We hope that you’ve read all the sections on this trek package. The next step for you will be to contact us to book this trek. To book your spot, you can reach us on various platforms, which we have listed here.

We welcome the trek’s itinerary customization and other personal requirements. Hence, feel free to include everything with us before booking the trek.

To book the trek, we ask for at least 25-30% of the total trek cost from you. For the remaining, you can pay after coming to Nepal before starting the trek.

Once you decide to transfer the advance payment, we’ll send you our bank account details.

Note: You may be subjected to pay the service charge (from the bank side) while making the bank transfer. Hence, the service charge won’t add to the total trek cost.

Yes. You’ll get a refund even after canceling the trek. However, we have our policies regarding the refund after cancelation.

–  If you cancel the trek one month before the trek, you’ll get a 50% refund. We keep 50% as an operational fee.

–  If you cancel the trek a week before the trek, you’ll get a 20% refund. We keep 80% of the advance payment to compensate for the tea house booking and flight ticket fee.

–  If you cancel the trek a day before the trek, you won’t get a refund.

–  For various reasons (altitude sickness, injuries, and personal reasons), if you cancel the trek after starting it, you must pay the remaining trek fee.

Yes. You can use your advance payment for a trek as a credit for other trekking. However, the amount of credit depends on when you inform us about the trekking cancellation. Hence, we suggest you read our trek canceling and refund policy.

Once you transfer the advance payment, you’ll get a confirmation letter within 24 hours.

For further information, you’ll get timely updates via email and WhatsApp. You’ll get a detailed trek itinerary, packing list, physical fitness instructions, and more.

For most countries, Nepal provides on-arrival visas at the airport. Hence, except for a few countries like Israel, and Afghanistan, there’s no need to apply for a tourist visa before flying to Nepal.

Once you land in Kathmandu airport, you’ve to fill out the visa form (digital). And in no time, you’ll get a tourist visa for a specified duration.

We recommend you pay for at least a 30 day tourist visa in Nepal.

The trek runs for 15 days if everything goes as per the plan. However, if the weather becomes poor for the flights, you may have to wait a few more days to fly to and from Lukla. Also, after completing the trek, you may wish to extend the trip to other relaxing tours like Chitwan Jungle Safari. Moreover, you can Kathmandu City Tour around heritage sites for a few days.

Hence, a 30 day visa gives you ample time to trek and explore some beautiful cities in Nepal.

The Nepali tourist visa fees are different for different durations.
The least number of days you can apply for the visa is 15. It costs USD 30 for the 15-day visa. If you want to apply for 30 day travel visa, it costs you USD 50. Similarly, the 90-day visa costs USD 125.

For more about the Nepal tourist visa and visa extension, follow this link.

Note: The trek cost you pay to us doesn’t include the visa fee.

Yes. You’ll get a hotel transfer on a private vehicle. It’s a complimentary from us.

For identification, you’ll see your nameplate upon arrival. We’ll have our representative at the airport to welcome you.

Yes. You’ll get two-way flight tickets included in the trek cost. However, if you wish to fly on a helicopter from Kathmandu to Lukla, you must pay an additional fare. Lukla, being the scariest airport, some trekkers prefer flying on a helicopter than on an airline.

We suggest you provide us with the details of whether you want an airline flight or a helicopter to Lukla.

Usually, during the trekking season, most flights to Lukla operate from Manthali airport. Hence, to reach Manthali airport, we’ll provide you with a private vehicle drive from Kathmandu to Manthali airport.

We’ll start the drive at midnight to catch the flight in the morning. It’ll be a 5-6 hours comfortable drive along the highway.

Note: You don’t need to pay additional cost for the private transportation to and from Kathmandu/Manthali.

Please read our blog, Kathmandu to Ramechhap, to learn more about the road trip to Manthali airport.

With poor weather conditions in Lukla, the flights can get canceled or postponed. Hence, to deal with such situations, we request you to plan this trek with at least 2-3 buffer days. In buffer days, you can do either of:

• Wait for the weather to clear
• City tour or heritage sites tour
• Take the helicopter to Lukla if the weather becomes flyable for the helicopter
• Plan other trekking like Langtang Valley Trek and Annapurna Base Camp Trek.

Absolutely. If you don’t want to fly to Lukla on an aircraft, you can take a helicopter from Kathmandu to Lukla. Although the helicopter fare to Lukla is expensive, flying on one would provide the utmost comfort, luxury, and scenic flight.

It’ll be affordable to fly on a group joining flight where you’ll share the fleet fare per head. Hence, for a helicopter flight, you must give us a confirmation on whether to take a helicopter or a flight to Lukla. So that we can find a group joining flight on your preferred date.

It would be an excellent choice if you plan to start the Everest Base Camp Trek with Gokyo Lakes, with a drive from Kathmandu to Salleri. One advantage of starting the trek with a drive is that your body acclimates well to the altitude. Second, you’ll experience the people, culture, and lifestyles before entering Lukla and Phakding.

Moreover, the route from Salleri to Thamdanda, Bupsa, Paiya, and Phakding is serene, elegant, and peaceful. However, during the season, with the traffic of mules, the off-beat trail often becomes muddy and slippery.

Also, if you prefer this trek with a drive, you don’t need to worry about the poor weather and flights to Lukla.

The tea houses in the Everest region, including Gokyo Valley, provide a wide variety of meals. You’ll find almost everything you eat back home at the tea houses and restaurants on the trek.

For example, for breakfast, you can order toast with omelet and jam butter, hashed brown potatoes, fresh fruits, tea, coffee, etc. Likewise, you can have club sandwiches with tuna and fries, pizza with yak cheese, spaghetti, macaroni, dumplings, and more.

Yes. Every meal the tea houses serve is hygienic and gluten-free.

Most tea houses have their green house where they grow fresh leaves and vegetables. Those who don’t have green house rely on fresh delivery by helicopters.

Being a vegetarian on the trek is best, and we advise our clients to avoid consuming meat throughout the trek.

You’ll get a meal menu from which you can order any of your choice. Hence, you can have vegetarian meals from the menu.

Yes. You’ll get one meal item on each main course. On a day, you’ll get a breakfast, a lunch, and a dinner. Moreover, you’ll get a hot drink of your choice for breakfast. But you must pay for the hot drinks other than those we provide in the breakfast.

Similarly, you must pay for every additional meal in each main course.

Usually, during the trek days, we tend to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the tea house where we stay. But, on the rest days, during the afternoon, visiting cafes and restaurants are the best activities.

While in Namche, you can visit bars, cafes, and even massage parlors. You can also enjoy the live rock band at The Hungry Yak Bar. Himalayan Java, Sherpa Barista, and Fire Pizza are popular places to visit.

While resting in Dingboche, you can visit Cafe 4410. Here, they serve the best coffee and bakery items. Moreover, they stream movies and documentaries for hours and you can watch them for free. Also, you’ll find other trekkers playing cards, sharing their stories, and more.

At Lobuche, you can visit a coffee shop and bakery, which boasts “the world’s highest bakery”. The menu is quite expensive but the experience it offers is unparalleled. With the panoramic view of Mt. Nuptse, you can enjoy a coffee sip.

A twin-sharing room has two beds. They come with and without attached bathrooms. During the trek, we usually provide a twin-sharing room for two trekkers.

The beds will be neat with warm blankets and pillows.

Yes. If you want a private room with attached bathrooms, you’ll get it. However, you’ve to pay an additional $20 each day for this benefit.

Here’s what you’ll get with the $20 room:

• hot shower
• phone/power-bank recharge

Although doable, we highly recommend you have an organized trek rather than trekking solo. It’s a 15-day trek, and many things get involved. Moreover, an organized trek from a trekking agency makes a huge difference in your trek’s success.

With us, you’ll get a well-organized trek guided by an experienced trekking guide. Also, you’ll have alternative arrangements prepared if unanticipated events occur during the trek. Moreover, with an organized trek with an agency like ours, you’ll have a wholesome experience without worrying about anything.

The number of trekking guides depends on the number of trekkers in a group. Usually, we provide 6 trekkers: 1 trekking guide. However, we assign one assistant guide to a group of more than seven trekkers.

Note: All the group leaders and assistant guides will be licensed and first aid responder certified.

Yes. All our guides are fluent in English speaking. Hence, with a fluent English-speaking guide, you’ll have better communication. Also, our guides have extensive knowledge of the Everest region.

Thus, on the trek, feel free to ask them questions about the trek, mountains, and the history of climbing in the Himalayas.

You’ll get an experienced trekking guide for Everest Base Camp Trek with Gokyo Lakes via Cho La Pass. Since the trek is long and challenging at times, only an experienced trek guide can guide you properly and complete the trek successfully. Also, our experienced trekking guide will take good care of you and the group.

Note: You’ll get a trekking guide who’s been to Everest Base Camp and Gokyo Lakes on multiple occasions.

Yes. All our trekking guides and porters have health insurance. Particularly, while trekking and guiding, our trek guides and porters can get injured. Also, they may get altitude sickness at higher altitudes. Thus, we buy insurance for them to protect their lives during emergencies.

No. You don’t need to buy the Kathmandu-Lukla flight tickets for the trek guide and porter. We’ll buy the flight ticket for the trek guide. Your trek guide finds a trekking porter in Lukla. Hence, only you and your trek guide will fly from Kathmandu.

Yes. After finishing the trek, we encourage you to tip your guide and porter in Lukla.

Tipping to the trek guide and porter is a way of expressing “thank you”. They work hard during the trek to keep you safe and make the trek experience wholesome.

There’s no standard tipping amount. However, the minimum amount you can tip to your trek guide and porter is USD 150 each.

Not completely. This trek is arduous at some points, like crossing Cho La Pass, trekking to Everest Base Camp from Lobuche, climbing Kala Patthar, etc.

The Everest Base Camp Trek with Gokyo Lakes via Cho La Pass is moderately demanding if we exclude the uphill ascends as difficult sections. Hence, you can complete this trek comfortably if you maintain fair physical fitness.

Absolutely. Many beginner trekkers have finished this trek with us in recent times. Every client we guided over time has completed this trek, without any physical issues or altitude sickness.

On this trek, you’ll get two rest days for acclimatization. Moreover, with a fixed short-distanced itinerary, each day on the trek, you’ll trek for 4-5 hours.

Also, there are very few demanding sections where you’ll experience difficulty and tiredness. However, with our experienced trek guide, guiding you, you’ll overcome the challenges and enjoy the trek.

Yes. Despite being a moderately challenging trek, it’s still not suitable for various groups.

Here are some individuals, who we think are not the best fit for this trek.

• Children below age 10 and seniors over 70 years
• Pregnant women
• A trekker with blood pressure issues and chronic health issues (including the heart)

Absolutely. You must be in perfect fitness condition before the trek. When you’re fit, it becomes easier to trek. Moreover, on longer walking days, you can trek effortlessly.

Without physical fitness, you can’t trek efficiently. Also, the risk of getting altitude sickness increases if you don’t maintain fitness.

Here are our recommendations for fitness exercises, particularly for the trek:

• Cardio exercises (cycling, jogging, running, swimming)
• Endurance exercises like moderate weight lifting
• One or two day-long hikes before joining the trek

Since it’s a 15-day trek, you’ll need a significant amount of clothing and trek gear. Hence, carrying all in a backpack would be heavy and tiresome.

On this trek, you’ll get a trek porter who’ll carry most of your backpack. We’ll provide you with a duffle bag to put your clothes and essentials for the trek.

We recommend bringing a 20-30 liter backpack to carry water bottles, snacks, and handy stuff during the trek.

The packing list for the Everest Base Camp Trek with Gokyo Lakes via Cho La Pass depends on the time you trek. However, the packing items remain almost the same for all seasons.

If you plan this trek in August, September, June, and July, you can wear shorts till Lobuche. However, in other months, you must wear proper gear like a jacket, thermals, and sleeping bag.

For a complete backpacking idea, visit our Packing List for Everest Base Camp Trek blog.

We recommend you bring the snacks and not buy them on the trek. There are a few reasons for our suggestion.

First, you can bring various snacks, including energy drinks, shots, and more. And you won’t find much stuff on the trek.

Moreover, the snacks are expensive during the trek.

Trekking to Everest Base Camp and Gokyo Lakes is very safe. You’ll get a highly experienced trekking guide, and a trek porter to carry your backpacks and accommodate at a friendly tea house.

There’s zero chance of landslides, avalanches, and rockfalls on the trail you’ll trek on this trek.

Hence, you’ll be 100% safe on this trek.

Yes. We’ve guided many female trekkers to Everest Base Camp.

For your comfort, we’ll send you a female trekking guide if you prefer over a male trek guide.

What we try to do on the trek is to prevent you from getting altitude sickness. We’ll set a pace and remind you to drink water, get adequate sleep, and rest at Namche and Dingboche for adequate acclimatization.

However, it all depends on how your body reacts to the altitude. For some trekkers, even after taking all caution, they end up getting altitude sickness.

If you get altitude sickness, the first thing will be your trek guide assessing the situation. If your symptoms are mild, you’ll recover it within a day. However, if the symptoms persist, you’ll get a horse ride to a lower altitude. However, you’ll get an on-time helicopter rescue if the sickness worsens.

Note: You’ll need travel insurance to cover helicopter rescue costs.

Despite being labeled as the “world’s most dangerous airport”, flying in an airliner to Lukla is very safe. Almost every trekker in the Everest region takes a flight from Kathmandu to Lukla.

All the flight crashes and issues that happened in Lukla in the past were on the cargo flights. There haven’t been any human casualties whatsoever in the last decade.

If you’re scared of taking an airliner, we suggest you take a helicopter from Kathmandu to Lukla. We’ll find a group joining flights to you at the most affordable rates.

Yes. Travel insurance with helicopter rescue coverage of 5,600 meters is a must for Everest Base Camp Trek with Gokyo Lakes via Cho La Pass.

If you get altitude sickness or injuries during the trek, a helicopter is a must for quick evacuation. And, in the Everest region, the helicopter rescue fee is expensive. Hence, paying for helicopter rescue with your money puts you in a difficult situation.

However, with helicopter coverage by the insurance, you’ll get an on-time helicopter rescue. Moreover, the insurance covers hospitalization and other medical costs.

Yes. Drinking water you’ll get on the trek will be safe to drink. The tea houses serve clean and safe drinking water from the running tap. However, we advise you to put chlorine tablets to purify water.

A bit expensive, but you can buy mineral water for the utmost safe drinking water.

Another option, you fill boiled drinking water at the tea houses. However, it also costs Rs. 300-500 per litre.

Two acclimatizations are adequate for Everest Base Camp and Gokyo Lakes Trek with Cho La and Renjo La Pass.

For acclimatization, you’ll stop for a day at Namche Bazaar and another in Dingboche. At Namche, you’ll hike to Hotel Everest View at 3,880 meters for acclimatization. Similarly, at Dingboche, you’ll hike up to Nangkartshang Peak. Both acclimatization hikes provide your body with adequate adaptation well to the altitude.

Hence, with two acclimatizations, you’ll adapt well to the altitude and accomplish the trek with ease.

Nepali carriers like Ncell and Nepal Telecom (NTC) are available upon arrival at the Kathmandu airport. At the booths, you can pay the standard fee for the SIM card with a call and data plan for a month.

The carriers won’t work at high altitude places on the trek. However, it works at places like Lukla, Namche Bazaar, and Tengboche, with a decent 4G network.

Yes. Every tea house provides high-speed wifi cards that cost Rs. 800 (24 hours) and Rs. 1400 (48 hours). However, you’ll get free wifi at places like Namche and Lukla.

The wifi cards are valid for 24 hours and 48 hours. Hence, you can use the card at multiple stops if they use the same internet provider. In the Everest region, you’ll find Everest Airlink mostly.

It’s best to bring a sleeping bag and a warm-down jacket for the trek. However, if you don’t have one, we’ll provide you with a sleeping bag and a down jacket on rent for the trek at USD 40 each. We’ll provide a neat and clean sleeping bag and a down jacket.

No. You don’t need to pay additional money for solo trekking instead of joining the group. If you prefer trekking alone with a trek guide, you’re welcome.

However, the Everest Base Camp Trek Cost with Gokyo Lakes via Cho La Pass is slightly expensive for individual trekkers. It’s because you’ve to pay for the guide, trek porter, and other stuff on the trek, which the group gets shared.

Extending the trek’s itinerary is possible if you’re on a solo trek with us. However, extending the trek itinerary would be difficult if you’re trekking in a group.

For example, you can extend the itinerary to stop at Gokyo Lakes for a day or take additional acclimatization at Namche and Dingboche. Since you’ll have a trek guide and a porter, it’ll be easier for them to accommodate you during the extended period.

However, while trekking in a group, with limited trek guides and porters, it won’t be possible to allocate a trek guide and porter for you.

Thus, we suggest you inform us before the trek if you want more trek days than mentioned in the itinerary.

After completing the 15-day trek, you’ll feel tired. Thus, it’s better to tour peaceful places like Pokhara and Chitwan for a few days.

Pokhara, the tourism capital of Nepal, is a popular holiday destination. A hot spot among Annapurna region trekkers, it can be best for Everest trekkers to relax and chill for a few days. The elegant Annapurna mountains, lakes, caves, and hilltops are the best. You can stay at luxurious hotels in the countryside setting in Sarangkot.

Here’s our blog on the 10 best places to visit in Pokhara.

The Chitwan Jungle Safari Tour is best after completing the trek. Chitwan is a humid flatland where abundant luxury meets nature’s utmost elegance. Jeep safari, tiger encounters, jungle walks, and elephant breeding center visits are popular activities.

Check out our most affordable Chitwan Jungle Safari Tour Package.