
Everest View Trek (Family Trek)
The short Khumbu walk that tops out at 3,880 m
- Flights in
- Teahouse
- All meals on
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13 itineraries
What this means in practice
A HighPass trek is a guided teahouse walk in the Nepal Himalaya, run with a government-licensed guide, a porter for every two trekkers and an acclimatisation profile that never gains more than about 500 metres of sleeping altitude a day above 3,000 metres.
We are a Kathmandu company and this is what we do first. Everest, Annapurna, Langtang, Manaslu and Mustang are half a day from our office, and the guides who lead these treks live in the valleys they walk you through.
Every itinerary is written around altitude rather than around distance. Above 3,000 metres you sleep no more than roughly 500 metres higher than the night before, and there is a genuine rest day every third or fourth day — not a shorter walk called a rest day. Guides carry a pulse oximeter and a first-aid kit, and they have the authority to turn a group around without asking us first.
We also tell you the awkward things in advance. In peak season the Lukla flight leaves from Ramechhap after a four-hour pre-dawn drive. Teahouse rooms above 4,000 metres are unheated. Hot showers and phone charging cost extra and are metered. Knowing this beforehand is the difference between an inconvenience and a bad trip.
Itineraries

The short Khumbu walk that tops out at 3,880 m
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Fortune Trek
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Three Passes Trek - Everest
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Four nights, a 3,210 m sunrise, and the stone steps to Ulleri
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$580
$115/day

Tilicho Lake
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$7000
$60/day
Ridge walking above the cloud to a 4,500 m viewpoint below Machhapuchhre
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$720
$105/day
The closest big Himalayan valley to Kathmandu, and the one that rebuilt itself
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$850$990
$85/day
Into the Annapurna Sanctuary at 4,130 m, finishing at the Jhinu hot springs
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$1,050$1,240
$95/day
Besisahar to Jomsom over a 5,416 m pass, with Muktinath on the far side
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$1,380$1,620
$90/day
Lukla to the Khumbu Glacier with two full acclimatisation days
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$1,450$1,690
$105/day
A restricted-area crossing of the Larke La at 5,106 m, round the eighth-highest mountain
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$1,980
$130/day
A restricted-area walk into the walled capital of the old kingdom of Lo
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$2,450
$205/day
Where these go
Everest Region
Sherpa villages, Sagarmatha National Park and the walk to 5,364 m
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5 trips
Kathmandu Valley
Seven UNESCO monument zones inside a single 1,400 m bowl
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12 trips
Annapurna Region
Rhododendron forest, the 4,130 m sanctuary and a pass at 5,416 m
from $580
5 trips
Pokhara & Lakes
A lake at 822 m with the Annapurnas standing 7,000 m above it
from $580
8 trips
Langtang & Helambu
The closest big trek to Kathmandu, rebuilt and worth the drive
from $850
1 trip
Trans-Himalaya
108 spouts at 3,710 m, sacred to Hindus and Buddhists alike
from $780
2 trips