Top 3 Ways To Explore Everest Himalaya And Reach The Base Camp
Make a wish to see the world’s highest mountain and reach the base camp of it then surely you can do it. There are 3 options to explore the Everest Himalaya and visit the base camp. The main option is doing a trek but all the people may not have enough time or everyone can’t walk on the mountain.
Here, we can talk about those ways to explore this giant Everest Himalaya and reach the base camp with spending a few days or in a couple of hours.
Exploring With A Trek
Everest base camp trek is a brilliant adventure mountain journey among the other trekking area in Nepal and all over the world. There are 3 different accesses to go to the base camp and analyze the region. Taking a bus to Jiri is a classic entry to the base camp and another driving route is from Salleri. These are longer treks which are about 3 weeks trek. Also, there is another trekking way starting from Lukla with a short flight to Lukla. This is12days journey from Kathmandu to Kathmandu.
If you don’t care about reaching the base camp with a longer trek and you just have a week for the trek, you can fly to Lukla and just trek up to Tengboche. Tengboche is a hill station which offers the best panoramic view of the Everest Himalaya.
You need to be physically fit or well-trained for a trek to the Everest base camp and also need to have some information about altitude sickness. Though, this is one of the best options to explore the Everest region from a closer distance. If you don’t have enough time or not thinking about walking, you can do a flight tour from Kathmandu. There are two types of flight tours.
Everest Base Camp Helicopter Tour
Everest base camp helicopter tour is a landing flight tour. This is the quickest way to reach the base camp. Also, you can explore the region well and closer to this tour. If you are for a short visit and would like to see Mt. Everest standing so close, you can use this option.
A helicopter will fly with 5 people at one time from Kathmandu to the Everest view hotel. After this place, it divides into two groups because it can’t land and take off from higher elevation with full of passengers.
You will have a great view of Everest range from Everest view hotel and Kalapatthar. After enjoying the view from Kala Patthar, you will fly over the base camp and glacier so you will enjoy a lot with this flight for sure.
Wearing warm clothes is recommended because there will be cold while you will be landing up on the mountain. Also, don’t forget to take some change Nepalese rupees for your breakfast in the Everest view hotel.
Everest Mountain Flight
Everest mountain flight is a scenic flight tour which is operating every day in the morning from Kathmandu. This is the fastest and cheapest way to explore with the mountains but you will not have a chance to land on the mountain to see from a close distance.
This flight tour is operating with a plane. The plane has single sitting seats on both sides and flies through both directions so all the people from the plane can see mountains well. You can wear any flexible dress according to the weather and climate but don’t forget to take your passport with you. It costs you around 250 USD which includes your airport ground transport.
You can do this Everest tour with your beloved, friends and family. Recommended time for these tours is in autumn and spring. But, if you are doing flight tours, you can do even in winter.
