KANCHENJUNGA BASE CAMP The Unknown Eastern Himalaya
GRADE: A
DURATION: 25 - 28 DAYS
Max. altitude: 5150m.

Trek to Kanchenjunga Base Camp and experience discovery and exploration in the truest sense! Our goal is to trek to the huge glaciers flowing down from the icy flanks of Kanchenjunga (8498m), the third highest mountain in the world, whose summit crest forms the border with Sikkim. Kanchenjungas stunning peak is of great local importance. It is the abode of the " five sacred treasures of the Great Snows", buried at the summit by the god Kanchenjunga: salt, gems, sacred books, medicines, and an impenetrable suit of armour.

Approximately mid trek (11 - 13 days) we head up to the high country and explore the moraine of the gigantic Yalung Glacier, enjoying views not only of the magnificent form of Kanchenjunga but of its satellite peaks: Kabru (7354m), Talung (7350m), Makalu (8463m), Chamlang (7319m) and mysterious Jannu (7711m). We head back to the lowlands by a slightly different route.