The Everest Base Camp Trek is much more than a holiday in the Himalayas. For many travelers, it is a lifelong dream and one of the world’s most rewarding trekking experiences. Walking through traditional Sherpa villages, visiting ancient monasteries, standing […]
Everest Base Camp Trek Cost 2027: Complete Budget Breakdown from a Nepal-Based Guide
Planning an Everest Base Camp trek in 2027 and trying to work out what it will actually cost? You are in the right place. I have been organising EBC treks from Kathmandu for close to a decade, and one of […]
Everest Base Camp Trek Itinerary: Day-by-Day Guide from Kathmandu and Back
By Kiran Basnet — Licensed Trekking Guide, Everest Trekking Company, Kathmandu The Everest Base Camp itinerary is something I think about more carefully than almost any other aspect of organising a trek. The sequence of days, the elevation gains, the […]
Everest Base Camp Trek with a Local Company: Why It Matters and How to Choose the Right One
By Kiran Basnet — Licensed Trekking Guide, Everest Trekking Company, Kathmandu I am going to be honest with you from the start of this guide, because the topic deserves honesty: I run a local trekking company, and I am going […]
Everest Base Camp Altitude Sickness: What Your Guide Needs You to Understand
By Kiran Basnet — Licensed Trekking Guide, Everest Trekking Company, Kathmandu Altitude sickness is the variable that makes Everest Base Camp trekking genuinely dangerous for people who underestimate it, and completely manageable for those who respect it. In nearly a […]
Everest Base Camp Trek Difficulty: An Honest Guide from a Nepal-Based Trekking Expert
By Kiran Basnet — Licensed Trekking Guide, Everest Trekking Company, Kathmandu People ask me some version of this question almost every week: “I’m not a mountaineer. Am I actually capable of trekking to Everest Base Camp?” My honest answer is […]
Food on the Everest Base Camp Trek
One of the most common questions trekkers ask before booking with an Everest trek company is simple: what will I eat on the trail? After fifteen years of guiding groups through the Khumbu region, I can tell you that food […]
Everest Base Camp Training Program: The 12 Week Plan That Works
I can tell within two days on the trail who trained and who planned to get fit on the way up. The trained trekker eats well in Namche, sleeps properly in Dingboche, and has attention left over for the mountains. […]
Deaths on the Everest Base Camp Trek: How Dangerous Is It Really?
People type this question into Google quietly, usually late at night after booking flights: do people die on the Everest Base Camp trek? The honest answer deserves more than a scary headline or a reassuring brush off, so here it […]
Jiri to Everest Base Camp Trek: The Classic Expedition Route
Before the airstrip at Lukla existed, the walk from Jiri to Everest Base Camp was simply how everyone reached the mountain. The 1953 expedition that put Hillary and Tenzing on the summit marched for weeks from the Kathmandu valley, and […]