Twelve days — the same route in boutique comfort, with two helicopter transfers and the best lodges in every village.
The Luxury Everest is our fastest, softest version of the trek. You walk the same famous trail — Namche, Tengboche, Dingboche, Base Camp, Kala Patthar — but sleep in the best lodge in every village and, on the final morning, trade four days of descent for a private helicopter that lifts you from Gorak Shep straight back to Kathmandu in time for dinner.
Two nights at Dwarika’s, private rooms throughout, and a pace that never hurries.
Land in Kathmandu and transfer to Dwarika’s Hotel — carved courtyards and quiet. Evening welcome supper and briefing with your lead guide.
A 35-minute flight to Lukla, then a gentle descent through pine forest to Phakding.
Five suspension bridges, then the long switchback wall into Namche, where your room at the best lodge in town is waiting.
The acclimatisation walk to Everest View Hotel for the first full panorama, then a slow afternoon in Namche.
The beautiful contouring trail to Tengboche monastery, Ama Dablam rising ahead.
Through Pangboche and up into the wide stone-walled fields of Dingboche.
The high acclimatisation walk on Nangkartshang ridge — views of Makalu — then rest.
Past Dughla and the climbers’ memorials to the lodges at Lobuche.
To Gorak Shep, then over the glacier moraine to Base Camp at the foot of the Icefall.
The pre-dawn climb to Kala Patthar for sunrise over Everest. Then — instead of four days of descent — a private helicopter lifts you from Gorak Shep to Lukla and on to Kathmandu. You are home in time for dinner.
A slow day — spa, tailors, or the stupa at Boudhanath — and a farewell supper in the evening.
Private transfer to Tribhuvan International for your onward flight.
The helicopter sector between Gorak Shep and Kathmandu is weather-dependent; we build a buffer day into the schedule and, if the mountain keeps its machines on the ground, you simply walk down — the classic way, at no extra cost.
The helicopter sector between Gorak Shep and Kathmandu is weather-dependent; we build a buffer day into the schedule and, if the mountain keeps its machines on the ground, you simply walk down — the classic way, at no extra cost.
The helicopter sector between Gorak Shep and Kathmandu is weather-dependent; we build a buffer day into the schedule and, if the mountain keeps its machines on the ground, you simply walk down — the classic way, at no extra cost.
The helicopter sector between Gorak Shep and Kathmandu is weather-dependent; we build a buffer day into the schedule and, if the mountain keeps its machines on the ground, you simply walk down — the classic way, at no extra cost.
