Gokyo Lake Trek, Nepal

Greetings, everyone, I'm excited to say that I'm putting together a group to go to Nepal in the fall of 2025. This will be my fifth trip, and I'm psyched to see a portion of the country that I've not seen. I'm working with Bhairam Thapa at Trekking in the Himalayas of Nepal - Himal Eco Treks. I've already done three trips with him (and sent some other folks to him, too).

The Gokyo Lake Trek takes us to the eastern part of the country, which means Everest and Everest base camp, without doing the standard Everest base camp trek. Crucially, I think this will be a great route both for people who've never been to Nepal and for people who have been before.

Essentially, the proposed dates are 10/31-11/16 or so, with 14 days in Nepal and four days in the airports. Since you'll be arranging your own flights, if you wanted to stay longer in Kathmandu, or stop in Dubai or whatever, you can do that.

I can take ten people, and I've got five spots already spoken for. I'm going to post this here and on DCUL. I will screen for people whom I know and like (if we don't know each other yet, we have time), and who are proven to be pretty good hikers. You need to be MO or higher in DCUL terms or comfortable doing CHC's long hike. The typical Nepalese stage is not that long or fast, but you should be a good hiker. The high point of this trek is pretty darn high (18,000 feet), so you should think of that. This is teahouse trekking, with a guide and porters, so you're spending every night inside with hot meals, etc.

A rough estimate for the trip is about $4000. The trip itself is $1550 (that includes food in the teahouses), airfare seems like it will be another $1500 or so, and the rest is miscellaneous. Nepal is quite inexpensive once you get there, especially if you don't drink. Just as a note, I'm paying my own way and not making a penny off this--I don't intend to touch your money.

With my fifth trip, I have a fair amount of Nepal experience--I've done the Annapurna Circuit, the Langtang Trek, Upper Mustang Valley, and the Manaslu Circuit. I say that to communicate that I have a strong idea of how I want to run the trek. If you're coming with me, that means you're signing on to doing the trek my way. If you'd like to do something different, well, you can definitely book another trek.

At this point, I'd like us to mark the dates, and I'd like to fill the remaining spots with people who are serious about going. Feel to reach out if you have questions.