Kanchenjunga North Base Camp

Overview

Kanchenjunga is the best and popular trekking region which provides different opportunities to the trekkers. The diverse and fascinating landscapes passes through a Conservation area of wide variety of flora and fauna, river valleys, waterfalls, and high passes. Here is an abundant variety of wildlife the elasive snow leopard, the Asian black bear, and red panda, and some of the more rare mammals. Bird lovers may get the chance to see the golden-breasted fulvetta, snow cock, and blood pheasant among others. Furthermore, on the trail at the foothills of mountains, where the temperature is moderate, vegetation such as temperate forest, scrubland, tundra is seen. Similarly you can also witness mountain habitat animals such as black bears, wolves, mountains goats, elk etc. In Kanchenjunga Conservation area, you can explore deciduous oaks, maples, laurels, and briches intersperse with evergreen firs, mangouas, junipers and rhododendrons. 

The ‘King of the Mountains’ or Kanchenjunga (8586m) is the third highest mountain in the world, located in the eastern Himalayans on the border between Sikkim state, north eastern India, and eastern Nepal 46 miles (74km) north-northwest of Darjiling, Sikkim. It is also known by different names in different regions. The name Kan-mean head, Chen-mean belly and Jungha-mean knee. So if you can clearly view this three top at the same time, you could see that Buddha is sleeping. That’s why this hill is also known as sleeping Buddha. In Nepal it is also known as Kumbhkaran Lungu.

Culture and Religion 

Kanchenjunga trek offers you multi-cultural people living together mainly Rai, Limbu and Sherpa. In this region most of the people follow Buddhism and have great faith in it. People living here also celebrate their important festival Udhaili and Ubhauli yearly. These people fulfill their livelihood with farming, animal husbandary, and service in Gurkha regiment (mostly in Indian army) as well as working in abroad. Additionally they collect seasonal herbs and trade in the market as well as make Homeopathy medicine. You can explore yak and sheep gardening in the alpine climate and they also grow potatoes, wheat and buck wheat.

Favorable time to trek

Every season is suitable for trekking to Kanchenjunga North Base Camp but the best time gives you best experiences. So the peak seasons fortrekking to Kanchenjunga region are during the spring (March to May) and the autum (September to November). This time provides the best scenery and the clearest skies, but of course, you will meet many trekkers in this season than the off season.

Similarly, it is possible to trek during the winter (December to February). In this season the temperature is low and you may feel cold. On the other hand it is also possible to trek during the monsoon (June to August), though the views are covered by clouds and there is a high chance of rainfall and landslides.

Accommodations

During the trek, our guide will select the best lodge for you to stay in based on their experience and availability of a room. When you are in Kathmandu, we will provide a 2-3 star hotel for you. You have wide range accommodation option in the towns like Bhadrapur and Taplejung. But in the mountains the accommodation will be very basic. The room is relatively comfortable and clean in the town then mountains and remote villages. All the accommodation will be a twin-shared basis.

The standard lodge has two single bedrooms with complementary blanket and a pillow. In the mountain shower and toilet will be on sharing basis. If you do Kanchenjunga trek during the peak season there is a high chance to share the room with another group. Sometimes there is also chance to sleep in the dormitory because of the limited tea houses.We are experienced to organize Kanchenjunga trek with best accommodation and arrange the comfortable rooms according to our group size.

Foods available

Kanchenjunga region has a wide variety of food and it is easy to serve to your needs. On the trek, breakfast, lunch, and dinner are provided. For tea house trek, we can order typical Nepali food, continental, Italian, Tibetan and Indian at teahouses. All the food will be cooked by the local cook by using local vegetables so the taste would be very local.

During your time in the hotel in Kathmandu, your breakfast is included. Lunch and dinner must be covered on your own. If you are a vegetarian/ vegan, gluten or lactose free, we are able to work around that if you let us know ahead of time.

Acclimatization / Fitness/ Experience

More important than fitness or experience is one’s personal determination and positive attitude toward finishing and enjoying the trek because as many of our treks lead us high into the Himalayans. Our Kanchenjunga North Base Camp trek have one or two acclimatization days built into the itinerary to prevent altitude sickness and let our bodies our bodies sufficiently get used to the altitude. The level of fitness varies depends upon the trek. A person should be able to walk 5-6 hours per day while on the trail.   

Guide and Porter

According to Nepal government policy all the trekking activities should be conducted along with a government-licensed guide and porter.

Your safety is our first priority. So our guide and porter are dedicated to making your experience of trekking in Nepal a memorable one without compromising your safety. Along with your safety we also focus on our guide and porter safety too. Notably, we have done insurance of our guide and porter.

Travel Insurance

We strongly recommend you to get travel insurance before going on a trek. Make sure that, your insurance covers accidents abroad and high in the mountains.

We do our best to take care of you, but sometimes we have to face unavoidable accident that is out of our control. So in case of a medical emergency, leading to a helicopter evacuation, it is best to have insurance.