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Everest Base Camp Trek - 20% Discount - $1730 @ Mountainkick

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Beginning from Lukla, we will walk through all the Sherpa villages on our way to the Everest and back. Stand on the foot of Mount Everest and gaze at the majestic giant all you can.

The Everest region is cold, arid and unforgiving. You have to walk on snow, on trails carved on the sides of mountains and over deep gorges. So why do we dare? Because the little mountaineer within us says we can. At Everest, being so high and so removed from the rest of the world gives you a unique point of view of looking at life. In this trip, you will stand on the base of Mount Everest and also climb an actual mountain. In short, it is the Himalayas at their best.

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  • +1

    This is quite a good deal. If anyone's considering, please note that you really want to be in tip top shape. Being able to run 4km or close to, would be about the cardio you want. Hiking (and sleeping) at 18,000 ft is no joke, even though it might just be where base camp is.

    Actually climbing everest? Well, that's something you specifically train for.

    Regarding how much value the deal has, how are people meant to feed themselves along the way, OP? Didn't notice only a few dinners are comped at first glance.
    Edit: Oh, its buried in your FAQ that all meals are free if you eat what is being served.. That's a selling point, should be listed at the top.

    • Does it interfere with / annoy the guys that are actually climbing?

      • +1

        Nah, not at all, they start where you end (essentially).

      • +2

        The guys camped at the EBC waiting for the C-Day (climbing day) do not interact with those doing the EBC walk.

  • Hey OP, I reckon this price is way too high considering some other operators offering the same trek to aussies. I can assure you the guys offering the same trek on Scoopon for $999 are also pretty good in this business.

    • Not entirely…for most parts it might be same but these guys will take you further up hence more adventure..

      • I thought the Kala Patthar was the highest point on the standard EBC trek (source: myself!).

        • +1

          Ahh one more thing, i dont think accomodation and food is included in scoopon deal..its crazy expensive there. Scoopon is good deal as well for beginners..

        • @eastwood27:

          Crazy expensive????

          I have trekked in Nepal 3 times. Compared to Oz, everything is very cheap and in particular the food.

          Just avoid by soft drinks and alcahol and you will not pay much at all, and even these items compared to Oz are cheap despite the remoteness.

  • +1

    This is on my bucketlist, one day mountain kick…

    • Don't forget the Ozbargain flag :D

    • +1

      It was on my bucket list as well but after doing it, I wish I had spent my money and time in other items.

      • Can you elaborate?

        • There might be better/more challenging/more pleasure things to do in life… depends on anyone’s preference but after my experience I rethinked my bucket list.

    • You are most welcome.

  • +1

    Up-voting just to check if the "I don't need it but i bought one anyway" guy is fit enough.. lol

  • +23

    I've trekked EBC 2 years ago and assure you, you'll be able to find full packages for approx USD$500 for 14 days. That's with return flights to Lukla, 3 meals/drinks a day, english guide, porter (1 per 2 trekkers), daily accommodation, and all fees and permits.

    I cringe whenever I see "deals" like these. The middleman takes most of the cut and pays the actual hardworking Nepalese climbers approx USD$20 a day (source: my guide used to work for G adventures and was paid that amount), with porters earning much less.

    PM me if you are looking to trek in Nepal (any trail except the actual Everest summit), I can put you in touch with a local company in which you only pay on arrival. They are lovely, hardworking people and this is my way of paying it forward.

    • +4

      Bookmarked!
      You could expect my message someday, not too far away…

      • Sure we will wait for your message.

    • Having trekked in Nepal three times myself, I fully agree.

      On many treks, and particularly this one you can just do a tea house trek and you will save a lot of money.

      • You can buy a cheap package as you say once there (it is easy to do),
      • Or just hire a porter and or guide and pay as you go
      • Or just carry your own pack and eat and stay at the tea hoses (though I reckon to still hire a guide as you learn a lot more about Nepal and its people, meet more local people and leran how to play all the local card game ;)
  • +1

    Climbing the Everest itself, is on my ultimate-things-to-do-in-this-life list too.

    Really want to test the waters, with this comparatively tame walk.

    Having just returned from The Amazon on an adventure of a different kind, my funds are depleted too much to grab this deal ATM.

    Will be saving up and readying myself, to part take in one such, in the not-so-distant future; hopefully.

    Thanks OP

    • Same, I wonder if there's something that can give you an idea of what to expect. What do you truly need to do and is it that amazing? The most I've done is a 26km trek in one day and that was pretty hard… no porters etc and it was summer so quite warm. I imagine this would be very different.

      • +1

        "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer.

        But surely you'd read that…
        Just to give a perspective on how arduous and therefore so totally worth doing it is….

        Gives me the goosebumps; just imagining taking that very first step from the EBC on "the ascend"…

        • "Into Thin Air" gave me perspective on why NOT to do it.

          Comparatively high death rates, low chances of actually summiting, lots of shonky operators.

          Having said that, I still love the "idea" of it :)

        • @FriendlyPhillip:

          Comparatively high death rates, low chances of actually summiting, lots of shonky operators

          Surely all that's why it's worth taking a calculated risk?
          To accomplish anything really worth writing home about… one will have to accept uncertainty and peril.
          Those elements are exactly what makes attempting an Everest ascend worthwhile.

          If "Into Thin Air" curbs the enthusiasm for some, maybe for certain others, it might be galvanising to learn, prepare more and strengthen resolve. And no; they are not all foolhardy.

          Hope it will not stay just "an idea" with me too…

          Just my $0.02 :)

    • You will never regret after doing this trip. You are most welcomed anytime.

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