Everest and Annapurna Treks

Trekking, the meaning of which is "travel by foot along mountain trails" , can be done for just a few days or for a month or more, in the same style as exploratory or mountaineering expeditions. Whilst trekking, Sherpas serve as guides, interpreters, cooks and camp staff. Porters, horses or yaks carry all food, fuel, camping equipment and your personal belongings so that you need only carry what you might want during the day. At night either you can stay in tents or local lodges known as tea-houses and sleep in sleeping bags, all of which are carried with the trekking party.

The Annapurna Sanctuary is a high glacial basin to the north of Pokhara at the very heart of some of Nepal's highest and most famous mountains. This magnificent amphitheatre is called a sanctuary not because of laws that protect wildlife within its boundaries, but because of its natural beauty and the divine presence of the goddesses Annapurna and Gangapurna, both important figures in Hindu myth and folklore.

Everest - named after Sir George Everest, the British Surveyor General of India at the time when the mountain was first identified as 'Point XV' on the border with Nepal and Tibet. To the Sherpas and Tibetans however she is 'Chomolungma' - Mother Goddess of the Earth, the Nepalese also have their own name, 'Sagarmartha'. Call it Everest, Chomolungma or Sagarmatha there is no dispute that the mountain is the highest in the world. Every year climbers from nations all around the world rendezvous at the Everest Base Camp just beneath the infamous Khumbu Ice Fall to plot a route up the mountain and dream to reach the 'top of the world'. Our trek to the simple peak just beside Base Camp, the point known as 'Kala Pattar', follows in the footsteps of these mountaineers up the Khumbu valley, home to the most famous people in the Himalayas, the Sherpas. Traditionally traders, they have been associated with Everest ever since the first attempts on the North (Tibetan) side of the mountain in the 1920's. Global Basecamps offers you a variety of opportunities to trek in the highest region of the world - contact us for more trekking options including completely custom designed itineraries for every skill level.