Island Peak Climbing

We receive you from airport and escort to the hotel. On the way, we will have a short description of the package.

Kathmandu Valley World Heritage sites sightseeing: Kathmandu Durbar Square, Pashupatinath Temple, Swayambhunath Temple, and Boudhanath Stupa.

Fly to Lukla early in the morning. After reaching Lukla, Trek to Phakding. We will have beautiful sightseeing of green landscapes with the glimpse of Kusum valley on our way.

We walk along Dudh Koshi, ascend through Himalayan pine, cedar forests. Namche Bazaar is a historical trading post for Nepalese and Tibetan. Traders use to exchange salt, dried meat, and textiles. Namche attracts Himalayan and lowland merchants. We rest for two days in Namche for acclimatization, explore local cultures, visit a local market. We also catch glimpse of Everest and neighboring peaks.

We march to Syangboche Airport (3700m), highest airport in the world and continue our trail to Everest View Hotel. From Everest View hotel we have a magnificent view of the Everest, Lhotse, Amadablam, Tawache and much other. We trace back to visit Sherpa culture Museum and Everest photo Gallery.

We follow an easy trail up to Kyangjuma and amp; mount up steeply through rhododendron forests, juniper and large conifers with an increase in elevation. In the springtime, a rhododendron bloom and makes the whole trail beautifully decorated. Many Kharkas, summer settlements, Sherpa bringing herds of yaks passes on our way. Our path goes through settlements of Tongba (3950m), Gyele (3960m) to Dole with few hotels. The incredible view of Khhumbila and Tawache (6542m) passes across throughout the day.

Our journey climbs to Lambara (4220m) and Luza (4360m) encountering brush junipers and Kharkas. We climb up along the side of the valley, crossing sandy spurs to Machhermo (4410m), high above the river. In 1974, Yeti killed three Yaks and attached a Sherpa woman and this is the most influential yeti report.

We mount to the ridge for an excellent view of down valley Kantega and up towards Cho Oyu (8201m) The valley expand as the path passes through Pangka (4390m) then slide down to riverbank before commencing climb on the terminal moraine of the Ngozumpa glacier. The trail is vertical up to the moraine and then first small lake switches at (4650m), a family of green Brainy ducks resides in the lake.

We wake up early and climb up to Gokyo Ri for an astonishing view of Mahalangur Himalayan range, of Cho-Oyu, Everest, Gyachung Kang, Lhotse, Cholatse, Makalu and Tawache & amp. We also have Nepal largest glacier Ngozumpa.

We trek to the foot of Cho La pass.

Our journey must not be affected by weathers. So, early at 4-5 am, we trek to reach the pass by 9-10 am. If we get late we could be affected by the strong wind of altitude above 5300m. We might encounter challenge and problems due to altitude and snow. At the summit beautiful mountains reward us then we descend to the Dzongla at noon.

We will have an easy and short trail to Lobuche.

We will have short climb through meadows. We will see Khumbu glacier and Kalapattar straight ahead of us. This is the best standpoint to view the south face of Mt. Everest and nearby peaks. A couple hours hike will take to Gorekshep and then we continue to Everest base camp. This journey could be exhausting as there are lots of ups and downs. After 3 hours of hiking, we are at base camp and have ourselves with a beautiful view of the Khumbu glacier and icefall. The Everest expedition begins from here.

Our day begins with a hike to Kalapattar (5545m). We observe the excellent view of Mt. Everest. After, we trek back to Gorekshep for breakfast then downfall to Dingboche (4410m).

We continue to the Imja valley with a grand glimpse of Ama Dablam magnifying the skyline. We shall then flow from Lhotse (8501m) to flats sands at Pareshaya Gyab at mid-afternoon. Our two day is reserved for a tented camp. Our professional cook will help you with delicious food. We will have pre-climb training from our expertise using all the necessary equipment like climbing gears such as ice axe, climbing boot, and crampons. This will helps to boost confidence and attend some climbing skills.

We start early morning towards Island Peak Ascent (6189m). We will begin from the rock gully to the ridgeline that leads to an exciting traverse on the nose of the summit glacier. We will use rope in the several crevasses and the guides will fix rope in the necessary fields. After reaching onto the summit ridge, we will enjoy summit views, take some pictures and moment later we descend to Dingboche for overnight.

This day is reserved for the case of unfavorable weather and climate. If the weather conditions and acclimatizing problems occur on the 16th day of our journey, we will reschedule our hike on the 17th day.

We march towards Namche passing through various towns: Orsho, Somare, PAngboche, Tengboche, Pungki Thanka and Kyangjuma.

Our trek continues along the Dudh Koshi River and eventually, we will be at small mountain airstrip at Lukla.

We take a flight to Kathmandu, 30 minutes flight.