Everest Gokyo Renjo La Pass Trek
Gokyo Renjo Pass Trek
Gokyo Renjo La Pass Trekking

Everest Gokyo Lake Renjo La Pass Trek

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Everest Gokyo Renjo La Pass Trek is an exotic, less crowded trekking route than EBC Trek. This Gokyo Renjo Pass Trekking is equally rewarding mountain views, rich Sherpa culture, and stunning alpine lakes.

Trip at a Glance
Duration13 Days
Trip GradeStrenuous
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DestinationNepal
Maximum Altitude5,357 m
AccommodationHotel/Tea House
Starts/EndsKathmandu
ActivitiesTrekking
Best TimeMarch to May & September to November

Everest Gokyo Renjo La Pass Trek is an exotic, less crowded trekking route than EBC Trek. This Gokyo Renjo Pass Trekking is equally rewarding mountain views, rich Sherpa culture, and stunning alpine lakes.

Everest Gokyo Lake Ranjo Pass La Trek is one of Nepal's best exhilarating trekking routes in the Everest region. This trek is renowned for breathtaking views of incredible snow-capped mountains, icy glacier lakes, and historic Sherpa villages. The trek also offers a variety of wildlife, species of birds, and vegetation.

The real adventure of the journey to Everest Gokyo Lake Renjo Pass starts from Lukla after your link flight from Kathmandu. Lukla is a Sherpa settlement village with an airport, lodges, shops, cafes, etc. The trail leads from Lukla and passes through beautiful villages such as Phakding and Monjo en route to Namche Bazaar. Namche Bazaar is a famous and busy commercial town in Everest Trek.

The path diverts towards Thame village from Namche Bazaar. Thame village has a well-known monastery that has a Sherpa culture. The trekking continues to Gokyo Valley, passing by Marlung, Lungden village, and crossing over Renjo Pass (5,360 m).

The Renjo Pass top offers breathtaking and incredible views of Mount Everest, Nagzompa Glacier, Gokyo Lakes, and the valley. The views are incredible and priceless and can not express in words. Then, climb Gokyo Ri for the views before trekking down to join the main trail to Everest Base Camp Trek.

Namche Bazaar - A Gateway to Mount Everest

Namche Bazaar is one of the biggest commercial villages in the Everest region. It is known as the “Gateway to Mount Everest". It is a tourist hub and trading centre in the Everest trekking. This village is the ‘outpost’ for trekkers and mountaineers who are ascending by this way to tap some high peaks.

Namche Bazaar is a very famous place on the Everest Trek. Namche Bazaar has many facilities, such as big hotels, restaurants, supermarket stores, trekking gear shops. This sherpa town has ATMs, bakeries, health posts too. The Sherpa Museum in Namche reflects on the local culture, history, and ancestry of mountaineering.

Namche Bazaar also offers an excellent views of Mt. Thamserku and Mt. Kwande. Everyone enjoys the spectacular views of Mt. Everest and its surrounding peaks with greenery on acclimatize hike.

Thame Village

Thame village is another of the most significant settlements in the Everest region, apart from Khumjung and Kunda Village. Thame is a beautiful village with farming land and a natural environment. Thame is also famous for its centuries-old monastery. The monastery carries much religious and cultural value for the local Sherpas.

There are so many famous Sherpa mountaineers from this village. Apa Sherpa, one of the famous climbers who climbed Mount Everest 22 times, is from this village. The Thamel village displays the way of life for traditional Sherpa. The village consists of stone dwellings decorated with prayer flags and nestled between magnificent mountains.

The Views offers from the Renjo Pass Top

Outstanding panoramic views from the top of the Renjo La Pass, which we can not express in words. The top of Renjo Pass offers a magnificent view over Mount Everest with glaciers, lakes, and valleys. Witnessing the 360-degree mountain views makes you feel lucky. The pass also provides a glimpse of the remote valley of Nangpa La and beyond, towards the Tibetan plateau.

In conclusion, the Everest Gokyo Lake Renjo La Pass Trek is a phenomenal trip in Nepal. The trek offers extraordinary natural bounties, rich sherpa culture, and daunting mountain passes.

What makes the Everest Gokyo Renjo Pass Trekking more unique?

  • Less-crowded trekking routes in the Everest region
  • Off-beat trail with fantastic mountain views, including Mt. Everest
  • Explore the famous Sherpa town, Namche Bazaar, and hike to one of the world's highest hotels, the Everest View Hotel.
  • Get to experience tranquil trekking and cross Renjo La Pass.
  • Explore stunning Gokyo Lakes and hike to Gokyo Ri.
  • Have a close glimpse of the lifestyle of Sherpas and other thriving cultural heritage of the Khumbu region.
  • Come across lush rhododendron forests, beautiful villages, lovely waterfalls,
  • Thrilling suspension bridges, green meadows, verdant valleys, and glaciers

Views during the Gokyo Renjo La Pass Trekking

The views during the Gokyo Renjo La Pass Trekking are phenomenal. The trek offers the incredible view of Mt. Everest (8,849 m), Cho Oyu (8,201 m), Makalu (8,463 m), and Lhotse (8,516 m). Apart from these peaks, Ama Dablam, Nuptse, Thamserku, Pumori, Island Peak are spectacular.

Beside the mountains, you see the outstanding scenery of the biggest Nagzompa glacier and Gokyo Lakes. The picturesque Sherpa villages, colourful prayer flags, thrilling suspension bridges are remarkable. The diverse landscape, wild animals, and Himalayan pheasants are other elements you can witness yourself on this trek.

If you look internally, the hospitality and kindness of the Sherpa people will win your heart. On the way, you will see ancient monasteries and stupas.

What is our Everest Gokyo Renjo La Pass Trek Package 2024?

Our Everest Gokyo Renjo La Pass Trek package is a complete trip package to mountain lovers. The trip is designed to see the best views of high snowcapped mountains and a sacred lakes. We have made the best Gokyo Renjo La pass itinerary. We also offer the best price who loves to see the lakes at 5,000 meters and experience a challenging walk in the Himalayas.

Our Gokyo Lake Renjo Pass package includes accommodation in Kathmandu, flight tickets to/from Lukla, necessary permits. Beside these your meals and accommodations during the trek. It also includes a highly experienced English-speaking guide and requires porters. 

Itinerary

This is our standard and recommended Everest Gokyo Lake Renjo La Pass Trek Itinerary.

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Our team will pick you up from the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu upon arrival. After a warm welcome, you can travel with our team to the hotel in Thamel in a private vehicle. He will assist you in checking in the hotel.

Our manager will meet you in the evening to discuss the program in detail and address your needs. Your trekking guide will assist you in buying or renting anything you need before the trek.

Accommodation: Hotel

Your trekking guide will meet you early in the morning at the hotel lobby to drive you to Kathmandu airport. Check in the tickets and luggage, and wait for the short and scenic flight to Lukla. You enjoy aerial views of the hills and mountains during the flight before landing at Lukla airport. After landing at Lukla, you meet your porters and go to the tea house for refreshment.

You can capture the plane landing and taking off at Lukla while having coffee at the tea house. Lukla is the starting point of the trek. After a refreshment break, you trek to Phakding village and pass the beautiful villages of Chaurikharka, Chheplung, Thade Koshi, and Ghat. The trail is primarily downhill and flat, although there are a couple of short climbs. The route offers a glimpse of the mountains along the way.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and DinnerAccommodation: Tea House

Today, the trek begins after a hot breakfast at the tea house in Phakding. The trail goes north along the bank and upstream of the Dudh Koshi River. You cross the Dudh Koshi River multiple times with suspension bridges. You pass small towns, such as TokTok and Banker, before reaching Manjo village, where the Sagarmatha National Park office is. We buy permits in the office to enter the world's highest national park.

We stopped for a lunch break in Jorsella, next to Manjo. Jorsalle is the last place before Namche Bazaar. So we get water and snacks in this town for 3 hours.  After 30 30-minute walk from Jorsalle, we reach the bottom of Namche hill. The trail starts uphill from here to Namche Bazaar. It is pretty tough, but the dense forest and surrounding scenery encourage you to climb slowly to reach Namche Bazaar. If you are lucky with the weather, you can see a glimpse of Mount Everest on ascending. 

Namche Bazaar is a big town in the Everest region. It has big hotels, restaurants, trekking shops, a money exchange, bars, bakeries, banks, barber shops, and supermarkets. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and DinnerAccommodation: Tea House

Today is acclimatization day in Namche Bazaar, a day to adjust our bodies to elevation and thin air in the atmosphere. You can hike to Everest View Hotel, one of the highest hotels in the world.

After breakfast, you go to a viewpoint in Army Camp to see Mount Everest, Mount Lhotse, Mount Ama Dablam and its surrounding scenery. Then, you resume ascending to reach Everest View Hotel via the Syangboche airstrip. Everest View Hotel is the highest hotel in the world. Enjoy the view of Mount Everest and other peaks with tea/coffee in the Everest View Hotel before descending to Namche Bazaar for lunch. After lunch, you have a free afternoon to explore Namche Bazaar. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and DinnerAccommodation: Tea House

Following the Bhote Koshi River, you walk through lush pine and rhododendron forests on a gentle, flat path to reach Thamo by passing a few stupas and mani walls. You can visit a nunnery in Thamo. The route descends steeply to Khumbu Hydroelectric Plant and leads to Thame village.

Thame is home to some of the famous Sherpa mountaineers. The 21-time Everest scaler, Apa Sherpa & the first man on Everest, Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, are from here.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and DinnerAccommodation: Tea House

After breakfast, you leave Thame village for Lungden. Today's walk is blissful. Leaving Thame, you trek gradually to Marulung (4,200 m), where you can stop for tea/coffee. After a short tea break with views, it is an hour-long steep climb to Lungden.

You can visit an old trade route to Tibet called Nakpa Valley or hike to Relmo Lake in the afternoon to acclimatize if the weather permits. The trail offers beautiful scenery.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and DinnerAccommodation: Tea House

Today is a significant and challenging day. You start the trek in the dark with a torch light. You get a packed lunch and carry enough water to cross the Renjo La Pass before 10:00 AM. It is almost 1000 meters climb in 4-5 hours to the Renjo top and approximately 600 meters down to Gokyo Valley.

There will be powerful winds on the Renjo Pass Top after 10-11 Amr that can become an obstacle to cross the pass. The Renjo La Pass top offers an outstanding view of Mt. Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Cho Oyu, and Makalu with Nagzompa Glacier and beautiful Gokyo lakes. The down trail to Gokyo Lake from Renjo Top is very steep. It is difficult because of the small rocks and sand. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and DinnerAccommodation: Tea House

Today, you hike Gokyo Ri in the early morning for sunrise. Gokyo Ri is a famous viewpoint from which you can enjoy breathtaking 360-degree views of Mount Everest, Mount Lhotse, the biggest glacier in Nagzumpa, and Gokyo Valley with Gokyo Lake. It is a  2-hour steep climb on the rocky path at the end, but it is worth it to be on top of Gokyo Ri. We can not express in words how beautiful the views are. Gokyo Ri is the best point to see the four peaks over 8,000 meters those are Mt. Everest (8,848 m), Mt. Lhotse (8,516 m), Mt. Makalu (8,463 m) and Mt. Cho Oyu (8,201 m).

The views from Gokyo Ri are almost the same as those of Renjo Pass. So, if you would like to have a different experience, Fifth Lake is the best option. The hike to Fifth Lake offers a remarkable view of the Ngozumpa Glacier and Cho Oyu Base Camp and more of the face and body of Mt Everest. You also see the Fourth Lake on the way to Fifth Lake. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and DinnerAccommodation: Tea House

Today, you trek down to  Phortse Thagna (Thagna means the resting place in the Sherpa language). You get to see three lakes and Mt Cho Oyu while going down. You pass a couple of tea house settlement villages, Machhermo and Dole. From Dole, the trails go down to Phortse Thagna through the Rhododendron forest. You may see a musk deer in the forest. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and DinnerAccommodation: Tea House

Walking along a sandy slope, you ascend through a series of steep curves to Mong La. The climb from Phortse to Mong La top is a little tough. Mong La is the birthplace of Lama Saint Dorje, reincarnate monk of Rongbok Monastery Tibet. Lama Dorge is a founder of the famous Tengboche Monastery.

The trail descends to Namche Bazaar through Khumjung village (3,790 m). Khumjung village has one of the oldest monasteries and the Sir Edmund Hilary School. It is also known as Green Valley in the Everest Trek. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and DinnerAccommodation: Tea House

You trek back to Lukla. After breakfast, you leave Namche Bazaar and steeply descend through dense forest to Jorsalle. Today, you follow the same route back to Lukla. You re-cross all the suspension bridges and pass villages to reach Phakding. The trail gradually ascends to Lukla.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and DinnerAccommodation: Tea House

You fly to Kathmandu in the morning, then drive to the Hotel. Free day. 

Meals: BreakfastAccommodation: Hotel

Our team drop you off at Kathmandu airport. 

Meals: Breakfast
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Cost Includes
  • Complementry pick up and drop off service.
  • All grounded transportation by private vehicle as per itinerary.
  • Two nights’ accommodation at a three-star category hotel in Kathmandu inclusive of breakfast.
  • Round flight ticket (Kathmandu/Lukla/Kathmandu or Ramechhap/Lukla/Ramechhap) inclusive of domestic airport taxes.
  • Three-time meals (Breakfast/lunch/dinner) and accommodations during the trekking.
  • One highly experienced government license holder English speaking friendly trekking guide.
  • Required porter (1 porter between 2 trekkers), A porter doesn't include for solo trekker.
  • Sagarmatha National Park permit and TIMS card.
  • Everest Gokyo Rejno Pass Trekking map.
  • Nepal Gateway Company T-shirt.
  • Local fresh fruit.
  • First aid kit.
  • Evacuation assist.
  • Government taxes.
  • Office service charge.
Cost Excludes
  • Lunch and dinner in Kathmandu.
  • Your medical travel insurance (Compulsory).
  • Nepal entry visa. 
  • Your international flight ticket to/from Kathmandu.
  • Your personal nature expenses, equipment and medical kit.
  • All kinds of hot (Tea/coffee) and cold drinks (Mineral water/coke/fanta) in the trek.
  • Alcoholic beverages in trekking.
  • Hot shower, internet and phone call unless it is free.
  • Tipping to field staff (Tipping is not mandatory but expected).
Good To Know

When is the best time to Trekking to Gokyo Renjo La Pass?

Trekking to Gokyo Renjo La Pass is mainly possible in spring and autumn. Spring (March to April) and autumn (October to November) are the best times to trek to Everest Gokyo Lake and cross over Renjo Pass.

You enjoy sensational mountain views and lush seasonal vegetation in these months. The starting part of the trail is bustling with fellow trekkers from around the world, and the vibe is immaculate. The temperature will be moderate, and the sky will appear during these seasons.  c

Monsoon and winter seasons are not recommended for trekking to Everest Gokyo Renjo Pass. However, the weather and sky are clear for a flight to Lukla and the scenery, and you can do this trek with preparation. 

How difficult is the Everest Gokyo Renjo Pass Trek Route?

Everest Gokyo Renjo Pass Trek Route is a strenuous and challenging trek in the Everest region. The trek crosses a high pass over 5,000 meters, and the trail is steep and rugged, too. It is a trek for travellers who can endure challenging trek routes with numerous bends and off-beat sections. The trek demands good physical fitness if you do not have previous trekking experience. 

Look, even the trek marked easy has some level of difficulty when it comes to trekking in the Himalayas. What you have to consider is whether your body can push or not on the given terrain. Our professional guide and support team make the journey doable. 

Altitude Sickness during Trek to Everest Gokyo Renjo La Pass

Altitude sickness is a little concerning thing in high altitudes. So everyone is to be aware of altitude sickness during the trek to Everest Gokyo Renjo La Pass. However, our Everest Gokyo Renjo La Pass Trek itinerary has acclimatization days, the following tips help to avoid it:

  • Go slowly and Steady
  • Catch a proper breath and take enough rest while ascending 
  • Do not ascend more than 500 meters a day
  • Eat fresh foods as much as you can
  • Drink lots of fluids (water, tea, soup, etc.) to stay hydrated. A dehydrated body is more prone to altitude sickness.
  • Climb high and sleep low, altitude principle on acclimatization day
  • Do not consume alcohol or smoke

Travel Tips for Everest Gokyo Renjo La Pass Trek Route

Accommodation: The Everest Gokyo Renjo La Pass Trek package includes basic accommodations on the trail. We usually offer twin-shared rooms. If you need a single room, let us know while booking. The rooms are decent enough to spend the night in the Himalayas.

Food: You get to chhose the meals from the menu. The teahouses serve Nepali, Continental, Indian, Chinese and Itialian meals. 

ATM: The last ATM is in Namche Bazaar. You can withdraw some money here to use while trekking.

Charging: All lodges have charging stations for your devices and camera batteries. It may cost you a few bucks. You can also carry spare batteries.

Luggage: The trekking luggage should be pack in the duffel bag or rucksack. The trekkers can carry essential stuff in a day pack. The duffel bag weight limit is 10 kgs per trekker. You can store your suitcase in the hotel in Kathmandu.

Personal Expenses: You can budget USD 10 to USD 15 per day to buy drinks, snacks, hot showers, internet and charging devices.

Travel Insurance: Trekking to Everest Gokyo Renjo La Pass Trek is a high-altitude trek. So travel insurance is compulsory for backup. It will help you get medical assistance quickly in times of emergency.

Tipping: You are free to tip our crew members whatever you want at the end of the trip. 

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