Is the Everest Base Camp Trek Affected by the 2026 Nepal Floods?

Safety & Advisories No — the Everest region is running normally. The 26 August flood hit Rasuwa in the north, not the Khumbu. Here is why Lukla flights and the EBC trail… By Laxman Rawal · Aug 27, 2026 Read the full story

📍 Developing story — live updates The 2026 Nepal floods are a developing, nationwide emergency and figures are rising. For the latest verified death toll, missing and rescued numbers, and trek status, follow our continuously-updated Nepal Floods 2026: Live… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News

Why the Khumbu is a different world from Rasuwa

Nepal is not one small place where a single flood touches everything. Its trekking regions are divided by great mountain ranges and drained by separate river systems that never meet until far down in the plains. The 26 August flood surged down the Bhote Koshi… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News

The Everest Base Camp trek, leg by leg

The simplest way to see why your trek is unaffected is to walk through it as we actually run it, and check each stage against the flood zone. Note that the Everest region does not use the TIMS card — in the Khumbu it was replaced by the local municipality… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News

Is there anything to watch?

For an Everest trip, honestly, very little. The one national-level thing worth understanding is that the Rasuwa flood is a reminder Nepal is exposed to fast-moving, climate-driven mountain hazards — this same river also flooded in July 2025. That is a real… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News

What you can book for autumn

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Everest trips running normally this October and November

These are the departures we are putting people on right now, priced from the per-person rate a small group pays: Everest Base Camp Trek — 14 days &middot; from US$1,350 per person . The classic route with full acclimatisation. Everest Base Camp Trek — 12 days… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News

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