Hallo there Georges! The hiking is actually very easy to Everest Base Camp, you won’t walk very far each day at all, it is just the altitude that is the challenge. When we hiked to base camp we hiked with 3 x 63 year olds – all of whom made it there and back in good spirits and good health. One even hiked to the top of Kalapathar! En route to base camp we met up with 2 70 year old Japanese trekkers, who were carrying ALL their own gear!

I’d suggest a visit to your doctor prior to setting off – our older trekkers had done so (they were Australian and American) and had obtained diamox tablets from their own healthcare professionals, this certainly helped their acclimatization, but none of them suffered in any way with the altitude any more than the rest of us did.

I hope this helps! The best thing that I found about trekking was the importance of a positive mental attitude, drinking a lot of water and not snoozing in the afternoon. It is a magnificent country and this is a stunning trek, do keep in touch and let us know how you get on!

I look froward to your answer (please do answer me asap)

Hi there! We started flying to Lukla April 3rd. It was a mix of spring conditions and also one bad snow day (lots of snow, not specifically cold, but very wet!) Once the sun goes down it gets cold, but our trekking compay provided huge down jackets, which were great for sitting in huts on a night!