You start your adventure by meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal. Here we will do thorough gear checks, have guide briefings, and pack and organise our gear for the climb ahead. Following our time in Kathmandu, we fly to Lukla to start our approach trek to Ama Dablam Base Camp.

You will love the 6-day trek to Ama Dablam Base Camp. Our schedule involves both moving days and trekking to the next village, sprinkled with rest and acclimatization days in between. The slow ascent up the valley is essential to allow your body time to acclimate and gives you a chance to explore each village we stay in. On some rest days, we’ll take a small day hike up to points of interest to give our bodies new high points and enjoy visiting some famous cultural and religious sights on our way through the scenic Khumbu valley in the shadow of the world’s highest mountains. Including staying in the ‘Sherpa Capital’ Namche Bazaar, where you can have a beer in the world’s highest pub, to visiting the famous Tengboche Monastery, where a High Lama will bless your climb ahead. Passing by countless Tibetan Buddhist stupas and chortens, you will feel the rich culture of Tibetan Buddhism come alive.

Porters and yaks will bring the majority of your gear on the trek, allowing you to trek light, carrying only what you need for the day. Most days, we will walk between 4 and 6 hours on the trail at a moderate pace, with the occasional day or two containing longer stretches.

Once you have arrived in Base Camp, we follow a busy, but deliberate, itinerary of working our way up and down the route to continue acclimatizing and become familiar with the climbing techniques necessary for a successful summit bid in a series of climbing rotations.

When we are ready, and the weather looks great, we launch our summit bid, which is 4 nights, 4.5 days away from Base Camp. First to Camp 1, the following day to Camp 2, where we enter new terrain, climbing from Camp 2 to Camp 2.7 at 20,800ft (6,340m). Camp 2.7 is really now the standard Camp 3 and is located slightly lower and closer to the ridge than the traditional Camp 3 that is no longer used due to the serac fall hazard off the glacier above. From Camp 2.7, you will wake early for an alpine start to the summit!

After summiting, the team descends back to Camp 1 for another night. The following morning is a descent back to basecamp for well-earned celebrations, rest, and packing for the journey home.

Following your summit, we enjoy a relaxed descent back down the valley, taking in your achievement in this remarkable corner of the world before flying back to Kathmandu and onward home.