Everest Namche Lodge Base Camp

JOURNEYS and the family of senior mountaineering and trekking guide Natang Sherpa welcome you to settle in and stay awhile in Namche Bazaar in the roadless Khumbu region of Nepal. Make your “camp” in Natang’s home-based lodge in the shadow of Mount Everest. Over  the past 30 years, JOURNEYS has built a proud reputation for personalized treks that pause in Namche, but this trip – unhurried, self-paced, and flexible -- is different. With hosts and guides eager to help, you decide how far you’d like to hike and how much you’d like to learn from the monks, merchants, National Parks officials, farmers, schoolchildren, and mountaineers you encounter. We can imagine no more exquisite place on earth to catch your physical and spiritual breath. Pricing here is based on a nine-day program which offers time to sample a variety of Khumbu experiences. If you have more time, we welcome you to stay longer.

Be sure to read Florine Herendeen's firsthand review of her experience on this trip in a JOURNEYS group that included her 14-year-old daughter.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: National Geographic Adventure magazine has selected this program as one of their 25 Best New Trips of 2010. Hundreds of travel operators nominated trips, and this one was selected for its unusual flexibility and value. See The November 2009 issue, page 50.