Overview
Everest Gokyo Ri Trek features the unbelievable scenery of the remote Gokyo Valley and its festival of beautiful turquoise lakes, moonscape-like glaciers, and stunning mountain vistas that include Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, and Cho Oyu – four of the eight highest peaks on earth! The 360-degree view from Gokyo Ridge is the best in Khumbu!
The beginning of Everest Gokyo Ri Trek is the same as hiking to Everest Base Camp. On the way, we’ll stay two nights in the village of Namche Bazaar to acclimatize. Namche is considered the trading center for the Khumbu region, and people walk from as far away as Tibet every Saturday to sell their wares here. This is also the hub onto which each trail converges, so yaks and people compete for space in this amphitheater-style city.
After visiting Namche, we’ll head up the valley leaving the usual Everest trekking trail and following the rivers runoff from the Ngozumpa glacier. After two days we will stop again in the village of Machhermo for another rest day and the chance to hike up Machhermo RI. Our Next stop will be the Gokyo Valley.
Your arrival into this high mountain valley called Gokyo is welcomed by a string of cobalt blue lakes that continue for the 3-hour hike to Gokyo Village, which sits at the foot of Gokyo Ri (18,300 ft) , a huge black mound of rock and dirt. The next morning, you’re invited to take the 3-hour hike to the summit of this black, rocky mound to witness the 360-degree Himalayan view offered only from this vantage point. The Himalayas stand like giants guarding the border into Tibet. From Gokyo Ri you’ll see much more than Mount Everest — there are magnificent views of many of the other 8000-meter peaks from here as well.
What to expect from this trek ?
During the Everest Gokyo Ri Trek, you will explore Sherpa Museums in Namche Bazaar. The trekking journey is full of one of the most luxurious mountain scenery, well-known Buddhist monasteries, lush valleys, rivers flowing effects from the mountain ridges fed with the aid of the beautiful glaciers, the Essence of heaven at the mother earth.
As the trekking starts from the relatively low lands then different treks withinside the location give you amazing acclimatization and exploration through the villages and glaciers withinside the Khumbu region. Everyone should do this trek when they are in Nepal. Similarly, this will be a lifelong experience for you.
Who can do this trek ?
This trek is a long and strenuous trek in the Everest Region. Similarly, anyone passionate about the trek can easily do this trek. Even though this trip is considered an easy trek in the Everest region, one should consider various things. Similarly, one’s physical fitness plays an important role in the successful completion of the trek. In addition, one should not have any illness in his/herself. Likewise, one should be younger than 60 years and above 16 years to get the traveling permit of the region.
Likewise, your physical fitness and your mental toughness are also important. Furthermore, if one is interested in trekking in the Everest Region then they should practice running or jogging prior to the trek this will help to improve their stamina and endurance which plays a vital role in the Everest Gokyo Ri Trek.
Highlights of the trip
- Scenic flight to and from Lukla
- Explore Sherpa museum in Namche Bazar
- Panoramic view from Syanbuche
- Experiencing life as the “mountain people” live, in the heart of the Himalayas
- Visit Tyangboche Monastery
- Ascent Gokyo Peak (5357m)
- Spectacular Mt. views from Gokyo Peak & Renjola pass
- Cross Renjola pass (5360m) – Visit the beautiful Gokyo lake.