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Gokyo Trekking

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Gokyo TrekkingThe trek to Gokyo offers an alternative to the traditional trek to Everest base camp. From gokyo,more of Everest itself is visible,though from a slightly greter distance than from Kala pattar above Gorak shep.The Ngozumpa Glacier is the largest in the Nepal Himalaya and from a ridge above Gokyo,four 8000 metre peaks (Cho Oyu,Everest,Lhoste and Makalu) are visible at once.

Day Itinerary
Day 1 Namche Bazaar(acclimatisation is essential for this trek.it is easy to get high too fast and succumb to altitude sickness.only after a minimum of three day in the Namche-Khumjung region is it safe to begin this trek.
Day 2 Namche Bazaar
Day3 Namche Bazzar to phorste Tanghka
Day4 Phorste Tanghka to Dole
Day5 Dole to Machhermo
Day6 Machhermo to Gokyo
Day7

Gokyo, The view in the Gokyo region are tremendous.For the best view,climb Gokyo ri,the small peak above the lake.This peak of 5318 metres is sometimes called Kala pattar.

Day8 Gokyo to Photse
Day9 phortse to Namche Bazaar

An alternative route of the Everest Base camp trek

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