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Both start in Lukla and both reach Everest Base Camp. Only one adds three passes above 5,300m, a glacier crossing and six extra days — here's who…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 19, 2026
Should you do the standard Everest Base Camp trek, or the longer Three High Passes route that includes it? If this is your first Himalayan trek, or you have limited time and no technical mountain experience, do the standard trek. If you have trekked at…
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On paper, six extra days does not sound like a different trek. In practice, those days are spent above 5,000m repeatedly rather than once. The standard Base Camp trek has a single high point — Kala Patthar, reached and descended from in a single push before…
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What this means for you Choose the standard Everest Base Camp trek if this is your first high-altitude trek, if two extra weeks off work is not realistic, or if the idea of a glacier crossing sounds like more adventure than you actually want on holiday — it…
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