Chekijo Peak Climbing

Your guide will meet you at your hotel in the morning to begin your city tour of Kathmandu. You will visit the Boudhanath temple, the largest Buddhist stupa in Nepal, Pashupatinath, a Hindu pilgrimage site, and possibly view cremation ceremonies along the banks of the Bagmati River. Continue on to Patan Durbar Square to take in ancient Nepalese architecture and end your tour with a lunch. Then, you will visit ancient Nepalese art in the Patan museum. Overnight in Kathmandu.

From Kathmandu, we head northeast on the Friendship Highway which connects Kathmandu with Lhasa. At Lamosangu, we leave the Friendship Highway and take another way to Jiri. Earlier the motorable road used to be only up to Dolakha. But nowadays because of the Tamakoshi hydropower construction works,we can drive up to Shigati. From Shigati we trek to Suri Dobhan for our overnight stay.

Today we walk along the river, and then continue on the flat land. We cross several streams and jungles with varieties of orchid, rhododendron and other vegetation. On the way we cross the suspension bridge and reach Jagat, a small township with people belonging to different ethnic groups.

At first, we follow the normal flat path, then the trail climbs up and down through the jungle. The trail follows the river bank. As the valley narrows, we cross the suspension bridge over the river. A steep climb takes us to the Sherpa village of Simigaon, situated on the terrace of the mountainside. The village is mostly inhabited by Buddhists and there are also a few Hindus.

We pass by some Sherpa settlements. On a clear morning the views of Mt Gaurishankar above the Rolwaling Valley looks great. From the ridge top at Gyalche, we continue our walking towards Beding village. The trail gently ascends a rocky, wooded ridge with beautiful pine forests. We again descend to the river of Rolwaling Khola (river) and stay overnight at Gyalche.

Our trail ascends uphill through different varieties of plants and Rhododendron trees. We continue our trek along the left bank of the Rolwaling Khola (river). Continuing along the deep river valley, we arrive at a tributary river from Gaurishankar. Here we enjoy the fantastic views of Mt Gaurishankar. The trail rises further until we come across an easy and relatively flat terrain. Finally, we arrive at the Sherpa village of Beding located by the river.

We spend one extra day for acclimatization at Beding. Today we will walk around Beding village, the major Sherpa village in the Rolwaling area, situated in a narrow gorge enlivened somewhat by its well-positioned Buddhist monastery and has about thirty-six houses including a school funded by the Hillary Trust.

We trek to the Chekigo base camp which is surrounded by superb high mountain scenery. Here, your climbing guide will give you some briefings about the peak which you are going to climb next day morning.

Early morning we climb to Chekigo Peak. The snow slopes lead us to the highest ridge, using fixed ropes. From the Chekigo summit, you will enjoy the fantastic views of the Khumbu peaks including Everest, Makalu and many other peaks. After successful summit we descend to Col and then to base camp. It takes 10 days for climbing and summit the peak.

There is no such guarantee that we can get quite a favorable weather especially on our planned day for the Chekigo summit, so this day is used as a contingency. If weather becomes exceptionally unfavorable, we have to postpone the program of summiting the peak. Sometimes somebody in our group may get some problems in acclimatizing well enough; then the day can be used in that suitation as well.

From base camp we walk down to lower altitude. We feel little cold while descending through lower altitude terrain. We explore beautiful grazing pastures and potato growing farms along the trail. We set up our camp on a grassy field and relax to enjoy the surrounding natural beauty. Overhead beyond the valley you can see majestic summit of Chobutse (6689 m).

After breakfast we begin the trek climbing up and down through the jungle. The trail follows the river bank. As the valley narrows, we cross the suspension bridge over the river. A steep downhill walk takes us to the Sherpa village of Simigaon, situated on the terrace of the mountainside. The village is mostly inhabited by Buddhists and there are also a few Hindus.

Today we walk along the river, and then continue on the flat land. We cross several streams and jungles with varieties of orchid, rhododendron and other vegetation. On the way we cross the suspension bridge and reach Jagat, a small township with people belonging to different ethnic groups.

From Jagat we begin the trek to Shingati for overnight stay.

From Shingati, we drive through the Friendship Highway up to Kathmandu. Overnight in hotel.

On this pleasant day you may have a full day at leisure either last minute shopping for souvenirs or gift to your family, friends or relatives or explore around Thamel.

You are saying good bye to the mountains as your journey in Nepal comes to an end today! We hope you enjoyed the tour with us, and are sure you’ll be back in your trip somewhere in the Himalaya again. Approximately 3 hours before your scheduled flight a representative from Trek Himalayan will transfer you to the airport. On your way home you’ll have plenty of time to plan your next adventure in the wonderful country of Nepal.