Mera Peak climbing route

Itinerary

• 01Arrival: 15 -20 Minute drive. AIT representative will greet you at Tribhuvan International Airport and transport you to your Kathmandu hotel. After having formal introduction, you are being served with welcome drink at the hotel. They will give you helpful tips for your time in Kathmandu. O/N Hotel
• 02Kathmandu Sight-seeing: 3-4 hours. After breakfast, you are being prepared for joining a guided tour of the amazing sightseeing of the Kathmandu Valley. You can visit Durbar Square, Swayambhunath ‘Monkey’ Temple, the famous Hindu temple – Pashupatinath and the largest Stupa in Nepal – Boudhanath onwards at afternoon we gather for a pre trek briefing and introduction to your trek leader & make arrangements for your ‘trek pack’. In the Evening AIT organizes welcome dinner at a local restaurant
• 03Katmandu - Lukla by flight. Commence the trek to Mera peak. We ascend slowly for 3 hours and steep up for one hour and arrive Chuthanga for the night. The views of Numbur (6957m), Karyolung (6511m), and Kwangde (6011m) are magnificent from here.
• 04Today is an easy walk all day passing through the jungle and grassland for Yaks during the summer. We arrived Tsetre for night
• 05We decend slowly passing through the jungle. We find virtually, no human settlement on the trail. We arrive Kothe(Edge of River) for night.
• 06We walk all day through the side of the mountain and the trail is narrow. The patches of the jungle on the trail become thinner as we ascend near the snow line. We camp at Thagnak.
• 07Rest day in Thagnak. It is worth spending an extra day at Thagnak, which is in a superb setting surrounded by stunning peaks including Peak 43 (6,769m). There is a huge moraine in the north of Thagnak where a beautiful glacial lake, Sabai Tsho is dammed. It is worth exploring around for acclimatization purpose. Thagnak is also a base for climbing east and northeast side of Kushum Kanguru.
• 08We follow the lateral moraine of Dig Glacier to Dig Khraka, which offers the spectacular views of Charpate Himal. The trail climbs through moraines and to the snout to the Hinku Nup and Shar Glaciers and then climbs more steeply to Khare (5,099m).
• 09We ascend for three hours and arrive at Mera La (5,415m). Normally, the pass will be covered with snow from Nov. - April. Again the views from the pass are spectacular. We descend about 100m towards the Hongu side and set up the base camp (5,300m) in the moraine below the ice.
• 10Rest day for acclimatization. You can explore around or climb up for a few hours and come back to the Base Camp for the night
• 11Today we go to the summit and the views of Pumori (7161m), Lhotse (8516m) Makalu (8463m), Lobuche (6145m), Cho Oyu (8201m) are spectacular from the summit. We retrace to Khare
• 12Trek down all the way down to Kothe just following River and O/N at bank of River Kothe.
• 13Kothe to Chetra. A long ways climbing up, crossing many bamboo brust forest and take up at Chetra for O/N
• 14Chetra to Lukla. After break fast climbing up to 500 m more and steply down to Lukla crossing a high range of snow hill and get down to Lukla finally. O/N for warm shower well comming at Hotel in Lukla.
• 15Lukla- Kathmandu: 35 minutes. After an early morning flight to Kathmandu, you'll transfer to your hotel. Finally there'll be an evening celebration dinner together.
• 16Departure: You could catch up on some last minute shopping, Internate to your friends and family before departure to Airport or onwards to your next destination