Ama Dablam Expedition

Upon your arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, our team will warmly welcome you and transfer you to your hotel. After check-in, you can relax or explore the vibrant streets of Thamel. In the evening, there will be a short briefing about the Ama Dablam Expedition. Overnight stay at a hotel in Kathmandu.

In Kathmandu for final preparation of Climb. Meet other team members, complete official and government formalities, final gear check and load. Upon your interest, an optional Kathmandu sightseeing can be arranged on these days.
We will have a trip orientation and your trip leader will give you a brief about your climb before we head to our journey.

The first flight to Lukla takes place very early in the morning. Depending on the time, you will have your breakfast either in the hotel or upon arrival in Lukla. You will be transferred to the domestic terminal of Kathmandu Airport from where you take your flight to Lukla which is about 40 minutes landing on the narrow, runway high above the Dudh Koshi River. Your porters and support staff will be waiting at the airport to help you with your luggage to start your trek to Phakding. The trek to Phakding is an easy walk for the first day with a mostly downhill leg. The trek will take you through pastoral lands through several small villages and farms. Approximately after 3 hours, we reach Phakding where we spend our overnight in the tea houses that are run by Sherpas.

After breakfast, your guide will brief you about the day. An easy walk today to Monjo will take you through the pine trees and glimpses of distant snow-capped peaks. You will encounter impressive waterfalls and yaks along the way taking necessary foods and other essentials for the trekkers as well as the locals. You will pass through the checkpoint before reaching Monjo where the officials check your permits. Your guide will sort out the paper works while you can stroll around for a bit. After this you officially enter the Sagarmatha National Park and a little way up the trail, you arrive in Monjo where you will stop for lunch. After lunch, you start your trek through the wooded valley on a good trail crossing the river through the high suspension bridge. Right after the bridge is the upward climb towards Namche. An hour and a half long ascent to Namche - famous among the locals as “Namche Ko Ukalo” meaning the uphill of Namche. It is all uphill till you reach Namche, and about an hour before reaching Namche your hard work will be rewarded by your first view of Everest. Your guide will walk you to the lodge you will be staying overnight.

Being situated at high altitude, Namche Bazaar serves as an acclimatization stop for climbers to avoid altitude sickness. Namche Bazaar is the main centre of the Khumbu region and is facilitates with government offices, internet, ATM’s, restaurants and a colourful market. Our guides can take us to explore the real charm of Namche Bazaar. We can observe traditional Sherpa life and enjoy flora and fauna found that grow at this altitude.

Today we will walk to the biggest monastery of the Everest region located at Tengboche. It encloses within Sagarmatha National Park which is listed in a UNESCO world heritage site. The trek to Phunki will be easy, but afterwards ascending will become relatively harder. The panoramic view of the Himalayas from the monastery shows us a divine universe built under the same range. We can observe a Buddhist religious ceremony. After spending an hour to visit the monastery, we trek further down to Debuche

After breakfast, we trek for one and half hours to Pangboche. We spend a couple of hours to visit the oldest monastery build by the monk who travelled from Rongbuk Monastery in Tibet to Khumbu valley. After lunch at Pangbuche, we head towards northeast towards the Imja Khola pulling out of the Everest Basecamp trail. After crossing the suspension bridge, we climb towards Amadablam on the narrow zigzag route to the Amadablam Basecamp. You are welcomed by our Base camp staffs who will be there for your assistance through the expedition.

Climb to camp I (spend overnight)
Touch Camp II or the Yellow Tower and descend to camp I
Descend back to the Base camp
Rest and prepare for the summit push
Reserve day at the base camp
Summit push
Climb to camp I (overnight) – start at
Climb to Camp II (overnight) – start at
Climb to Camp III – start at 4 am – reach by 1 pm – rest for 6 hours – start for summit at 8 pm
Climb overnight at reach summit around 6-7 am and descend to Camp II
Descend to base camp
Packing and clearing the Base camp after the summit
Note - Be advised that the mentioned activities during the climbing period are a tentative plan. The actual planning of the summit is made at the base camp by your climbing guide. The activities may change because of the unstable weather conditions in the Himalayas and also your level of fitness. We advise you to book a Flexi flight and allow extra days in case if you need for the summit push.

ack to Namche Bazaar is mainly downhill from Base camp, with a small uphill stretch.

From Namche, we’ll get up early and descend back to Lukla. We will pass Monjo after a short walk and then to Phakding. We stay on the same trail and advance towards Cheplung and further to Lukla

We will enjoy our last views mountains while flying back to the Kathmandu from Lukla. After 25 minutes of flight, our representative will be waiting for you at the domestic airport to take you back to the hotel where you can enjoy your chilled beer and warm shower.

Free day in Kathmandu for official documentation, closing briefing by the government and collecting certificate if successfully reached in the summit. Farewell dinner and celebration at Piano Piano restaurant at Nomad Hotel.

Depending on your flight time, you will have your transfer arranged to the airport. The airport check-in is 3 hours before the departure time, and the hotel checkout time is noon. In case your flight is late evening, please let us know if you require half-day use of the hotel with a charge.