Day 1
Taplejung to Sekathum
5 hrs12 kmsleep 1,575 m
Kanchenjunga · Challenging
Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek itinerary, day by day
Every stage from Taplejung to Taplejung, with the walking hours, distance and sleeping altitude for each day.
Days
20
Highest sleep
4,790 m
Distance
220 km
Rest days
2
Altitude profile
Where you sleep each night
The single biggest safety factor on a high trek is how fast your sleeping altitude rises - not how high the route eventually goes.
Stages
The full schedule
Day 2
Sekathum to Amjilosa
6 hrs11 kmsleep 2,310 m
Day 3
Amjilosa to Gyabla
5 hrs7 kmsleep 2,730 m
Day 4
Gyabla to Ghunsa
5 hrs10 kmsleep 3,595 m
Sleeping altitude rises 865 m on this night, above 3,000 m. That is more than the commonly cited 500 m guideline - worth a look if you have spare days to place.
Day 5
Ghunsa acclimatisation
4 hrs6 kmsleep 3,595 m
Day 6
Ghunsa to Khambachen
6 hrs10 kmsleep 4,050 m
Day 7
Khambachen acclimatisation
4 hrs6 kmsleep 4,050 m
Day 8
Khambachen to Lhonak
5 hrs10 kmsleep 4,790 m
Sleeping altitude rises 740 m on this night, above 3,000 m. That is more than the commonly cited 500 m guideline - worth a look if you have spare days to place.
Day 9
Lhonak to Lhonak
7 hrs14 kmsleep 4,790 m
Day 10
Lhonak to Ghunsa
6 hrs17 kmsleep 3,595 m
Day 11
Ghunsa to Sele Le
7 hrs11 kmsleep 4,290 m
Sleeping altitude rises 695 m on this night, above 3,000 m. That is more than the commonly cited 500 m guideline - worth a look if you have spare days to place.
Day 12
Sele Le to Tseram
7 hrs12 kmsleep 3,870 m
Day 13
Tseram to Ramche
7 hrs10 kmsleep 4,610 m
Sleeping altitude rises 740 m on this night, above 3,000 m. That is more than the commonly cited 500 m guideline - worth a look if you have spare days to place.
Day 14
Ramche to Ramche
6 hrs10 kmsleep 4,610 m
Day 15
Ramche to Tortong
6 hrs14 kmsleep 2,995 m
Day 16
Tortong to Yamphudin
5 hrs12 kmsleep 2,080 m
Day 17
Yamphudin to Taplejung
6 hrs14 kmsleep 1,820 m
Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek itinerary questions
Answers computed from the published day-by-day data for this route.
How many days is the Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek?
20 days as published here, covering 220 km with 97 hours of walking in total and 2 acclimatisation days built in.
What is the highest sleeping altitude on the Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek?
4,790 m. The highest point reached on the route is 5,143 m, which is not the same thing - what your body has to adapt to is where you sleep.
Which day of the Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek climbs the most?
Day 4, Gyabla to Ghunsa, gains 865 m of sleeping altitude.
Does the Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek itinerary allow enough time to acclimatise?
There are 4 nights above 3,000 m where sleeping altitude rises by more than 500 m, which is more than the commonly cited guideline. That does not make the itinerary wrong, but those are the nights to look at first if you are adding spare days.
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