Trip Highlights

• Superior vehicle drive from Kathmandu towards Jiri.
• Conquered by very sporadic expeditionists.
• Blend of both burdensome and glee some.
• Trail is studded with the name of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary.
• Threshold to the landing point of Mt:Everest.
• Mesmeric views of Monasteries,Mountains,natural wellsprings and flora and fauna.
• Well bodily trekkers with some prior mountains experience.

Everest Circuit Trek as the closest road-head, Jiri is now the trail head for many treks into the Everest region. Only 5 % of dare-devil trekkers attempt the difficult yet the ‘most rewarding’ Jiri to Everest Base Camp trek. The other 95% choose to fly into the small airstrip at Lukla, thus cutting off a week of difficult but beautiful trekking. The trail head from Jiri into ‘Sagarmatha National Park’ is referred as the Everest classic trek ‘classic route to Everest’. All early Everest expeditions—including the one led by John Hunt that put Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on the summit—passed through Jiri. So Jiri is also called the “Gateway to Mt. Everest”.

Skyline’s Treks from Jiri to Everest Base Camp

We start the Everest Circuit trekking from a bus ride to Jiri from Kathmandu ‘the original trail head to Everest’. The trek passes through Solu Khumbu, Khumbu Valley the homeland of the Sherpa people who migrated from Tibet in the 14th and early 15th century. Then we trek through splendid villages with artistic monasteries in Junbeshi (2675m) passing by Khartung which offers the first view of Mighty Everest. However, the main aim of this trek is to climb up to Kalapathar, which takes over you with the panoramic views of over 65 snow-capped peaks.

Everest circuit trek cost for 2025, 2026 and 2027

The cost for the Everest circuit trek varies depending on the number of people in the group. Here’s a breakdown:

Number of Pax	Cost per Person (USD)
1	$2480
2	$2450
3 to 6	$2420
7 to 10	$2400
11+	$2380

Flight notice to Lukla

Nowadays Tribhuvan International Airport is under maintenance to avoid its heavy traffic congestion. So flight to Lukla is only possible through Rammechap 130 km far apart from Kathmandu. According to government authenticity body this will remains until its maintenance accomplishment. We think it doesn’t make you so much difficult because reaching to Rammechap (Manthali Airport) is only about 3-4 hours drive.

Besides of Lukla and return, Directly we can manage the arrangement of helicopter flight from Kathmandu. There is no more than five people in one group. Group cost of this one way flight for Lukla should extra 500 USD per individual. Grouping is made by our agent at airport immediately, so we request our clients to help us for group arrangement as much as possible. The conformation of preferred alternative helps us to become more reliable.

Other than the exotic Buddhist monasteries and spectacular mountain views, the area also offers a large mammals such as Himalayan Thar, Musk deer, Common Langoor, Jackal, Weasel and over 118 species of birds.

Unlike the other easy treks to Everest Base camp, Everest base camp circuit trek from original trail head ‘Jiri’, requires more trekking days – However, there are other prime factors that you need to consider before concluding with any trek packages. So we suggest you get in touch with us, so that our experts can suggest you the best trekking package that supports your health and time constraint the best!

If you have any additional queries about the Everest circuit trekking package, feel free to contact us online!  We at Skyline Treks will try our level best to provide you the best trekking services to Nepal. We appreciate your feedback.