MT. KANCHENJUNGA MOUNTAINEERING EXPEDITION

On arrival at Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport, Brown Bear Trail guide and staff receives you with warm welcome. A short transfer to your hotels in the heart of Kathmandu city. After checking into your rooms, getting refreshed our guide briefs with information regarding Mt. Kanchenjunga Expeditions.
Includes information on hotels, lodge while trekking and climb with do and don’ts with welcome dinner.

We have reserved two free days in Kathmandu to relieve you from jetlag with long flights, on this day options for sightseeing tour around world heritage sites within Kathmandu visiting Old Durbar (palace) Square, and ancient stupa of Swayambhunath, after a tour head back to hotel with preparations for Kanchenjunga Expedition.
Second day in Kathmandu optional tour and expeditions preparations and group briefing from our lead guide and team leader, on this day completing all formal documentations for the climb of Mt. Kanchenjunga and packing.

Arriving around low sub-tropical areas, of Nepal Far Eastern Terai Belt, at Bhadrapur with time for refreshment. Received by our trekking staff, guide and porters, then transfer in local four wheel for exciting drive. Heading up to cooler hills, past Ilam Bazaar a town famous for Tea-Garden, drive continues through farm villages. Then reaching Phidim, a small town with large tea-plantation, overnight halt in a simple nice local lodge.

Enjoying first overnight in the cooler hills of Eastern Nepal, having breakfast at Phidim. Morning drive of few hours, as the road enters the country dirt tracks a sub-road to Hapu Khola / stream. Drives leads on a bumpy rough road through smaller farm areas and villages to reach Hapu Khola. As drive heads to cooler hills reaching Banketar, here our drive completes to start our first day walks to Khewang. A few hours of pleasant walk into lovely hill villages and farm fields, enjoy observing the nice villages. Enriched with age-old culture of eastern Nepal dominated by the Kirats Rai and Limbu, the main hill tribes of Taplejung district.
As the trail follows reaching Khewang (Khibang) for overnight stop, a nice small village, check into a simple local lodge.

Start the morning from Khewang, with gradual uphill walk towards a small ridge at above 2,070 m. As trail follows to Ekchana Bhanjyang and then climb to another high hill of Ghatichinne Bhanjyang. The climb between where route of Mamakhe and Sherpa Gaon meets, a newly rough dirt road is underway.
In few years motorable dirt roads will be ready for vehicles to run.
The walk proceeds through cultivated farm fields encountering few settlements, where villagers are engaged in cardamom plantation. Which is farmed around the wetlands, the main source of income around Ilam and Taplejung areas.
The walk follows for another few hours, and then reaching Sherpa Gaon for overnight halt in a nice simple guest-house.

After a pleasant overnight with grand views of surrounding beautiful scenery, start the day with steep climb to Deurali Danda. A high ridge at above 3,292 m /10, 800 feet, from here the path winds uphill, quite steep. Then enter a dense rhododendron and pine forest, after an hour coming towards an open area at Chitre. A place with a wide ridge having a water pool, where Lashe Bhanjyang is located, a small settlement with few simple huts, serving as Tea-House and lodge for traveler overnight stops.

From this remote village of Lashe Bhanjyang, enjoying views of snow-capped peaks of Mt. Jannu, and Mt. Kanchenjunga. The morning trek descend to Simbua Khola, the initial sections on downhill has been obstructed by a landslide.
Around this section, heed slowly and with care avoiding a big long drop, the walk finally re-enters lovely forested area. The trail leads to steady descent towards the banks of Simbua Khola, as walk continues for an hour. As the trail follows along the bank to cross a small bridge, to reach our overnight stop at Torongten. A nice lovely open area amidst beautiful forest surroundings, having a small village with few basic lodges.

Enjoy the morning walk from Torongten towards the lower Lalung valley, covered in dense forest of pine and rhododendron trees. The walk then heads towards northeast coming across a river, the source of the Yarlung Glacier.
On walks enjoy the grand views of snow peaks, as the trail follows towards a wide riverbed with pleasant walks. Finally, the terminal moraine of the Yarlung Glacier can be seen with peaks of Talung, 7,349 m /24,111 feet with Kabru 7,338 m
/24,075 feet and Rathong peak 6, 678 m / 21,909 ft.
Finally our lovely day walk ends on reaching Tseram, located on a nice grassy meadow with a small terraces. Just above the north bank of a river, enjoy the comfort of a nice simple and basic accommodation at Tseram, which is the junction of South and North Base camps of Mt. Kanchenjunga.
Day 10: Enjoy free and rest day at Tseram after continues long trekking.
Having a day off from the walk, enjoy rest day as well to check the gear.
As Tseram is the entrance point towards our main goal to Kanchenjunga Base Camp for the classic climb. Having time to explore the beautiful surrounding as well staying healthy and fit for the climb.

From Tseram to Kanchenjunga South Base Camp is quite a long distance to
cover in a day. To make the walk easier and keeping all the members fit we have
saved the long day breaking into half. Enjoy the walk on leaving the lush green
vegetation and tree lines for mountain wilderness of moraine of ice and glaciers.

The trail follows towards Yarlung glacier, and to a small place of Oakthang, where
our interim camp is set. Before heading to base camp, enjoy rest of the day
exploring the dramatic areas of ice and moraine.

The trek and climb continue from the interim camp to South Base Camp, the
original base camp for the ascent. The route leads towards Yarlung glaciers and
moving further at the end of a valley. Entering a field of ice and glaciers enclosed
amidst towering peaks of Kanchenjunga massif. Finding the most level ground on
rocky moraine to establish the base camp.

All expert mountaineers also feel this mountain as challenging and
strenuous, this is one of the high technical climbing adventure.
The weather and climate is another obstacles for the climb of Kanchenjunga,
prone to the sudden ice fall. At Base Camp enjoy the day planning and sorting
out the gear for the climb. As well having time to scout the route of climb to
the summit of Mt. Kanchenjunga.

Brown Bear Trail have reserved 30 days for the ascent, as well for full preparation
and acclimatization. During first week at Base Camp carrying loads to further
camps, storing foods and necessary equipment’s.

The first camp is located at an altitude of above Camp-I at 6,200 m / 20, 341 feet.
The Camp-II 6, 400 m / 20, 997 feet, and Camp-III 7,200 m / 23, 622 feet and Camp IV-7,600 m / 24, 934 feet.
From the last Camp IV, climb over seracs, heading high to a Couloir and avoiding deep crevices. After a hard struggle of some hours reach on top world’s 3rd highest peaks. Rewards with breathtaking panorama of surrounding towering giant peaks as far towards Mt. Everest, Lhotse and Mt. Makalu.
After an exciting glorious moments feeling on top, head for a long descent as well
clearing the remaining camps. Reaching the base camp taking few days, after the summit, feeling in great spirits, having time at base camp.

After few days of rest at Base Camp, packing and checking the equipment for return journey. Where all climbers and staff, should be at base camp on this day for final group gathering.

Before leaving the camp leaving nothing, only your footsteps packing and carrying all garbage also. As well checking the staff and members health condition before getting ready for return journey.

After a cleaning up the base camp leaving the area as pristine as it were before.
Retrace the journey to Tseram and further towards Ramche, quite a long day walk
from the base camp. But easier as you lose altitude on downhill walk reaching back into vegetation and tree lines.

The return walk will be enjoyable, after a successful feat tracing the path through
lovely forest to Torongten for overnight halt.

Another long day walk but interesting with down and ups to high ridges covered
in dense trees of rhododendron and pines. Walking past many temporary settlements of cattle herders to reach Yamphudin, a lovely mountain village for overnight halt.

From Yamphudin, load all the equipment on a vehicles, as our walk completes taking a rough and bumpy ride. Driving on winding dirt muddy tracks past farm villages and streams to Jorpul, a village with a nice bridge. Overnight in the comfort of a nice local lodge.

After a great walk and drive, from Jorpul taking a long drive on winding rough dirt
country road. The drive leads past Sukhetar, heading towards Phidim and Ilam Bazaar, back around vast Tea-Garden. Then drive leads on good road heading towards low warm southern Terai reaching a busy city at Bhirtamod.
Where hotels and lodge are much better, along with foods of great choice, our last overnight around Eastern part of Nepal.

From Bhirtamod as time for flight to Kathmandu, a short drive of less than an hour to Bhadrapur airport. Enjoy the grand sweeping panorama of Eastern Himalayas with Kanchenjunga, Makalu and Everest. As the flight lands at Kathmandu airport, transfer back to your hotels with rest of the day free at leisure.

Two free days in Kathmandu, to relax your muscles with options for sightseeing tour of Kathmandu-Patan and Bhaktapur. On next day completing the successful Mt. Kanchenjunga Expeditions, leader and guide will hand the expedition reports to concern Nepal Government Tourism department, evening enjoy the farewell group dinner.

Last day in the country full of amazing adventures with high Himalayan peaks, after a wonderful experience; with fond memories of Kanchenjunga and the Himalayas. Our staff transfer you from the hotel to airport as per your international flight time for your final departure homeward bound or to respective destination.