Island Peak Climbing 18 Days

You will be warmly welcomed at the Tribhuvan airport in Kathmandu , and then transfer to your Hotel.

Early in the morning you will drive to the domestic airport and fly to Lukla – 30 minutes. Once you land at the airport you will meet your crews. After drinking hot tea , breakfast we will trek to Phakding for 3 to 4 hours through the beautiful sherpa villages called Champlung, Ghat and finally you will reach your Teahouse. The trail leads you gradually descending as Phakding (alt. 2610m) is lower than Lukla airport (alt.7280m) and you will also cross a few suspension bridges over the Dudh kosi river After lunch you can hike to Phakding monastery if you want, which is a beautiful cultural monastery in this valley. Also this hike will help you to acclimatize for the following day’s trek.

Note: Autumn, October and November and Spring : March to April you will take flight Lukla or return to Kathmandu from Ramechhap which is 4 hours drive from Kathmandu.

Today, after breakfast at the hotel you will trek to Namche in 5 to 6 hours. Along the way you will cross numerous old sherpa villages, suspension bridges , waterfalls, beautiful tea houses and landscapes. At Manjo there is Sagarmatha national park office where your Everest base camp and Island peak permits will be provided from here. After that you will quickly descend to Jorsalle , where we stop for the Lunch before we climb the big hills of Namche. After lunch we will continue to traverse the Dudh kosi river to the tallest hillary bridge where two rivers meet. After crossing the tallest suspension bridge you will ascend to Namche bazaar in 3 hours – approx 500 m more . Along the trail you will also see Mount Everest if the weather stays clear in the afternoon till you arrive at the viewpoint.

Phakding is 2610m and Namche itself lies at an elevation of. 3400m , today you will ascend 800 meters. The trails gose gradual ups and down to the Manjo – Jorsalle and final last part is bit challenging walk to get Namche as you are beginning of the trip long ascends at first time, but you will be reward with local markets , mountains views , shops once you reach in Namche bazaar.

Today is your rest and acclimatization day. It is very important to spend extra nights at Namche for good acclimatization of altitude. After breakfast you will start the hike from Namche alt. 340m to Everest view Hotel (alt. 3800m) for 3 to 4 hours. Exploring the strengthened views from Everest view Hotel to Mount Everest alt. 8884m , Lhotse alt. 8516m , Nuptse alt. 7965m , Ama -Dablam alt. 6812m , Thamserku alt 6643 , Kongde peak alt. 6130m , Island peak alt. 6176m including 100s of beautiful peaks. You will hike through the Sagarmatha national park museum, Army camp and Syangboche airport and on the way back to the lodge you can also visit an old culture monastery. After lunch you can visit the local markets and shops if you want before dinner.

Trek from Namche to Tengboche is one of the remarkable walks through the sagarmatha national park, enjoying the view of Mount Everest range, Ama Dablam , Thamserku , Touche and many more . Moverover, you may encounter wildlife , different species of birds including nepali national birds called Dafe. Once you leave Namche you will gradually traverse to Kyanzungma and descend to Phungthanga where you will stop for lunch and finally ascending to Tengboche monastery about 500 m. once you reach at Tengboche you can also visit monastery and everyday they allowed to trekkers after 4 pm at Puja ceremony. You can participate in Puja and experience Buddhist culture and religion

After breakfast, you will start your day . today you will trek to Dingboche in 4 to 5 hours. Along the way you will cross a few sherpa villages such as Pangboche, Deboche and Sommar. In the morning you will descend to Diboche and gradually trek to Khumbu khola, cross the river and slowly ascend to Pangboche village (alt.3900m). Where you can take a commercial break and enjoy the view of mount Ama Dablam with a cup of tea. Another one more hour walk to Sammar where we will take lunch. Before it ends the day will travers final 2 more hours gradually to reach Dinboche from the lunch place.

After breakfast, you will start your day . today you will trek to Dingboche in 4 to 5 hours. Along the way you will cross a few sherpa villages such as Pangboche, Deboche and Sommar. In the morning you will descend to Diboche and gradually trek to Khumbu khola, cross the river and slowly ascend to Pangboche village (alt.3900m). Where you can take a commercial break and enjoy the view of mount Ama Dablam with a cup of tea. Another one more hour walk to Sammar where we will take lunch. Before it ends the day will travers final 2 more hours gradually to reach Dinboche from the lunch place.

Today you will trek to Lobuche in 4 to 5 hours. You will feel a bit more challenging walking as you are going to a higher section of this trek. You will gradually ascends to Thukla in 2.5 hours, where you can eat some energy foods and drinks before we cross the Thukla pass (alt .4800m) on the top of the pass you can see numbers memorize of climber sherpa and foreigners those who were died during the everest expeditions. Before it ends the day you will have a final one more hour trek to Lobuche. After take rest you can hike few hundred ups from your lodge as it will helps you tonight good sleep

Today is the biggest day of this trek as you are reaching the world highest mount Everest Base Camp (alt.5364m). Early in the morning you will trek to Gorak Shep in 3 hours slowly as the trail gradually ascends through rocky and narrow. We highly suggest you take good enough food and drinks in Gore shep , you can’t get along the way to Basecamp nor on the route. After lunch we will trek to Everest Base Camp to put final feet at the world highest mount Basecamp for 2 to 3 – 4  hours more.

Once you reach at basecamp you will celebrate  with your guide and porters as your dreams come true to reach at the basecamp and then you will slowly return back to Gorek shep for overnight stay.  You will definitely feel tired as you start from early morning and end up late afternoon, but you will be rewarded at Everest base camp and also it will help you to summit Island peak in the next step for following programs of this trip.

Early in the morning you will hike to Kalapathher viewpoint (5550m). Generally it takes 3 to 4 hours to complete the whole hike, but sometimes it may also take more than usual time as it all depends on your speed. With head touch and tight your boots we will start the hike very early in the morning for sunrise view over the mount everest from top of the Kalapathher viewpoint calculating the hike time it takes 3 hours to get at the viewpoint from Gorek shep normally you have to start from 3 am as sunrise will be roughly 6 am. After enjoying the sunrise view over the himalayas including mount everest you will return to lodge for breakfast and you will trek back and continue to Dingboche from where your Island peak climbing program starts.

After breakfast, you will trek to Chhukung today. It is a very easy day as you will only walk 2 to 3 hours. In The afternoon your climbing guide will give you basic climbing training for a few hours and you will have a good rest as you are going to the summit of island peak at 6176m.

After breakfast you will trek to Island peak Base Camp from Chhukung in 4 to 5 hours. The trail gradually ascends from alt. 4700m to 5000m. Once you reach the camp your kitchen crews will cook the food and hot drinks as you are going to sleep in a tent tonight. Afternoon you have free time for preparing the summit for tomorrow and tonight you will go to bed early as we have to wake up very early in the morning.

It is the other biggest day of this EBC trek and Island peak summit. Early in the morning before noon to avoid the windy start about 1 am your climbing guide will wake you up and after breakfast and wear your climbing gears and boots we will slowly start the day. You will follow your professional sherpa guide. Beginning of the walk you will ascend to the rocky ridge before stretching out based on the glacier. From here you will stay in rope and use crampons as we have to walk onwards on the ice. Continue travers through the glacier ascending to the south ridge to the summit. There are few new crevasse , but there will be a fixed ladder to cross to the other side and continue to follow the summit trail. From the summit You will be rewarded by outstanding views of Lotse (7,892ft), Makalu (27,810 F), Barunse (25,328Ft) , Ama dablam (21790Ft) including numerous beautiful peaks. After the final successful summit island peak alt. 6176m – 20,250Ft.) and enjoying the views and celebrating the dream come true to reach 6000 m above slowly you will descend to Basecamp. Coming down is much easier than ascending. Once you reach camp our kitchen crews will cook fresh food and hot drinks for us. Rest of the time you will have a good rest after this big day.

Encase for reserve day , if weather changes and you couldn’t start the summit yesterday or have any technical problems and then you can use reserve day. If everythings done in a regular plan, then you can use this day somewhere in a nice place on the way down to Lukla.

Trek back to Pangboche through the Dingboche in 4 to 5 hours. As you will be already familiar with trails and mostly descending you won’t feel as hard as going up last time.

Trek back to Namche in 5 to 6 hours via the Tengboche monastery. Namche is nice place for food and drinks where you can spend a good time after successful trip to EBC and Island peak summit

Today is the last day of this trek. Namche to Lukla you will gradually descend and end with gradual ascends to Lukla. After a 3 hour walk you will stop for lunch at Phakding and after lunch you will walk 2 to 3 hours more to reach Lukla. Today is last night of this trek so you can enjoy with food and drinks with your guide and porter.