Kanchenjunga North to South Base Camp trek via Selele Pass
Kanchenjunga Circuit Trek is located eastern part of Nepal, borders Sikkim and Tibet, and the trail goes around the lap of the “3rd Highest Mountain in the World” Mt. Kanchenjunga (8,586m). As Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek is one of the shortest forms of tea House Trip in the Great Himalaya, it offers various experiences from the lowest point of Nepal “Kechana Kawal” 65 meters at Jhapa to the top of Mount Kanchenjunga 8,586 meters with amazing snowcapped mountain scenery, miracles glacier, tranquil glacier lakes, high Lander Sherpa’s unique culture, tradition, and rarely spacious Red Panda and Snow Leopard.
Most of the short trekking routes of Nepal are overcrowded during tourist peak season due to trigger plans at the same time by all trekkers. And to access wilderness trekking requires more days to get to the remote Himalayas. Ideally, every trekking proposal is an escape from day-to-day hustle bestial life and enjoying nature, culture, and refresh from it. In this Kanchenjunga Circuit Trekking, we Nepal Mother House offer you, a beaten trail trip in the Himalayas in the shortest time. Most of the day you need to walk longer camp compare to other normal trekking Itineraries. So, you must well prepare physically and mentally before this trek.
Kanchenjunga Circuit Trek begins from Taplejung after a short flight from Kathmandu to Bhadrapur and drives all the way to Taplejung on the same day of the flight. In this trek, first, you will visit Kanchenjunga North Base Camp (5,388m) following Tamor River Bank through the villages of Limbu ethnic people; Mitlung, Sinwa, Chiruwa, Tapethok, Lelep, Sukathum and turn right through the bank of Gunsa Khola walk by Amjilosa, Gyabla, Phale, Gunsa, Khambachen, Ramtang, Lhonak inhabited of Sherpa’s villages and Botiya people, who have been following hundred years back Tibetan culture, tradition and practicing Buddhism. During a rest for acclimatization day at Khambachen, it would be best to hike to Jannu viewpoint (4,400m), from where see the outstanding view of many mountains; Ghabur peak (6,044m), Phile (6,645m), Sobi Thongie (6,670m), Mera Peak (6,364m) including Mt. Kumbhakarrna mountains. As the view of Khumbhakarna is most significant from here, so sometimes people called a Kumbhakarna viewpoint as well for the Jannu. Kanchenjunga North Base Camp itself Kanchenjunga glacier and other many mountains scenery are additional attractions of this trek. Then heading back to Ghunsa for the next part of the trek Kanchenjunga South Base Camp cross over the Sele La Pass (4,290m) and visit Yalung Base Camp (4,500m) known as Kanchenjunga South Base Camp via Cheram, Yalung Bara, Lapsang, Ramche, Okta. South Base Camp is best in terms of mountains scenery, and wonderful views from the North West side to the southeast respectively; Boktoh (6,114m), Nyukla Lachung (6,810m), Kumbhakarna (Jannu) (7,711m), Kanbachen (7,802m), Yalung Kang (8,505m), Kanchenjunga (8,586m), Kanchenjunga Central (8,482m), Kanchenjunga South (8,476m), Kabru I (7,412m), Kabru II (7,339m), Kabru III (7,338m), Kabru IV (7,318m), Rathong (6,682m), Kokthang (6,148n) and Khangla Khang (5,582m). The trail is coming down taking a couple of days to the Yamphudin through the Cheram and Tortoni. Then drive back to the Ilam by private Jeep below the Yamphudin taking 7 to 8 hours. Staying overnight at Ilam -Queen of the Hills and flew back to Kathmandu in the afternoon of the following days. Then for your destination.
Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek is a recently opened Tea House Trek in the Himalayas, so here are available very basic accommodation facilities and a choice of food. In this Kanchenjunga Short Trek package, we Nepal Mother House aim to provide access venture journeys in the remote high Himalayas in the shortest time. Kanchenjunga Circuit Short Trek can do a minimum of 16 Days to above 4 weeks, according to your holiday requirements and cost expatriation. We are glad to organize the Kanchenjunga Tea House Trek whole in the year around by Local Sherpa Guide and porters to make sustainable eco-tourism and local empowerment with required permits and paperwork. But it is recommended March-April-May and September-October-November as the best time and batter to High altitude previous experience or physical fitness for this trek. Why not join us, for Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trekking for local empowerment?
The trek goes in the high Himalayas following the rugged trail with several ascend and descending for multiday. The hike in the high Himalayas could be suffering due to thin air and freezing cold if you are not properly physically fit. It is the best idea to involve physical exercise before your trekking, which makes your body strong and fit. As result, this will help you to get to the destination with less stress.
While walking for a multi-day trek in the Himalayas, you might be facing muscle soreness, blisters, joint pain, and back pain. This makes you very discomfort and sometimes causes you to abandon your trip from mid of the trail. So, you need physical exercise beforehand before the trip begins. It would be best to do exercise at least a month before then your trek. Cardio exercises like running, jogging, hiking, long walks, cycling, climbing stairs, and swimming is best for the exercise. You may carry a light backpack along with you and hike for a couple of hours every weekend to get used to it. Likewise, you may go Gym and work out also can be a good option to prepare for the trek. Don’t do too much in one day; keep on regularly every day to fit your body.
Normally, for an easy trek, you need not be very physically fit. But still, earlier exercise is a good selection. Here, you are going to Kanchenjunga Circuit Trek, which is a Moderate to Strenuous level, so you need well training to make your journey more comfortable and memorable.
In Nepal, we have mainly two trekking seasons; spring (March, April, May) and autumn (September, October, and November). Autumn is one of the best trekking seasons, the weather is perfect with pleasant temperatures and falls during many festivals, especially Dashain and Tihar. So, most the trekkers trigger their plan during this time. Likewise, spring is nature blooming the season full of Rhododendron flowers and greenery everywhere. If you are looking for different vegetation and flowering beneath the gigantic Himalayas range, spring is perfect. Most of the expeditions operated during the spring season, you may see some Expedition groups in the Kanchenjunga Base camp as well.
Monsoon and winter are not good times for the Kanchenjunga Circuit Trek. If you visit here during winter, it will be freezing cold in the high elevation and the monsoon will drop rain a lot and might be the cause of blocking the road by the landslide of the flood. Still, if you want the try this season we are here to support you.
Kanchenjunga is wilderness trekking in the lap of the Himalayas with the less frequented trail. The trek can complete in 16 days in the shortest amount of time, and it can extend for 4 weeks as well. As there are a lot of ascending and descending the following river, rocky hills, and jungle, the trekkers often feel exhausted in the middle of the journey. So, you need to be mentally well prepared and physically fit before the trek. This is Moderate to strenuous trekking; the trail goes through the high passes, glaciers, and rocky trails, so it is not easy. The trail frequently goes up and downs on the same day's walk. Some parts of the trail are very steep ups and risky with loose rock. You need to be careful while crossing the landslide area, Glacier, and narrow rock trail, even our crew and experience Guide will lead you better trail, trying to mitigate less risk. Some day you need to walk for 8 to 9 hours traverses the passes in the high elevation. You need to be physically fit and well prepared for the Kanchenjunga Circuit Trek.
It is sure that, you have previous trekking experience in your home town or other countries, this will give you some idea about gear that require for the Kanchenjunga Circuit Trek as well. If you beginner for the trek, no problem we are guiding you for the gear which will help to make your trip successful. There are long lists of trekking gears that you will need for trekking. The trekking gears that you are using can be affecting entire your journey and experience. So, we at Nepal Mother House would like to recommend you do not compromise on the quality or the brand of the equipment which you are going to buy. The gears for the trekking you need; Trekking Boots, sandals, globs, Worm Hat, the sun-protected Hat, waterproof jacket, trousers, fleas inner cloths, worm shocks, day bag, sleeping bag, down jackets, Sunglass, suns Lotion, water bottle (minimum 2 liters per head), some medicine, for cold cough, sprain, fever, food position, Dimax, bandage, Microspikes/Crampons- for high passes, Gaiters –waterproof, waterproof jackets, etc. Most of the equipment you can buy in Kathmandu at a reasonable price and it is possible to hire also. It is sure that, you have previous trekking experience in your home town or other countries, this will give you some idea about Packing List for Nepal Trekking that requires the Kanchenjunga Circuit Trek as well.
Yaks, Mules, and Dzo/Jopke (a cross between the yaks and cow) are means of transportation in the Himalayan. People use them to carry food and materials supply in the hotel. The Kanchenjunga Sele La Pass Trek trail goes through the jungle, hills, rocks, and glaciers and crosses a suspension bridge, somewhere when crossing the narrow trail with the herd of yaks/mules and trekkers of traffic, you must be careful when a pass to them and should stay in the safe zone. Sometimes, people don’t care when they are taking photographs in the risky area, you should make sure behind if there are sufficient space and no cliff. Don’t go closer to the animals like Yaks, Dzo, Cow, and Buffalo; they might attack you anytime.
During the trekking peak season, many trekkers and porters are with loads on their way. While meeting them on the narrow surface and bridge; you must be sure that is the safe zone at the corner side of the trail and if you stand at the edge of the trail, it is more risk pushed to the cliff by them. Likewise, carry yourself the most important documents and goods such as Passport, Insurance Policy, Credit Cards, Camera, mobile phone, and other valuable things.
Sure!! Wander around the Himalayas taking sufficient time is the best way to explore the hidden treasure. Although if you are looking to visit both the base camps of the Kanchenjunga south and north in the shortest time; then this trek can be made a shorter form also. The Kanchenjunga Trekking Routes can be different, on where you would like to visit? And depends on the trekking starting point. On the north side the road access up to the Sukathum, which is 3 days of trekking from Taplejung. If you are taking Kathmandu to Suketar a direct flight for both ways and driving to the Sukathum, then it can be completed in 13 Days Kanchenjunga Circuit Trek is also as shortest. Likewise, as there is road access three walking days beyond the Taplajung on the Kanchenjunga Base Camp southside, it is possible to drive all the way to Yamphudin by Jeep, which already makes several days shorter on your trek as 7 Days Kanchenjunga Short Trek. During monsoon and rainy days, the road might be not drivable due to landslides and floods blocked on the off-road. Other times, often we can get a Jeep on the route but need to wait until the jeep is full, sometime it may take an hour to a couple of hours to collect passengers. If you are ready to bear some extra cost to make it private then you can drive any time according to schedule.
Likewise, at the end of the Kanchenjunga Sele La Pass Trek, you can walk back to Sukathum from Cheram and the next day catches the Jeep to Taplejung. Despite the long walk through the jungle and isolated region, it is an enjoyable trekking day. As there is not any tea house facility, you need to take pack lunch on this day. In this way, you can do the Kanchenjunga Trek in 13 Days.
You are right! There are direct flights to Suketar (Taplejung) by Sita Airline and NA (Nepal Airline) every morning at 8 AM. Fly to Suketar airport at Taplejung is one of the best ways to escape the long drive from Bhadrapur to Taplejung and it reduces the whole one day for the Kanchenjunga Circuit Trek. However, we at Nepal Mother House Treks aim to provide the best experience in Nepal. During this flight, you have a test of the lowland to the world's third Highest Mountain Mt. Kanchenjunga with its geographical diversity of Nepal and various cultures. You will visit one of the lowest points Kechana Kalan in Jhapa an elevation of 60 meters from sea level to Kanchenjunga North Base Camp (5,388m) on the trip. Meanwhile, you will visit the Certified Organic Tea state of Nepal, established in 1863, people in different places, and the Nepal Jeep driver experience.
The recently opened Kanchenjunga tea house trek is located remote area in the Himalayas, there are basic facilities available such as; toilets, bathrooms, and lodgings. Suketar and Gunsa have proper hotels with all amenities but the rest of the places have very basic facilities. Except for a few places, the hot shower is provided in buckets. Lhonak is the last tea house in the North part of the Kanchenjunga Base Camp and Ramche in the south Base Camp offers very basic accommodation and meals. Likewise, on the Sele La Pass at High Camp, there are two tea houses available to accommodate ten to fifteen trekkers. The trekkers visit Kanchenjunga to enjoy the Nature beauties in a lonely way. So, already know about the Kanchenjunga Circuit Trek accommodation condition. Sometimes need will sleep in the room with local people and offer local food they are having.
Due to the newly developed tea house Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek, there are very basic food items available. The breakfasts and dinners will have at the tea house where you are staying and lunch will take you on the way walk. Most of the tea houses do have not Menu Cards also, so they prepare Nepalese food “Dal Bhat”, boiled and fried potatoes, and bread. Tibetan foods, common continental dishes, and occasionally Indian can be offered at the tea houses or lodges.
The cost of the Kanchenjunga Circuit Trek will affect by what kind of services you would like to have; such as hiring a Guide and Porter, a porter for every single trekker, transportation, and how many days of trek you would like to do. Normally, most trekkers hire a professional trekking Guide and experience a Porter for every two trekkers. Likewise, most of the trekkers like to fly Suketar at Taplejung however sometimes the flight is not sure due to the weather in Suketar. So, it would be best to fly Kathmandu to Bhadrapur and drive to Taplejung on the same day. The cost will be almost similar to either flying to Suketar or Bhadrapur when getting to Taplejung. The trekking permit fee also makes trip costs different which is not often changed. The Kanchenjunga Circuit Trek cost will be different now and after six months or next year. However, we at Nepal Mother House are glad to offer you a pre-trip booking for the next year 2023 or 2024, or the coming spring (March, April, May) and autumn (September, October, and November) 2022.
