Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek

Best Season for Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek

Kanchenjunga remains elegant and shiniest during the enchanting transition of spring of March, April, and May and the autumn of September, October, and November.

Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek 17 Days Difficulty Grade

Our Kanchenjunga Base Camp trek 17 days adventure is categorized as a profile III strenuous expedition in the far remote and lonely Kanchenjunga region.

However, our path mainly runs along the broad and beautifully designed hiking trails most of the time. Thin and steep slopes will occur during the travel to Ghunsa and upward. Our sleeping altitude will also reach 4500 m with 5143 m of the Kanchenjunga north base camp being the maximum.

Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek Itinerary For Beginners

Our Kanchenjunga base camp trek is perfect for new hikers if they are fit and regularly engage in sports or exercise. If you have experience with longer high-altitude treks over 3000 m, then that will be a plus.

Also, remember, this trek is quite remote so you should not compare the tea houses here with those available in Everest or Annapurna.

Acute Mountain Sickness/AMS and Acclimatization

AMS which is often called altitude sickness is something that you have to consider in our Kanchenjunga Base Camp trek. Although our Kanchenjunga Base camp trek itinerary has been designed to permit your body to adjust to the thin altitude air, still, some of you may still experience sleep problems, eating interest loss, dizziness, and headaches.

The best simplest remedy in such a case is to move down but you can also choose to take Diamox ensuring you drink enough water as it is a diuretic medicine.

Training for the Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek Itinerary

Please do not overlook the physical prep for the Kanchenjunga base camp trek and start training 3 to 4 months before the trip. You should aim for 3 sports actions per week such as football, volleyball, and basketball.

Also engage in moderate-intensity exercises such as swimming, cycling, walking, and running along with stair climbing. If you are in the gym, consider using exercise bikes and treadmills. For your leg muscles, hip thrusts, lungs, and squats will be best.

Accommodation, Meals, and Transportation Arrangements

During our Kanchenjunga base camp trek 17 days journey, you will enjoy twin room setting of three-star hotels in Kathmandu with breakfast delivered each morning in your room.

Calm nights await you in the double room of mountain tea houses with all meals provided.

A Kathmandu-Bhadrapur flight and Taplejung-Kathmandu flight arrangements will be taken care of by Himalayan Hope Treks. For overland airport travels and onward journey to Taplejung from Bhadrapur, a private jeep will be supplied.

Alternate Route options

If you wish to see the south side of Kanchenjunga, then you can choose to trek to its southern base camp at 4610 m instead. The trek duration will be nearly the same as our Kanchenjunga base camp trek itinerary.

You may also consider a Kanchenjunga circuit trek that includes reaching its both base camps. For an added challenge, you can also choose to ascend the Drohma Ri from the North base camp.

Travel Insurance

Travel insurance with high elevation coverage with immediate heli evacuation up to 5200 m is a compulsion for our Kanchenjunga base camp trek. Additional medical and accidental coverage will be advantageous as well.

Permits for the Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek Itinerary

Himalayan Hope Treks will take care of procuring the RAP/Restricted Area Entry Permit and Kanchenjunga Conservation Area Project Entry Permit (KCAP) needed for our Kanchenjunga Base Camp trek.