Your arrival in Kathmandu marks the start of our expedition. We will receive you at Tribhuvan International Airport and transfer you to your hotel. Then you have free time to refresh. We meet up again in the evening for a welcome dinner and an introduction with the remaining expedition members.

In the morning, on the second day, we will pick up your passports and submit them at the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu for Tibet visa application, which takes three working days to process. While we wait for our visas we utilize this time visiting cultural heritage sites around Kathmandu; also we do a thorough check of your personal climbing gears and purchase/rent if required.

Tingri is an old Tibetan settlement area situated above 4000m. which is a must-stop-by place before heading toward Cho Oyu base camp.

We spend one more day at Tingri for acclimatization and for some last-minute preparation – shopping groceries. As part of the acclimatization, we hike to a nearby hill, from where we can see Cho Oyu and Everest.

Now, there is road access up to Cho Oyu Base Camp. The drive from Tingri takes around 3 hours by jeep.

The Cho Oyu base camp is also called the Chinese Base Camp. We camp and stay two days here for preparing loads and transport them on Yaks.

Today we trek to the Intermediate Camp at Palum for an overnight camp. A Chinese military camp is present at Palum near the interim camp. Passport documents are checked here.

We trek on the moraine trail of the Gyabrag Glacier and arrive at Advance Base Camp. This trail used to be the old trade route over Nangpa La pass, which was used by local Tibetans and the Sherpas of the Khumbu region.

Free day in Kathmandu for rest and recovery. We meet up in the evening for a farewell dinner and celebrate our expedition.

Transfer to the airport in Kathmandu around 2-3 hours before your scheduled departure.