Day 01: Drive from Kathmandu to Pattale/Dhap.
Today we start our journey drive from Kathmandu to Dhap takes about 8 hrs to drive by jeep.
We start the drive in Kathmandu via B.P. The highway which leads to Pattale hill through the bank of the Sun Koshi river. About 8 hours drive crossing many hills of greenery, small villages, rivers, ascending, and descending track of roads, we reach the Unique Pattale Village atop a hill 2800m.
Pattale is the best and nearest destination to go for Everest sight-seeing from the Capital. It’s also the most accessible destination today by road. Just before Pattale, we reach Jantardhap, the border point to Solukhumbu. One can take a jeep as in some places the road is rough. It’s a given that the area gets very cold during winter, so one is recommended to take warm clothes along. Overnight in Tented camps or local lodge.
Taksindu
Day 02: Trek from Dhap to Jhapre (2920 m).
From Dhap we trek to a point near Sigane area from where you can see mountains coming into view. These are the peaks of the Numbur Himal section of the Himalayan Range. After this, we reach the village called Jhapre (2920 m) which is perched on top of a hill above a deep valley with lovely views of Everest and Numbur Himal. There is a pretty little Gompa and Stupa here and you will camp in the village.
Day 03: Trek to Pikey Base Camp (3640 m).
From Jhapre, the trail climbs up to a grassy ridge at Bhulbhule. From here you will get great views of the Everest range. Soon after Bhulbhule, the trail splits and you take the right trail up towards Pikey Peak. Your trail passes some old yak herders houses and a long ‘Mani Stone’ wall before contouring around the hillside below Taklung Danda (ridge). You continue along a beautiful forested trail with many Rhododendrons and, as you leave the forest, it’s about 2 hours to Pikey Peak base camp.
There’s just one lodge here at 3,640 m It’s a short climb to the summit at 4,065 m but unless there’s an unusually clear evening it’s better to go to bed early and save the climb for sunrise view the next day.
Day 04: Trek to Pikey Peak and down to Jershe Bhajyang (3007 m).
The trail to the top of Pikey Peak starts from behind the lodge and follows a gradual slope to the summit, strewn with prayer flags. It’s important to start before dawn to reach the top for sunrise as the views from the top are breathtaking. If the weather is clear you will be rewarded with views stretching from Annapurna to Kanchenjunga, it is truly amazing!
From the top of Pikey, you trek north down a ridgeline to Jharshi Bhanjyang, where your crew will have lunch waiting for you. Overnight in camp at Jarshi Bhanjyang.
Day 05: Trek from Bhanjyang to Loding (2515 m).
From Jharshe Bhanjyang steep walk through forests and a gradual walk to Loding. Loding is a Sherpa and Magar mixed village. In Loding there is a famous Hindu pilgrimage site called Jwala Mai (Hindu goddess). This is a very important pilgrimage site for Hindus and a great festival takes place here on the full moon day of November, every year. Overnight in Loding.
Day 06: Trek from Loding to Junbesi (2675 m).
From Loding we gradually walk up to Matung which takes about 45 minutes. From Matung we walk to Charghare and then onwards to down to Beni Khola. From here it is a gradual climb up to Nazing village now doing very well with modern agriculture and animal husbandry.
Junbesi (2,700 m) is one of the most beautiful Sherpa villages in the lower Solukhambhu region, with its astonishing landscapes, cultural wealth, and the hospitable Sherpa people. Junbesi is also the junction of the Everest trail and Thuptenchholing monastery. Junbesi also lies along the Pikey-Dudhkunda trail. There are comfortable family-run lodges with modern facilities like hot showers, which are a real delight after the long hours of trekking or driving. Visitors also have a choice in food varieties ranging from a local apple pie, apple rakshi (alcohol) to fresh organic vegetables cooked as desired. Cultural performances by the local youth add to the charm of the experience. From Junbesi it is about five hours’ walk to Phaplu.
Junbesi
Day 07: Trek from Junbesi to Phaplu (2469 m).
Today after breakfast we trek to Phaplu which takes around 5 hours. We camp at Phaplu.
Phaplu village also used to be the gateway for Everest Base Camp Trek before the airport of Lukla was built. The trail used to be famous as Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Sherpa followed this path to the summit.
Phaplu is well known as a beautiful village where the ancestral homes of the wealthy Sherpas are located. The village also became important because of the airport and also because of the hospital built by Sir Edmund Hillary years ago.
Indigenous ethnic Kulung, Kirat Rai and hill area Chhetris are the main groups living in these mid-hills of Solu Khumbu, while Sherpas occupy the higher areas.
Day 08: Drive from Phaplu to Kathmandu.
From Phaplu/Salleri to Kathmandu is approximately 275 km far and roughly 8 hours’ drive. Most of the route contains a blacktop road with magnificent landscape variation.
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