CLASSIC EVEREST
15 days from GBP2,126 to GBP2,421 including flights
Tripcode: TND
An Everest experience based in comfortable lodges
For any trekker the Everest region is 'the' must-visit destination. However, physically getting there has always been an adventure, the classic expedition approach being long, exhausting and often uncomfortable. The mountain airstrip at Lukla has shortened the route in, and recently, with the building of a series of comfortable lodges, we can walk among the world's highest mountains and retire to a proper bedroom with en suite facilities each evening. The traditionally-built lodges are beautifully situated amongst pretty Sherpa villages and offer magnificent views. We visit the famous monastery at Thyangboche and the Sherpa capital, Namche Bazaar, as well as exploring temples, palaces and bazaars in Kathmandu Valley.
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Nava Kiran Orphanage Kathmandu
After two years in the making March 2006 saw the opening of a new building, and a much larger home for the children living at the Nava Kiran Orphanage. Today is a different story. The children are now fully settled in their new home and all attend local schools or nursery school. They have transformed the gardens into small rice terraces and are producing enough rice each month to keep the kitchen stocked, this in turn frees valuable funds which they are putting towards a biogas dome. Once up and running, and with the help of 9 tonnes of cow dung, the dome will turn waste from the bathrooms into natural gas that can be used for cooking. Almost all trips to Kathmandu can visit the orphanage, and all our Nepali leaders will be happy to pass on up-to-date information.
| Day 1 | Depart London. |
| Day 2 | Arrive Kathmandu. |
| Day 3 | Sightseeing tour of Kathmandu. |
| Day 4 | Fly to the mountain airstrip at Lukla; trek to Monzo. |
| Day 5 | Acclimatisation daywalk to Thachok Hill. |
| Day 6 | To Namche Bazaar. |
| Day 7 - 8 |
To Tashinga; daywalk to Thyangboche Monastery for views of Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse and Ama Dablam. |
| Day 9 - 10 |
To Mende in the Thame Valley. Visit Thame Monastery. |
| Day 11 - 12 |
Descend to Lukla. |
| Day 13 | Fly to Kathmandu. |
| Day 14 | Free morning, afternoon depart Kathmandu. |
| Day 15 | Arrive London. |
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