The Lukla to Everest Base Camp Trek is the most popular trekking route that leads you for 130 kilometers long distance’s trek beginning and ending in Lukla reaching Kalapathar and Everest Base Camp by passing several local Sherpa villages.
If we only measure the distance of Lukla to Everest Base Camp, it will be only 65 kilometers which do not sound like a long distance. But it takes far longer because you need to acclimatize your body to get rid of the potential altitude sickness problem. However, the trek duration also depends upon how much trekking experience you have in previous time.
The standard trekking duration in Everest Base Camp should be of 11 days also includes an acclimatization day at Namche Bazaar. But if you have crossed the age of 50, then I want to suggest you make 12 days trek beginning and ending in Kathmandu. In 12 days trek, you will also have a rest day at Dingboche Village.
When you walk higher elevation, you need to take a normal pace – the average trekking time will be 5-6 hours every day.
In the below, we have provided the day-wise distance and altitude of the itinerary of Lukla to Everest Base Camp Trek.
- Fly from Kathmandu (1310 m) to Lukla (2880 m) – 40 min, and trek to Phakding (2610 m) – 3 hrs [9 Kilometers]
- Phakding to Namche Bazaar (3445 m) – 6 hrs [12 Kilometers]
- Rest or Acclimatization day (Activity: Hike to Everest View Hotel)
- Namche to Tengboche (3870 m) – 6 hrs [10 Kilometers]
- Tengboche to Dingboche (4360 m) – 6 hrs [9 Kilometers]
- Dingboche Acclimatization
- Dingboche to Lobuche (4940 m) – 6 hrs [7 Kilometers]
- Lobuche to EBC via Gorakshep (5364 m) – 7 hrs (13 Kilometers)
- Gorakshep to Kalapathar hike (5545 m), and back to Pheruche – 8 hrs [16 Kilometers]
- Pheruche to Namche Bazaar (3440 m) – 7 hrs [20 Kilometers]
- Namche to Lukla (2880 m) – 6 hrs [19 Kilometers]
- Fly back to Kathmandu (1310 m) – 40 min
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