The Everest Base Camp trek is one to be enjoyed and relished. Anyone who has been on these types of adventures will tell you that the most memorable times are often when things don’t go quite to plan! You are amongst the biggest mountains on our planet and the scenery is stunning. So make time for it and don’t take unnecessary risks with your hard-earned cash.

Our EBC trips are 18 days UK – UK so you can see we have 3 additional days. Don’t think of them as spare or wasted days, they’re not.  You will appreciate the flexibility they provide. It allows you to enjoy the environment. They are utilised well to cover just about every eventuality we know although it’s not possible to cover every scenario; the 2015 earthquake is an example of that.

Any trip into the Everest Region has a habit of throwing something at you that you don’t expect and therefore you need that spare time, that resilience, that ‘fat’ in the system to counter it.

If you have less than 15 days to use – try the Everest Experience.
If you have more than 18 days to use – try the more challenging Everest High Passes.

Call Terry: 07725 943108.

• Our EBC treks are guaranteed to depart with a min of 2 people.
• We’ll provide an itinerary between 15 – 18 days to suit your timetable.
• We’ll tell you where the risks are and where to best utilise any spare days you have.

• Your Own Safety – don’t underestimate how serious a condition altitude sickness can be. If left untreated (or caught early enough), it can (and does) kill you. And reliance on a timely, rapid air evacuation is not guaranteed as the weather will dictate whether the helicopters can fly or not. On the EBC route, the fastest and most effective way to relieve the symptoms is to descend to a lower altitude, whether that be down to Pferiche/Dingbouche or Namche (depending on where you are at the time), where professional medical facilities exist to help.
• Can you train for altitude? – see if you can?
• Safety of Guide and Porters – contrary to common belief, the Nepalese Guides and Porters are human beings and are subject to the same dangers of altitude as anyone else. The concept that anyone born at altitude is immune is a myth. Subjecting them to those dangers is thoughtless at best and reckless at worse. They don’t have the same level of medical insurance cover as you do; it simply doesn’t exist in Nepal. Guides and Porters will rarely tell you they are in trouble until they are about to fall over.
• Void Insurance Claim – The implications of getting to Base Camp faster than ‘normal’, succumbing to altitude sickness, and consequently requesting medical assistance through your travel insurance has far wider implications. I’m pretty sure if travel insurance companies investigated the circumstances thoroughly enough to know that an acclimatisation period was not adhered to (a look at the itinerary against the date of the request for assistance would easily confirm that), they might just say that was self-inflicted and void a claim. And they would have a pretty good case. That’s a hefty bill well into the £000’s.