Adventure Everest Base Camp – EBC Trek is a remarkable high-altitude trek in the mountain kingdom of Khumbu, Nepal. You can test real Nepali-friendly Sherpa’s Buddhist spiritual family and fully joyful exploration scenery, a unique cultural experience with challenging Nepal Trekking routes around the highest mountain in the world. An experienced Sherpa guide will take you will the Everest Base Camp at 5,364m.
While you have done a lot of Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya, trek to Everest base camp is not as simple as hiking around rim city civilization. This trek is a high-altitude trip that requires full trek equipment, exercise, good health, and a positive philosophy before starting the Everest Base Camp Trek. Of course, you can apply this trek solo, but there will be vast differences when you have a complete guide trek to Everest base camp.
Today, in this post, we discuss a brief and complete guide to Everest base camp’s cost, itinerary, guides, porters, package trip altitude sickness, and give a pain-free and money-saving trip with a Nepal local trekking company that provides advantages while you are along the Everest Base Camp Trek.
Trip Fact:
Distance – 120 km
Highest point – 5,545m | 18,193ft
Trip difficulty – Moderate
Requirement permit- Local Government fee (NPR 2,000/USD 17 per trekker), Sagarmatha National Parkpermit (NPR 3,000/ USD 27 pertrekkerrl).
Accommodation – Lodge | Teahouse
Meals per day cost - $23 approximately, could be more depending on your appetite.
Lodge cost - $5 per person, if you wish to have a more comfortable lodge could be charged $20-40-180 dollars at Phakding, Namche, and Lukla.
Trek guide cost per day- $30, including his daily wages.
How to Hike to Mount Everest Base Camp Trek
Everest Base Camp Trek is one of the most popular trips and is known fully cultural heritage trail with a high altitude foothill journey. Before starting the Everest Base Camp Trek, you have at least three main options on how to do the trek to Everest Base Camp. For comfortable and personal safety, it's better to do a package tour through Nepal, based on a local trek agency. Doing it yourself can make it quite challenging due to the new climate geography with the massive high altitude zone. Either- no group! Just hiring a porter or guide can also be done on this trip. Doing an organized trek through an agency is a good option if you are alone or not confident to do the trek unassisted. It is easier with a full informative tour to EBC.
Organized the Everest Base Camp Trek
While you have many options, some great treks with reputable Nepal-based local companies will be best and go directly to the local people. Guides have an incredible experience, and porters are kind and friendly. 14-day Everest Base Camp Trek with Nepal Spirit Adventure starting and ending in Kathmandu. You believe reviews are a very important resource in deciding on an activity, more than happy customers give great reviews, including local flights, trekking guides, porters, and accommodation.
For a more deluxe tour to Everest Base Camp, the Everest luxury lodge trek with Nepal Spirit Adventure is also a 117-day itinerary starting and ending in Kathmandu, including flights, accommodation, and hiking in small groups with an English-speaking guide, including a 5-star hotel in Kathmandu and a cultural heritage city sightseeing tour.
If you are trekking season, escape the crowds by the quieter way and experience unreal views of famous mountains such as K43, Taboche, Cholatse, Nuptse, and Everest. Climb the tough Gokyo Ri peak for spectacular panoramic views, check out this awesome 19-day trek itinerary, hiking to EBC Cho La Pass high trip with Nepal Spirit Adventure!
Complete guide to EBC Trek Cost
For a complete cent-by-cent cost breakdown of our trek to Everest Base Camp. Cost of trekking to EBC 2021 | 2022 different ways, in a nutshell.
- Package trek for 14 days with all-inclusive $1490
- 19 days Everest luxury lodge trek $2690
- 12-day Everest base camp helicopter $2,890 lifetime, an experienced helicopter flight back to Kathmandu from Gorakhsep high altitude with super mountain sightseeing.
- 10-day package trek to Everest Heli trek $1990
- 20-day package Everest 3 high passes trek $1650
- 19-day package climbing to Island peak, trek to Everest base camp $2490
- 10-day package trek to Everest base camp $1090
- 13-day package gap trip to Everest base camp $790014-dayys package trek to Gokyo panorama $1290
- 11-day package Everest panorama trek $1190
Food on the Everest base camp trek
On the trek, we spent $24 a day, approximately, and it should be enough for 3 good meals per day, about $8 per meal. Food in the tea houses was good and not too expensive considering how cheap accommodation is and that the porters and yaks have to carry all the food up the mountain. Overall, food prices on EBC are quite similar to those on the other popular trekking routes, such as the Annapurna Base Camp trek and Poon Hill trek.
Better you stay clear of meat, not trusting the quality of meat up here, and it gets very expensive higher up. Vegetarian meals are much better while you are on the high altitude trek in the Nepal Himalaya, especially for the Mount Everest base camp trek in Khumbu, Nepal.
Drinking water during the Everest Base Camp trek
Drinking water is a top priority along the EBC trek; everything becomes more expensive as the altitude increases. Your drinking water cost starts at 100NPR-$1 for 1.5L and is 400NPR-$4 when you reach Gorakshep. We saved a ton by drinking water from our LifeStraw bottles. There are plenty of water sources along the way, but the water is not potable. With a life straw, we could just refill and drink on the way. This is also great for the environment since you do not use plenty of plastic bottles that are just rubbish on the mountain.
A Steri Pen UV water sterilizing device is another option, as are chlorine pills; we just do not like the swimming pool water taste from chlorine tablets. If you use a life straw bottle careful not to let your bottle freeze full of water at Gorakshep, as this can damage the filter.
Miscellaneous items
Shower on EBC Trek – Everything gets more expensive as you ascend. From Namche Bazaar on, we had to pay for hot showers. The average cost of a hot shower was NPR 500, and after a long day walking, it's worth it! If you trek early in the season, the water is often frozen in the pipe, and you can only have a bucket shower, a bucket filled with hot water, which is fine, but in February at Gorakshep, it is just too cold. We packed Wet Wipes and did a ‘dry shower’. Pack hand sanitizer for washing hands when water or soap is not available.
Charging – there are lights in the rooms, but no plugs at most tea houses, and you have to pay for charging in the communal area, usually 300 NPR per item or hour. There are only 2 places where you will find ATMs on the Everest Base Camp hike, that is Lukla and Namche Bazaar.
Everest Base Camp Trek Difficulty
Our EBC trek was 120 km, so you walk more or less 15km per day for about two weeks. It is not a flat walking surface, and typical of treks in Nepal, a lot goes up and down. The distance you cover does not require super fitness; the attitude does, however, make it quite tough. You start at 3000m and climb 2400m further to reach base camp at 5365m. The difficulty of the Everest Base Camp Trek is influenced by your: backpack weight, a porter can make it much easier here, and the season, cold and miserable, it is harder.
In a nutshell, you walk 4 to 6 hours a day for 12 days, with a resting day or two for acclimatization. If you are reasonably fit sh, you should be able to do this carrying your backpack. Having portermakeskitsn easier.
Best time to Everesto Everes Base Camp
There are two distinct seasons for trekking to EBC. The best months to trek to Everest base camp are in the pre-monsoon season through March, April, and May post-monsoon season from late September, October, and November.
Pre-monsoon (Feb-May), the weather should be largely stable and dry, great for trekking. We have done a lot of trekking in Nepal between February and April. We loved the landscapes on the EBC trek in March and referred to the spectacular snow-covered mountains in late February and early March as the landscapes in mid-April time of the year were, however, freezing coldIf you want to hike to Gokyo Lakes, be aware that in years with a lot of snow, La Pass at 5420m on the way to Gokyo Ri is often closed in February, and you might not be able to cross.
Post monsoon (late Sept-Nov) with,h less haze and clouds in this period, it will provide better views of these spectacular mountains. This time is cold, but,, great time to hike to Gokyo Lakes. This is a good season for trekking, but from October it can be crazy busy with packed teahouses, and combining this with frozen water pipes can make for some frustrations.
Dec-Feb Hiking is still possible but very cold, up to -30C at night! Sometimes a lot of snow falls on the trail, passes and and might be closed. Avoid the crowds, but bring proper equipment!
