This trek offers you an excellent alternative trek for the more popular and busy Everest Base Camp trekking. You will start your trek from Lukla with the magnificent views. Ngozumpa Glaciers will take your breath away and from the ridge above Gokyo four 8000m peaks such as Cho Oyo, Everest, Lhotse and Makalu can be seen. The great view of ice ridge between Cho Oyo and Gyachung Kang is the most dramatic panorams which you will see in Khumbu.
Itinerary:
Day 1 & 2 - Lukla to Namche Baazar
Day 3 & 4 - Namche Bazaar
Day 5 - Namche Bazaar to Phortse Thanga
Day 6 - Phortse Thanga to Dole
Day 7 - Dole to Machhermo
Day 8 - Machhermo to Gokyo
Day 9 - Gokyo
Day 10 - Gokyo to Phortse
Day 11 - Phortse to Namche Baazar
Day 12 - Namche Baazar to Lukla
Book your trip to Gokyo in the months of October - December and February - May, because that's the best season for trekking in this particular area.