Phaplu to Everest Base Camp

The Phaplu Everest Base Camp trek starts with an exhilarating 9/10 hours scenic drive into the small local town Phaplu; a small town in Solukhumbu district. You trek over gentle ascent path all the way to Takshindo Gompa and descending from here you reach Manidingma (Nunthala). There is an old cheese factory at Takshindo. The trek gently descend to the Dudh Koshi River passing through agricultural farming land and small Sherpa and Rai settlements. While trekking you will visit Buddhist Monastery in ruin state through rhododendron and oak forest.

You would be able to see excellent views of mountains such as Numbu (6960m.), Cho-oyu (8201m.), Gyangchung Kang (7922m.) and Thamserku (6629m.). You will pass Surkey, a small Sherpa village at the bottom of Lukla. From Lukla you will follow the Dudhakoshi River upwards to the Sherpa capital of Namche Bazaar. It is not long before you glimpse your first view of Everest as it peaks above the Lhotse-Nuptse ridge.