Everest Base Camp trek cost
Our guide price for the Everest Base Camp trek starts from US$1,419: the price we quoted in 2023 for our 16-day itinerary.
Your quote sets this season’s price, and the two permits on the trail come to NPR 6,000 for a foreign trekker.
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- Fees checked on 1 October 2026 against the issuing offices’ pages
How much does the Everest Base Camp trek cost?
From US$1,419 with us. That is the guide price we quoted in 2023 for a 16-day trek, and our notes from that year put meals on the trek, lodges, the national park permit, a guide and porters in it.
Prices move with the season and the size of your group, so take it as the starting point. Your quote gives this season’s figure for your dates, and the table below has every other cost we know of, down to the permits for the Khumbu (the Everest region).
| What you pay for | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Our guide price | from US$1,419 | 2023 price for the 16-day itinerary. Your quote sets this season’s price. |
| Sagarmatha National Park entry permit | NPR 3,000 | Sagarmatha is the Nepali name for Everest. Per person per entry, for foreign visitors. In our 2023 price. |
| Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality trek card (local entry permit) | NPR 3,000 | Per person, for foreign visitors. Not named in our 2023 notes; your quote lists it. |
| Flights to and from Lukla | Ask us | Lukla is the mountain airstrip where the walk starts. Our 2023 notes do not say whether these flights were in the price, so your quote spells it out. |
| Visa, insurance, international flights and tips | Yours to pay | With the rest of the not-included list below. |
Our guide price
- Amount
- from US$1,419
- Notes
- 2023 price for the 16-day itinerary. Your quote sets this season’s price.
Sagarmatha National Park entry permit
- Amount
- NPR 3,000
- Notes
- Sagarmatha is the Nepali name for Everest. Per person per entry, for foreign visitors. In our 2023 price.
Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality trek card (local entry permit)
- Amount
- NPR 3,000
- Notes
- Per person, for foreign visitors. Not named in our 2023 notes; your quote lists it.
Flights to and from Lukla
- Amount
- Ask us
- Notes
- Lukla is the mountain airstrip where the walk starts. Our 2023 notes do not say whether these flights were in the price, so your quote spells it out.
Visa, insurance, international flights and tips
- Amount
- Yours to pay
- Notes
- With the rest of the not-included list below.
Source: Our 2023 trip page, as saved by the Wayback Machine.
Everest Base Camp permit fees
You need two: the national park entry permit, and the trek card the local rural municipality issues in Lukla. Together they cost a foreign trekker NPR 6,000; citizens of SAARC countries, India among them, pay NPR 3,500.
We arrange both for your trek. Fees are as the issuing office lists them, never converted from rupees.
| Permit | Foreign visitors | Citizens of SAARC countries | Nepali citizens |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sagarmatha National Park entry permit | NPR 3,000per person per entry | NPR 1,500per person per entry | NPR 100per person per entry |
| Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality trek card (local entry permit) | NPR 3,000per person | NPR 2,000SAARC citizens and China, per person | Not listed |
| Both permits, per person | NPR 6,000 | NPR 3,500 | Not listed |
Sagarmatha National Park entry permit
- Foreign visitors
- NPR 3,000per person per entry
- Citizens of SAARC countries
- NPR 1,500per person per entry
- Nepali citizens
- NPR 100per person per entry
Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality trek card (local entry permit)
- Foreign visitors
- NPR 3,000per person
- Citizens of SAARC countries
- NPR 2,000SAARC citizens and China, per person
- Nepali citizens
- Not listed
Both permits, per person
- Foreign visitors
- NPR 6,000
- Citizens of SAARC countries
- NPR 3,500
- Nepali citizens
- Not listed
Sagarmatha National Park entry permit
Issued by Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation; paid at the Tourist Service Centre, Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, or at the park entry points. Children under 10: free.
Source: Nepal Tourism Board (figures supplied by the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation); checked 1 October 2026.
Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality trek card (local entry permit)
Issued by Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality, Tourist Information Centre, Lukla.
Source: Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality (Wayback capture of 2026-06-13); checked 1 October 2026.
What our 2023 price covered
These lists come from our 2023 notes for this trek, the year the guide price is from. Your quote confirms what is in this season’s price.
Neither list mentions the flights to and from Lukla, so ask us whether your quote includes them.
Included
- Airport pickup and drop-off by private car
- Two nights in a tourist hotel in Kathmandu, with breakfast
- A welcome dinner and a farewell dinner in Kathmandu
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner on the trek
- Tea or coffee four times a day on the trek
- A sightseeing day in Kathmandu: Durbar Square, Swayambhunath, Boudhanath and Pashupatinath
- Rooms in family-run lodges on the trek
- TIMS card (a trekker registration card)
- Sagarmatha (Everest) National Park entry permit
- The paperwork for your permits
- Transfers to and from the domestic airport
- A trekking guide
- Porters: one porter for every two trekkers
- Wages, meals, rooms, transport and insurance for your guide and porters
- A certificate to mark your trip
- A rescue helicopter arranged in an emergency, paid for by your travel insurance
- A first-aid kit
- Government taxes
- Our service charge
Not included
- Your Nepal visa fee
- Travel insurance with rescue cover
- International flights and departure tax
- Other meals in Kathmandu
- Extra costs if you come down from the mountains early
- Extra costs from strikes, delays or cancelled flights
- Extra hotel nights in Kathmandu
- Drinks and personal costs: phone, laundry, battery charging, water and showers
- Tips for your guide and porters
Source: Our 2023 trip page, as saved by the Wayback Machine.
What changes the price of your trek
Four things: the size of your group, your dates, whether you travel privately or join a group, and how many days you take. If you are working to a budget, tell us the figure and we will plan around it.
- Days
- A typical plan runs 12 days from Kathmandu and back, and guidebooks give 12 to 14. Our 2023 price was for 16 days, with two nights in a Kathmandu hotel and a sightseeing day in the city.
- The flight to Lukla
- In busy seasons most Lukla flights leave from Manthali, a drive of 4 to 6 hours from Kathmandu that usually starts before dawn. Ask us which airport your dates use.
- A spare day
- Lukla flights only run in daylight and good weather, and they are often a day or more late. Extra costs from delays were not in the 2023 price, so keep a day in your budget for them.
- Travelling from India
- Citizens of SAARC countries pay less for the permits: NPR 3,500 for both, against NPR 6,000 for other foreign visitors.
Sources: Lonely Planet, Nepal Tourism Board, The Kathmandu Post, The Himalayan Times, Rough Guides and Wikipedia; checked 1 October 2026.
More guides for the Everest Base Camp trek
See every planning guideEverest Base Camp trek distance and days
About 42 km each way on foot from Lukla to Gorak Shep; 12 days from Kathmandu and back.
Best time for the Everest Base Camp trek
October to November and March to May, steadiest from early October to mid November and late March to late April.
How to get to Everest Base Camp
Fly to the mountain airstrip at Lukla (2,860 m), then walk; you reach base camp on the eighth day.
Everest Base Camp trek difficulty
No climbing, but 3 to 8 hours of walking a day and five nights above 4,000 m.
Ask Narbin’s team in Kathmandu for this season’s Everest Base Camp trek price.
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