Everest Base Camp Luxury Trek

Be honest, when you hear the word Everest, what comes to your mind?

Not just the mind, but when you simply close your eyes and try to visualize and imagine something, what comes to mind?

For me, it’s the icy and snowy capes, for me it’s the face of Sir Edmund Hilary and the Great Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and their smile after they stepped on the peak, which itself is a landmark of the greatest achievement for mankind in its history, ascended by more than 14,000 daredevils and bravehearts.

If you wanna know something interesting, it shares boarder with Tibet to the North and can be ascended from that side too, but only the ascent from the southern side is prioritized as it involves much more strain and gives a real feel of thrill and adventure.

The trip to the summit has always been a rigorous workout and strain on knees and the whole body, but surprise! We gotchu. 

We, at Info Nepal Tours and Treks, now present you with the Luxury Everest Base Camp Trek.

Encounter the view of magnificent peaks like Mount Everest, Changtse, Lhotse, Nuptse, Ama Dablam, Kongde RI, Thamserku, and the Kusum Kangraru, along with many others. Know the lifestyle, culture, and tradition of the Highlander Sherpas.

Travel through the UNESCO World Heritage Site listed Sagarmatha National Park. Walk on a path surrounded by verdant alpine woods and under the canopy of rhododendron and azalea flowers.

Enjoy a lifetime moment in the center of the Himalayas and surrounded by vast expanses of snow and ice from Everest Base Camp. Visit Kalapatthar and encounter the 360-degree snow-capped mountain view.

Highlights of Everest Base Camp Luxury Trek

The trip, Luxury Everest Base Camp Trek, is a unique world in itself, untouched for centuries by external culture, even when the flow of travellers, pristine from biological contamination and all other, the Everest Base Camp is just, wow. Some of the highlights are below, and you might wanna check them out.

Flight to Lukla 

So the first is the flight to Lukla, it’s a highlight cause, when you’re off the ground and above the clouds, and looking down, everything feels surreal, the landscape, the water sources, and the integration of the structure of nature, seems just unworldly.

Thoughts like “How on earth, a nation, can have so much variation here and there, even in such less of distance?” 

But that’s the unique identity of the nation of Nepal.

The flight, even when not long, will make you mesmerized.

That’s why grab a window seat and hold tight, and when up in the air, look around and down, cause it’s gonna feel blissful.

Khumbu Valley

The next is the Khumbu Valley, you might have seen the documentaries and heard the legends of what level of real-life superhuman the Sherpas are, well, my friend, you’ll get to witness it here. 

The Khumbu Valley is a high-altitude highway; it just feels like every wall, every stone, and prayer wheel you spin has the Heartbeat of the Sherpas, that how deeply engraved the culture there is.

It might not just come as cultural, but as a whole socio-cultural shock, as where you are from, kids might be playing toys and identifying genders and calling themselves unicorn, but in here, the kids you’ll see in the Khumbu region are some of the playful and jouys and humble humans you’ve and you’ll ever come across.

You’ll see the toddlers playing in here, like they’re playing at the beach, even at the 3,500m, and their Memaw’s, carrying loads of several kg’s that would break your back, of a city-dwellers’ spirit that too, with a smile that’ll make you feel humble and weak.

This right here is the “Backyard of the Gods,” where the smell of juniper and yak dung fire fills the air.

You aren’t just passing through, you’re witnessing a culture built on the edge of the world, where the “Luxury” is a warm heart and a community that never breaks. You’re in a land where mountains are sacred, so walk with respect and keep your ego at the trailhead.

Everest National Park

Everest, it’s the English name; the local and native name for it is Sagarmatha here in Nepal, and the Sagarmatha National Park is a highlight in itself and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You’ll see a wide range of flora and fauna. Experience a unique purity in the air and serenity.

This isn’t just a park; it’s a sanctuary of giants. Entering is like stepping inside a cathedral where the roof has risen 8 km straight up in the air.

Be happy, the pretty, Shy Red Panda resides here, and you’re lucky if you get to see one cause they just hide from humans.

Something I personally can’t forget and should mention is the Rhododendron (लालीगुराँस), the color, oh my, is so vibrant and visually grabbing, you know?, that you can’t just get fed up with it. 

The park is just like I said before, it’s a different world in itself, a fortress. Every step you take forward is the geography lesson you never took in school.

This isn’t just a park; it’s a sanctuary of giants. Entering Sagarmatha is like stepping into a cathedral where the roof is 8,848m high, and the pews are made of ancient granite and blue ice.

Here, nature isn’t pretty; it’s raw and jagged and rugged. 

The Panorama of the Mountains

You might have seen hills all your life if you’re a lowlander, and that might have been the highest point. In the Himalayan nation of Nepal, as I mentioned above, even the altitude, 3-4 times the elevation, is a playground for kids.

As you keep ascending, the mountain keeps going like it never finishes, and when you’re on the last point of your breath on the top, you’ll be blessed by the panoramic view of the mountain.

Covered by snow, surrounding the top, it’ll look like a crown on top.

The life of highlanders 

The culture alters when the elevation rises, it’s the demand of the geography and the need of the people to evolve and adapt for survival on the bone-chilling altitude.

Everything in here is different when you see it in person, the eating habits, the dressing sense, and even the way of greeting, cause that’s the way they had to evolve and adapt the culture to survive in the highlands.

The life in here seems completely out of time or frozen in time, it/s unique, solitude, and most imporanlt serene, free of the regular daily corporate complaint the modern world does. The people are humble and very cheerful, and even in such cold in high altitude, their warm smile keeps you motivated.

This is the life of the highlanders, a unique highlight in itself.

The Hospitality and Culture

The warm and hospitable culture of the Sherpa people, as you know by now, is a beautiful sight to witness. They will do and give their best to make you feel at home and safe.

The cultural practice they do seems very fascinating and a curious case. 

The first thing they’ll ask when they see you after greeting is “ खाना खानुभयो? के खानुहुन्छ? Meaning “Have you eaten? What’d you like to eat?” This is not just a query about your hunger but a gesture of warmth and care, and even when you deny, they’ll serve you with warm beverages like hot water and tea.

As a guide myself, I’ve seen my clients, when departing from the village, which feels like outta time, where they spent a few weeks as part of a trip, getting teary with farewell hugs and tears they couldn’t hide during separation, even if they knew the people just for the short duration. 

That’s how humble, genuine, loving, and caring people are, and that’s how their culture is.