Amadablam Expedition (6,812M)

Key Infomation

  • Duration:20 Days
  • Trip GradeChallenging
  • Region/DestinationNepal
  • Maximum Altitude6812 M
  • ActivityClimbing
  • Arrival CityKathmandu

About Amadablam Expedition (6,812M)

The name Amadablam is derived from the “Mother’s necklace” in Nepali-Sherpa Language. It is one of the holiest mountains for Nepalese Sherpa people of Khumbu Region. The mountain is standing with an elevation 6,812m (22,349ft) in Everest Region. Most of the trekking trail is common with Everest Base Camp Trek.

On 13 March 1961, a British expedition group has submitted at the first time. From which the history of Amadablam expedition was begun. Recently the research says, Amadablam is the third most popular climbing peaks in Nepalese Himalaya. Before going for Everest Expedition, most of the climber wishes to ascent Amadablam as the best training experiences. This is what makes Amadablam is a most permitted mountain in Nepal. Climbing Amadablam is mixed with easy to difficult route. At least three camps are needed for the successful summit of Amdablam. But already trained and experienced climber can set up 1 or two above base camp. Climbing Amdablam without professional Sherpa Guide seems impossible. It is a technical mountain peak that you need to have proper climbing gears and support.

Before climbing this mountain every climber should have basic ideas on climbing gears, climbing devices, and use precaution etc. The best season for Amadablam Expedition is April-May (before monsoon) as with Mt.Everest and September-October.

Itinerary

  • Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu & Transfer to hotel
  • Day 02: Trip Preparation at Kathmandu and gear check with your climbing guide
  • Day 03: Fly to Lukla (2,800m/9,184ft) then trek to Phakding (2,652m) 8563ft 3-4 hrs
  • Day 04: Phakding to Namche Bazaar (3,440m) 5-6 hours
  • Day 05: Acclimatization day at Namche Bazaar (3,440 m)
  • Day 06: Trek from Namche Bazaar to Dibuche (3820m)
  • Day 07: Trek from Debuche to Pangboche(3985m) 4-5 hours
  • Day 08: Acclimatization day at Pangboche
  • Day 09: Trek from Pangboche to AmaDablam Base Camp (4,570m) 5-6 hrs
  • Day 10: Acclimatization & Pre-climbing training session
  • Day 11: Trek to Advance Base Camp(5395m) & Back to Base Camp
  • Day 12: Ascend Advance Base Camp (5395m) 3hrs
  • Day 13: Climb from Advanced Base Camp to Camp 1
  • Day 14: Acclimatization
  • Day 15: Descend from Camp 1 to Advance Base Camp
  • Day 16: Climb from Advanced Base Camp to Camp 1
  • Day 17: Climb to Camp II & Descend back to Base Camp
  • Day 18: Rest Day in Base Camp
  • Day 19: Ascend from Base Camp to Camp 1 (5,800m) 5-6 hrs
  • Day 21: Climb from Camp 1 to Camp 2
  • Day 22: Climb from Camp 2 to Camp 3,
  • Day 23: Summit Ama Dablam Peak & return to Camp 3
  • Day 24: Descend from Camp 3 to Ama Dablam Base Camp
  • Day 25: Rest Day in Base Camp
  • Day 25: Trek from Ama Dablam Base Camp to Namche Bazaar 7 hrs
  • Day 26: Trek from Namche Bazaar to Lukla 5-6 hrs
  • Day 27: Fly to Kathmandu early morning, refresh and dinner party

Welcome to the Himalayan country, Nepal. Upon your arrival, our Southcol Adventures' representatives will greet and drive you to the hotel. You may rest and discover the city of Thamel the remaining time of the day.

    Our trekking leaders will meet you in the hotel and check your trekking and climbing equipment and their conditions and suggest you buy or rent the necessary kits from the trekking shops in Thamel. As 'Climbing Permit' is required to climb Ama Dablam, today's day is allocated inorder to receive permit. Spent your spare time visiting various heritage sites including Swayambhunath, Pashupatinath, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Bouddhanath.

      In the early morning, You'll be transferred to the domestic airport. Embark your day with an exhilarating picturesque flight to lukla airport (2,800m), which takes around 40 minutes. After spending few time reaching Lukla, allocating porters for carrying baggages, the trek begins heading towards Phakding, passing through lush forests and  traditional Sherpa villages and farms. Following the trail, crossing the suspension bridges over the Dudh Koshi river, grasp the astonising views of Kusum Kangaru (6,369m). Next One and half hours of moderate walk brings you to Phakding village for the overnight stop and enjoy the warm hospitality of Everest region.

        Today’s trial winds you through pine forest, beautiful villages and several suspension bridges adorned with prayer flags. About 2 hours of walk takes you the Monjo Village, the entrance gate of the Sagarmatha National Park, where your trekking permit will be checked. 

        After taking lunch, the trial descends along the Dudh Koshi River, passing notable spots like Mislung and Larja Dovan, surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery. Its time to ascend the challenging steepy section of the trek called 'Namche Ukalo' which includes the crossing of iconic Hillary Suspension Bridge. As you will climb higher, you'll get an amazing view of Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, and a closer view of Tawache Peak.

        It's a tough climb up the hill, but you'll be rewarded in Namche Bazaar (popular Sherpa capital) with your first glimpse of Everest and the lively atmosphere of Namche makes your trip worthwhile.

          Continous trekking without taking rest can cause altitude sickness to many. So to avoid that risk as well as allowing our bodies to fully recovered and become ready to acclimatize to the lofty mountain,  we will be taking a much needed break! Although the day will be spent at Namche, it will be full of exploring Namche Bazzar, a shopping hub filled with all sorts of trekking and mountaineering clothing and equipments. Dont miss to out check the Sherpa Culture Museum for an overview of the Sherpa traditions and history of Sherpa climbers in Everest region. 

          There's an optional 2 hours hike to Syangboche (Everest View Hotel), an uphill walk that will help accelerate acclimatization, where you’ll be serverd to magnificient panoramic views of Everest, Lhotse, Ama Dablam and many ohters snow capped peaks.

            Today's Trek kicks off with the early morning breakfast. As the trial progress through Sagarmatha National Park, visiting the monastery located within, accompanied by many other small yet glorifying mountains, we descends along the Dhud Koshi riverside and ascends through the forested path of blue pines, rhododendrons silver fir, blue pines, birch trees to reach Punki Thenga Village, a small settlement with a couple of teahouses. 

            If you are fortunate enough, you might witness the endangered Himalayan flora and fauna, such as musk deer, pheasants, and Himalayan Thar. Don't miss out the  awe-aspiring view of the towering majestic peak - Mt. Everest, Lhotse, Ama Dablam, Kwangde, Thamserku and many other peaks all around you.
            After crossing a bit of difficult path of this route, Imja Khola, you will finally reach the spiritual hub of the Khumbu region, Tengboche. We stop to explore Tengboche Monastery and  the spiritual surroundings. After a short visit, we descend gradually to Deboche taking additional 20 minutes. Overnight stay in Debuche.

              After warm delicious breakfast, we start our journey walking towards Imja Khola, traverse across exciting suspension bridge. We then, begin to hike passing numerious mani stones enjoying magnificent panoramic view of Mt. Ama Dablam, Everest, Lotse and many other snow capped peaks. About 2-3 hour of uphill climb through juniper forests, we reach beautiful Sherpa village, Pangboche. Visit an old monastery and take blessings from Lama guru for further safe journey. Explore nearby areas and also the culture and tradition of native Sherpas.

                This day is allocated for acclimatization inorder to avoid altitude sickness as well as to recover from your worn out feet after the long continuous tiring journey. Stay hydrated and intake nutritious food, take sufficient rest so that  your body get prepared for futher journey. Apart from rest, you can visit nearby areas and explore the local outfit and traditional cuisine of native Sherpa. Stay overnight in Pangboche.

                  After a day exploration in Pangboche, our destination for today is to reach Ama Dablam Base Camp. After a pleasant breakfast, we commence our trail descending towards Dhud Koshi river and traverse across the bridge and take a steep climb to Kharka where you can spot yak grazing in the pasture land. Behold the clear wide-angle views of Ama Dablam, Lobuche, Lhotse, Cholatse, Pumori and many other peaks upon arriving Kharka. Following the trilling trail, we continue to ascend towards the Base of Mount Ama Dablam. Upon reaching Base camp, our climbing guide will set the tented camp for overnight stay.

                    To avoid altitude sickness, this day is allocated for acclimatization. In this spare day, we will utilize our time learning the techniques to overcome the obstacles to reach the summit. Our climbing leaders will conduct training session and demonstrate on how to optimally utilize the climbing kits such as crampons, ice axe, ascender, harness and others. This training session will focus mainly on climbing skills using ropes for climbing up and down. Overnight stay in Ama Dablam Camp.

                      After a proper acclimatization in Base Camp, Now its time to scale to a new height. We will have a short climb today. We star to marsh taking the easten side passing through grassy moraine to reach wide upland at 5150m which opens up the clear views of Mt. Ama Dablam and Tawache and many others. From here, the trail progress through rocky terrain and ascend sharply towards a ridge covered with boulders. This the section where the Advance Base Camp is set. After a short visit at this Campsite, we descend back to Base Camp for the overnight stay.

                        After scaling Advanced Base Camp, our body now adapted to the altitidue of ABC. We start to trek early as we have to set the camp at ABC. Passing across the grassy moraine and later hike on the rocky moraine with bumpy boulders we reach Advance Base Camp taking 3 hours. Our expedition crew will set up the camp for the overnight stay.

                          Today we will be scaling Camp 1. The scaling route from ABC  to Camp 1 involves traversing through rocky boulders, move past the sandy trail and climbs steeply over large granite boulders to reach the campsite region for Camp 1. After reaching this region our climbing guide will set up the camp for an overnight stay.

                            This day is allocated for acclimatization in order to get our body fully recoverd and be prepared for the forthcoming challenges with altitude variations. As to regain our energy, we take sufficient rest. Explore the surrounding areas and behold the amazing views of mountains. Stay in tented camp for the night at Camp I.

                              As as part of acclimatization rotation, we will descend retracing our journey back to Advanced Base Camp today. Reaching ABC, we take ample time to rest peacefully. This rotation process is done to acclimatize our body against the sudden rise in altitude. Stay overnight in tented camp at ABC.

                                To get used to of the changing altitude we ascend to higher camp and descend to acclimatize in lower camp. We climb on the same familier route to Camp I and spent the night.

                                  Now is the time to scale to a new height of Camp II which is often known as yellow tower. This part of trail is a bit streneous requiring technical skills. We embark our tail following through rocky and steeply narrow ridge, exposed on both sides. Last section of this trail is hardest to cross as we have to climb through fixed ropes on the challenging verticall wall of 80-90 degree elevation. Cross past this section, we finally reached Camp 2 site which offers the paranomic mountain views. After a short stop, we descend retracing our journey back to the Base Camp.

                                    This is the last rotational stop for final appropriate acclimatization before stretching towards the summit. As to deal with upcoming longer and tiresome journey, we take much needed rest. Be stressfree having fun, stay hydrated, and eat nutrious food and get fully relaxed and prepared for the journey ahead. Overnight in tented camp at Base Camp.

                                      With the aim of summit attempt in this final rotation process, we climb up grassy moraine and cross rocky terrain leading to Advanced Base Camp  which takes about 3 hrs, and then, we past across steeply ridge and move across granite boulders to reach Camp I taking another 2.5 hrs. Overnight stay in camp I.

                                        As of 2nd day of the summit attempt in the final rotation process,  we move to camp 2. The trial for today is a bit streneous requiring technical skills. We embark our tail following through rocky and steeply narrow ridge, exposed on both sides. Last section of this trail is hardest to cross as we have to climb through fixed ropes on the challenging verticall wall of 80-90 degree elevation. Crossing past this section, we finally reached Camp 2 where we stay overnight.

                                          As of 3rd day of the summit attempt in this final rotation process. The trail moves ahead walking through exposed ridge, oftely snowy. With the final steeply climb with 70-80 degree vertical and traverse further to reah Mushroom ridge. 

                                          As the trail goes ahead, we spot new and old fixed ropes, clipping onto the correct rope, and climb in the dark, traversing a steep gully, ascend gradually all the way to the ridge, we reach Camp 3 taking about 5 hours. Overnight stay in Camp 3.

                                            The trip for the most-awaited destination has finally arrived. We leave the camp early morning at dawn time as to avoid the drastic changes in weather condition during daytime. 

                                            Taking small and steady step, we proceed holding and following the fixed ropes dealing with thinner air and coldness in high altitude this mountain region brings. The trail gradually traverse through steep snowy terrain climbing 55-65 degree slopes leading to final push before reaching the summit. Congratulations on successfully summiting Ama Dablam peak. Enjoy and capture your glorious moment staying on top of the summit. Behold the magnificent views of top 5 highest mountain peaks in the world including Mount Everest (8,848m), Lhotse (8,498 m) and Makalu (8,485 m) holding 1st, 4th and 5th position respectively.

                                            The term "Ama Dablam" is derived from Sherpa Language in which "Ama" refers to 'mother '-indicated by long ridges on each side reflecting as the arms of a mother protecting her child whereas "Dablam" refers to 'Necklace' - a traditional double pendant consisting of pictures of gods, worn by Sherpa women.  

                                            After a joyful time at the summit, the trail descends back to Camp 3 for the overnight stay.

                                              As we have a long distance to cover today, we start our trek early morning. Be catious while passing through challenging descent during Mushroom ridge and narrow steeply ridge. Moving past Camp 2, the trail becomes relatively easier following the rocky terrain all the way to Camp 1, Advanced Base camp and finally drop down to Ama Dablam Base Camp marking the end of the climbing period. Overnight stay in tented camp at Base Camp.

                                                We need well deserved break from the long continuous and tiring walk for 5 days including hard climb to summit and climb down to Base Camp. To recover our body from fatigue and worn out feet, this day is set aside for rest and recovery. As we will be spare time, utilize capturing ample photos and videos for life long memory.

                                                  After a successful summit and quality rest in Base Camp, we descend retracing the familier path we used earlier while ascending towards base camp. For the first stop, we trek downhill, cross dhud Koshi bridge and climb short distance to reach Pangboche. The trail moves downhill through forested path cross a bridge over Imja Khola and hike up gradually for short distance to reach Tengboche. After a short break for lunch we continue our jourey, moving across a village, Punki Thengs, and progresses through pine and rohododendrons forest, traverse a bridge over Dudh koshi river and ascends towards Sagarmatha National Park to reach our destination for today, the Namche Bazaar. Stay overnight is Namche Bazaar.

                                                    We continue our trek taking deep dive from the Namche hill for about an hour then descend gradually through dense forests crossing several suspension bridges all the way to Manjo, Benkar Phakding and ultimately to Lukla. Stay overnight at Lukla.

                                                      You will take early morning 35 minutes scenic flight to Kathmandu. Spent your day visiting various heritage sites including Swayambhunath, Pashupatinath, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Bouddhanath. In the evening, we will have a farewell dinner in a typical Nepalese Restaurant with cultural show.  You may go for last minute shopping to take some souvenirs for your near and dear ones. In the evening, we will have a farewell dinner in a typical Nepalese Restaurant with cultural show. You may also wander around in the streets of Thamel. Pack your bags for your return flight to the onward destination. Stay overnight in Kathmandu.

                                                        Cost Details

                                                        Included

                                                        All necessaries ground transportation including Sightseeing, hotel and airport

                                                        4 night Kathmandu hotel accommodation in 3* hotel with Breakfast

                                                        Mt.Amadablam Climbing Royalty

                                                        National Park entry permit and local permits

                                                        Garbage Management

                                                        Government Liaison Officer (L.O)

                                                        Domestic flights (Kathmandu-Lukla-Kathmandu) as per itinerary

                                                        Climbing Guide, multiple time Amadablam summiteer

                                                        Carry your personal stuffs during the trekking mode.

                                                        Three time meals a day during trekking period with tea coffee

                                                        Base Camp management tent for sleeping purpose and store

                                                        Dinning tent with heating system

                                                        Solar, and Generator for charging devices

                                                        Three course of meal each day

                                                        Fresh fruits, soups and hot drinks item 24 hr

                                                        High camp services including C1, C2, C3  tent, meal and all necessaries settlement

                                                        Group climbing equipment including  rope, tent, shovel etc.

                                                        WalkiTalki set

                                                        One set of oxygen set for emergency uses.

                                                        Base Camp Staffs for kitchen

                                                        Insurance and daily wages and equipment for all field staffs.

                                                        Excluded

                                                        Visa: Nepal visa fees

                                                        KTM Hotel: Extra days stay in KTM with meal

                                                        your personal warm chothes for trekking/climbing

                                                        Oxygen & Equipment: Extra use of oxygen cylinder more

                                                        your personal medical/rescue insurance

                                                        helicopter evacuation if any emergency case

                                                        Sherpa: Extra Sherpa Guide if needed

                                                        Summit bonus......$

                                                        Tips for your climbing crew

                                                        Dates & Price

                                                        Dates StatusAvailabilityPrice 
                                                        start dateOctober 14, 2026 end dateNovember 02, 2026StatusGuaranteed availabilityfixed departurepriceUS$6500

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