This section details a 21 day trek from Jiri to the Everest base camp. The trek I describe ends with a flight back to Kathmandu from Lukla.if you fly to Lukla.being reading at Day 8 and spend your first night at Phakding, but be sure to Take an extra day at Namche Bazaar or Tengpoche for acclimatisation.You can make an excellent 32 day trek by walking on to Dhankuta instead of flying out from lukla.The description of this route is in the Eastern Nepal chapter.

The trek to Dhankuta becomes attrective because it avoid the pile up at Lukla and Explores some unsual country unlike any that you have seen on the first portion of the trek
The flight from Lukla to Kathmandu takes 35 minutes and is a jarring return to the noise, confusion and rush of a large city.

Lukla to Everest Base Camp and Kala pattar

Feom Lukla the trial meanders north along the Dudh koshi bounding up tp Namche(3450), where Khumbu and the serious senery start.Nestled handsomely in a horsehoe bowl,the Sherpa "capital"has done very well out of mountaineering and trekking over the years.Besides trekking equipment,Namch's shops sell absolutly anything a trekker could desire - film,maps,batteries,mars bars from around the world,a dozen styles of Swiss Army Knife,albeit all at inflated prices.There's also a bank ,post office and even internet access .Try to make your trip coincide with the pan cultural saturday market,or visit the national park visitors centre,perched on the ridge est of town,which contains an informative museum.

Beyond Namche,the trials veers northest into a tributary valley and climbs to Tengboche, surrounded by protected juniper forest