

In the Himalayas, trekking with a Sherpa is safe up to Everest Base Camp. From there, the dangers and risks of the mountains begin, which you will not go into on this mountain velling trip. Going above Base Camp without a mountain climbing permit will get you in jail in Nepal. However, you can take photos in the area of Colonel Base Camp.

The only danger in mountain trekking is climbing up to Everest Base Camp sick or too fast, in a week. The result is evacuation by helicopter. A basically healthy, normal, fit Finnish middle-aged person can go on a mountain hiking trip with no worries, as long as it takes two weeks to go up. You can come down as fast as you want.

Mount Everest. It’s hard to take good pictures of the highest mountain in the world because it’s so big, 7000m mountains are in front and commercial drones only fly up to 6000m. If you want a good picture, you have to make a day trip from Everest Base Camp and climb the next mountain.

Sign up in the online store

Sign up for the Himalayas by paying for mountain hiking and mountain climbing in the online store.

Everest Base Camp Trek, €1900/person

Island Peak, €900/person, as an additional service

(I will announce the exact price during the fall of 2024, when I can calculate the costs.)

Turnout

The number of participants in the mountain hike is 12 to 25 people.

According to my judgment, if the number of Sherpas and the functionality of the logistics and the hotel capacity allow, then more people can participate in the trip.

I organize a mountain hike if there are 12 participants or more.

If the number of participants is not reached by March 1, 2025, I will pay 100% back by March 15, 2025.

Nepal is a mountainous country. Everest Base Camp can be reached by flying from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, by plane or helicopter to the Lukla mountain airport, from where the journey continues on foot, led by a Sherpa, 60 km uphill to Everest Base Camp. The mountain trails are warm in May.

The price includes

  • Guidance in the Himalayas
  • Accommodation in guesthouses during the Himalayan mountain trek
  • Meals in guesthouses during the Himalayan mountain trek
  • Flight to the mountains Kathmandu – Lukla – Kathmandu
  • Hotel accommodation (4 nights) and a delicious Nepali buffet restaurant at the four-star Kathmandu Aloft hotel
  • Airport transfers to the hotel and airport
  • Safety guarantee – if the customer needs hospital treatment, I will pay 50% back at my discretion
  • Satisfaction guarantee – if the customer is not satisfied, I will pay 20% back at my discretion

Registration is required

  • Over 15 years of age
  • Basic health, legs and back in good condition
  • Knowledge of Finnish or English
  • Good condition, according to my assessment, 20 km with a 5 kg rucksack in 4 hours on the chewing track is enough to climb with good strength to Everest Base Camp. It is more important to be in basic health and the fact that the hike up the mountain takes two weeks instead of one.

Cancellations and upgrades

  • Cancellations – in all cases of cancellation I pay 50% back
  • Upgrading – the alternative to canceling is to change the trip to a mountain run in the Alps in the same summer.

Along you need

  • Good running shoes or hiking shoes, in the Himalayas in May it is warm +25 C during the day, 0 C at night
  • Shorts and a technical T-shirt
  • Light hiking poles that can be carried in a backpack (if you like to hike without poles, then ok, just as good an option)
  • Sunglasses, sunscreen and a cap
  • Light shell clothes, beanie, gloves and a light ounce in a backpack
  • 20 – 30 Lira backpack
  • I will specify the camping equipment later (no tent, sleeping pad or sleeping bag)
  • Phone, charger and 2x power banks (two phones are a good option, a Nepali SIM card for the second)
  • Suitcase and normal travel equipment
  • First aid supplies, sports tape, medicines, etc.
Lukla mountain airport. The trip to the capital takes 20 minutes by plane, over 24 hours by foot and by car. – – – Up from the Lukla mountain airport there is a wide path and the kingdom of Sherpas. Everyone travels on foot or by helicopter.

Everest Base Camp mountain trek (€1900)

Reception at Kathmandu (KTM) airport on May 1

Aimed at mountain hikers, mountain hiking and mountain climbing in the Himalayas, 80 km / 5 vkm, 12 – 20 participants

A great trip to the Himalayas. See the program on the Everest Base Camp Trek and Island Peak pages.

Register on 1.3. by.

Highest point 6189 m, Island Peak + 40 km / 2 vkm, Difficult, 3 weeks, Best time from April to May, from September to October –> in the program in May in 2025

 

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I didn’t meet Yeti the Snowman, but you might come across one in the Himalayas.