Gokyo Trek
Places you will see

Kathmandu

Lukla

Phakding

Namche Bazar

Khumjung

Phorse

Machhermo

Gokyo Lake
Trip Overview
Trip at a Glance
One of the most spectacular places in the Everest region, Gokyo valley offers trekkers an unforgettable trekking experience. Gokyo Trek is the adventure that takes you to explore the beautiful Himalayan valley with magical glacial lakes. From beautiful lakes to glaciers and mountains, the trek has everything beautiful to offer you an incredible experience.
What is Gokyo Trek like?
This adventure is one of the popular treks in the Everest region second to the Everest Base Camp Trek. You will traverse beautiful trail from Lukla towards the spectacular valley of Gokyo. When the trek route separates from EBC trek route from Namche Bazar, it starts getting quieter. There are fewer trekkers on the trail while the regular route to the base camp has more trekkers.
While this trekking adventure takes you to explore the beautiful Gokyo Lakes, you can also continue towards the Everest base camp crossing Cho La pass.
Exploring and indulging in the magical charm of the lakes, you can also trek to the astonishingly beautiful viewpoint of Gokyo Ri. An early morning hike to the viewpoint is an overwhelming experience for the view it brings to you.
A total of 14 days trip, Gokyo Trek is a perfect adventure for people looking for a peaceful trekking holiday. You can explore the wonders of Gokyo Lakes also on the Everest Three High Passes Trek.
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Cost Details
What is included?
- Transportation in a private vehicle (pick up and drop to Airport)
- Accommodation in a Three-star hotel in Kathmandu; breakfast included
- Accommodation in Teahouses and Guesthouses during the trek
- 3 meals (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner) were included during the trek
- Ground transportation according to the Itinerary
- Sightseeing Tour in Kathmandu valley guided by an English speaking Tour Guide
- Domestic flight from Kathmandu to Lukla and vice-versa
- All the permits, TIMS, and entrance fees during the Sightseeing Tour
- Porter to carry luggage (1 porter: 2 trekkers)
- Insurance (travel and medical), Salary, Food, and Accommodation of the staff
- All the government and local taxes
What is not included?
- Personal expenses like bar bills, hot showers, beverages, internet use, etc.
- Visa Fee and Airport Taxes
- International Ticket Fare
- Travel and Medical Insurance
- Rescue charges in case of Emergency or any mishaps
Trip Map

FAQ
Everest Base Camp Trek is categorized as Moderate, Adventurous, and Challenging/Strenuous.
A trekker has to walk a minimum of 5 to 8 hours daily.
As a Himalayan trekking adventure, you will trek through mountainous landscape. Walking up and down the hill during the trek is quite common characteristic of trekking in Nepal.
Yes, definitely. Elevation change is an important part of the trek. As there is a lot of walking up and down the hill, there is an elevation change every day. However, the range of change differs from day to day. It is mostly an uphill trek up to the destination and downhill on the way back. However, the trail winds up and down the mountains throughout the trek regardless of the elevation difference for the day.
Nepal offers trekking adventures throughout the year. However, the autumn and springs seasons are the best seasons to go trekking in Nepal. The months of September-November and March to May offer the best weather and atmosphere for trekking. Althgouh high altitude trekking is quite difficult and impossible in winter season, low altitude trekking can be done throughout the year.
Many people confuse trekking with climbing while these are completely different activities. Trekking is a walking activity in the mountains below snowline while climbing goes way above snowline to the top of a mountain. Trekking is much easier than climbing because you need to learn technical skills to climb a mountains.
Although age is not a bar to go on a trekking adventure in Nepal, you certainly need to consider a few factors before going on a trek. The basic requirement for trekking in Nepal is good fitness level regardless of your age. Since the activity involves a lot of walking up and down the mountains, you need to be fit enough to indulge in the activity for multiple days.
We highly recommend taking a guide with you when you go on the trekking adventure. Even if the trail is well-trodden and has many trekkers trekking, you need to have a guide for many reasons. First of all, a guide is not only the person to show you the trail. A trekking guide has a huge responsibilty of completing the adventure ensuring the safety of trekkers in the strange mountains. Moreover, the guide will also make your trip more than an adventure. It becomes a lifetime experience.
The mountains now have basic teahouse and lodge accommodations for trekkers. You can spend overnight in the warmth of guesthouses called teahouses during the trek unlike tented camps in the past.
The most common food during the trek is Dal Bhat. However, you can choose other food items from the menu. The food items differ from region to region.
You need to prepare your stuff wisely for the trek. The backpack you get ready for the trek should have all essentials and avoid any unnecessary stuff in there. Check this equipment list for a better understanding of what to pack for the trek.
As a high altitude trekking adventure, the trek always has a risk of getting altitude sickness. While it is not predictable who, where, and how they will get it, we all need to be well-aware and prepared for the unwanted. As we gain altitude during the trek, we should be more careful on our pace of walk, food, water, rest, and recovery. Being careful and taking it easy in the mountains can reduce the chance of getting altitude sickness.
Yes, permits are necessary for the trek. Since, you are going on our package, we take care of everything. You do not need to worry about arranging the permit for yourself.
When you are on our trek package, we provide porters to carry your backpack in the mountains. A porter carries the backpacks of two trekkers.You suggest you to keep your backpack around 10 kg.
Yes, you will need some cash in the mountain. Although your major meals are included in our package, you may need money for drinks, shower, souvenir shopping, wifi, device charging, and tips to guide and porters at the end of the trip.
We will brief you on how much to take on the first day of the trip when we meet in Kathmandu.
We focus on small group adventures to ensure that every one is well-taken care of and they enjoy the trek. We keep our group to the maximum limit of 16 people.
In that unfortunate case, we will make sure that you are well taken care of. If you cannot continue your journey further towards the destination and want to rest or return back, we will arrange a porter to be with you and take care of you while rest of the group members continue the trek.
Review
What an amazing Trip to Gokyo Lakes and Gokyo Ri... It is already a high graded trekking route as one of the lengthy and difficult routes but hats off to Hari from Step on Himalaya...I must say well managed by Step on Himalaya Team. I never expected we would feel so cozy and relaxing as we continued the trip and finally ended with a grand farewell by SOH ... appreciated and highly recommended for any trip .. Choose Step on Himalaya.. you won't regret..