Trek from Tingri to Everest Base Camp

Everest is the top attraction in Tibet. Every year, it attracts visitors from all over the world. Travelers can travel from Lhasa to Everest Base Camp or Kathmandu to EBC. It usually takes around 7 or 8 days to finish the tour by car, but it will be more interesting to trek from Tingri to Everest Base Camp. 

The whole trek route is aroud 70km long and it needs about 3 or 4 days to finish this trek. Trekkers are highly recommended to do it in four whole days. In this case, they will have enough time to explore the valleys and glaciers below the massive north-face of Mt. Everest and view the most magnificent world's highest mountain scenery.  

This Tibet trekking tour provides a heady mix of solitude, wildlife sighting and physical challenge, onagers and gazelle thriving around the trail, and you might even get lucky and see a Tibetan brown bear rambling in the pastures. Aside from breathtaking scenery, travellers can also experience unique Sherpa culture by visiting their home. The heady mix of natural beauty, fascinating culture and a personal sense of achievement, as well as warm Tibetan hospitality, makes the trekking one of the world’s most unforgettable.

Before starting this trek, travelers must be fully acclimatised to the high alititude of Tibet as the trekking region has an altitude between 4400m and 5300m that easily causes high altitude sickness. One can spend 2 or 3 days at Lhasa (3650m) for acclimation, and then take a private car from Lhasa to Tingri (4390m) and spend another one or two days at Tingri for further acclimation and preparation.  

During trekking, travelers should stay in the sight of the tour guide. This area is sparsely populated and the trek route is off the main road. Mobile phones also do not work at this remote region. Once getting lost in the wild, travelers are faced with hidden risks. 

The best time to visit Everest is from April to May and from late September to November. It gets warmer since April, just before the monsoon season that makes the Everest be covered by mist. In April and May, one will be shocked at the stunningly clear view of this peak. The since late September, the mount shows its true appearance again, but it is extremely cold to do this trek, especially at night.