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Add up a licensed guide's wage, a porter's wage, real permits and now-mandatory insurance, and a legitimate 12-day Everest Base Camp package is hard…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 21, 2026
A legitimate, fully-licensed 12-day Everest Base Camp package cannot honestly be sold much below roughly $1,350 per person for a solo trekker , or about $1,050 per person in a group of eight , once every mandatory cost is paid for properly — guide and porter…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
The price is far below the line-item floor above. Compare against the floor for your group size: well under roughly $1,300 for a solo trip, or under roughly $1,000 in a group of eight, usually means something mandatory — insurance, permits, or fair wages — is…
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