Everest Base Camp Trek via Jiri is a classic Everest adventure that includes the walk to Everest Base Camp from Jiri. With its concentration of numerous sky-piercing peaks including Everest, turquoise glacial lakes, deep gorges, glaciers, torrential rivers, and fountains, a trek to Everest Base Camp fascinates, awes, humbles, fires your fancies, and soars your imagination—for days and days. When you choose to venture into the Everest region from Jiri, the simple rural life and pristine nature and culture amaze you as much as the fascinating mountain panorama to be had from the high altitude.
Trip Facts
Physical Grading: Moderate
A moderate trek that demands trekkers/travelers to have a good level of physical and mental fitness to trek daily for long hours.
Max Elevation: 5,644.5m (Kalapatthar)
The highest point of the trek is a perfect vantage point to get close-up views of Everest, Pumori, Ama Dablam, etc.
Accommodation: Hotel, Teahouse
Comfortable accommodation with basic facilities during the trek and a standard hotel in a city.
Meals: Full Board
Healthy and Hygienic 3-course meals during the trek, and only breakfast in a city.
Best Season: Autumn & Spring
Stable weather and temperature offer clear views and comfortable trekking trails.
Trip Route:
Kathmandu to Bhandara (drive) - Trek to Sete – Junbesi – Nunthala – Bupsa – Paiya –Phakding - Namche Bazaar – Tengboche – Dingboche – Lobuche – Gorakshep - Everest Base Camp – Gorakshep – Kalapatthar – Pheriche - Namche Bazaar – Lukla - Kathmandu flight
Trip Highlights
- Jiri village’s simple rural life, pristine nature, and culture
- Incredible ecological and environmental diversity (subtropical to high alpine)
- Everest Base Camp (5,364 m) and Kalapatthar viewpoint (5644.5 m)
- Attractive Junbesi, Nunthala villages, and other Sherpa settlements
- Impressive views of Everest, Lhotse-Nuptse Wall, Ama Dablam, and Kantega
- Vibrant Sherpa capital Namche
- Largest Tengboche Monastery
- Sherpa locals, lifestyle, and culture
Flight Information
Everest Base Camp is every enthusiastic trekker’s dream destination. So, usually during the peak trek seasons, the inflow of trekkers is higher. So, the air traffic in Kathmandu during the months of April, May, October, and November is tough to manage. Therefore, the flight schedules to Lukla are operated from Ramechhap which is a 4-hour drive from Kathmandu.Trip Overview
The Everest Base Camp Trek via Jiri takes you along a well-trodden Everest trail, but it allows you to breathe in the deep rural ambiance and soak up the idyllic scenes. Besides, familiarize yourself with incredible ecological and environmental diversity, from the subtropical to the freezing high alpine. Only the highs if you start from Lukla, but you collect vast experience of all the stunning highs and intriguing lows. The highest point is Kalapatthar at an elevation of 5644.5 m. Discover the picturesque ease of ancient mountain settlement and the miraculous desolation of uninhabited alpines of this wonderland in the vicinity of Everest. For the sheer scope, contrasting experiences, varying geography, and diverse ecologies and ecosystems, this trek offers simply an unrivaled journey of your life.
The adventurous angle of this journey commences from the foothill of Jiri to the Everest Base Camp and returns to Lukla airport to fly to Kathmandu. This round journey measures 10,000 meters with your legs adding all the descents and ascents. An astounding feat in itself! The formidable Lamjura Pass and Kalapatthar, to name a few of the most remarkable, are not only the individual high points of this feat but also some brilliant natural towers allowing you to gaze head to head at the unsurpassed majesty of the towering peaks. While such villages as Tengboche and Dingboche are the pristine enclaves of Sherpa culture you hit during the trail, the other villages like Junbesi and Nunthala show you the essence of rural simplicity.
