Pikey Peak Trek

About this journey

Pikey Peak is a 4,065 m ridge in lower Solukhumbu, and from the top you can see eight of the world's highest peaks including Everest, Lhotse, Makalu and Kanchenjunga. Tenzing Norgay is widely quoted as saying it was the finest Everest view in Nepal. It needs no flight to Lukla, stays low enough that altitude sickness is unlikely, and passes through Sherpa villages and monasteries that see a fraction of the Khumbu's traffic.

Highlights

• Sunrise from Pikey Peak over Everest, Lhotse and Makalu
• Thupten Chholing monastery near Junbesi
• Sherpa villages on the old Everest approach trail
• Rhododendron forest in spring, clear air in December

Typical itinerary

The standard route. We shorten, extend or reverse it around your dates.

1. 1

   Day 1

   Kathmandu to Dhap by road via Jiri

2. 2

   Day 2

   Dhap to Jhapre, first Everest views

3. 3

   Day 3

   Jhapre to Pikey Base Camp

4. 4

   Day 4

   Sunrise on Pikey Peak, 4,065 m, descend to Junbesi

5. 5

   Day 5

   Junbesi and Thupten Chholing monastery, on to Phaplu

6. 6

   Day 6

   Phaplu to Kathmandu by road or flight

Permits

• Gaurishankar Conservation Area permit
• TIMS card

We process these for you. Bring your passport and passport photographs.

Getting there

• Drive Kathmandu to Dhap via Jiri, 8–9 hours
• Teahouse trek throughout — no camping needed
• No Lukla flight, so no weather-hold risk at either end