Pikey Peak trek is the newly opened trekking destination in Solukhumbu Region. Pikey peak is one of the highest” Hills” in the Solu. The name Pikey originated from the name of a Sherpa Clan deity. From Pikey peak, one can get an impressive view of nature. You can experience the traditional living of various ethnic groups like Sherpa, Chhetri, Tamang, and Gurung. Tourists can taste verities of local foods and observe some rare plants and animals. During July, the locals hold different celebrations to worship their clan god.
This peak offers an amazing view of the Everest Himalayan Range and Number Chuli. The trail passes through beautiful villages. You can visit the ancient Buddhist Monastery of Thupten Chholing and experience the unique Sherpa culture. During the festival season in August cleansing rituals at the sacred lakes are performed with several famous Priests.
Additionally, Pikey Peak is most popular for its sunrise and sunset views. You will enjoy the glorious sight of the peaks with the Himalayan ranges like Mt. Everest, Makalu, and Annapurna. You will see dense forests of Sunpati, Pine, and Rhododendrons. The attraction of bird animals like Lophophorus, Crimson Horned Pheasant, tiger, wild bear, Panda, Ghoral and so on.
Similarly, Chauri Ghai, Nak, yak, and cow can be found anywhere in this field. The villages belonging to Likhu Pikey rural municipality include villages like Chaulakharka, Gole and other villages of Okaldunga district and Ramechhap district such as Patale, Kiji Demba and Bamtibhandar are also part of Likhu Pikey Peak Trek.
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On your arrival in this land of Himalayas, Nepal, one of our team members will receive you at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) and transfer you to the hotel in Thamel.
We will introduce you with the guide who will lead you to Pikey Peak Trek. He will also assure things to bring for this beautiful trek, Pikey Peak.
If time permits, you can stroll around the streets of Thame and enjoy the beauty of this prime touristic destination of Nepal where tourists do not forget to pave their way.
We will drive to Dhap Bazaar (2,850m-9350ft), the eastern part of Nepal, early in the morning. We will be riding along the bank of the Sunkoshi river which meets Tama Koshi. It is a unique drive of its type where you will get an opportunity to give a quick glance at countryside Nepal and the lifestyle of locals. Before the evening, we will be in Dhap Bazaar.
Well, Jhapre (2,920m-9580ft) is the starting point for Pikey Peak Trek. Following a dusty course, we will reach Sigane. By late noon we will be in Jhapre.
The site is a popular vantage point from where you will get a spectacular view of the world’s tallest peak Mt. Everest, 8,849m-29032ft along with Numbur Himal 6,958m-22828ft (mountain). The gompas and stupas are other key attractions of this place.
We will be walking for roughly 5/6 hours to reach Pikey Peak Base Camp (4,065m-13336ft). Early walk toward the base camp will reveal to you the glory of mountains as sun rays hit the snow-capped peaks.
Few hours of walk-on the dusty path followed by an uphill climb will lead us to Bhulbule. The trail from this place (Bhulbule) is uphill and passes through rhododendron forests to arrive at Lhamuje.
Crossing pasture lands, we proceed ahead. It will lead us to the Mani wall followed by a winding course toward Pikey Base Camp. The view of mountains from the camp is awesome.
Relatively, it is a long walk of roughly over 6 hours. The trail is uneven and rocky. The major attractions of this package are unveiled at this point of Pikey Peak. You will observe a number of peaks— Mt. Everest (8849m-29032ft), Kanchenjunga (8586m-28169ft), Manaslu (8163m-26781ft), Gaurishankar (7134m-23405ft), Numbur Chuli (6959m-22831ft), Thamserku (6608m-21679ft), Kangtega (6685m-21932ft) and Khatang (6853m) here.
The trail from Pikey Peak is downhill till Junebesi. We will pass through a few settlements to get in Junebesi. Monasteries are the attraction of this place.
What a lovely day it is as you will get an opportunity to spend a day in a land of unique culture and traditions. Despite being the rest day, we will visit Thuptenchholing Gompa. It is one of the oldest gompas of Khumbu region that was established in the 19th century. After exploring the local areas, we retrace the path to Junebesi.
Following the trail along the bank of Junebesi river, we head toward Phaplu. Beni Ghat is one of the popular villages of this area where we reach after crossing a suspension bridge. The walk continues for a couple of hours to arrive at Phaplu.
Here ends our Pikey Peak Trek. We will catch the flight to Katmandu early in the morning. It is a scenic flight of nearly 25 minutes. Upon your arrival in the capital, we will transfer you to the hotel.
You will have ample time to roam around Thamel. We will offer you a farewell dinner this evening and share your Pikey Peak Trek experience.
*Note—we request you have a spare day for this trek as the flight from Phaplu is unpredictable due to unavoidable circumstance, weather.
Here ends your Pikey Peak Trek and with it, your Nepal stays as well. We will drop you in TIA three hours prior to the scheduled flight. See you next season for another trip in a different destination as Nepal is a country with more than 100 trekking trails!
| Trip Date | Price | Space Left | Join Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2023 - Apr 07, 2023 | USD 600 | 7 | Book Now |
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►Fleece jacket. (1)
►Shirts and t-shirts. ( 3/4 pairs)
►Down jacket. (1) (provided by Company)
►Raincoat. (1)
►Warm cotton long pants. (1/2 pairs)
►Waterproof pants. (1)
►Long thermal underwear. (2)
►Short underwear. (3/4 pec)
►Sun hat or scarf. (1)
►Warm fleece hat. (1)
►Sunscreen sunblocks, and Lipbalms with UV protection.
►Sunglasses. (1/2 pairs)
►Comfortable trekking boot.
►Thick shocks. (3/4 pairs)
►Light shocks. (3/4 Pairs)
►Camp shoes and sandals.
►Warm waterproof (gore-tex) gloves.
►Basic First Aid Kit.
►Sleeping bag ( Provide by the company)
►Water Bottle
►Towel
►Day-pack or Backpack
►Swiss Knife
►Torchlight or Flashlight
►Hand Sanitizer
►Hiking Pole
►Smartphone or Compact Camera
►Power-bank
For everyone who will plan to Trek in Nepal, it is highly recommended that you get travel insurance that covers added expenses that might result due to various health issues, injuries, or accidents (together with the ambulance, helicopter rescue, and other treatment costs). Your insurance policy should cover the entire activities that you are planning to accomplish throughout your stay in Nepal.
In addition to this, the policy should also cover death, misplaced luggage, theft and liability, cancellations, medical treatment (counting hospital charges, cost of the medicine, and doctor’s fees) as well as repatriation costs. Also, this trekking trail in Nepal takes you 5,000 m above the altitude, therefore, you also need to ensure that your insurance policy covers treks that go over 5,000 m.
We suggested that you buy your insurance policy from your home country before joining us, as it is difficult buying a local travel insurance policy for foreigners in Nepal.
While you’re in Kathmandu, your accommodation is at a standard hotel (Arrival time and departure time). Your accommodation is at the best local Lodge and Guest Houses where available. The Mountain local Lodges are clean and have comfortable beds. The Lodges are fairly basic and the room is spare with twin beds. Blankets are generally provided. There is a large dining hall and warm fitted with a chimney duct, in which a log fire is lit.
Eating is a big part of the Holiday. Travelling with Northern Trekking Team, you experience a vast array of wonderful Nepalese food, Italian, Thai, Chinese, and several local foods. While on the trek you will be on full board all 3 times meals (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, with Tea/Coffee) included in the package. Your guide will suggest delicious, hygienic special food during your trips. Generally, chosen menu items are Nepalese meals (Dal Bhat), Tibetan fried bread, various types of soups, Momo’s (steamed dumplings), boiled and fried potatoes, kinds of pasta, and even pizza. So, overall you have a different choice of foods on the trek. During this trek, you will usually have breakfast and dinner at the same guest house.
You should book the service at least 15 days before the trek departure date. After you confirm your trip with us, you should be transferring us a photocopy of your passport or your personal information. The personal information you have to provide us is your first name, middle name, last name, passport number, date of birth, nationality, and gender. Importantly, you need to pay 20% of the total price in advance for the domestic flight tickets and hotel booking, and permit process. You can pay the remaining balance before you start the trek.
How much money or cash you should be bringing with you depends on how you do the trip and the number of days you want to spend here in Nepal. Much also depends on your spending habits. Generally, you must have to take 10 to 15 USD to spend your expenses, such as laundry, telephone calls, snacks, camera, and mobile battery charging. How much you will be spending during your trekking depends on the standard of the package you have purchased.
Our guides are fully trained and licensed by Nepal Government Tourism Department, and certified by TAAN & Nepal Mountaineering Association.
All our Trekking Guides are professionals with decades of experience in this field of adventure. They are trained specially for specified and various trips, to cater to the flexible requirement of our clients from different nationalities, this will assure you that your trip will be enjoyable and in the safe hands of professional experts.
On every trip, will be one Trek leader and an assistant leader on each additional 7 people in the group on treks, this arrangement would ensure that even if any of our guide/ assistance guides gets sick or clients may get sick and need to be evacuated or staying behind from the walks, it wills still works smoothly and there would non-impact with our original trek plan.
Every 7 trekkers will have one Sherpa helper for carrying their trekking bags.
Our porter is fully strong, helpful, and friendly. Their salary, food, drinks, accommodation, transportation, and Insurance on each trip with us. As you know that we are very trustworthy and polite, while on trek thus we make sure that our porter is fully prepared for the trip. We are closely working with the International Porter Progress Association for the welfare and benefit of trekking porters.
The load carried by our porter minimum of 20 to 25 KG maximum so be sure that your trekking bag is not more than the above figure.
Three best seasons for the trek to the Pikey Peak. We suggest you join in at the right time of the year as far as possible.
The main flow of foreign visitors in Nepal is for trekking from moderate to adventurous or challenging treks, the most important is choosing the right trip as per your duration of holiday and fitness, for Pikey Himalayan trekking adventure one needs to be in sound health and physically fit.
On booking our preparation of fitness required walking-jogging-Jumba-aerobic at least fifteen days before your departure from the home country.
Please send us your dietary list and medical history report so that we can arrange them well in advance respectively. Book the ticket from home for Kathmandu, Nepal to reach at least two days ahead and earlier from trek departure with much space in Kathmandu after the trek, this allows you more time in Nepal to enjoy the culture and heritage sites of Nepal and also in case of a flight delay (Kathmandu-Lukla and Lukla-Kathmandu) which can happen sometimes due to bad and unfavourable weather.
If you are thinking of taking a visa at the airport or immigration entry point, the following are your requirements:
When a foreigner has to get down at a Nepalese airport as a result of his/her transit point or due to any forced landing for whatever reason, the foreigner can obtain a transit visa for a day after paying USD 5 or any other currency equivalent.
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