A quiet route over the Zwatra La pass into the wild Hinku valley, with time to acclimatise, a training day on the glacier and a summit that looks straight at Everest. We travel with the group the whole way, together with a team of licensed, experienced Nepalese guides. No previous climbing experience is needed: they teach you everything on the way up.
Depart from your home airport, landing in Kathmandu ideally on the morning of day 2.
Airport pickup and the first meeting with the group. Gear check and briefing for the trek and the climb, then free time in a capital like no other.
An early mountain flight to Lukla, then the first steps past Sherpa villages, fields, mani stones and prayer wheels.
A hard 3 to 4 hour climb to the pass at 4,610 m and its wide mountain views, then about two hours on to Thuli Kharka.
Ridge after ridge down to lunch in Thulodunga, a steeper descent to the river, then uphill through villages to Kothe.
Along the river towards Mera, above the treeline and past Lungsumgba Gompa, a monastery several hundred years old.
Up the moraine of the Dig glacier, below Charpate Himal, to Khare and the first view of Mera’s north face.
A day to acclimatise. The guides teach you the ice axe, harness, climbing boots, crampons and rope.
Crampons on at the snow line, over the Mera La to a tented camp facing Everest, Makalu and Cho Oyu.
We leave High Camp around 1 am. First light turns the peaks red and orange. The climb is not technical until the final ascent on a fixed rope. Then back down to High Camp, pack up and on to Khare.
Down the same path, faster than on the way up, with lunch in Thaknak.
Retracing our steps, still glowing from the summit, and catching the views we missed on the way in.
The last day on foot, with lunch in Chhutanga and a final night in the mountains.
A morning flight from Tenzing Hillary airport, then the rest of the day in the city.
Lukla flights are often delayed by weather. This buffer protects your flight home, and if all goes to plan it is a free day in Kathmandu.
After breakfast, a transfer to Tribhuvan airport and the flight home.
Everything on the ground, from the moment you land in Kathmandu until the drive back to the airport. Permits, guides, porters, flights to Lukla, gear and all meals on the trek.
Our founder Lan, from Kathmandu to the summit and back, and a team of licensed, experienced Nepalese mountain guides and porters.
3 nights in a hotel in Kathmandu, 10 nights in mountain teahouses and 1 night in a tent at High Camp.
The guides train you on day 8 at Khare. Only the last part of the summit climb uses a fixed rope.
A spare day in Kathmandu covers weather delays on the Lukla flights, so you don’t miss your flight home.
Expect 4 to 7 hours of walking most days and a summit day of 10 to 12 hours. We talk through your fitness on the discovery call.
Watch the Mera Peak climb on YouTube, filmed by Khakes.
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