Mera Peak Mountaineering
🗻 Mera Peak Mountaineering
Duration: 18–20 days | Difficulty: Challenging | Max Altitude: 6,476m (Mera Peak Summit) | Group Size: Max 8
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📜 History & Significance
Mera Peak (6,476m) is the highest of Nepal’s officially designated trekking peaks and one of the most accessible high-altitude summits in the world. First climbed in 1953 by Jimmy Roberts — the same year Hillary and Tenzing summited Everest — Mera Peak has since become the benchmark introduction to Himalayan mountaineering.
The summit offers one of the most extraordinary panoramas on Earth: on a clear day, five of the world’s six highest peaks are visible simultaneously — Everest (8,849m), Kangchenjunga (8,586m), Lhotse (8,516m), Makalu (8,485m), and Cho Oyu (8,188m). Standing at 6,476m surrounded by these giants is a humbling and transcendent experience.
The approach through the Hinku Valley passes through remote Rai and Sherpa villages, ancient forests, and high-altitude yak pastures — a journey through one of Nepal’s least-visited and most pristine wilderness areas.
✅ What's Included
- Climbing permit for Mera Peak
- All domestic flights (Kathmandu–Lukla–Kathmandu)
- Teahouse & tented camp accommodation
- All meals throughout the expedition
- Experienced certified climbing guide & high-altitude porter
- All technical climbing equipment (crampons, ice axe, harness, helmet, rope)
- Crampon & ice axe training at base camp
- Kathmandu hotel & airport transfers
- Emergency evacuation insurance coordination
- AryaGhat summit certificate
🗓️ Itinerary Overview
- Day 1–2: Arrive Kathmandu – gear check & briefing
- Day 3: Fly Kathmandu–Lukla – trek to Chutanga
- Day 4–6: Trek through Hinku Valley to Kothe (3,691m)
- Day 7–8: Kothe – Thangnak (4,356m) – acclimatisation
- Day 9: Thangnak – Khare (5,045m)
- Day 10: Acclimatisation & training at Khare
- Day 11: Khare – Mera Base Camp (5,300m)
- Day 12: Base Camp – High Camp (5,780m)
- Day 13: Summit day – Mera Peak (6,476m) – return to Khare
- Day 14: Buffer / rest day
- Day 15–18: Return trek to Lukla – fly to Kathmandu
- Day 19–20: Celebration dinner / departure
⭐ Customer Reviews
“Standing on the summit of Mera Peak with Everest right in front of me — I couldn’t speak. Our climbing guide was world-class: patient, skilled, and deeply encouraging. Worth every step.”
— Tom H., Australia ★★★★★
“I had zero mountaineering experience before this. AryaGhat’s team trained us thoroughly at base camp and I summited safely. The most challenging and rewarding thing I’ve ever done.”
— Yuki T., Japan ★★★★★
“The Hinku Valley approach is stunning — completely off the beaten track. And the summit panorama of five 8,000m peaks is simply beyond words. AryaGhat made it possible.”
— Lars E., Norway ★★★★★
💰 Pricing
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