FROM KATHMANDU TO EVEREST

15 Days 14 Nights
Nepal
Trek
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Visit the capital of Nepal and opportunity to climb the highest peak in the world. Visit many original monuments : temples, palaces, pagodas, recognized as world heritage of mankind. Discover the 2 major religions of the region: Buddhism and Hindu. Unbelievable landscapes

STEPS IN YOUR JOURNEY

Swayambunath - Kathmandu - Durbar Square- Namche Bazar - Tengboche - Tengboche - Dingboche - Pangboche - Namche Bazar - Monjo - Kathmandu

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM

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Day 1

Patan Dubar Square

This is by taking your time that you will arrive to Kathmandu. The morning will be reserved for your check-in and your acclimatization. In the afternoon, you will visit Patan Dubar Square – the ancient royal city which has been the former capital and artistical city of the country, also known under Lalitpur’s name (city of beauty). You will discover a whole of Hindu temples, each one of them built under the reign of a different king in front of the former royal palace. Inside, we can find the Patan museum, reputated for its collection of statues of Hindu and Buddhist divinities. It is certainly the wealthiest museum of Nepal.
Patan was once a great center for Buddhist teaching, as testimony many monasteries that you will meet in encounter in the maze of alleys of the Medieval Patan. You will have the opportunity to visit the Golden Temple. It is a real piece of goldsmithery, composed of a triple roof and a golden copper facade whose origins go back to the 12th century and where everything is engraved and carved.
At the corner of an alley, you will also discover the temple Maha buddha, or temple of the nine thousand Buddhas, built in the fourteenth century with the effigy of Buddha. It is, in fact, reproduced on each of the bricks which constitute it, and this, nearly nine thousand times and of all sizes. Beauties that make Nepal a culturally and artistically rich country.
Great craft center, Patan will know how to seduce you. You will have the opportunity to spend the night in the Newar Chen hotel, former Newar House (the Newars are the first inhabitants of the Katmandu Valley) run by the Shrestha family. This house has been restored and preserved thanks to a UNESCO initiative.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 2

Swayambunath - Katmandu Dubar Square

In the morning, you will visit Swayambunath, also called monkeys temple. You will have the opportunity to go admire well-known Buddhist Stupas located on the top of a hill where hundreds of monkeys are living. This summit offers a remarkable view of Katmandu and its agglomeration. It can be reached via the endless main staircase and be directly into the central square.
Swayambunath is a part of the oldest religious site of Nepal, the city shelters the most ancient Stupo of the valley. It is also considered as one of the first sanctuary Buddhist in the world.
Although the site is assimilated to Buddhism, the site is venerated both by Buddhists and Hindus.
In the afternoon, you go to Dubar Square of Katmandu – the heart of the former city. This grandiose site, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is none other than the palace (Dubar) where the kings were crowned and from which they ruled.
Katmandu Dubar Square is dotted with many sanctuaries, palaces, pagodas, statues and temples dedicated to the innumerable Hindu deities that your guide will help you discover.
Before going back to Patan’s hotel, you will spend the night in Thamel, a very lively and touristic neighborhood created following the tourism of the 1980s, where you will find the “modern” Kathmandu.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 3

Katmandou –Lukla - Phakding

Air travel between Kathmandu and Lukla of about 20 to 30 minutes which offers you a beautiful overview on the Himalaya chain. You will have a first preview of what you can expect in the next days during this unforgettable flight above the Himalaya chain.
30 minutes is enough to dive in the heart of the typical Buddhist culture of the high Himalaya and enter in Sherpa’s land, as soon as our arrival in Lukla. After the crossing of Lukla, its old stone houses, shops where you can buy mountain equipment and where a mixture of incense and spices accompanies us all along the journey, we will begin our trek until Phakding. We will most certainly cross many caravans of Dzos (crossing between the yak and the cow) which stretch along the paths that we borrow and which tinkle their bells suspended from their necks. We will spend the night in a lodge at Phakding.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 4

Phakding – Monjo – Namche Bazar

The trail on which we will evolve alternates descents and light ascents. These "ups" and "downs" lead you into the heart of a forest of superb rhododendrons and Sherpas villages. Then we will go up to the village of Monjo which is one of the gateways of the national park of Sagarmantha (Everest). It is a protected area near the Tibetan border which contains a part of the Himalayas and the southern part of Everest mount. This National Park has been declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1976 and its Sagarmatha name (Mount Everest in Nepal) means "the goddess mother of heaven".
Then the trail goes up along the river Duth Koshi which you will have to cross several times the famous Nepalese suspensed bridges to reach the village of Namche Bazar through the pine forest. Namche Bazar is the largest city in the national park, the capital of the Sherpas, nestled on the foothills of the Himalayas. Namche Bazar shelters a quasi-daily market held by Tibetans and small resellers of surplus expeditions. From this city you will have the opportunity to see for the first time the chain of Himalayas and its peaks of more than 8,000 meters that are offering generously to you. Overnight in a lodge at Namche Bazar.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 5

Namche Bazar day off and acclimatization

It is at Namche Bazar where we will take a day off for the necessary phase of acclimatization to the altitude. The city is located at the top of a strong climb that forces a break. The Namche site is not conducive to livestock or crops, croplands and grasslands are rare. It is rather a shopping center that owes its rise to the fact that it is located at the crossroads of the major roads of Khumbu. The village of Namche has nearly 2,500 inhabitants and a hundred dwellings.
This day off will be devoted to the visit of Namche Bazar, its market and its monasteries allowing you to acclimatize gently to the altitude. Open and welcoming, the sherpas and Buddhist monks of Namche will welcome you with a great kindness.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 6

Namche Bazar - Tengboche

It is always in the heart of the forest that your steps will alternate again between descents and ascents. This forest is full of wild animals that you will have the leisure to observe. Along the way, we will find a local market that will allow you to make your last minute purchases. After crossing the Imja river from the Everest glacier, we will climb up to the largest Buddhist monastery in the region : Tengboche, perched in a clearing at 3860 meters. This monastery is considered as a high place of Buddhism. Formerly, the place was deserted and conducive to meditation. Today, many lodges have been built in the neighboring village. This monastery has been founded in 1923 and rebuilt in 1934 after an earthquake and once again in 1989 after a devastating fire. Its reconstruction made it larger and more beautiful. Today it continues to extend. It shelters about fifty monks and novices. You may be lucky enough to attend a prayer ceremony : the music is captivating and the moment touching.

We will spend the night in lodge at the Tengboche stage. Tibetan monasteries and stupas will suit you to an evening full of spirituality.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 7

Tengboche - Dingboche

The path, dotted with monasteries and stupas, now crosses a forest of pines and magnificent rhododendrons. The climb along the Imja Khola river is nicely accompanied by bridges and waterfalls. Dingboche will mark the end of the forest. You will discover the majestic Island which rises at 6189m and the Makalu (8463m, 5th highest summit in the world). It is in front of these mountains that we will spend the night in a lodge.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 8

Dingboche - Lobuche

After Dingboche, the forest landscape goes away for food crops. The trail climbs towards Lobuche, the view slowly emerges. Our ascension is getting slower, wisdom wants us to save our efforts and our breath. The trail runs along the Khumbu glacier and the trail is wider. We finally reach the Kharka (mountain pastures) of Lobuche.
The camp is set up on a narrow terrace overlooking the path just in front of the gigantic Nuptse (7,861m). The roof of the world now reveals its glaciers, its snow-capped peaks, its sharp peaks, its sharp edges. You enter the land of the Titans. You now walk on the paths once taken by the conquerors of the highest peak in the world.
Day is getting gently closer, tonight we will sleep in Lobuche at 4 930 meters to better leave the next day morning for the final ascent !
At the end of the evening (or at the beginning of the next day) you will have the chance to discover a beautiful sunset (or sunrise) on the high summits.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 9

Lobuche - Kalapathar or Everest base camp - Lobuche

The long awaited day has arrived. We take the path traced in the pastures. The climb is steady and slow along the moraine of the Khumbu glacier. We will have a short break at Gorak Shep (5160m), where you will find few lodges, a small frozen lake and some shepherd's cabins. Then we will climb to the Kalapathar by a path in laces. The Kalapathar is the most beautiful belvedere of the massif, from where the view is simply unforgettable. The prayer flags will color your arrival at 5545m : the emotion is at the appointment and the moment is intense.
The day is very sporty but rewarded by beautiful landscapes of high mountains: Everest 8848m, Nupse (7861m), Lotse (8414m), Pumori (7161m)... These peaks will make you feel the rare emotions that only true mountain climbers know. After this intense moment of emotion, we will go down to Lobuche to spend the night there.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 10

Lobuche - Pangboche

Today we descend into the Everest valley on a mountain path to reach the beautiful Sherpa village of Pangboche and its monastery dating from the 16th century. On the outside, the monument offers a palette of glowing colors and a splendid panorama : Kangtega, Tamserku, Ama Dablam, we do not know which way to turn.
It is at Panboche that we spend the night always in a lodge.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 11

Pangboche - Namche Bazar - Monjo

We will descend through a forest of pines and rhododendrons to reach the Dhud Khosi river, where a steep climb awaits us to find Namche Bazar. It is certainly the last time you will see the Everest and it is the heavy heart that you will walk these steps, which as often in Nepal punctuate our hiking trail. We then continue our descent towards Monjo where we will spend the night in a lodge.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 12

Pangboche - Namche Bazar - Monjo

We will descend through a forest of pines and rhododendrons to reach the Dhud Khosi river, where a steep climb awaits us to find Namche Bazar. It is certainly the last time you will see the Everest and it is the heavy heart that you will walk these steps, which as often in Nepal punctuate our hiking trail. We then continue our descent towards Monjo where we will spend the night in a lodge.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 13

Monjo - Lukla

This is our last day of trekking. But the most beautiful things have an end and we must think of coming back. We then take a new path that crosses the beautiful sherpas villages of Gumela and Chhermading before joining the classic path in Ghat for a final climb before reaching the altiport of Lukla. It is at Lukla that we will spend our last night in a lodge.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 14

Lukla - Kathmandu

Return flight to Kathmandu in the morning.
The afternoon will be particularly religious thanks to the visit of Pashupatinath (Pashupati is one of the multiple names of the great Shiva god), high-place of the cremation of the deceased in Kathmandu, located on the banks of the river Bagmati. If this place is essentially characterized by its center of cremation, it also gathers many hindu temples of every sizes, shapes and colors. We also find the famous Saddhus, These men covered with ashes, living outside the world. They cut every link with their family, don’t own anything, and have no roof and feed themselves of dotations of the devotees.
The afternoon will be devoted to the visit of Buddhanath, sanctuary of Buddhism, represented by its gigantic Stuppa surrounded by Tibetan monasteries. This site is populated by many Tibetans who fled to Nepal after the Chinese invasion. It is interesting to go there at the end of the day to attend the ritual of the believers which consists of turning around the Stuppa in a clockwise direction. You will be able to immerse yourself in the serene atmosphere that comes from it and have the opportunity to visit a Tibetan monastery and the temple of Gokarna.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 15

Last day

You will enjoy your last day to do whatever you want : some shopping for some, relaxation for others. After having gathered all your memories, we will go towards the airport to go back to your country’s reality…
Included meals: breakfast, lunch

TRAVEL PRICE (Prix par personne en EUR)

ESTIMATED PRICE
(Depending on season, types of accommodation and activities)

The estimated budget for this trip is from 1499 € / person.
Talking about fixed prices when discussing about a tailored trip makes little sense. Indeed, it varies depending on many factors (quality of services, period, turnaround time and many more).
The only exact price will be the one of your personalized quote.

Group of 2	Group of 4	Group of 8	Group of 12
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Name of the city / List of hotels	Name of the hotel	Room category
Kathmandu	Marshyangdi Hotel* www.hotelmarshyangdi.com Newa Chen Hotel* www.newachen.com	Deluxe
In the Everest region	Among the Sherpa inhabitants	Standard

NOTES

Practical information

Maximum altitude : 5550 meters
Positive slope : 4350 meters
Negatif slope : 4350 meters

Day	Departure	Arrival	Slope +	Slope -	Walking time (estimate)
1	Lukla (2840m)	Phakding (2610m)	100m	300m	3 to 4 hours
2	Phakding (2610m)	Namche Bazar (3440m)	950m	150m	6 à 7 hours
3	Rest and acclimatization at Namche Bazar
4	Namche Bazar (3440m)	Tengboche (3860m)	600m	200m	6 to 7 hours
5	Tengboche (3860m)	Dingboche (4410m)	800m	200m	6 to 7 hours
6	Dingboche (4410m)	Lobuche (4910m)	500m		4 to 5 hours
7	Lobuche (4910m)	Kalapatthar (5550m), Everest Base camp (5364m), Lobuche (4910m)	600m	600m	4 to 5 hours
8	Lobuche (4910m)	Pangboche (3930m)	300m	1300m	6 to 7 hours
9	Pangboche (3930m)	Namche Bazar (3440m)	200m	700m	6 to 7 hours
10	Namche Bazar (3440m)	Monjo (2850m)	100m	700m	5 to 6 hours
11	Monjo (2850m)	Lukla (2840m)	200m	200m	4 to 5 hours

These prices include

·       Every on land transports as described in the itinerary
·       All the accomodations
·       French speaking guide
·       Trek licence
·       Entrance in the monuments and activities as described in the itinerary
·       All the meals
The Sherpa

These prices do not include

·       International flights and airport taxes
·       Visa fees
·       Insurance, sleeping bag, drinks
·       Personal expenses and medical evacuation
·       Tips
Single room supplement

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NOS CLIENTS VOUS PARLENT DE CE VOYAGE

Christine, Paul, Catherine et Michel.

08/11/2021

Anna,

Nous espérions un peu vous revoir avant de partir. ..mais le jour avance et nous sommes sans nouvelle. ..alors je pense que vous n'aurez pu trouver le temps.

Encore une fois merci pour tout. Le guide qui nous a accompagné aujourd'hui était vraiment bien...

Nous partons un peu tristes mais toutes les bonnes choses ont une fin.

Nous vous souhaitons le meilleur pour votre vie à venir. Réussite, prospérité et amour.

Bien sincèrement.

Christine, Paul, Catherine et Michel.

VINDRY (Groupe de 4 personnes)
Séjour au Vietnam, Cambodge et Birmanie du 18 Octobre au 22 Novembre 2017
Email : cdvfleur@gmail.com

M et Mme André

08/11/2021

Bonjour chère Anna

Nous tenons à vous exprimer nos remerciements pour la qualité de l’organisation de notre séjour au Vietnam.

Tout s’est parfaitement bien déroulé la prise en charge, les transferts, le choix des visites et des hôtels ainsi que la qualité des guides avec une pensée particulière pour notre charmant guide de Hanoï.

Nous espérons pouvoir programmer en 2019 un prochain séjour au Vietnam sud et Cambodge avec vous.

Très sincèrement
M et Mme André

ANDRE (Groupe de 4 personnes)
Séjour au Vietnam du 10 au 24 Novembre 2017
Email : corinneignace@orange.fr

Frabric De Kergal.

08/11/2021

Madame NGUYEN bonjour,
Nous voilà revenu du Vietnam et du Cambodge il y a peu de jours.
Tous les amis du groupe de voyage et moi-même, nous voulons remercier Mandarin road et toute son équipe pour le très beau voyage que vous nous avez organisé aussi bien les paysages, les différents sites touristiques que les guides, les restaurants et l'hôtellerie.
Nous n'avons que des félicitations à vous adresser.
Nous espérons que nous aurons à nouveau le plaisir de faire un autre voyage en Asie du sud-est. Nous ne manquerons pas de vous solliciter à nouveau pour l'organisation.
A très bientôt.
Frabric De Kergal.
DE KERGAL (Groupe de 8 personnes)
Séjour au Vietnam et au Cambodge du 26 Novembre au 13 décembre 2017
Email : f.dekergal@wanadoo.fr

Gérard et Gudrun Guibilato.

08/11/2021

Bonjour Tina,
Nous voilà bien rentrés - depuis une semaine - de notre voyage au Vietnam/Siem Reap, avec beaucoup de belles images dans la tête et nous voulons vous remercier pour l'organisation de ce voyage.
Nous avons beaucoup apprécié la diversité de ce que nous avons pu voir et des expériences vécues, durant nos différentes étapes: les sites, les monuments, les visites culturelles, les populations, la cuisine. Nous aimons partager tout cela avec nos amis à présent.
Coté "logistique", tout s'est bien passé aussi: les guides étaient intéressants et à l'écoute, dans des styles différents, les voitures étaient confortables et les chauffeurs ponctuels et efficaces.
Nous avons aussi bien mangé dans l'ensemble et aimé la cuisine vietnamienne. Quant aux hôtels, ils étaient pour la plupart conformes à nos attentes et confortables. Pour celui de Hoi An,remplaçant l’hôtel prévu, pour préciser mon mail précédent, la chambre était correcte, soyez rassurée. C'est le petit déjeuner qui nous a "étonné", car nous n'avions encore jamais vu cela dans nos voyages: il fallait choisir un seul item dans une petite carte très réduite et en outre, nous avons dû attendre une demie heure l’omelette que nous avions commandée alors que nous étions les seuls clients présents...
Mais c'est un désagrément vraiment minime par rapport à l'ensemble du séjour chez vous !
Nous avons aussi apprécié votre réactivité lorsqu'il a fallu changer quelques points du programme.
Au total donc une belle expérience !
Nous vous souhaitons ainsi qu'à toute l'équipe Mandarin une belle fin d'année 2017.
Gérard et Gudrun Guibilato.

GUIBILATO (Groupe de 2 personnes)
Séjour au Vietnam et au Cambodge du 25 Novembre au 13 décembre 2017
Email : gguibilato@hotmail.com

Gilbert et jocelyne Arbanou.

08/11/2021

Voyage au Vietnam.

Bonjour,

Tout d’abord merci pour cette très bonne organisation de notre voyage madame VU a toujours été à notre écoute avant et pendant notre séjour.

Concernant les points forts

1/ hôtellerie de très bonne qualité nous avons été surclassé quatre fois, au sylverland où on nous a proposés le dernier jour une suite , au famiana de Phu Quoc où nous avions une villa front beach ,au classy superbe suite et à la résidence wat boo .

A noter les hôtels suivants pour vos clients français :
La résidence watboo a siem reap
Le Grace boutique hôtel a mui ne
Famiana à Phu Quoc mais il faut une villa front beach pour éviter les nombreux russes Le silverland . trés bon hôtel nous avons sympathisé avec M VU KHAC DUY . exécutive assistant manager et nous recommandons cet hotel .

Il faut éviter l ‘arnaque de coucher chez l ‘habitant (du moins cette adresse.)

2/ Guides :
A anchor le guide exceptionnel très grande culture très serviable au top .
Entre siem reap et Phnom Penh le guide un peu limite à Phnom Penh très bon guide bonne qualité bonne culture serviable .

À Saigon et sur le trajet Mékong madame Lan n ‘est pas très professionnelle et peut être un peu dépassée.
nous avons vu le dernier jour plus de bâtiments autour de l hôtel qu’avec elle elle n ‘a pas de culture sur l ‘histoire les musées fait au pas de course c ‘est dommage nous étions en permanence à lui poser des questions souvent évacuées .
Sur le Mékong le Cochinchine très bon guide qui s est très occupé de nous très bonnes explications très belles balades visite à recommander à vos clients.

3/ voitures et chauffeurs toutes les voitures à compter du deuxième jour superbes chauffeurs très professionnels .
Merci encore nous ne manquerons pas de vous recommander auprès de nos relations

Gilbert et jocelyne Arbanou.

ARBANOU (Groupe de 2 personnes)
Séjour au Vietnam et au Cambodge du 25 Janvier 16 Février 2018
Email : gj.abarnou@orange.fr

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