"Lotus Expeditions offers the best of independent travel and travel with a guided tour company. Their leaders are well tested, knowledgeable, and very personable so that their trips feel like the freedom of traveling on your own. Yet their organization and care will enable you to relax and enjoy the attention of a well-run adventure travel company."
- John Shanahan, Colorado
"A mind stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
Everest Adventure Trek Budget Services
What is Included:
- Two-three star accommodation in clean, comfortable hotels in Kathmandu based on double occupancy
- All ground transportation
- One day sightseeing around the Kathmandu Valley including Pashupatinath Temple and Swayambunath Stupa
- All entrance fees and trekking permits
- Professional, English-speaking local guide
- Roundtrip domestic airfare Kathmandu-Lukla
- Four nights comfortable lodges on trek
- Four nights camping in tents
- All meals where noted on the itinerary
- Experienced, professional cooks prepare delicious local and international meals on trek
- All camping equipment (excluding sleeping bags)
- Group first aid kit, Gamov bag and emergency oxygen
- Baggage transport by porters (limited to 15kg)
- Fair wages and insurance for porters
What is Not Included:
- Domestic or international airfare to Kathmandu
- Nepal visa on arrival ($30)
- Required travel insurance
- Airport or departure taxes and any excess baggage fees
- Rescue or medical expenses
- Personal clothing, equipment, first aid and drug kits
- Single room supplement fees for hotels and single tents
- Hotels, meals, transport or other fees if leaving trip before scheduled departure
- Meals not listed on your itinerary
- Personal Sherpa or additional porter
- Staff gratuities (suggested $100)
- Personal items such as laundry, telephone, email, alcohol, bottled drinks, etc.
- Personal cash for emergencies, gifts, etc. (suggested $500)