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19 Days
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The government of Nepal officially allowed the permit to 33 of Nepal, which can be climbed. Island Peak is the most famous peak and also the most beautiful mountain. There is no season restriction for the climbing as it is open for all the season’s route acclimatization peak is famous as Imja Tse peak.
The British team successfully climbed this Island peak in 1953, and since then, numerous climbers have completed the summit of Island Peak. The major attractions and reasons behind the Island peak climbing are that climbing at this peak is considered the acclimatization peak before climbing the higher peaks. Island Peak climbing starts from the Island Peak Base camp. This itinerary of Island Peak Climbing with EBC Trek fulfills the trekking and peak climbing experiences.
The Peregrine Treks team takes you to the Island Peak Climbing with the EBC Trek trail encountering the various attractions in the Namche Bazaar, Lukla, Tengboche, and Phakding. The peak gives you a comfortable ride on the mountain and treats you to the stunning scenery of the major attractions of the Khumbu region. Suppose the height can be referred to as an Island in a glacial ocean.
In that case, the prominent landforms are a semicircle of cliffs that rise in the north to the summit of Nuptse, Lhotse Middle Peak, and Lhotse—to the east, rising above the frozen waves of the Lhotse Glacier, Cho pole beyond which can be seen the red granite mass of Makalu (8475m/ 27805ft). To the south of the Imja and Baruntse, the Amphu peaks lead the eye to the magnificent summit of Ama Dablam, which is like a giant sea.
Island Peak Climbing
Island Peak Climbing
Island Peak Climbing
Island Peak Climbing
You will complete customs formalities at the Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu. Afterward, a Peregrine Treks representative will be waiting for you at the gate with your name on the company holding board, who will take us to our hotel.
You then get rest time in the Hotel or make free walking in Thamel Street with your guide. Your plan will be discussed, and in the evening, a welcome dinner plan will be provided in the Nepali restaurant with the cultural show hosted by Peregrine Treks. Overnight in Kathmandu
Included meals: Dinner
We visit Peregrine Trek’s office at office time and meet your climbing guide. Then he will check your set of equipment to make sure. In the short meeting, your climbing guide will also help you understand what you and your friends can expect throughout the trip to familiarise us with our days up in the Himalayas trip. The rest of the time, you are free. Overnight in Hotel
Included meals: Breakfast
You will be taken to the domestic terminal of Tribhuwan International Airport to fly Lukla. After passing above the breathtaking green mountains and wide valley, then snowcapped mountain nearby Lukla, We finally reach Tenzing-Hillary Airport at Lukla, which is known as the entrance of the Everest region trek.
This is one of the world’s most beautiful and adventurous air routes, culminating in a landing on the lap surrounded by high mountains. Once we arrived at Lukla, we met our crews and made arrangements. Then we start our trek walking in the prosperous village of Lukla. To assist our body in acclimatization, we only have three hours hike approximately today. Overnight in Phakding
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Note: From October 1. 2022, there is no direct flight to Lukla from Kathmandu. So you need to go to Ramechhap and take a flight to Lukla. Ramechhap is 145 KM far from Kathmandu, and it takes 4-5 hours to drive.After your hot breakfast, we walk through the beautiful pine forest along the Dudh Koshi River. After more than an hour of walking, we come across the glistening Mt. Thamserku (6,608m) on our right and also experience the beautiful scenery of pine, fir, and juniper forests throughout our today’s trip.
We continue walking until we reach the Sagarmatha National Park in Monjo, where we enter our permit and descend to Jorsalle for lunch. Today we cross five hanging suspension bridges, and the last one, also known as the Hillary Bridge, is the highest.
From Hilary Bridge, the trail steeped up through the pine forest until we reached Namche Bajar, the capital of the Sherpa people in Nepal. Overnight at the lodge
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Today is the set aside for acclimatization in Namche Bajar. Mountain experts and doctors recommend that we stay active and move around even during the rest day instead of continuing ascending ahead. There are a few options set aside for acclimatization here.
We can either stroll around the capital of Sherpa in Namche’s or come in contact with the Sherpa people and their rich culture, or we can hike up to the Everest View Hotel and enjoy an up-close view of Everest and its neighbors.
While in the Namche village or upon descending from the Everest View Hotel, trekkers may also visit the local museum containing exhibits displaying the area’s flora and fauna as well as the history of the Everest region.
For strong trekkers who want to hike for a little longer, a hike to Khumjung village may also be an option. While in the town, we can visit the Edmund Hillary School, Hospital, and Khumjung Monastery. Then descend to the Namche some place for overnight.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
We trek towards Tengboche after our breakfast. It is an easy and level walk from Namche to Sanasa with the eye-chatting snowcapped Mountain View. Upon reaching Sanasa, we descend towards Phungi Thanka for lunch through the dusty forest trail and ascend to the Tengboche.
This village has the very popular Tengboche Monastery, the largest monastery in this region. Located in the Sagarmatha National Park (listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Overnight in Tengboche guesthouse
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
With the backdrop Himalayas, the monastery in Tengboche monastery is in an excellent location. We visit the monk in the monastery in the morning and enjoy making some shouts of the monastery and the unique landscape. We descend for about half an hour to the Debuche through the Rhododendron and Fir forest before crossing a river.
Next, we ascend and notice that as we climb higher, the landscape becomes drier. We walk in Everest climber’s village of Pangboche before reaching Dingboche, a beautiful town located on the lap of the Mountain.
Here, we will also see a small helipad used for helicopter rescue during emergencies if we can walk Pheriche. We may even take a class with a mountain specialist in a medical clinic at Pheriche. And back to Dingboche for the night.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast, we walk an easy walk towards Dugla. Next, we ascend the steep terminal moraine of the Khumbu Glacier and then walk through the boulder-strewn slopes as we climb Chupki Lhara, where we find an array of stones with prayer flags used as memorials to Scott Fischer (American mountaineer) and 10-time Everest committer Babu Chiri Sherpa (Nepal mountain guide).
They lost their lives on a mission to climb Everest. The trail then continues to the Khumbu Glacier moraine to reach Lobuche for the overnight.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
We take the trail to Everest Base Camp through the Khumbu glacier. Continuing straight ahead, we reached across the Indian army mountaineers’ memorials. The path from here can be misleading; hence we must follow your Leader. Walking at this altitude is strenuous due to the thin air. We walk through rocky dunes, moraine and streams before reaching the Everest Base Camp.
Upon arrive the Everest Base Camp, we see mountaineers’ tents that stand out in bright colors against the monotony of grey surroundings (especially in the spring). Nuptse, Lola in front of Everest, Khumbuste, and Pumori are the mountains we can make visible from the base camp. We go back to Gorak Shep for our overnight.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
We prepare for an early morning climb to Kalapathar amid pre-dawn darkness and cold temperatures (-10 to -14 C). Plus, there is always the probability of chilly winds, which is relatively standard daily. Famous Mountains such as Lingtren, Khumbutse, and Changtse peak to the east even as Everest reveals itself.
But, it is upon arriving at Kala Patthar that we view 360-degree up-close and formidable views of Mt. Everest and its neighbor mountains. We take some shots with our group, enjoy the spectacular mountain panorama, and then return to the lodge for breakfast, then descend to the Dingboche for the night.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch Dinner
After breakfast, we descend via Khumbu Glacier to Kongma La Base Camp (5,000m/16,404ft). We climb to Kongma La pass, which is the most challenging part of our trip. In the Kongma La, we see the prayer flags to mark the key.
Then we gradually walk down to Imja Khola valley, followed by another steep down to Chhukung, a small summer settlement. Once we reach the Chhukung, we will also check our climbing equipment to prepare for the climb. Overnight in Chhukung
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Note: Note: If we do not want to undertake the Kongma La pass, we used to descend via Dingboche to Chhukung instead.The trip to Island Peak Base Camp is on a gradual steep trail. First, we ascend south, then turn east to the main line of the valley. We then trek on a winding path below the southern flank of the moraine from the Lhotse Glacier.
Next, we go on a pleasant trail along a streamside. The route to the Amphu Labtsa lies to the southeast. A crisscross trail through the Imja and Lhotse glacier moraines leads to a wide open valley on the SW side of Island Peak, and you will have the dinner made by our camping cook and then overnight at the tent.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast, we start our pre-climb training today. Your climbing guide will provide training about the proper ways of using climbing gears such as crampons, harnesses, ascender ice ax, climbing boots, etc. The training includes using ropes to climb up and down.
Although it is not mandatory to have prior training for this Island Peak Climbing, you should believe that some training experience would boost your confidence and climbing skills to increase the chances of scaling the summit and thoroughly enjoying the experience. We spend the rest of the day hiking to high camp or back to the base for enough rest for tomorrow.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Our guide will give you a wake-up call from 12 to 1 am and have our breakfast before we start. Reaching the summit at noon is highly recommended because solid winds in the highlands might become a barrier to a successful meeting. The trail climbs beyond the base camp for several hundred meters before a challenging steep hillside.
The initial course is sandy; the path soon turns to grass before becoming boulder strewn. As we ascend the hill, we see the slope narrows the trail, and the trail enters a steep rock channel. We climb an easy rock gully, but the course has several short steps to climb before we emerge on the right side of the valley. The trail then goes a ridgeline, which leads to an exhilarating and exposed traverse onto the snout of the summit glacier.
Your guides will fix a rope when you require it. A steep snow slope trail leads us onto the summit ridge. People use fixed rope and manrope during the climb for safety. 350 m length rope is used. However, the length depends on our climbing season and the crevasses.
There are 3 to 4 meters wide cracks, so we should use the ladder. Finally, we get to the summit, enjoy the summit’s views, take pictures once in our life, and descend to the Base Camp.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Today it would be much easier to descend to the Pangboche when we made the summit. We fall the same route as the climb to Everest Base Camp on the previous day through the wide valley of Khumbu Khola.
We descend Pangboche via Somewhere, or we can take the upper route from the upper Pangboche village, where there is the oldest monastery in this region. We will spend the night in Pangboche with the beautiful surrounding snowcapped mountain.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast, descend to the Imja Khola and up through the forest to Tengboche. If you, you can also visit nuns at the Tengboche monastery. We will have lunch at Tengboche and continue through the hillside blanketed by rhododendron and juniper trees.
After crossing Suspension Bridge over the Dudh Koshi River, our trail ascends rapidly through the pine forests before reaching Sansa. While passing through the woods, we look for wildlife such as mountain goats, snow leopards, colorful pheasants, etc. After arriving a Chorten, we reach the army camp at Namche Bazaar, where is our overnight in Namche Bazaar.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Today, the trail descends steeply downward, so it is dangerous for your legs to walk cautiously as our shaky legs continuously battle the rocky terrain. After crossing the Hilary suspension bridges over the fast-flowing Dudh Koshi and its tributaries, the trail is level and natural. After we arrive in Lukla, you stretch those sore legs and recall the experiences of the last couple of weeks.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After your long mountain journey, you will catch an early morning flight to Kathmandu. After reaching Kathmandu, you can take a rest or do some souvenir shopping. Thamel Street. If you want to sightsee in Kathmandu, you may do that today. Your guide will help you with both souvenir shopping and sightseeing.
Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Note: You need to come to Kathmandu via Ramechhap Airport.Your trip to Nepal comes to an end today! Today is the time to say bye and try to make your next plan for the next trip; share your photos with us on the Internet. Our representative from Peregrine Treks will take you to the airport approximately 3 hours before your scheduled flight.
Included meals: Breakfast
During Island Peak Climbing with EBC trek, the accommodation contrasts with the area. It intends to have five-star or three-star accommodation in Kathmandu for you. This accommodation accompanies remarkable administration alongside internet service and a hot shower also. You ought to remember that there will be teahouses accommodation during the trek.
There won’t be any three-star or five-star hotels that will give you accommodation during the trek. Accordingly, you will utilize the teahouses accommodation, which accompanies regular Nepali Accommodation administration. You will be sharing a washroom and a room in specific cases. The teahouses accompany the room with a great look at sky-touching mountains from the window.
Moreover, you will have breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the package during the trek. At Kathmandu, we will furnish you with breakfast and farewell dinner. Morning breakfast includes a cup of tea and some bread. At the same time, lunch incorporates Continental, Nepali, Spanish, and Tibetan dishes, and dinner incorporates the typical Nepali dishes and other dishes the same as that lunch.
Essentially, for Island peak climbing with the EBC trek, Spring Season is a view as the best time. The spring season runs from the end of February to May. During this season, the display perspective on Island peak and Everest will be completely noticeable. No hazes and rain will discourage the grand perspective of greenery scenes, glaciers, and lovely settlements.
Autumn Season is the best time for Island peak climbing with EBC Trek. A clean climate with murky sun and a tad downpour make it an enjoyable atmosphere to trek during this season. There will be astounding Rhododendron timberlands throughout the terrain towards the Tengboche and Syangboche. Moreover, the temperature will be moderate, giving the best energy to trek. Likewise, the Autumn Season runs from September to November.
There will be a weighty downpour around the Everest Area from June to August. The mists and rains and the splendid sun could be obstacles to trekking. The steep preliminary makes it challenging to trek, yet for the adventurous trekkers, this may be the best way to open the door to trek Island peak with EBC trek across the spiritualist mists and heavy deluges.
Winter Season runs from the end of November to the Main seven-day stretch of February. During this time, it snows greatly in the Everest region, making trekkers challenging to trek Island peak and EBC. The cold will be outrageous, and the temperature may tumble to – 20 degrees Celsius in the evening.
However, there will be lovely snow throughout the Everest region, shaping ice walls, icy masses, glaciers, and gorgeous ice sheets during trekking. For those adventurers who love to appreciate the frigid environment, this season will be excellent for Island peak climbing with EBC Trek.
The difficulty level of Island Peak Climbing with EBC trek is moderate to Easy. There will be no issue with a trek for beginners. Moreover, trekking over the 3000m height may be a little unusual for beginners as you might get Altitude Sickness. Be that as it may, you can handle altitude sickness with legitimate rest, a solid eating routine, and a fit body during the trek.
Eventually, on the trek, you will have to gain a distraught rise from Dingboche, so you should invest some energy. The light activities and exercises before the trekking will take care of you. Physical and mental readiness is necessary to handle the smidgen of trek difficulty on Island peak climbing with EBC trek.
Acclimatization during the Island peak expedition is critical. Acclimatization assists you with recapturing your energy with legitimate rest during the trek. Moreover, acclimatization is a significant piece of the trek that every trekker follows. There will be two Acclimatization days; the first acclimatization will be at Namche Bazaar and the second at Dingboche.
Adjacent to that, we can likewise have the acclimatization day at the summit of Island Peak or EBC if necessary. Acclimatization won’t just assist you with expanding your energy and endurance from the rest; it also permits you to fight against the symptoms of Altitude Sickness throughout the trek. During acclimatization, you can have appropriate rest and food. Also, you can stroll the settlements around you.
The island peak climbing is moderate to simple trek. Since you shouldn’t underrate this endeavor, there will be extreme trekking trials which you have to trek. Lobuche’s precarious and tight trial will test your trekking abilities to the greatest. These kinds of preliminaries will require additional effort during the trekking. Furthermore, you will trek for 5 to 6 hours daily.
Consequently, you will require a good amount of endurance. For this, you ought to require a fit body and mind, and your ailment ought to be great. Likewise, there needs to be the progression of oxygen in your body in an exceptionally smooth way with a normal heartbeat in most cases.
Thus, the trekker with lung issues and coronary illness will struggle to trek the Island peak. Essentially, assuming any crisis happens, our clinical staff will constantly be prepared to help you at any second. In this way, for Island Peak climbing, you ought to be an ideal fit with body and mind, and your health condition should be excellent too.
Our day will begin with a beautiful breakfast, including a cup of tea and some bread. Similarly, we will then hit the trials and begin our trek. Passing through green lushes, Pinewoods, and excellent Sherpa Settlements, we will then, at that point, advance up to the teahouse and have lunch there. There we will have Nepali, Tibetan, Continental, or any dishes which are accessible. Afterward, we will hit the trial and proceed with our trek toward our destination.
We will finally reach our destination through different consistent slopes and streams alongside Rhododendron woods. Moreover, we will have some snacks, play a card game with guides and read books till dinner. In the wake of dinner, we will make arrangements for the following day’s trek and have a decent rest.
Travel Insurance is very important for Everest Base Camp with Island Peak Expedition. With travel insurance, you can conceal the harm that could happen during the expedition. Moreover, you ought to get travel insurance which covers up to 6500m altitude. Likewise, you can add your movement subtleties and itinerary details to your travel insurance. With travel insurance, you must stress over no crisis circumstance or troublesome issue during the trek.
There will likewise be a helicopter rescue above 5000m, only possible with travel insurance. Hence travel insurance is a significant part of trekking that you must have.
Come and be a part of this fantastic journey to the Himalayas. Make your memory tale about the heroic summit of the peak. Peregrine Treks Team would help you fulfilling your climbing dream.
Spring and Autumn Season is the best time for Island Peak Climbing with Everest Base Camp.
Usually, you will be trekking for 5 to 6 hours per day. But some days, you might walk more. On expedition day, you need to wake up too early and start climbing.
Yes, you need to carry your trekking and expedition gear. We will provide group climbing gear like climbing ropes, tents, etc
During the trek, you will be staying at the teahouses. If you want to stay at the luxurious lodge, we will provide that upon extra payment.
You will get natural spring water during the trek. In the lower altitude, you can drink that water by using water purifying tablets. But at a higher altitude, you need to drink hot water and pay for that.
Of course, you must pay for bar bills, laundry, phone calls, internet, battery charge, and a pot of tea/coffee by yourself. So, we highly recommend you carry some extra money with you. Per day US$ 10 – 15 is enough for the trek.
There will be two acclimatization days, the first Acclimatization day will be at Namche Bazaar, and the second acclimatization day will be at Dingboche.
Our Guides and Porters are the spines of trekking and will uphold you in any circumstances.
ATMs are only available in Lukla and Namche. We suggest you exchange your money in money exchange or withdraw money from Kathmandu’s ATMs.
Sicked climbers/trekkers will return to Kathmandu, and the rest of the members will continue their trek/expedition.
