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  Itinerary Of Gokyo Lake Trek (Everest-B)

Day 1 : Fly to Lukla, ascends to Phakdign (2611 m.) 5 hours.

Day 2 : Namche (3,440 m.)

Follow the Bhote Koshi, through forest and pasture land along a valley dotted small Sherpa settlements. Cross the Bhote Koshi and steep climb to Namche Bazaar. Everest (8,848 m.) and Lhote (8,516 m.) come into sight. Thamsherku (6,623 m.) and Kwangde (6,011 m.) loom to the east and west, and the sacred mountain Khumbila (5,707 m.) dominates the skyline to the north behind the village.

Day 3: Rest at Namchhe for acclimatized

Day 4 : Phortse bridge, 3500m. (6 hrs. walk)

Starts walk ascends to a large Chorten on the top of a ridge at 3930m. The ridge descends from Khumbila, the abode of the patron God of the Khumbu region. From here the trail descends in series of steep switchbacks down a sandy slope to the Dudh Koshi. There is an excellent camping spot near the river at Phortse bridge at 3500m. Camp will be here.

Day 5 : Luza, 4300m. ( 6 hrs. walk)

Starts walk the trail climbs steeply out of the valley through rhododendron forests, which give way to fragrant stands of juniper and large conifers as the elevation increases. Passing through the settlement of Tongba , Gyele and Lhabarma, the trail finally reaches Luza. Camp will be here.

Day 6 : Gokyo, 4720 m. (6 hrs. walk)

The trail continues to climb along the side of the valley, high above the river, crossing sandy spurs to Machhermo at 4360m. Beyond this village the trail climbs a ridge and obtains an excellent view both down the valley to Kantega and on towards Choyu , 8153m. Beyond the ridge the valley widens as the trail passes through Panka at 4390m. then descends to the riverbank before beginning the climb onto the terminal moraine of the Ngozumpa Glacier. It is a steep climb up the moraine, switchback alongside the stream to the first small lake at 4650m. Where a family of ducks usually resides here, the trail now becomes almost level as it follows the valley past a second lake at 4690m.  And finally up a boulder strewn path to Gokyo itself at 4720m. Camp will be here.

Day 7 : Rest at Gokyo and explore area

Day 8: Luza

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Day 9 : Phortse, 3847 m. ( 7 hrs. walk)

Descending from Gokyo, the route passes the second lake. About half way between the first and second lakes a trail leads off across the moraine to the east. This is the route to the Chola la pass into the Everest region. Descends to Phortse. Camp will be here.

Day 10: Tyangboche, 3867m. ( 6 hrs. walk)

Starts walk, Dessends to Dodh koshi river then ascends to Tyanbochhe. Visit Tyanbochhe Monastery. Overnight at Tyanboche.

Day 11 : Khumjung (3,791 m.)

Descends through forests to the Dudh Koshi, a very pretty crossing-point leads to a steady climb to a Chorten, offering wonderful views back cross the valley of Phortse, Tengboche and their surrounding mountains, a traverse leads to classic descent down a giant rock pathway when out of the mountain side. A plod up the valley leads back to the twin villages of Khumjung.

Day 12 : Monjo

The route home leads back through Namche and off down the hill. (Five hours.

Day 13 : Lukla (2,904 m.)

From here the walk to Lukla takes about five hours of which the last one and half are rather surprisingly hard work.

Day 14 : Fly Back to Kathmandu

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