After your first night in Kathmandu, you will be well informed on arrival about the time for your half day guided sightseeing tour in Kathmandu at places of interest. Sometimes, depending on your flight arrival, if it’s late into the night; we will do this tour in the afternoon instead of the morning to give you some good rest to get rid of that jet lag before you venture out of the Hotel on our interesting tour. Overnight at your hotel - breakfast

After an early breakfast, we then travel by a Deluxe Coach to Jiri on the busy scenic highway. This is an interesting drive through the foothills of the Himalaya. The road has been greatly improved in recent years. The bus ride from Kathmandu heading towards the Bhote Koshi Valley on the main road to Tibet reaches Lamosangu, a busy small bazaar where most of the buses en-route Jiri and to the Tibet border stops hereabouts for the local meal, situated merely 30 km from the Tibetan border,

Our first day trek leads past the bazaar of Jiri on the easy path for a while then our route ascends to a steep climb for an hour or less on the first ridge overlooking view of the nearby landscapes and Jiri town below, from here the walk is on the gradual path passing thorough many farm villages and terrace farms. After a good walk for about two hours, leaving the farmland behind the trail climbs for another hour to a small short pass of Kharubas at 2,712m where there are Buddhist prayer flags and a chorten. From here, a short descend on the grassy slope brings us to our lunch stop on the meadow.

After a good breakfast, we start walking at the very end of the village towards east, an hour of steep climbing brings us to the small village of Sangbadanda, from here the walk is quite gradual, passing through many small rural villages and forest and then coming to a stream before we take the uphill path through the cool shade of a forest of pine, oaks and rhododendron trees; after 3-4 hrs of walk from Shivalaya we reach Deurali pass of approx 2,715m. Deurali has about 6-7 Sherpa houses, marked by mani-walls and prayer flags. Depending on the time, we might have lunch at Deurali or earlier near the stream.

Today's morning walk leads us on a downhill path through the cool shade of the forest and terraces with steep descending in some places till we reach a warmer area at Phedi, a Chettri village where the vegetation drastically changes with the sub tropical climate in this valley, arriving near a village where we cross a stream on a wooden bridge coming to rice paddy fields, as our walk continues on a gentle winding trail till we reach Likhu River, we cross the river on the long suspension bridge reaching to the other end as we come across a small farm village with local tea stalls, from Likhu our route heads north east with few short ups and then back to a gradual path most of the way to our lunch stop at Kenja village after 3-4 hours of a brisk morning trek.

Day 07: Trek to Junbesi 2,675m via Lamjura-la.3, 530m. 6-7 hrs

From here onwards, the walking will be much cooler, beginning with a steep climb through the beautiful enchanting woods of rhododendron, oaks and pines and then stumbling into a small settlement of Ghurasey in the midst of a lovely forest, where there are few houses with teahouses, from here, our journey continues up to a place where the ridge is marked by a mani-wall the & way forks left to reach the pass. In springtime this place becomes a beautiful mass of rhododendron in full bloom, & it’s just wonderful to watch from a distance. After reaching the ridge, the walk continues on a gentle path till we reach a cozy clearing with 2-3 lodges just a few minutes before the pass. We enjoy an inviting break here for a while. After a rest at Lamjura, a short walk leads us to the Lamjura-la pass, the highest altitude we gain so far before we reach the high Khumbu area. From the pass, the path descends through a forest of mixed fir and rhododendron all the way to a Sherpa village at Thakdor where it has a huge, intricately carved Mani rock. After reaching the bottom, the trail on the way contours on the north side of the valley, rounding the ridge where we can see Junbesi, below, the path descends all the way to our camping site at Junbesi; this is a large Sherpa village with chorten, monastery and a school built by Sir Edmund Hillary.

We will camp just below the village near the Junbesi khola or just near the village depending on the camping space available to our disposable. Sometimes, camping space around here can be wanting. All meals inclusive