Chamonix Experience
 Our sister company based in Chamonix in the French Alps is a perfect location to start your expedition training and gain valuable mountaineering experience.

Operating year round, we organise Mont Blanc, Eiger and Matterhorn trips as well as skiing in the winter.
Mountain Experience
 Our sister company based in Kathmandu can organise your personalised trekking trip in Nepal. This is a chance to trek with our experienced Everest Sherpas utilising the same logistical care that we use on expeditions.

  • Everest South Side Base Camp Trek 5,140m

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  • 29 March – 17 April 2011 – 20 Days – €2,750

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  • The Everest South Side Base Camp Trek

    Trekking in the Khumbu region of Nepal is logistically very easy when you utilise the local infrastructure. The Sherpa people are very friendly and helpful, and Members will have the chance to stay for 2 nights to acclimatise  in Khumjung, where all of our local staff come from.

    The mountain scenery is stunning and the paths are well formed and maintained, which makes for very easy walking. The trek days will vary from just 1 - 5 hours with a lunch break on the longer days. Each day Members need to pack their equipment into a kit bag, and this will be carried by porter or yak to the next lodge. All that Members need to carry is a small day pack with warm clothing, snack food, water and camera.

    The last two villages before Everest BC are Lobuche and Gorak Shep. Himex recognises that both of these villages are very busy and hence the lodges are crowded and one often has to wait a long time for meals. Members will use our Himex Lobuche Peak Base Camp, and as we have made our Everest Base Camp lower than the traditional camp, we will use the Himex Everest Base Camp instead of Gorak Shep. This gives us flexibility and greater control over the quality of meals at this high altitude. Members will have access to all the facilities that our Expedition Members have at these camps, including email and hot showers. Apart from these two camps, all other accommodation is in lodges.

  • Itinerary

    29 March        Arrive Kathmandu (1,317m)
    30                    Kathmandu
    31                    Kathmandu – Lukla (2,840m) – Phakding (2,610m)
    01 April           Phakding – Namche Bazar (3,440m)
    02                    Namche Bazar – Khumjung (3,780m)
    03                    Khumjung
    04                    Khumjung – Tengboche (3,860m)
    05                    Tengboche – Dingboche (4,410m)
    06                    Dingboche – Lobuche (4,910m)
    07                    Lobuche
    08                    Lobuche – Everest BC (5,140m)
    09                    Everest BC
    10                    Everest BC – Kala Pattar (5,550m) – Everest BC
    11                    Everest BC – Lobuche
    12                    Lobuche – Pangboche (3,930m)
    13                    Pangboche – Namche Bazar
    14                    Namche Bazar – Lukla
    15                    Lukla – Kathmandu
    16                    Kathmandu
    17                    Depart Kathmandu