Cost For Everest Base Camp Trekking

  • Jun 11, 2023
  • Rajesh Thapaliya

Are you planning a Trek to the Everest Base Camp and checking the Cost?  Don’t worry!  You have clicked on the proper link where you can have detailed information.

You must be wondering about visiting the world’s highest mountain, Everest Base Camp, and don't know the cost. We have provided a detailed overview in this article to plan your Everest Base Camp trek with budget detail.

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Everest base camp

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How much does it Cost to Trek to  Everest Base Camp? It is good to know about the Price of the Trekbefore you plan to visit The price depends on the service type and the trip length. The EBC Trek all-inclusive Costs are more expensive than Hiring a Guide, porter, permit, and flight ticket. But, It Costs as much as an all-inclusive trip in the end. If you book an entire board at Everest Base Camp, you won't have stress managing things.

If you would like to do a Luxury Trek to Everest Base Camp, it might be expensive because of the Cost of the luxury lodges and services. 

Find the Best Cost for the Base Camp Trek

So many sites don't give you the right and straight answers, but you can find your response in this information. First, you need to be sure about certain things that cost depends on it.

  • How many days do you want to Trek?  - 15- 16 Days.
  • To whom do you contact to organize your Trek? – The local agency, Oversea Companies, Local guide.
  • What type of Trek would you like to do? – All-inclusive, guide only, porter only, or independent.

Essential Factors of Everest Base Camp Trek Cost

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Everest base camp trekking trail

It is way better to book your Everest Base Camp trip with a Local Trekking Agency than to buy from an overseas agency to break down the Cost. More prominent international agencies will pay the staff from other countries, and the local agencies will pay the local team. The reason to book the trek with a local company from Nepal, the Price will be lower and support the local economy.

Related:

  1. Everest Base Camp Trek
  2. Gokyo Lakes trek
  3. Everest View Trek

Online Booking Cost to the Everest Base Camp Trek

Booking the trek/ Tour online with any local company might have different prices, and you may not be sure what the Correct Cost is, so here is the right place to choose. The price range per person ranges from 700$ to 1490$ for 16 days of Everest Base Camp Trek. 

The $ 860$ includes Permits, round-trip flights from Kathmandu to Kathmandu, Guide salary/accommodation/insurance/ food.

The price excludes all your food in the city and mountains, Kathmandu and mountain accommodations, trekking equipment, travel insurance, visa fees, and tips from the guide.

The cost of 1490$ includes Kathmandu, three night's accommodation in a standard tourist hotel, all ground and domestic flights from Kathmandu- Kathmandu, all the basic food in the mountain, a Guide, and one porter for two people with their food/ accommodation/insurance/ salary, Kathmandu city tour with a guide and a private transport.

Booking an online Trek to the Everest Base Camp has the benefit that everything will be well prepared before you arrive in Nepal and run smoothly.  

Be Careful with the Fake Organizers

You may find some companies on the first page of Google and think they are good. It may not be accurate. People with advertising and well-known SEO can be top, but some may not have any experience organizing the Trek or providing you with the correct information. You may find an all-inclusive Everest Base Trek below 1000$ impossible whether they put you in a big joining group or the fake rescue proposal and claim High Cost and cover the actual price. If they join the big group, you will always have to be with the group so you may feel bored and not enjoy your holiday.

All-Inclusive Everest Base Camp Trek with a Local Company- 1390$

The benefit of booking an online packaged Trek to the Everest Base Camp is everything is well-managed and taken care of for you. Don't worry when you land at the Kathmandu airport, someone will be picked you up from here, and the accommodation has been booked. If there is a chance to get an earlier flight to Lukla, then you may have more chances to fly over. And the negatives are you pay in advance, so if you don't come with your regular schedule, canceling charge of the booking will be deducted, and your money will be stocked until your next visit. 

Cost of Hiring the Guide to Everest Base Camp - 8600$ and Porter 690$ 

Suppose you only Hire a Guide and Trek to the Everest Base Camp. In that case, the Cost above includes the guide's salary/accommodation/food/insurance, your round flight from Kathmandu to Kathmandu, and all the permits. Not including Your accommodation in Kathmandu Mountain, all foods and drinks, your travel insurance, and everything not mentioned in the included section. If you need a porter, 220$ is extra.

The benefits of this plan are Your round flight will be booked, so you don't need to worry about not getting an early flight, and you may enjoy with your budget as much as you want to spend and negative is you may not know how much you should take with you for your lodging and the foods. Still, the manager from the company will advise you how much to take with you while you have a trip meeting in Kathmandu before your departure to the Everest Base Camp Trek.

Related:

  1. Everest Base Camp Trek
  2. Gokyo Lakes Trek
  3. Everest View Trek
  4. Everest Base Camp Helicopter Return Trek

Independently Trek to the Everest Base Camp

You also could do the Everest Base Camp Trekking independently until March 2023, but you must Hire a Guide for your Base Camp Trek to Everest now. It is easy to find the trail with many other trekkers, but before flying to Lukla, getting the flight ticket may be difficult; arranging your accommodation may be very difficult because this is very busy with limited lodges in some places. You may not have the information about this area and must always be careful if you are going in the wrong direction. With all of this pressure, you may not enjoy your holiday.

Helpful guides:

  1. Everest Base Camp Trek Packing List
  2. Best Places to See Everest

If you like this article and looking for a reliable company that organizes the Trek to the Everest Base Camp, click here and ask anything you would like.

Rajesh Thapaliya

Rajesh Thapaliya

Namaste! I am Rajesh, a Nepal travel blogger who provides Nepal travel tips to travellers who are planning to visit Nepal and know about Nepal.

I am a tourism service provider in Nepal So far, I have been to the Nepalese Himalayan base camps as a tour leader and collected lots of information about the Nepalese Himalayas. You can find my experiences in my travel blogs, so it may make it a lot easier for you to travel to Nepal.

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