Everest View Trek
Want to glimpse Mt. Everest up close and experience a few days of walking in the Everest region without planning 12 days Everest Base Camp Trek? If that’s the case for you, we’ve got you covered. To view the world’s highest mountain from a close distance, you don’t need to trek to the base camp of Everest. The seven-day Everest View Trek is a short, easy, and affordable trek in the Everest region. On this trek, you’ll view a panoramic glimpse of Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Ama Dablam, and more mountains.
What to expect?
- Panoramic mountain scenery from Tengboche and Hotel Everest View
- A surreal glimpse of the world’s highest, Mt. Everest, alongside Mt. Lhotse, Nuptse, Ama Dablam, and more.
- Walk on the Everest Base Camp Trek route till Tengboche, once walked by legendary Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa.
- An ideal trek for time-bound trekkers, novice hikers, families with kids, and senior citizens.
- Straightforward, less strenuous, and highly affordable, a week-long adventure.
- Experience enriched Sherpa culture, hamlets, biodiversity, and serenity at Tengboche Monastery.
- Customizable if you want to fly on a helicopter from Namche or Tengboche to Everest Base Camp.
Why Everest View Trek in 2024?
The craze of Everest Base Camp Trek is growing big every year. And thousands of trekkers trek to the base camp. But still, many can’t trek to the base camp of Everest for reasons. Some may have time limitations, some with age factors, want to trek with kids, etc. And still, they want to experience the wholesome walk in the Everest region without trekking for 12 days. For them, the Everest Panorama View Trek from Tengboche is sufficient to appease their thirst for seeing Mt. Everest up close.
Here, we’ve listed a few significant reasons why you should consider this trek in 2024.
Surreal mountain panorama
Everest region, being the home of the world’s highest mountains, is a haven for orophiles. And if there’s one significant thing to do Everest Panorama View Trek, it’s for the surreal mountain view without embarking on the strenuous Everest Base Camp Trek.
Everest region is home to four eight thousand meters and several seven thousand and six thousand meters mountains. While on this trek, you will see two 8,000 meters, one 7,000 meters, and a few 6,000 meters tall mountains. Mt. Everest and Lhotse are two eight-thousand-tall mountains you’ll see. Moreover, Nuptse, Ama Dablam, Kongde, Thamserku, etc., are visible from Hotel Everest View and Tengboche.
Thus, in seven days, you’ll see all the prominent mountains of the region without any strenuous walk to the base camp.
Everest region trek experience
Stepping into the Everest region feels great. Trekking the route for several days is a wholesome experience.
On Everest Panorama View Trek, you’ll trek till Tengboche, walking on the trail once walked by legendary mountaineers. Plus, you’ll settle in at a tea house in Tengboche, a place adored by Sir Edmund Hillary. He claimed that it’s the best place on this planet to live.
Till Tengboche, you’ll walk on the exact Everest Base Camp Trek route. The trail passes through Sherpa settlements, valleys, and beautiful landscapes. Moreover, you’ll visit places like Lukla, Lukla Airport, Namche Bazaar, Syangboche, and Tengboche Monastery.
Thus, for the seven days, you’ll experience a comfortable walk on the Everest Base Camp Trek route.
Best for a family with kids and senior citizens
These days, most trekkers plan Everest Base Camp Trek with kids. Practically, taking kids to the base camp at 5,364 meters is risky due to thin air and the risk of altitude sickness. However, if you want to trek with kids and view Everest and other high mountains, we suggest you join our Everest View Trek in 2024.
Not only kids but even senior citizens with age 70 years can trek to Tengboche easily. For them, hiking to the base camp of Everest can get challenging and undoable. But till Tengboche, they can trek comfortably.
The distance from Lukla to Tengboche is just 17 km/10 miles. From Lukla, you’ll trek to Tengboche, taking four days, which ensures a comfortable hiking experience. Moreover, a day of rest in Namche Bazaar provides adequate acclimatization.
The comfortable walk, easy trails, acclimatization, and incredible mountain scenery make Everest Panorama View Trek a fantastic experience for your family with kids and senior citizens.
Ideal trek for time bound trekkers
Not everyone can trek for 12 days to Everest Base Camp. But to see the Everest up close, they can allocate seven days. If you’re limited in time but still want to see the world’s highest mountains, the seven-day Everest Panorama Trek is for you.
In just seven days, you’ll trek to Tengboche, view the Everest panorama, return to Lukla, and fly back to Kathmandu. Moreover, timebound trekkers also experience adventurous walks in the Everest region.
Affordable Trek
Even when you have a limited budget and want the Everest experience, Everest Panorama View Trek is for you.
We’ve set USD 999 as the Everest View Trek Cost for the 2024/25 season. It is the most affordable Everest region trek you’ll get. This cost is highly reasonable, given your transportation, permits, flights, meals, accommodation, guides, porters, etc.
Everest View Trek Itinerary
Day 2: Trek from Phakding to Namche Bazaar (3,440 meters, 6 hours)
After having breakfast at the tea house in Phakding, you'll start the steady walk to Monjo.
Trekking for 30 minutes from Phakding takes you to TokTok, a small hamlet. Past TokTok, you'll trek to Benkar, through the pine forest, cross several suspension bridges, and climb to Monjo.
Your trek guide purchases the Everest trek permit and verifies it at the national park checkpost at Monjo. Meanwhile, you can take photographs at the national park entrance gate. Also, the army officials will check your backpacks.
Trekking for 15 minutes past the national park entrance gate takes you to Jorsale. It's a beautiful hamlet just above the cascading Dudh Koshi River. Here, you'll stop for lunch.
After lunch, you'll trek for three hours to Namche Bazaar. But before that, you'll cross Hillary Bridge, the highest suspension bridge at Larcha Dovan.
You'll settle in at a lodge for overnight accommodation.
Day 3: Rest day in Namche. Acclimatization hike to Hotel Everest View (3,880 meters, 4 hours)
To prevent altitude sickness, you'll stop for a day at Namche Bazaar for acclimatization. As a part of the acclimatization hike, you'll trek to Hotel Everest View at 3,880 meters in Syangboche.
After breakfast at the tea house, you'll visit Sagarmatha National Park region, North-East of Namche. From here, you'll get a complete view of the Everest panorama.
You'll then trek to Syangboche airport, a steep uphill climb for an hour. From Syangboche, you'll trek for 30 minutes to the hotel.
It's an excellent viewpoint when the weather clears. You'll see Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Ama Dablam, Tawoche, Khumbila, Kongde, and more. For a wholesome experience, you can have a few cups of tea in the hotel's courtyard, viewing elegant mountains.
You'll return to the tea house at noon, have lunch, and take a whole day's rest at the hotel. During the evening, you can walk for 20 minutes to the Sherpa Museum and spend some quality time.
Overnight at the tea house in Namche.
Day 4: Trek from Namche Bazaar to Tengboche (3,860 meters, 5 hours)
After breakfast at the tea house, you'll resume the trek from Namche to Tengboche.
You'll leave Namche around 8 am to avoid the afternoon's heat while ascending to Tengboche. Usually, on clear weather days, after lunch, the bright sun and heat past mid-day make it difficult to hike up to Tengboche from Punge Thenka.
After leaving Namche, you'll trek to Sansa on an almost flat trail. From Sansa to Punge Thekna, you'll descend for 30 minutes. Punge Thenka is a small tea house settlement on the right bank of the Dudh Koshi River. Here, you'll stop for lunch.
After lunch, you'll cross a suspension bridge, validate your permits, and start the gradual ascend of Tengboche. It takes one and a half hours to hike up to Tengboche Monastery.
During the evening, you'll visit the Tengboche monastery to experience the evening prayers and rituals by the monks.
You'll settle in at a tea house in Tengboche overnight.
Day 5: Trek from Tengboche to Monjo (2,835 meters, 7 hours)
The panoramic glimpse of the highest mountains, like Mt. Everest, from Tengboche, is the focal attraction of your seven days of Everest View Panorama Trek.
You'll wake up early to see the sunrise over the beautiful mountain scenery. Everest, Lhotse, and Nuptse walls become magical. Plus, Ama Dablam shines elegantly with the morning sun.
You'll have your breakfast at the tea house in Tengboche. You'll also visit the Tengboche monastery for morning rituals and prayers. The hymns and chants of Buddhist mantras make the morning serene and peaceful.
You'll descend to Phungi Thenga, ascend to Sansa, and stop for tea. From here, an hour-long hike takes you to Namche Bazar. You'll stop for lunch at Namche.
From Namche, you'll descend to Hillary Bridge, Jorsale, and Monjo. You'll check out your Everest region trek permits at the checkpost at the national park entrance.
You'll settle in at a tea house in Monjo overnight.
Day 6: Trek from Monjo to Lukla (2,860 meters, 4 hours)
You'll wake up with a beautiful morning at Monjo. With a savory breakfast, you'll prepare for the four hour hike to Lukla.
After leaving Monjo, you'll hike to Benkar, Tok Tok, Phakding, Ghat, Sengma, and Lukla. You'll have your lunch at Lukla.
For the rest of the day, you'll have the option of sightseeing and hiking around Lukla. When in Lukla, visiting Chaurikharka would be an amazing day activity.
In the evening, you can celebrate the trek's success with some drinks at the pubs in Lukla. Don't forget to buy drinks for your trekking guide and porter. Also, every trekker tips their guides and porters on the last day in Lukla.
Overnight at a lodge in Lukla.
Day 7: Flight from Lukla to Kathmandu/Ramechhap (25 minutes). Drive to Kathmandu (6 hours)
You'll end Everest Panorama View Trek ends as you fly from Lukla to Kathmandu/Ramechhap.
If you get the flight to Kathmandu, you'll get a hotel transfer from the domestic arrivals in Kathmandu airport.
However, if you land at Manthali airport, you'll get a private vehicle drive to Kathmandu. You'll get picked up by our representative at the airport.
Essential Trek Information
Meals during the trek
Seven days Everest Panorama View Trek includes 7 breakfasts, 7 lunches, and 6 dinners. However, you must pay on your own for everything you consume besides what we provide in the package, like extra tea, coffee, etc.
Chapati, toasts, jam, butter, honey, Tibetan bread, noodle soup, pancakes, pies, porridge, eggs, potatoes, etc., are everyday breakfast items. Ginger lemon honey, tea, yak milk, and coffee are the hot drinks available during breakfast.
The lunch and dinner include Dal Bhat, Pizza, Burgers, fries, Thenduk, Pasta with cheese, spaghetti, noodles, sandwiches, and more.
You can read our Meals while Trekking in Nepal blog for comprehensive ideas about meals you can expect while trekking in Everest and another region.
Accommodation and other amenities
You’ll get a twin shared room for accommodation throughout this trek. As you hike to Tengboche, you’ll also get the tea houses offering attached bathrooms.
You won’t find any heated rooms but will get nice bedrooms with clean and tidy bedsheets and blankets. We recommend you carry a sleeping bag if you don’t want to use the tea house’s blankets.
Other amenities like electricity, hot water shower, hot drinking water, and internet/wifi costs NPR 300-500. This cost is exclusive to the trek cost you pay us. Thus, you must pay for these amenities at the tea houses yourself.
Trek Difficulty
Seven days of Everest Panorama View Trek is among the easy Everest region trekking. Unlike reaching above 5000 meters altitude like Everest Base Camp and Gokyo Lakes, you’ll hike to Tengboche in this trek. It’s just at 3,860 meters.
The trekking trails till Tengboche, and even past it, are thoroughly maintained.
Having said this, you should be physically fit enough to trek. Although this trek is short, you must hike at least 5 hours daily. You should train for a few months before joining our Everest View Trek group in Autumn 2023.
Some sections on the route, like ascending from Larcha Dovan to Namche and Punge Thenga to Tengboche, can be arduous. While climbing these sections, you’ll gain more than 300 meters in less than an hour. So, your legs and lungs must be perfectly fit to cope with strenuous hikes.
Altitude sickness and prevention
The altitude over 2500 meters are prone to altitude sickness. However, the proper form of mountain sickness appears around 3500 meters at altitude.
On Everest View Trek, you may get altitude sickness. But, getting altitude sickness on this trek is doubtful as you’ll stop at Namche for a day of acclimatization. The gradual hike from Lukla to Phakding, Namche, Namche Stay, and Tengboche makes you well adapted to high altitude.
Having said this, you may still get altitude sickness. But, the symptoms remain mild and go away within 24 hours of stay at Namche.
Thus, we encourage you to train for a few months before joining the trek. Cardio, swimming, and aerobic exercise prepare you well for this trek.
If you get it by chance, there are a few ways to prevent altitude sickness. First, frequent hydration keeps you away from altitude sickness symptoms. Rehydration with oral rehydration salt solution helps maintain body salts levels and body fluids.
Eating adequate meals, sleeping for eight complete hours, avoiding caffeine and alcohol, and not smoking keep you from possible altitude sickness.
Trek Safety and Security
With the fully guided Everest View Trek by NepTrek, you’ll be in 100% safe hands. Our experienced trekking guides ensure the utmost safety throughout this trek.
Your luggage, personal items, health safety, and helicopter evacuations will be safe and in arrangements.
However, you must have a travel insurance policy to get a helicopter evacuation during emergencies.
Best time for Everest View Trek
The pre and post-monsoon months, from March to May and September to November, are ideal times for Everest Panorama View Trek. These months are best known for their clear weather, mild temperature, rain-free days, and elegant mountains and landscapes.
The average daytime temperature during these months at Tengboche remains 10°C. Moreover, the lowest temperature of just -4 °C makes it bearable at night.
However, during these best months, crowds of trekkers will be on the Everest Base Camp route. And if you want a peaceful hike, these months may not be best for you.
Trek Permits
Sagarmatha National Park Permit and Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality permits are two essential Everest Region Trek Permits you should purchase for this trek.
Sagarmatha National Park Permit is available at Nepal Tourism Board in Kathmandu. We’ll prepare these two permits for you upon buying this trek with us.
And if you want to trek by just hiring a trekking guide, you should visit Nepal Tourism Board to purchase Sagarmatha National Park Permit. Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality permit is only available at Lukla.
In total, these two permits cost you USD 50/NPR 5000.
Trek guides and porters
While booking Everest View Trek with us, you’ll get a licensed trek guide and a trekking porter. With our experienced trek staff, you’ll get the best guiding service. Moreover, our trek porters will help you carry your backpacks throughout this trek.
If you want to hire a trekking guide and porter without purchasing this trek from us, we also provide hiring trek guide service.
