Trips Nepal

Everest View & Mani Rimdu Festival Special Trek

This is a special trip scheduled to coincide with the annual Mani Rimdu Festival at Tengboche Monastery in the Everest region.

Tengboche is famous because of its spectacular and unique location. It lies on the main route to the Base Camp of Mount Everest and offers the first clear views of the highest mountain in the world. Tengboche became known to the world after Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzin Norgay Sherpa made the first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953. A lot has changed since those days when Tengboche was remote and inaccessible. Today over 30,000 people come ever year to enjoy the beauty of Tengboche and splendor of the mountains.

From Tengboche there are spectacular views of some of the world's highest mountains including Ama Dablam [6,812m], Nuptse [7,855m] Lhotse [8,516m], Tamserku [6,623m] and Kantega [6,779m] as well as the many others that form one of the most impressive range of Snow Mountains anywhere. The ice walls of these mountains dominate the landscape and avalanches can frequently be heard rumbling high up the glaciers.

There are many festivals but most famous is the Mani Rimdu. In Tengboche the Mani Rimdu is performed in the 9th Tibetan month which usually falls in late October. The colourful Sherpa mask dance festival is performed to enhance the well-being of the Sherpas by exorcising demons and evil spirits from the monastery.

Our trek coincides with a visit to Tengboche monastery on its final three days of festivities. See colourful dance dramas being played out by monks in the spectators-packed courtyard of the monastery. These three days of festivality feature mask dances and dramas, which celebrate the victory of Buddhism over the exciting Tibetan bon religion.

See 360 degree panorama from the summit of Mount Everest at www.panoramas.dk

Highlights

• Mani Rimdu Festival: world renowned Mask Dances at Tengboche Monastery
• Panoramic view of Everest & other spectacular mountains
• Getting to know the engaging Sherpa people, visiting active monasteries (Tengboche 3870-m) & trailside teahouses, & learning how Tibetan Buddhism influences every aspect of Sherpa life

Included

• Airport transfers and all local land transport arrangement
• Full accommodation arrangement ( hotels in Thamel & Pokhara, and tea-houses during the trek ) with daily breakfasts
• All meals during trek
• National park / conservation area fees
• English speaking guide together with local porters for carriage of clients' big packs
• All expenses & insurance for guides and porters.
• Complimentary use of sleeping bags & down jackets

Excluded

• 2-way international economy class return airfares between Singapore & Kathmandu & associated airport & other taxes
• Nepal entry tourist visa
• Meals (lunches & dinners) in the city (Thamel & Pokhara)
• Tipping & gratuities to guide & porters
• Personal travel insurance, pre-trip medical immunizations, and all expenses of a personal nature
• All others not mentioned above

What is Included
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Note: To see more of Everest and the other three Eight-Thousanders - Cho Oyu, Lhotse and Makalu, the exciting 24-day Gokyo Everest Trek ( GET ) is recommended. The trek includes the breath-taking Gokyo valley adajent of the Khumbu where our hike to the high vantage point of Gokyo Ri rewards us with views of four of the eight highest mountains on earth - all in one panorama! . If you're interested in exploring all three main valleys of the Everest region, the 26-day Ultimate Everest Trek ( GET ) may be the one for you. If leave is a precious commodity for you but you still like to visit EBC, we recommend our 20-day Everest Base Camp Trek.