Travel style · Above 3,000 m, with time to adjust
High altitude in Nepal
Everest, Annapurna Base Camp, Upper Mustang, Gokyo, Manaslu and Kanchenjunga. Routes built on the 'climb high, sleep low' rule, with rest days at Namche, Manang and Dingboche-type stops, because acclimatisation decides how the trip feels.
Above about 3,000 m the body needs time. The usual guide is to raise your sleeping height by no more than 300–500 m a day once you are above 3,000 m, and to take a rest day for every 1,000 m or so gained.
Our itineraries follow that rule and show the sleeping height of every night. If you have heart or lung conditions, speak to your doctor before booking, and hold insurance that covers helicopter evacuation to the highest point on your route.
Trips
Kathmandu Valleymax 2,175 mEverest by air, Kathmandu and Nagarkot
Three nights to see Everest without walking to it. A one-hour dawn mountain flight runs along the Himalaya to the Everest massif …
Pokhara & the Annapurnasmax 4,130 mAnnapurna Base Camp Trek
Eleven nights from Kathmandu to the Annapurna Sanctuary and back: a flight to Pokhara, a road to the Gurung village of Ghandruk, …
Pokhara & the Annapurnasmax 5,416 mAnnapurna Circuit over Thorong La
Fifteen nights from Kathmandu around the north side of the Annapurnas: up the Marsyangdi valley on the quieter trails above the road, …
Pokhara & the Annapurnasmax 3,660 mKhopra Ridge Community Trek
Eight nights from Pokhara that start on the Poon Hill trail and then leave the crowds: through high rhododendron forest to Dobato, …
Pokhara & the Annapurnasmax 4,500 mMardi Himal Ridge Trek
Six nights from Pokhara up a single grass ridge that points straight at Machhapuchhre. We start at Australian Camp, climb through cloud …
Everest & Solukhumbumax 5,545 mGokyo Lakes, Cho La and Everest Base Camp
A loop that sees the Khumbu from two valleys. You walk up to the turquoise Gokyo lakes and climb Gokyo Ri, cross …
Everest & Solukhumbumax 5,545 mEverest Base Camp Trek with Helicopter Return
Walk up to Everest Base Camp the proper way, with the same acclimatisation as the classic trek, then fly back to Kathmandu …
Everest & Solukhumbumax 5,545 mEverest Base Camp Trek
The classic walk from Lukla to the foot of the Khumbu Icefall and up Kala Patthar for sunrise on Everest. Fourteen nights …
Everest & Solukhumbumax 5,550 mEverest Three Passes Trek
The full circuit of the Khumbu: three passes above 5,300 m, Kongma La, Cho La and Renjo La, linking the Imja, Khumbu, …
Everest & Solukhumbumax 5,360 mGokyo Lakes and Renjo La Trek
A quieter Everest trek that trades base camp for lakes. You walk up the Gokyo valley to the turquoise lakes beside the …
Everest & Solukhumbumax 6,189 mIsland Peak Climb with Everest Base Camp
Your first Himalayan summit. Seventeen nights that use the Everest Base Camp trek and Kala Patthar to acclimatise, then move into the …
Mustang & Dolpomax 4,010 mLo Manthang and Ghar Gompa loop
An 11-night loop that walks into Lo Manthang the old way, by the red cliffs of Dhakmar and the monastery of Ghar …
Mustang & Dolpomax 5,190 mLower Dolpo circuit to Phoksundo Lake
A 13-night circuit of Lower Dolpo from the airstrip at Juphal: up the Tarap gorge to the Bon and Buddhist villages of …
Mustang & Dolpomax 3,950 mMustang photography journey by jeep
Ten nights by private jeep, planned around light rather than distance: golden hour in Kagbeni, dawn at Muktinath, three nights in Lo …
Mustang & Dolpomax 5,360 mUpper Dolpo traverse via Shey Gompa
A 24-night camping traverse of Upper Dolpo for experienced trekkers: Phoksundo Lake, the Kang La to Shey Gompa and the Crystal Mountain, …
Mustang & Dolpomax 3,950 mUpper Mustang by jeep to Lo Manthang
Nine nights by private jeep into the old Kingdom of Lo for travellers who want Lo Manthang without two weeks of walking. …
Mustang & Dolpomax 4,010 mUpper Mustang trek to Lo Manthang
A 14-night teahouse trek from Kagbeni to Lo Manthang, the walled capital of the old Kingdom of Lo, returning by the red …
Langtang & Manaslumax 4,610 mGosaikunda lakes and Helambu trek
Nine nights from Dhunche to the sacred lakes of Gosaikunda, over the Laurebina La at 4,610 m and down through Tharepati into …
Langtang & Manaslumax 4,380 mGosaikunda Janai Purnima pilgrimage trek
Six nights timed to Janai Purnima, the full moon of Shrawan, when thousands of Hindu pilgrims and Tamang shamans climb to Gosaikunda …
Langtang & Manaslumax 4,300 mLangtang family trek to Kyanjin Gompa
A seven-night Langtang trek planned around children: a guide experienced with families, an extra porter for snacks and spare layers, short afternoons …
Langtang & Manaslumax 4,773 mLangtang Valley and Gosaikunda lakes trek
Twelve nights that join two of Langtang's great walks: up the valley to Kyanjin Gompa and Kyanjin Ri, then across the hillside …
Langtang & Manaslumax 4,773 mLangtang Valley trek to Kyanjin Gompa
Eight nights from Kathmandu up the Langtang Khola to Kyanjin Gompa at 3,870 m, the closest big-mountain valley to the capital. You …
Langtang & Manaslumax 5,106 mManaslu Circuit trek over the Larkya La
Fifteen nights around Manaslu, the world's eighth-highest mountain at 8,163 m: up the Budhi Gandaki gorge from Machha Khola, into the Tibetan …
Langtang & Manaslumax 5,106 mManaslu Circuit and Tsum Valley trek
Twenty nights that join the Tsum Valley with the full Manaslu Circuit. You spend a week in Tsum, up to Mu Gompa …
Langtang & Manaslumax 3,700 mTsum Valley trek to Mu Gompa
Fourteen nights into the Tsum Valley, a Tibetan Buddhist valley on the Manaslu side of the border that opened to trekkers only …
Eastern Nepalmax 5,140 mKanchenjunga Circuit: North and South Base Camps
Twenty-four nights around the Nepal side of Kanchenjunga: up the Tamor and Ghunsa valleys to Pang Pema at 5,140 m, back to …
Eastern Nepalmax 5,140 mKanchenjunga North Base Camp Trek
Twenty nights from Kathmandu to Pang Pema, the north base camp of Kanchenjunga at 5,140 m. A jeep up the Tamor valley, …
Eastern Nepalmax 4,870 mMakalu Base Camp Trek
Eighteen nights from Kathmandu to the foot of Makalu, the fifth-highest mountain on earth. Fly to Tumlingtar in the Arun valley, walk …
Far West & Karnalimax 4,560 mHumla: the Kailash Trail to Hilsa
Eight nights on the old pilgrim and trade route of upper Humla, the way Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims walked toward Mount Kailash. …
Far West & Karnalimax 4,949 mLimi Valley Trek from Simikot
Sixteen nights in upper Humla, a restricted area on Nepal's border with Tibet. Walk up the Karnali from Simikot to Hilsa, turn …
Places
Pokhara & the Annapurnas4,130 mAnnapurna Base Camp
A glacial bowl ringed by Annapurna, sacred to the Gurung
Pokhara & the Annapurnas2,874 mGhorepani & Poon Hill
The old horse-water stop below Nepal's most loved sunrise hill
Pokhara & the Annapurnas3,519 mManang
A dry Tibetan Buddhist valley behind the Annapurnas
Pokhara & the Annapurnas3,580 mMardi Himal
A knife-edge ridge walk straight at Machhapuchhre
Everest & Solukhumbu4,730 mChhukung
Under Lhotse's south face, the road end for Island Peak
Everest & Solukhumbu4,410 mDingboche
Walled barley fields at 4,410 m and the big acclimatisation stop
Everest & Solukhumbu5,364 mEverest Base Camp
A tent city on moving ice at 5,364 m, with Kala Patthar above
Everest & Solukhumbu4,790 mGokyo
Turquoise lakes, a Ramsar site and four 8,000 m peaks from Gokyo Ri
Everest & Solukhumbu3,790 mKhumjung
Hillary's first school and a yeti scalp under sacred Khumbila
Everest & Solukhumbu2,860 mLukla
The sloping airstrip where nearly every Everest walk begins
Everest & Solukhumbu3,440 mNamche Bazaar
Khumbu's trading town, built in a bowl at 3,440 m
Everest & Solukhumbu3,985 mPangboche
Khumbu's oldest gompa and the story of the stolen yeti hand
Everest & Solukhumbu3,800 mThame
Tenzing Norgay's village on the old salt road to Tibet
Mustang & Dolpo3,900 mChhoser
Sky caves and cliff monasteries north of the walled city
Mustang & Dolpo4,040 mDho Tarap
A high farming valley at the heart of Lower Dolpo
Mustang & Dolpo3,840 mLo Manthang
The walled capital of the kingdom of Lo
Stays
mountain lodge2,860 mYeti Mountain Home Lukla
A comfortable lodge a short walk from the Lukla airstrip, run by the Yeti Mountain Home group (now marketed as …
mountain lodge3,440 mYeti Mountain Home Namche
A lodge in Namche Bazaar at about 3,440 m with attached bathrooms and a warm dining room, run by the …
mountain lodge3,790 mHotel Everest View
A Japanese-built hotel on the ridge above Syangboche at about 3,880 m, between Namche and Khumjung, with a terrace that …
mountain lodge3,985 mEverest Summit Lodge Pangboche
A small lodge just off the main Everest trail at Pangboche, about 3,985 m, with around ten rooms with attached …