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Nepal Trek - A journey of the Heart - Dumji Festival
16 June 09 to 2 July 09A classic journey tinged with the romance and thrill of being so close to the highest peaks. This journey conjures up images of great challenge and achievement - tinged with the romance and thrill of being so close to the Everest. It offers incredible mountain profile and wonderful insight into the way of hard Sherpa life. I'll take you to special places off the beaten track and you'll meet sherpa friends and high Ringpoche's and nuns I've known for nearly 20 years. P Schedule
Arrive
in Kathmandu on or before the 16th June 2009 and leave Kathmandu by the 2nd of July for your international
departure. Getting yourself and friends to Kathmandu international airport is up to you but from then we'll look after you including collecting you at the airport all the way through your trek and back to the airport at the finish. No fuss. No stress. Priority.
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General Description
We stay in lodges under the shadow of
the Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Ama Dablam, and Thamaserku peaks in our
journey to (either Gokyo or Everest base camp and Kalapathar); selected among the world's
top 20 classic Journeys of Lifetime by the Observer, UK. We enjoy good
food and traditional Sherpa hospitality. With time for acclimatisation
rest days on the way up we walk on relaxed pace below the incredible
snow capped peaks, through the beautiful forest and Himalayan Sherpa
settlements. Please note that Dumji festival time is a time when some lodges close so we may need to adjust our routine to work with the local people. Also, the date for Dumji can change on short notice so please be prepared to adjust our trek schedule here and there to work in with that.
Trip details
Day 1 Arrive In Kathmandu 1500m - Shopping and preparation
Day 2. Flight to Lukla 2700m - Phakding 2600m (this flight is weather dependent and we may have to wait days)
Day 3 Trek to Namche Bazaar 3200m - Half day only - Very hard - 4 hours up the Namche hill.
Day 4 Spare - Free time - Possible acclimatisation walk to Thamo
Day 5 Tengboche 3700m - Visit meditation at Tengboche Monastery and meet High Lama
Day 6. Dingboche 4100m - Long Day - Major Everest Views and Ama Dablam
Day 7 Spare - Free time - Possible exploration of hiltop monasteries
Day 8 Pangboche 3800m - Visit old Nunnery - Caves - Hilltop Views -Blessing by High Lama Geshi
Day 9 Phortse 3700m - Short day - Free time - Possible walk to monastery
Day 10 Machermo 4300m - Long day easy walk - beautiful Valley
Day 11 Spare - Free time - Possible day walk to Goyko Sacred Lakes
Day 12 Namche -3200m Descending from 4400 to 3200m
Day 13 Spare - Free time - Possible day walk to Kunde and Kumjung
Day 14 Lukla 2700m - long day easy walk
Day 15 Flight to Kathmandu - no walk - whole day spare
Day 16 Spare - Free time- Possible sight seeing and guided tour, shopping (not included)
Day 17 Flight out
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