Mera Peak And Island Peak Climbing

A representative from Visit Himalaya Treks with the company’s display board will greet you outside the arrival terminal and transfer you to your Hotel. The trek leader will meet the group for a meeting and provide a detailed briefing on the trek. All the required information regarding the trek would be provided.

Altitude: 1350 m Accommodation: Hotel Meals: Breakfast

Trek preparation day at Kathmandu.

Altitude: 1350 m Accommodation: Hotel Meals: Breakfast

An early morning scenic flight to Lukla (35 minutes) is followed by a leisurely breakfast at Lukla. We meet up with our crew and after a brief introduction and a quick sorting of our daypack and the main bags, our adventure starts. The path goes into the valley towards the left into the more quieter valley and passes through small tea shops and passes small settlement of Chutok. The trail ascends from the very beginning from Lukla and undulates briefly at some places during the day. The day’s trek ends at a small village of Chutanga. (3 hours) 

Altitude: 3020 m Accommodation: Tea House / Lodge Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The day is spent on an easy hike to gain an altitude of more than 500-600 meters and then a free afternoon to rest follows. This day is very important as the trek quickly enters into higher altitudes of more than 4000 meters on the very next day. 

Altitude: 3020 m Accommodation: Tea House / Lodge Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The trek enters further into the valley ascending all the time and enters the alpine vegetation leaving the tree line behind. The path reaches the end of the valley below the Zatra La. A steep ascent leads to the top of the pass and an equally steep descent follows. The descent ends at Thuli Kharka, a small flatland with couple of Teahouses. (6 hours) 

Altitude: 4700 m Accommodation: Tea House / Lodge Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The trail briefly drops and yet again steadily starts to climb to the top of another small pass. A steep descent slowly leads back into vegetations and passes through thinner forests that start to grow thicker with the drop in the elevation. The drop ends as the trek enters the Hinku valley and then undulates through forests of Pine and Bamboo. At the end of the forest, another small settlement with couple of Teahouses marks the end of the day. The village also provides of the first glimpse of the Mera Peak. (6 hours) 

Altitude: 3691 m Accommodation: Tea House / Lodge Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The trek continues to move further into the valley following the river closely and passes through the yak pasturelands used in the summer. The trail continuously and gradually keeps ascending and passes a spiritual cave monastery on the way. The ascent finally ends at Thangnak. There are few hikes available around afternoon that will further more enhance the process of acclimatization. The hikes also provide views of the Kusum Kanguru (6367 meters), Kyashar (6770 meters), Mera La (5415 meters) and other peaks of the Hinku Valley. (4 hours) 

Altitude: 4356 m Accommodation: Tea House / Lodge Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The trek now travels on a rocky trail and keeps ascending towards Mera Peak. After a good climb in the morning the trail reaches the grassy areas of Dig Kharka, another yak pastureland. Once again, the trail ascends into the higher elevation and finally ending at the last settlement of the trek, Khare. (3 hours) 

Altitude: 5045 m Accommodation: Tea House / Lodge Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The day will be used to get into the glacier and acclimatize to the higher altitude. Also, the climbing guide will provide a brief training on climbing and also will introduce all the gears going to be used during the climb. The training is to introduce you to the basics of mountaineering and also for to build up your confidence, so that you can enjoy the climb. 

Altitude: 5045 m Accommodation: Tea House / Lodge Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The day will be another day full of ascending but this time, it is on the glacier. In the morning after a good hour or so of climbing, the trail passes by a small teashop, the final teashop before the summit of Mera Peak (6476 meters). A gradual walk finally on an easier slope through the glacier follows after a steep ascent. The slope continues until the Mera La and the trail will drop a bit to reach the campsite. (4 hours) 

Altitude: 5415 m Accommodation: Camp Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

A return to the Mera La is followed by another ascent that only ends at the High Camp. The High Camp lies next to a huge rock and offers stunning views of several mountains of the Khumbu region, including views of Makalu (8463 meters), Kangchenjunga (8586 meters) and Everest (8848 meters) being the highest ones. (3 hours) 

Altitude: 5780 m Accommodation: Camp Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The push for the summit starts very early in the morning, mostly it starts before 3 a.m. in the morning. The climbing guide will fix all the safety lines wherever necessary and will be close taking care of you. A steep long ascent finally ends at the top and after a short stay at the top to enjoy the panorama of mountains; we head back to Mera La and descend further more towards Khongma Ding. (8-10 hours) 

Altitude: 6476 m Accommodation: Camp Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

This spare day can be used in case of bad weather on the day of the summit attempt. This day can also be used as an extra day for acclimatization.

Altitude: 5780 m Accommodation: Camp Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The trek to Seto Pokhari is quite a comfortable trail with Chamlang (7319 meters) and Baruntse (7129 meters) visible for most of the day. The trail stays almost flat and quietly gains altitude of a couple of hundred meters at the end of the day at Seto Pokhari. (5 hours) 

Altitude: 5000 m Accommodation: Camp Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The trek continues to climb further into the valley, one of the most remote place in the country. Only fellow trekkers trying to experience the wilderness can be met in this part of the trek. The day is relatively a short day because of the altitude as the day ends at Chamlang Base Camp. (3 hours) 

Altitude: 5400 m Accommodation: Camp Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Another short day trek ends the day at Amphu Laptsa Base Camp. A good rest is a must as the trek crosses one of the most technical pass in the following day. (4 hours) 

Altitude: 5620 m Accommodation: Camp Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The trail climbs through huge sections of rocks and ices and only ends at the top. A steep drop from the top leads into the Chukung valley. The day ends in the valley as we camp on a flatland at the bottom of the pass. (8-9 hours) 

Altitude: 5845 m Accommodation: Camp Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The trek starts to descend down in the valley and after ascending to valley of Island Peak Base Camp about 3 hours trek.

Altitude: 4970 m Accommodation: Camp Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

This spare day can be used in case of bad weather during the crossing of the pass stay overnight at Camp Island Peak Base Camp. 

Altitude: 4970 m Accommodation: Camp Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The trek again gains a good couple of hundred meters getting higher and closer to Island Peak finally reaches the Island Peak High Camp. (3 hours) 

Altitude: 5350 m Accommodation: Camp Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The push for the summit starts very early in the morning, mostly it starts before 3 a.m. in the morning. The climbing guide will fix all the safety lines wherever necessary and will be close taking care of you. A steep long ascent finally ends at the top and after a short stay at the top to enjoy the panorama of mountains; we head back to Chukung. (8-10 hours) 

Altitude: 6189 m Accommodation: Tea House / Lodge Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The day starts with the trail descending down to the valley passing Dingboche on the way and a brief climb afterwards leads to the village of Hortse. After Hortse, the trek joins the main trail Everest trail. The trek goes through villages of Pangboche and Debocheen route to Tengboche. (7-8 hours) 

Altitude: 3860 m Accommodation: Tea House / Lodge Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Staying on the busy Everest trail, the trek heads towards Namche via Kyangjuma . On the way down from Namche Bazaar.Namche Bazaar is beautiful sherpa town known by gate way of mount Everest and Khumbu Valley stay overnight at Namche Bazaar. 

Altitude: 3440 m Accommodation: Tea House / Lodge Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

On the way down from Namche, we take a last look at the Everest and merrily continue the trek down to river. The exit from the Sagarmatha National Park and a brief drop leads to the village of Monju village. We trek back to Lukla via through bigger village of Phakding and finally end the trek at Lukla. We also bid farewell to our support crew and formally end their trek for them as well. (5  hours) 

Altitude: 2850 m Accommodation: Tea House / Lodge Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

A 25 minute flight to Kathmandu and transfer to Hotel, free day at Kathmandu on Hotel. 

Altitude: 1350 m Accommodation: Hotel Meals: Breakfast

A Full day sightseeing in historical and spiritual attractions enlisted under the World Heritage Sites. 

Altitude: 1350 m Accommodation: Hotel Meals: Breakfast

A representative from Visit Himalaya Treks Pvt. Ltd. will check your flight tickets and transfer you to the airport before two hours from your flight with a hope of seeing you again in the future. 

Altitude: 1350 m Accommodation: No Meals: Breakfast