Gokyo cho la Pass
DURATION18 Days | ACTIVITYTrekking | MAX ALTITUDE5545 | TRIP GRADEModerate |
GROUP SIZEMin. 2-12 Pax. | AccommodationTea House | TRANSPORTFlight | BEST SEASONN/A |
Overview
Gokyo Cho la pass Trek is a standout amongst the most daring trekking Route of Everest region. You will encounter the strong Himalayan Range through pleasant towns, delightful scenes, various culture, and old religious communities. No other trek can offer these. In addition, this trek takes you to various and brilliant spots of the well-known Khumbu Region that will give extremely beautiful recollections for a whole lifetime.
What to expect?
Gokyo, Chola Pass trek begins from mountain flight to Lukla. From the bank of Dudhkoshi, the civilization on remoteness influenced by Buddhist culture show you the way. Peace with scenic beauty of Everest region makes your each moment meaningful.
The glacier lakes Gokyo 1st (4661m /15,292ft), Gokyo 2nd (4720m /15485ft), and Gokyo 3rd (4750m /15584ft) with greenish-blue color surrounded by White Mountain have enormous beauty. Ascending and descending trial follows challenging off-beaten road, grandly makes you an adventurous trekker.
The crevices before reaching Chola Pass (5,367m / 17,604ft), holds most challenging route of the entire trek. The majestic view of Mt. Everest, Ama Dablam, Cholatse soar, Lobuche and Baruntse from the peak point of Chola Pass fulfills your thirst of Himalayan beauty.
In short, the Gokyo Chola Pass trek includes Khumbu region exploration with Gokyo lakes, Chola Pass, Everest base camp, Kalapather, and various Sherpa villages. The panoramic view of Mt. Everest, Ama Dablam, Cholatse Soar, Lobuche and Baruntse, Kongma La Pass, Cholaste Peak, Lobuche Peak, Mt. Lhoste, Mt. Nuptse, Island Peak, Mt Makalu, Baruntse, glacier lakes, Mt. Ama Dablam and Pokalde peak from different destination is most amazing.
The critical life on extreme climatic conditions and facility on such a difficult landscape show more humanity and less business.
Mission Summit's Role
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Gokyo Cho La pass trek Highlights
- Panoramic view of Mount Everest, Ama Dablam, Makalu, Cho OYu, Gokyo peak and many more mountains
- Exploring Gokyo lakes: Gokyo lake 1st, Gokyo lake 2nd and Gokyo lake 3rd
- Climbing Gokyo Ri and Kalapather for enjoying sunrise and snowcapped peaks
- Eternal peace on the lap Mahalangur range
- Less crowdy trekking route in Everest region
- Passing through Cho La pass covering snowy landscape
- Everest base camp and Sagarmatha national park
- Explore Sherpa villages and their cultures
- Unique trekking route covering lakes, passes and base camp
Gokyo cho la Pass Itinerary
As you arrive on Tribhuvan International airport: Kathmandu Nepal, our company member will welcome you and drop you to hotel. In the evening, you will have welcome dinner in cultural restaurant. Meeting with guide and discussion about trip can be done on the mean time.
Night stay at hotel
Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal, rich in both cultural and historical beauty. We will manage our time to visit the most important location listed in world cultural heritages. Starting from Bouddhanath, we will visit Pashupatinath, Shyambunath and Kathmandu Durbar square on the second day of Gokyo Cho la pass trek. Since we have to prepare for trek, we will come to Thamel from Ktm durbar square and star our preparation.
Night stay in hotel.
We will leave hotel of Kathmandu and head towards Tribhuvan International airport in the early morning for Lukla flight. The short mountain flight (40min) lands you on Lukla, the gateway of Everest region.
The glimpse of Himalayan beauty from the flight, and scenic beauty of Lukla will definitely give glow in you. After having breakfast in Lukla, we will start our walk. Descending from Lukla, we will pass villages, mani walls, chorten and reach the bank of Dudhkoshi. The burble of dudhkoshi increases as we cross suspension bridges.
After around 4 hours of walk on the bank of Dudhkoshi, we will reach Pakhding and stop our walk. Pakhding is beautiful village on DudhKoshi valley, Khumbu region. It serves good accomdation.
Night stay in tea house of Pakhding.
After having breakfast in Pakhding, we begin our walk towards Namche. Uphills, stony path, crossing suspension bridge and enjoying the rhododendron forest we will enter Sagarmatha national park, Manjo village. Take permit and start walk on pine trial. The cold wind, fluttering prayers flag, Chorten, and mani walls fills joy in us.
Namche, the thamel of Himalaya arrives as we complete a long walk on off road. The highest mountain around Namche, the beautiful houses, market and hospitality of Sherpa welcomes us. Choosing one of the tea house, we will take rest and have food.
Night stay in tea house of Namche bazzar.
As soon we finish breakfast, our trial begins towards Khumjung. Leaving Namche behind, we walk uphills, the narrow path in-between rocky walls. The green forest along the path gives freshness. The more we ascend upward, downward scenery becomes more attractive. You will have Everest view along with many Snowy mountain far away in horizon.
Slowly we decend down to Khumjung, the valley on high altitude with glimpse of white Himalaya and green mountain around. After having lunch in Khumjung we will walk towards Sangboche. Passing the educational institude, hostel, Sengboche airport, and visit Khumjung village. We will also Interact with local people, enjoy with beauty of place. We will walk only around 3 hours so that our body will rest and acclimatize.
Night stay in Khumjung
As we leave Khumjung, the view of different mountain ranges along with of Mt. Everest, Ama Dablam, Tamserkhu makes the moment precious. At the beginning we will have narrow trail, afterward have wide path with staircase ascending and descending along with respected landscape.
We will reach Mong village, have lunch and began our walk. The rhododendron forest, Himalayan glimpse remain in our surrounding. We will walk downhill the following staircase and reach Dole village and enjoy its amazing beauty. After around 6 hours of walk from Khumjung, we will reach Dole village.
Night stay in Dole village.
Day by day we will ascend to high elevation until we reach Gokyo. Today’s trial is less challenging then previous days. We will leave Dole village and start walk above tree line. The reduced vegetation, rocky surrounding begins as we move forward.
The glorious view of snowcapped Cho Oyu, fifth highest peak of the world adds beauty of the place. The straight path gives us comfort even we will be in high altitude. After around four hour of walk we will reach Machhermo village, surrounded by white Himalaya.
Night stay in tea house of Machhermo.
Our trail begins with ascending path over rocks. The chortens, Phang village passes and the area of Dudh Koshi valley seems more expanding with increase in elevation. The scenic beauty includes the largest glacier of the world Ngozumba glacier towards the south.
The wonderful Longpunga tho, (1st gokyo lake), Taujung Tsho (2nd Gokyo lake and Gokyo Tsho (3rd Gokyo lake) gives majestic view from the hill top. We will descend to Gokyo valley – a small village settled on the bank of Gokyo lake.
Night stay in tea house of Gokyo lake.
Today we will take a break, a rest day for exploring Gokyo lakes. We will climb Gokyo ri (Gokyo peak, 5360m) early in the morning. Enjoy the sunrise view along with Mt. Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, and Cho Oyu from the summit.
After having breakfast we will visit Gokyo valley. We will spend enough time on the bank of all three Gokyo lakes: Longpunga lake, Taujung lake and Gokyo lake.
Night saty in teak house of Gokyo lake
From Gokyo lake we will descend to Taujung lake and trek towards Thaknak. The path is less challenging and totally with non-green surrounding. You will pass nearby Ngozumba glacier. The snowcapped hills surrounds you.
Around five hours of walk on rocky trial, moranes and snowy path we will reach Thagnak.
Night stay in Thagnak
The most challenging trail of the trek comes while we start our walk from Thaknak. We will leave thaknak before 6 am and start our walk on rocky trial, the fluttering player flag from Cho la Pass welcomes us. The panaromic view of Mt. Everest, Cholatse soar, Ama Dablam, Baruntse, Lobuche from Cho La Pass (5330m / 17, 429ft) will makes our more special.
As we leave Cho la pass, we should become very careful while crossing crevaces (snow cracks). Up hills and downhills on rocky trail takes us to Dzongla (4830m / 15, 794 ft), a small valley on Khumbu region.
Night stay in tea house of Dzongla
We will start our trek after having breakfast in Dzongla. The moranes, glacier lakes, view of Cholatse and Taboche peaks pass behind us as our walk proceed forward. The great Ama Dablam smile to us before we reach the end point of Khumbu Glacier valley, Lobuche.
The frequent wind, non – green, rocky surrounding is common feature of Lobuche.
Night stay in Lobuche.
After having breakfast in Labuche we will ascend toward Gorekshep, The last settlement below Everest base camp. Passing the moranes, enjoying the close up view of Mt. Pumori, and Nuptse, we will reach Gorekshep.
We will take rest, have lunch and start our walk towards Everest base camp leaving our backpack in the room of Gorekshep tea house. After around 45min we will reach Everest base camp, the foot of Mount Everest. The pleasing moment definitely spread joy and happiness on you as you step on Everest base camp.
Following the moranes, walking on snow and rocky trial, we will return to Gorekshep after spending enough time on Everest Base camp. Since the wind blows hardly and temperature falls very low, we should not spend more hours on Everest base camp.
Night stay on Gorekshep.
With the aim of reaching Kala patthar before sunrise, we will wake up in sharp morning, 4am and ascend towards Kalapatthar. The snowy surrounding, walk on the mountain makes you more adventurous treker. The morning view of Mt. Everest close to you, rising sun behind the mountain will be much attractive beyond the imazination.
After stepping on Kalapatther, we will take photographs and video of majestic view of Mt Everest, sunrise and the divine snowy surrounding then return back to Gorekshep.
We will leave Gorekshep, and descend towards Pheriche. The more we descend down the glorious view of Mt Everest goes far from us. Until we are in Khumbu region, the snowcapped peaks always remain around us and our eyes will pleasantly view the glory of wonderful scenery throughout our trek.
Night stay in Pheriche.
After having breakfast with Mountain View from Pheriche, we will descend down to Namche Bazzar. Passing different villages Monasteries, mani walls and Chorten we will reach Namche after around 5 hours.
Night stay in Namche Bazzar.
The descending path remains quite easy, after leaving Himalayan Thamel, Namche. Passing Manjo village, and Sagarmatha national park, we will reach down to Pakhding. The trail on the bank of Dudhkoshi, many times over suspension bridges we will reach Lukla.
Night stay in Lukla
Depending on the time of Flight, we will wake up earlier and return to Kathmandu with mountain Flight from Lukla to Kathmandu. The long Journey to Gokyo, Chola pass successfully come to the end point after landing Tribhuvan International airport, Kathmandu.
We will check into a hotel and take rest. In the evening you will have farewell dinner with company members.
Night stay in Hotel.
One of our company member will drop you to Airport and remain with you until your flight. The Gokyo Cho la pass trek completes as you depart from Nepal.
COST INCLUDES
THIS TRIP INCLUDES
Airport pickup and drop by private car/Van/Bus
star Category accommodation in Kathmandu on Bed n breakfast
Flight from Kathmandu to Lukla and Kathmandu
Three meals (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner) during the trek
All accommodations during the trek. (Toilet will be outside your room)
All necessary paper works the Everest National Park entry permit
All permits for island peak climbing
All equipment for climbing (in Rent)
A helpful, knowledgeable, friendly, well-English-speaking trained, government license holder guide & porter With all his salary, food, drinks, and insurance
Medical supplies (first aid kit will be available)
All government taxes and office expenses.
All government taxes and office expenses.
Trekking route map
Domestic Airport tax
THIS TRIP EXCLUDES
The Nepal entry visa fee is $40
International airfare/Your Travel insurance
Lunch/ Dinner in Kathmandu
Mineral water/bottles drinks/Sweets things during the trek.
Hot shower/Battery charge /WI-FI for the camera during the trek
Tips for Guide & Porter
Gallery
FAQs
The maximum elevation we have to reach is 54260 meter/ 17783 feet of a Cho La pass and 5545 meters/ 18193 feet on Kalapather. You don’t have to be worried with high elevation because we will do acclimatization in Namche and Gokyo Lake.
Comparatively, Cho La pass trek is quite tough trail then other classic treks cause of crossing the high elevation, glacier, slippery ice path and rocky trail. You should be fit and fine both mentally and physically, then it's gone to be nothing regarding to difficulties.
Actually, we have 18 days plan with including trekking and tour. But if you want then you can also customize your trip according to your holidays. If you are fit then you can also do Cho La Pass in 15 Days. But in general all trekking companies has 13-15 days trekking plan excluding Kathmandu tour.
Yes, we highly recommend to do some minor hike before the Cho la pass trek. So that it would be easy for you to understand about the trek which makes you mentally fit. And the other reason is, we are going to do trekking at high altitude. So if you have a trekking experience then it will be not that much difficult than doing trekking for the first time.
Yes, you can do a private trek with your own Guide and potters. Private trek is quite good because you can customize the trip as per your requirement. Normally private trek is for thus trekkers who don’t have a time to join another group or if they have their own group.
In Kathmandu we have a nice room with the Breakfast but on trek we will have basic room even bathroom will be outside. We promise you that we will provide you neat and clean room in Mountain. In mountain, a room will be with bed only and even for charging the gadget you will have to go into the dining hall and have to pay a certain amount.
Yes, you will get the charging and shower facilities in every hotel. But it is not free because the hotel has to pay a very high amount for use of electricity. The charging cost depends on area. In low altitude the cost is around 2-3 USD for per gadget, but in high altitude you should pay around 3-5 USD per hours. In case of Shower, hotel use gas shower and cost per shower is 5-7 USD. The gas brought by hotel is from the city so the transportation cost is high. Therefore we have to pay a certain amount for Shower and Charging.
Yes, we can see the amazing view of Mount Everest from Cho La pass. Not only from Cho la pass, we can see the mount Everest from Sangbuche, Tangbuche and from Kalapather as well.
The day of Cho la pass is quite tough day, then other days. You have to wake up around 3:30 AM and start to climb from 4:00 AM with head lamps. The weather will be very cold on that day so you have to prepare very well because your porter will take your bag ahead than you, so you have to keep gloves, warm wool hat, water bottle, some chocolate and sun cream with you.
No, all trekkers will not get altitude sickness during Cho La pass trek. Only few trekkers may get the altitude sickness. If you drink water, sleep and acclimatize properly, then you can do the trek very easily. If you suffer from high altitude, then please don’t climb up. You should come back to low altitude and acclimatize your body by resting for a day or more. If you get better then climb to high altitude again. But when condition does not become well, please follow the guide instruction otherwise your body condition may turns to worse.
The process of trip booking is not tough, you just have to choose your trip date and tell to us about your desire of trekking. We will arrange you all things required for booking. But you have to book the trip one month earlier cause of Lukla Flight. To confirm the booking you have to send 20% of the total cost in advance, passport and insurance copy.
The payment mode is bank transfer and western union for advance payment and the rest of the amount can be paid for us in cash on arrival.
More Info
Gokyo Lake Cho la Pass trek is an adventurous trek in the Khumbu region of Nepal. It offers an exploration of Gokyo lakes (Gokyo 1st - Longpunga Lake, Gokyo 2nd Taujung Lake, and Gokyo 3rd, Gokyo Lake), Gokyo Ri, Cho La pass, Everest base camp and Kalapather, the hidden treasure of the Everest region.
Total 17 nights 18 days long trip, Gokyo Cho la pass comprises 3 nights and 4 days in Kathmandu (arrival day, Kathmandu day tour - 2nd day and second last day after returning from Lukla and last day - departure day). The rest of the 14 nights and 14 days will be in trekking sites, in the Khumbu region.
The difficulty range of the Gokyo Cho la pass trek is high, as you have to face extreme temperatures, rocky off-roads, snow-covered crevices, and a windy atmosphere. Although the weather and landscape remain challenging, the services of accommodation on such a high elevation remain very supportive. You will not spend any nights in tents. All days and nights will be facilitated with good food and warm rooms for a night stay.
Why to choose the Gokyo Cho La trek?
The Gokyo Cho La pass trek is the combined trek to Cho La pass and Everest base camp. It is a complete package to explore the mind-blowing view of the Khumbu region from two routes. This route involves clockwise and anticlockwise directions to the south base camp of Mount Everest.
The clockwise route diverts from Namche and passes through Dole, Machhermo, Gokyo village, Thagnak, and Dzongla. We will trek to Lobuche from Dzongla and reach EBC. Similarly, the anticlockwise route passes through Tengboche, Dingboche, Lobuche, and Gorekshep to visit Everest base camp. After returning to Lobuche from Gorekshep, the anticlockwise route continues towards Cho La pass, Gokyo village, Thagnak, and continues to Namche. The entire route covers diversity of Sagarmatha national park, pastures, rocky trial, moraines unique Sherpa culture and their lifestyle. The Himalayan flora and fauna, inocient faces and difficulties of living definitely touches us.
Both clockwise and anticlockwise routes make Gokyo Lake a major destination. It is the best trekking for nature lovers. The trekkers who want to enjoy their holidays in a crowdless environment on the highlands, then Gokyo Cho La is the excellent choice. You will get amazing experiences with the Gokyo environment and EBC trekking.
Brief information regarding services available in trekking sites are:
Accommodation
Tea houses with clean rooms and good food are available. The attached bathroom is found at Namche Bazaar. Above Namche Bazaar, the bathroom will be a bit far from the room. You will get a twin sharing room.
Food
Varieties of food items are available. Generally, Nepali food, Chinese food, and Indian food are common. In Breakfast, you will commonly have tea, coffee, bread, egg items, porridge, pasta, curry, fruits, etc on the menu. Similarly Nepali thali (rice, lentil, curry, pickles, and pappad), momo. Chowmein, pasta, pizza, etc is found for Lunch and dinner. We suggest you eat veg items to maintain your health.
Drinks
Soft drinks include tea, coffee, milkshake, cane juice, and hot lemon. Don’t think about taking hard drinks before completing the trek. You will be unable to walk at high altitudes in case you drink hard drinks.
Cho Lass Itinerary after EBC
We are delighted to offer this itinerary to trekkers who wish to embark on the challenging journey of Everest Base Camp and Cho La Pass. Our trek begins by first reaching Everest Base Camp through the Dingboche side. Afterwards, we will venture through the Cho La Pass and make our way to the magnificent Gokyo Lake.
| Day | Activities | Elevation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arrival at Kathmandu and transfer to Hotel | 1,350m | - |
| 2 | Fly to Lukla and trek to Phakding | 2,804m/2,640m | 4-5 hours |
| 3 | Trek from Phakding to Namche Bazaar | 3,440m | 6 hours |
| 4 | Acclimatization day - Hike to Everest View Hotel | 3,962m | 3-4 hours |
| 5 | Trek from Namche Bazaar to Tengboche | 3,860m | 5 hours |
| 6 | Trek from Tengboche to Dingboche | 4,410m | 5 hours |
| 7 | Acclimatization day - Hike to Nagarjun Hill and return | - | 4-5 hours |
| 8 | Trek from Dingboche to Lobuche | 4,910m | 5 hours |
| 9 | Trek to Everest Base Camp via Gorak Shep | 5,180m/5,364m | 7-8 hours |
| 10 | Hike to Kalapatthar at sunrise and trek to Dzongla | 5,550m/4,830m | 7-9 hours |
| 11 | Trek from Dzongla to Thagnak via Cho La Pass | 4,661m/5,330m | 5-6 hours |
| 12 | Trek from Thagnak to Gokyo village | 4,750m | 5 hours |
| 13 | Gokyo Valley and glacier lakes excursion day | - | - |
| 14 | Trek from Gokyo village to Dole village | 4,040m | 7 hours |
| 15 | Trek from Dole Village to Namche Bazaar | 3,440m | 5 hours |
| 16 | Trek from Namche Bazaar to Lukla | 2,886m | 6 hours |
| 17 | Scenic mountain flight from Lukla to Kathmandu | - | - |
| 18 | Final departure from Kathmandu | - | - |
Charging gadgets
You can charge your gadget in the dining hall of tea houses. Your bedroom will not be facilitated for charging gadgets. Even you should pay around 5 $ for charging each gadget. Some tea houses may charge per hour of charging.
Shower
You will get the facility of a hot shower in all tea houses but have to pay around 5$ extra.
Mobile tower
The mobile tower is available in EBC and places below Tanbuche.
WI-FI is available in all tea houses. You should buy a data card for using WI-FI.
Transportation
A private car or taxi will be available to reach the hotel from the airport and vice–versa. We will reach Lukla on a mountain flight from Kathmandu and do the same while returning as well. From Lukla, the entire trek is done on foot. In case any emergency arises we may do a Helicopter tour or return back in Heli as an option.
Visa
You can come to Nepal on a tourist visa. If there comes any difficulties, you can take a visa at Tribhuvan International Airport. For the Gokyo Cho La pass trek you should take a visa of 1 month because 15 days visa will be insufficient.
General Clothing recommended
- Warm jacket – down jacket,
- Water and windproof jacket (alternatively bring a poncho or umbrella)
- Long-sleeved synthetic fleece (windproof material, if possible)
- Thermal underwear.
- Hat, a pair of gloves and a scarf.
- Comfortable hiking trousers. (loose fitting)
- Shorts and trousers, or a skirt.
- 2 pairs of warm wool-blend socks.
- 2 pairs of running socks or liner socks.
- Proper hiking boots.
- Running shoes and flip-flops.
- 2-3 T-shirts.
- Water bottle.
Altitude Sickness
This is a kind of illness that is caused by ascent to high altitudes. The symptoms will occur within 6 to 24 hours of achieving a high altitude. Altitude sickness is fatal and can result in death if not treated in time. You need to stay alert to any of the symptoms that occur.
Symptoms
- Headache
- Nausea and vomiting
- Dizziness
- Tiredness
- Loss of appetite
- Upset stomach
- Feeling unsteady
- Shortness of breath
- Increased heart rate
- Difficulty sleeping
An effective measure to recover from early AMS
If you happen to notice any of the symptoms, follow the guideline mentioned below-
- Do not climb any higher for the next 48 hours
- Descend to a lower altitude if possible
- Take complete rest until you feel well
- Do not exercise
- Do not smoke
- Drink plenty of water
- Take external oxygen supply if necessary
- Take anti-sickness medicines
If you see no improvement in your health within 48 hours, you will have to be immediately deported to the city for medical support.
Preventive Measures
There is no way to train your body before trekking to adapt to the high altitude. Some ways in which you can prevent it are as follows:
- Take plenty of rest
- Ascend slowly and gradually as you reach higher
- keep yourself hydrated
- Eat high-calorie food
- Do not smoke, drink or consume tranquilizing medicines
Permits of Gokyo Chola pass trek
Sagarmatha National Park permit and Khumbu Pasang Lamu Rular Municipality entrance fee are required permits.
Insurance
During times of emergencies like acute altitude sickness or a natural calamity, you might have to be immediately deported in a helicopter. Health insurance will cover the cost of such deportation. Thus, we should purchase the travel insurance before starting the trek.
Trekking option
- Solo trekking with a private guide and porter.
- Trekking with the Only Guide.
- Trekking with Guide and Porter.
- Trekking in Group with a Guide & Porter
Important Note:-
- You have to send us your passport copy to book a flight to Lukla.
- You must have an increase, which is cover evacuation.
- We use the mountain flight, so sometimes it may be cancelled due to bad weather. In such conditions, we will change your plan for the next day.
- You will not get the luxury hotel on the trail. So you have to adjust whatever you get but we promise you that we will prioritize a clean room.
- Please carry your valuable thing with you; don’t put them in a potter bag.
- Before taking the photographs, you should get permission
- Avoid bargaining.
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