Everest Base Camp over 55's in Comfort

We have just returned from a trip to Everest Base Camp (over 55's in comfort - 12 April to 2 May). We loved it! Our group Guide, Tshering, Assistant Guide, Santosh and Sirdar, Rajan together with the "boys" (4 strong boys, cook and assistant cook) were wonderful, they were hard working and reliable. Friendly, helpful, informative, calm and encouraging. We were all over 60! 5 out of 7 got the Khumbu cough! Only one person showed any signs of altitude sickness and the length of the trip certainly helped acclimatise. Tshering made sure we received adequate medical advice and assistant if required. We all made it to EBC and certainly the longer trip, sensible acclimatisation and slow pace helped with this achievement. I'm still feeling proud. Whilst we were probably the most experienced hikers in our group, we had a member who had no trekking experience or etiquette in our group but we worked as a team and walked to the ability of the slowest. How wonderful it was to sit down at the end of each day knowing a drink, food, bed and warm dining room were all there waiting for us. Meals were tasty and enough offered for everyone, Santosh always on hand to offer us seconds. I almost always cleaned my plate! My favourites were the soups, porridge, potatoes, paratha's and chapati's, lentil dhal - always some veggies, all cooked expertly on a gas/kero stove. It was so reassuring to know we could eat and drink without fear of stomach issues which would have made the arduous trek even tougher! Yep, WE itinerary and experience showed and we would not hesitate in booking another trip in Nepal with WE. The contingency plan to get us back to Kathmandu by helicopter in time to catch international flights was well managed and executed. ****** Thanks all round to the team and ground staff in Nepal! P.S. the water bottles with hot water at bedtime to pop inside our sleeping bags - the best idea ever!

Amazing guides & team, couldn’t have done it without any of them. They all go out of their way to help you - we stopped at the Memorial Stones for a picnic lunch and one of the team had carried a huge flask of hot lemon up there for us to drink!! We preferred the camping to the tea houses as the views from the tents were spectacular and the campsites were a lot quieter. All of our group of 7 (aged 61-69) made it to Base Camp - doing the longer 17 day trek is definitely the way to go (young or old!), it gives you a better chance to acclimatise naturally. Lots of steep hills and steps so start training at least 5-6 months before you go. It will still be hard work but so worth the effort!! We definitely recommend World Expeditions, they look after you and also their staff.

I have had a wonderful trip indeed. It was cold and it was hard trekking upwards on the never ending stony stairs and great big stones going to the Base Camp, but we also have amazing people looking after us. We could rest and catch our breath when necessary. World expeditions made it possible for us to achieve such an amazing goal I have had for a long time but I knew I could not do it in 14 days. 11 days to reach the Base Camp and 6 days to come back to Lukla made the real difference. I was even telling our guide maybe World Expedition would like to make a Tshirt saying If you want to get to Base Camp. World Expeditions makes it possible.

You find alot out about a tour operator when there are issues. Unfortunately, although the trekking was good, adherance to their policy for weather was not. In Ramechap they did not utilize their contingency plan and in Lukla they just wanted to wait until the weather cleared rather than charter a helicopter.

The entire team works really hard to shepherd and take care of the guests.