Lobuche Peak Climbing Itinerary
Welcome to land of Himalays, Nepal. Today we start our day with an early morning flight to Lukla after breakfast at hotel in Kathmandu. This 35 minutes scenic flight takes us to Tenzing-Hillary Airport at Lukla, the gateway of Everest region. Here at Lukla we will introduce with your porters and crew members. After a short meeting and introduction with the porters, we start our trekking journey through the beautiful paved footpath passing typical Sherpa’s villages, green valleys along with DudhKoshi River towards Phakding village. Overnight at tea-house in Phakding.
After breakfast at tea-house, our trek begins with a gentle walk to village of Benker and Monjo which situated along with Dudh Koshi River. Crossing the suspension bridge, our trek continues to ascend entrance to Sagarmatha National Park. we can see the first sights of Everest panorama for the first time before reaching Namche Bazaar. Namche Bazaar is pretty big town and considered as the Sherpa’s capital which built on a steep mountain bowl with excellent views of the Himalayas with every facilities like restaurants, banks, and shops etc. Overnight at tea-house in Namche Bazaar.
We stay in Namche Bazaar for two nights, to ensure proper altitude acclimatization. The day is reserved for the acclimatization process where you will spend on full day higher altitude environment. After lunch, we will short hike towards Everest view hotel from where you can see the close-up views of Mt. Ama Dablam and panoramic view of the world highest mountains including Mt. Everest. We also have a chance to explore the Sherpa’s museum, tradition and culture of the Sherpa people.Then we back to Namche again, and enjoy beautiful town as well take some rest and prepare for next day.Overnight stay at tea-house at Namche Bazaar.
The day begins after breakfast with short hike to Kenjoma. Then trail goes steep up through Dudh Koshi River and beautiful forests land with an impressive views of snow-capped mountains like Mt. Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, AmaDablam, Thamserku and Kwangde peak with numerous mind-blowing villages towards Tengboche. Tengboche is another magnificent village of Khumbu region with a charming spot of close views of world’s beautiful peak AmaDablam. After reaching Tengboche, you will visit renowned biggest Buddhist Tengboche monasteries with daily praying of Buddhist monks in the region. Overnight stay at tea-house in Tengboche.
After breakfast our trek begins with a short hike passing through lush green Rhododendron forest to reach the village of Pangboche. Then we continue our pleasant walking through the several Mani walls, typical villages & crosses suspension bridges over Imja Khola. Then we reach towards village of Orsho- the way that separates the trial to Pheriche and Dingboche. After having lunch, we enter the Imja Valley and follow Lobuche River to reach beautiful Dingboche. Dingboche is also known as the gateway for Island peak climbing and also a picturesque beautiful village with the cultivated fields where local people grow the food like barley, and potato and so on. Overnight stay at tea-house in Dingboche.
Our day continues after having breakfast at tea-house. Then our day begins with the slow walk towards the beautiful valley of Chhukung- the gateway to Island Peak Climbing. Chhukung is a small settlement of Sherpa’s located exactly at the lap of beautiful peaks Ama Dablam and Imja-tse. After having lunch here, we start to excursion over the beautiful Imja-tse valley & again back to Dingboche for our overnight. Overnight stay at tea house in Dingboche.
Our day begins with an amazing hike towards the famous village Dhugla passing through the Khumbu Khola valley.Then our trek continues with an impressive views mountains like Khumbuste, Pumori, Nuptuse, Lhoste and Everest.The valley begins to narrow as we come closer to Dusa. The trail is steep and trial consists of numerous huge rocks and mountains yaks passing nearby in the high altitude. We can also see many memorials made in the memory of climbers with praying flags and stones who passed away on the way to Mt. Everest. We reach towards Lubuche village which is small settlement near Mt. Everest. Overnight stay at tea-house in Lobuche.
Today is the adventurous day since we are starting to climbing the beautiful Lobuche East Peak. Our day begins from Lobuche to Lobuche base camp. Our walk passes over the flat path about half way and then begins steeper rocky and snowy all the way to Lobuche base camp. We begins to follow steep rocky path to ascend the base camp.Our walk forwards along with the Lobuche glacier as well as enjoying the spectacular views of Cholatse, Tawache, Ama Dablam, Pokalde, Thamserku, Kantega and many more. The accommodation will be in tented camp for next two or three days and you will be having camping food prepared by our professional cook.
Today you will also have a pre-climbing training session where our professional climbing guides will teaches about the training on peak climbing techniques and proper ways of using all the climbing gears such as ice-axe, harness, ascender, descender, climbing boots, ropes, and so on.This training will boost your confidence level to submit this fascinating East Peak. Also, your climbing guide will brief you regarding the climbing facts where you discuss your queries about the climbing. Overnight stay at tented camp in Lobuche Base Camp.
Today is the exciting, thrilling and adventurous day & also a prime attraction of your trip. Today we starts our day to submit the magnificent Lobuche East Peak (6,119 m/20,075 ft.). Our peak summit day starts early in the morning after with an amazing snowy walk along with a short rock steps, glaciers, snow walls, rocky ridge and reach to High camp. With a hard work, you will stand on the summit of wonderful Lobuche east peak blessings you with glorious panoramic views of Mt. Everest, Lhoste, Nuptse, Ama Dablam, Cholaste, Pumori, Island peak, and many other peaks. Getting an unforgettable lifetime experience as well memorable snap shot at the top of Himalaya of Nepal we descend towards the High Camp. After a safe climb we safely return back all the way to Lobuche Base Camp. Overnight stay at tented camp in Lobuche Base Camp.
There is no any guarantee that we will have favorable weather on our planned day for the Lobuche peak summit so, this day is set aside as a contingency. If weather becomes exceptionally unfavorable we wisely have to postpone the program. In case we are unable to summit the peak on the desired day due to bad weather conditions or any other unanticipated reasons, then this day is reserved taking such kinds of risk in our adventurous journey. Sometimes somebody in a group may also get problem in acclimatization well enough, and then this day can be used. However, if trip goes smoothly, this spare day may not be required.
After having our breakfast at tented camp prepared by our crew-members, we slowly descends downhills from Lobuche base camp to Lobuche village. After having lunch at Lobuche, we retrace our walk towards village of Pheriche. Then we continues our walk to Pangboche village enjoying the magnification view Himalayas such as Ama Dablam, Thamsekru, Kantega and other mighty of peaks. We descend down via beautiful Rhododendron and Juniper forests towards Pangboche village.On reaching Pangboche we also visit the popular Pangboche monastery. Overnight stay at tea-house in Pangboche.
After having breakfast at Pangboche, we slowly descend down to the Imja Khola and follows the beautiful pine and Rhododendron forest to Tengboche village.We also visit the nourishing Tengboche monastery. After lunch at Tengboche, we continue our walk passing through the hillside with spectacular views of Ama Dablam, Thamserku and Nuptse. After crossing the bridge over the Dudh Koshi River, our trail follows through the beautiful forests again before reaching Sansa. Then we pass by the army camp to reach the beautiful Namche. Overnight stay at tea-house in Namche Bazaar.
After having breakfast at Namche our day begins with a gentle descends through the Hillary suspension bridge over the Dhud Koshi River. Then we continue our walk towards Jorsalle which is the checking point of TIMS and trek permits.We then slowly descends through the beautiful village of Monjo, Bengkar and reach Phakding. After having lunch at Phakding, our walk passes through pine and rhododendron forest, varieties of environment and landscapes all the way to Lukla-the gateway of the Everest region. On reaching Lukla, We enjoy the last night on Himalayas with the crew members, Sherpa’s and porters. Overnight stay at tea-house in Lukla.
Today is the last day of your adventurous journey to Lobuche peak climbing.Today We take the earliest possible flight back which is about 35 minutes to Kathmandu. On your arrival at Kathmandu Airport our representative will easy transfer towards your respective hotels on our private vehicle. The rest of the day is reserved for your personal activities. You may relax and rest whole day or explore around the famous markets and places to do some souvenir shopping. In the evening, there will be farewell dinner with a typical Nepalese cultural dance hosted by Life Himalaya Trekking to celebrate the successful completion of our journey. Overnight stay at your respective hotel.