Mera Peak Climbing

Sightseeing tour in Kathmandu includes a guided tour around the art historical and cultural monuments around Kathmandu city that have been listed under the UNESCO world heritage site charts. Today, after breakfast, your tour guide will pick you up for a city tour ahead.

The tour starts from Kathmandu Durbar Square, a historical palace that dates back to the 16th century during the Malla reign in the medieval period of Nepal. The castle is a vast complex with a mansion, courtyards, and temples. The structure is beautifully crafted with various wood, metal, and stonework. We explore the periphery of the palace and visit a museum inside the castle.

After exploring the palace, we head to Swayambhunath stupa, a large stupa placed on a hilltop surrounded by various Buddha statues and monasteries.

Next, we drive to Pashupatinath temple, an oldest Hindu temple with many temples and statues that dates back to ancient times. At Last, we head to Boudhanath stupa, a colossal stupa placed on a three-layered Mandela. We visit all these beautiful heritage sites and end our day with a drive back to your hotel.

Tonight, spend your time at a hotel in Kathmandu

We pick you up in the early morning and escort you to the domestic terminal of Kathmandu airport. Here, we catch a flight that will take us to the Lukla airport in the Khumbu region of Nepal. The trip to Lukla is full of magnificent mountain views. As you land in the airport, meet our remaining crew in Lukla for your journey ahead.

From Lukla, we follow a trail to Paiya. We walk past a forested area and cross a bridge over Handi Khola to Surke village. Further, we continue ahead to cross Chutok La pass on the way to Paiya. Paiya is a small settlement area in the route, which is also famous as Chutok.

Tonight, spend your time at a guesthouse in Paiya.

After breakfast in Paiya, we continue through the trail. We follow a route that descends for a while until we reach a small bridge. The path after crossing the bridge is quite slippery, so be careful while walking.

We cross Kari La pass on the way and traverse through a dense forest of bamboo and rhododendron. We then move ahead from the woods with some excellent views of Dudhkoshi valley to the village of Panggom. It is a small settlement area sparsely populated by people engaged in farming.

Tonight, spend your time at a guesthouse in Panggom.

Leaving Panggom, we continue through the trail and cross Panggom La pass. From the pass, the trail ascends through a steady path and then turns towards the north. After walking for a while, we cross Peseng Kharka River and ascend to Peseng Kharka Danda.

From the Danda, we move ahead to Ningsow River and cross the river to enter into the Ningsow village.

Tonight, spend your time at a guesthouse in Ningsow.

Start your day with breakfast, and get ready for today’s walk. We leave Ningsow and climb up the trail for a while and then descend. After descending for a short time, we again ascend to Ramailo Danda. From here, one can enjoy some astonishing views of Mera peak.

As the path undulates up and down, we enter Makalu Barun National Park and follow the Pasang Lhamu trail to Chhatra Khola.

If lucky, you may get a glimpse of a red panda in the woods of bamboo trees. Tonight, spend your time at a guesthouse in Chhatra Khola.

Today, we headed north to join the main trail to the Mera peak. We follow a path that lies next to the Majang River. Then we traverse into another trail that goes all the way down to Hinku Khola. We continue moving ahead towards Tashing Ongma.

Here, you can see a few seasonal teahouses. Further, we continue walking until we cross a bridge over Sanu Khola to reach Kothe.

Tonight, spend your time at a guesthouse in Kothe.

After breakfast, we continue with our trek towards the ridge of Hinku Khola that lies in the shadow of Mera Peak. We pass a summer settlement at Gondishung in the western bank of Hinku Drangka.

As we move ahead from the settlement, we pass an old gompa that dates back to 200 years. We can see some scripted rocks on our way to Mera Peak. These rocks make the trail even more enjoyable.

Further, we continue our walk until we reach Thaknak. Thaknak is a summer grazing area for yaks and animals. It has some lodges and first tea shops. Tonight, spend your time at a guesthouse in Thaknak.

After breakfast at Thaknak, we follow a moraine of Dig Glacier to open up into the Dig Kharka. The vast pasture of the Kharka offers some stunning views of Charpate Himal. The trail climbs up through the moraine to the snout of Hinku Nup and Shar glacier.

From here, the trail climbs up steep towards Khare. Khare is a beautiful location to catch some magnificent views of the Mera peak. Tonight, spend your time at a guesthouse in Khare.

Today, we stay in Khare, exploring the beautiful views of Mera peak. This day is actually for acclimatization.

Therefore, we hike up for some time and return to the same place for the night. You can also check your climbing gear and practice some climbing techniques from the climbing guide. It is an easy day in one of the stunning locations on the earth.

Tonight, spend your time at a guesthouse in Khare.

Today, the trail climbs up steep along a boulder-strewn path to the Mera Peak Base Camp. From here, we follow a rocky trail with numerous crevasses to the Mera Peak High Camp. The way to the high camp is difficult but full of magnificent mountain views.

One can enjoy the majestic views of towering mountains like Mt.  Makalu, Mt. Everest, Mt. Cho-Oyu, Mt. Lhotse, Mt. Nuptse, Mt. Baruntse and many more in that particular region of Nepal.

Tonight, spend your time at a tented camp in Mera Peak High Camp.

It’s a big day on our trek. Today, we ascend to the summit of the Mera Peak at an elevation of 6461 meters. We start very early in the morning, at around 1:00 a.m. We follow the path taken by our climbing leader and climb up the summit of the peak. We take the help of the ropes, ice axes, and other gears to climb up the peak.

From the summit, we will be rewarded with some stunning views of five out of six highest mountains in the world – Mt. Everest, Mt. Kanchenjunga, Mt. Lhotse, Mt. Makalu, and Mt. Cho-Oyu. After spending some time in the peak and capturing the moments in the camera, we descend to Khare.

Tonight, spend your time at a guesthouse in Khare.

It’s an extra day just in case we couldn’t accomplish the climb on Day 12. We need an additional day in any trekking or peak climbing journey to acclimatize ourselves in the high altitude.

Leaving Khare, we descend to Kothe. We retrace our steps back via the same path that we had taken earlier. We enjoy the majestic views of mountains and surrounding areas, and we descend to Kothe.

Tonight, spend your time at a guesthouse in Kothe.

After breakfast in Kothe, we climb up and descend to Hinku Khola. Then we follow a trail that takes us along beautiful chortens downhill to Thuli Kharka.

From Thuli Kharka, we can enjoy some fantastic views of surrounding areas and mountains. Tonight, spend your time at a guesthouse in Thuli Kharka.

Today, we leave Thuli Kharka and head towards Zatrwa La pass at an elevation of 4600 meters. As we cross the pass, we will see some astonishing views of the Lukla valley that is surrounded by the fantastic peaks of Cho-Oyu, Kongde, Number Himal, and Kusum Kanguru with other surrounding mountain peaks.

From the pass, we descend to Lukla village. Tonight, spend your time at a guesthouse in Lukla.

In the morning, we take an early flight to Kathmandu. Upon your arrival in Kathmandu, we will drop you at your hotel in Kathmandu. You have two options for the day – explore the streets and malls for shopping or visit some places that you want to explore but are not included in the trek.

Tonight, spend your time at a hotel in Kathmandu.

Today, fly home from Kathmandu or continue your travel to some other destinations around the globe. We will drop you at the airport three hours before your scheduled flight.

We hope you had a great time with us. Thank you, have a safe journey home.