Useful Info
What to expect during Cholatse Peak Climbing?
Cholatse Peak Climbing allows you to explore picturesque Gokyo village and stunning Gokyo Lakes. You get to see panoramic views of the numerous Himalayas like Mt. Everest (8,848 m), Mt. Lhotse (8,516 m), Mt. Cho Oyu (8,201 m), Mt. Nuptse (7,861 m), Mt. Kangtega (6,782 m), Mt. Kongde (6,187 m), Mt. Pumori (7,161 m), etc. Likewise, on the way, you come across many stupas, monasteries, chortens, prayer wheels, and colorful prayer flags. Cholatse Peak Climbing offers a perfect balance of adventure, challenges, and experience.
Why trek to Cholatse Peak Climbing with us?
Our extensive experience and care for our guests during the journey are one of the main reasons, we recommend ourselves to you. We are a team of professional climbers and trekkers who has mapped this trail numerous times. We not only give you the best service but also let you contribute to the environment while traveling with us. We apply many eco-friendly methods on tour trips and also work closely with the locals.
Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) Symptoms & Prevention
Climbing Cholatse Peak involves risks of altitude sickness due to high elevation. It is also known as acute mountain sickness, which happens if your body faces a sudden change in elevation and did not adjust with it properly. Therefore, we highly recommend you to add ample rest days in your itinerary a double confirm with your travel agency.
Read below to know more about altitude sickness, its symptoms, and preventive measures:-
Symptoms of altitude sickness
- Difficulty in sleeping
- Dizziness or light-headedness
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea or vomiting
- Shortness of breath with exertion
Preventive measures
- Include an adequate number of rest days in the itinerary
- Keep yourself hydrated
- Do not drink alcoholic beverages
- Do not gain more than 500 meters in a day
- Try to spend the night in lower altitude
- Acclimatize properly at a lower altitude
- Inform your guide immediately if any of the symptoms you see
- Do not push yourself
Best time to go on Cholatse Peak Climbing
March to May (Spring) and October to November (Autumn) are the two best seasons to go on Cholatse Peak Climbing. The views are clear and fantastic during this time of the year. Likewise, sunny days, constant weather, and mild climate make the perfect situation for traveling in the Himalayas. Other seasons like winter and monsoon are not a good time to go on Cholatse Peak Climbing 31 Days.
Accommodation during Cholatse Peak Climbing
During Cholatse Peak Climbing, you stay in teahouses and camps. The teahouse will be available in the villages. The rooms usually have twin-sharing beds with less chance of offering single rooms. Still, if you insist on getting a single room on the trail, then do know that it can get costly. Likewise, the services in the teahouse will be very minimum. Washrooms are mostly common and hot showers are available, but you might have to pay a few extra bucks, which comes into your personal expenses.
While climbing, you stay overnight in tents. We carry all the tents with us to the base camp and above. We will give you a single sleeping tent and shared dining and washroom tents. Our tents are of high-quality and best to use in the harsh environment of the Himalayas.
Food & Water on Cholatse Peak Climbing
While you stay in the tea house, the food will be served as per the menu of the teahouse. You get three meals a day- breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You will have good options to choose from for your meals. Dishes like bread, milk, eggs, puddings, sandwiches, macaroni, momo, pancakes, curries, veggies, meat, rice, chapati, soups, etc are available. You will also see a few Tibetan dishes on the menu. However, as the elevation increases, the food options will get limited and more expensive.
Water is available in every teahouse. You can carry water purification tablets for extra safety. Make sure to carry 2L of reusable water bottles that can last you throughout the trail. We highly encourage you not to buy plastic water bottles in the way as it will help to reduce the waste.
Cholatse Peak Climbing cost
We have designed our Cholatse Peak Climbing package cost-effectively to suit your budget. We have the most genuine price point for all of our packages Of course, we do not compromise in anything while on the field. You can check our cost includes and excludes section to know more in detail about the services that are included in the package.
Tailor-Made Options
We are always open to tailor-made itinerary options. We do have fixed departure dates, but you can as well create your itinerary as per your requirements. This helps us to provide the best service to our guests as well as meet their requirements. Therefore, feel free to share your queries with us, so that we can arrange the best possible venture for you.
Environmental Practices
We try our best to run sustainable & eco-friendly treks and tours everywhere. As we spend lots of our time in nature, it is very important for us to conserve and protect it. From recommending not to use plastic water bottles on the trail to cleaning the base camps while returning from the journey, these small steps that we are taking do make a difference. Moreover, we try best to reduce wastage on the trail by carrying more eco-friendly things with us.
