Overview
Pikey Peak Trek is a trek that you take in this package to the top of Pikey Peak in seven days plus your two days stay in Kathmandu. Pikey Peak is a 4065 meter stunning peak in comparison to the higher mountain peaks in the region of Solokhumbu. From Pikey peak which is on the edge of the Solokhumbu region, one gets a lateral view of the snow-capped peaks of Mount Everest along with other peaks and mountains of the high-Himalayas of the north.
The trek to Pikey Peak is a short duration trek from the starting point of the trek at Dhap or Dhap Bazaar where after a 250-kilometer ride by the private vehicle you are dropped off. The journey from Kathmandu to Dhap takes you along mountainous roads which might last the whole day along some of the tortuous winds but at the same time most rewarding giving you what it is like in rural Nepal with the lush green hilltop terrain and the burlesque villages which you pass on the way.
The Pikey Peak trek route is a newly opened route which lies to the east of the Kathmandu Valley. Once you are in Dhap after the nine hour journey, you begin you trek the following morning unless you have the vitality to the next point into Midnight. The following morning, the trek to Pikey peak takes to Jhapre (2920 m) and having to cover a distance of 13 kilometers on the day’s hike. On the way, you begin sighting Everest and Nurbur Himal and pass some village Gompa of the Buddhist faithful of the region. On the next day, you hike to the base camp of Pikey Peak covering about fifteen kilometers in the bargain and the morning takes you up to the top of Pikey Peak where you spend an hour or so and then being your downward hike to Junebesi in a total of 22 kilometers. In Junebesi, you stop for the day to do some local hiking to Thuptenchholing Gompa, which was established in the early 1900s. From Junebesi, you hike down to Phalpu and then return to Kathmandu by road in a private vehicle with us.
There is much that you can gain by taking this Pikey Peak Trek. The first being, the 250 kilometer private vehicle ride to the start point of the trek in which you travel over the most tortuous roads to get to the starting point of the trek and with the view of rural Nepal of the east lying against the lap of green and the snow-capped peaks to the north with villages in burlesque slumber. Then it is the daily hikes slowly inching up along the trails to the day’s destination with rivers, lakes on the way and at times crossing over the hair rising suspension bridges over the Sunkhosi River. Then the hidden views of the mountain peaks all of the sudden appearing seemingly from nowhere but from within the break of the clouds. There the small village Monastery Gompa of Thuptenchholing with its gigantic prayer wheels and wall fresco of mystic drawings all perched on the mountain ridge. Finally, it is Pikey Peak itself which the trek is called Pikey Peak Trek, gives you the sight of your life with the snow-covered mountain peaks of not only Mt. Everest (8848m), to the north, but also Number Chuli (6959m), Thamserku (6608m), Kangtega (6685m), Khatang (6853m), Kanchenjunga (8586m), Manaslu (8163m), Dhaulagiri (8167m), Gaurishankar (7134m), Dorje Lakpa (6966m) and Langtang. This all happens in just about seven to ten days from the time you arrive in Nepal to the time you depart taking back vivid memories of this trek to Pikey Peak.
Why should take this trek?
Anyone with a short duration and would love to explore new trekking routes away from the normal ones that Nepal has to offer then this is a trek meant precisely for a person of your kind. You can do in with family and friends and getting the feel of getting to the top of a peak without having to actually climb one. Plus, it is time to see something new which most of the others in the world have not had the opportunity to do so. The stopovers are at nightly lodges like being in the Everest region as it is the being of being in the Solokhumbu region. Plus there is a side trip in it to a newly opened Gompa of rural value.
Outline Trekking Itinerary for Pikey Peak Trek
Day 1: Arrival at Kathmandu
Day 2: Kathmandu to Dhap Bazaar (2850 m) (7 hr drive/ 250Km)
Day 3: Dhap Bazaar to Jhapre (2815 m) (5 hr hike/13 Km)
Day 4: Jhapre to Pikey Peak Base Camp (3640 m) (6 hr hike/15 Km)
Day 5: Pikey Base Camp to Pikey Peak (4065m) to Junbesi (2680m) (7 hr hike/ 22Km)
Day 6: Hike to Thuptenchholing (2920m) and back (5hr hike/9 Km)
Day 7: Junbesi to Phalpu (2380m) (5 hr hike/ 5Km)
Day 8: Phalpu to Kathmandu (35 min flight)
Day 9: Transfer to airport for your onward destination
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