Ultimate Guide to the North Slope of Mount Everest

Time to go all out❗
Here comes the 5-day nanny-level tour guide to the Everest North Base Camp~
Complete this once-in-a-lifetime highlight trip✨
Guaranteed to make your social media posts the most liked📸

📍Core Experiences:
✅ Check in at the world’s highest peak, 8,848.86 meters (GoPro ready)
✅ Traverse the extreme scenery of the Earth’s Third Pole (camera shutter won’t stop clicking)
✅ Witness the sacred Everest sunrise golden mountain & starry sky spectacle (a must-see in life)
✅ Gain a soul-cleansing hardcore life experience (a must for literary souls!)

🚗 Transportation route get:
Must join a group! Must get permits! Super important‼️

Day 1: Lhasa → Shigatse
Highlights: Stunning Yamdrok Lake photoshoot📸, check in at Karola Glacier
Accommodation: Shigatse (remember to walk slowly to acclimate~)

Day 2: Shigatse → Everest Base Camp
Highlights: Five 8,000-meter snow mountains framed together at Gyala La Pass
Overnight: Rongbuk Monastery (altitude sickness warning⚠️)

Day 3: Everest → Shigatse
Early rise to see the sunrise golden mountain (super lucky buff!)
Return to check in at Tashilhunpo Monastery

Day 4: Shigatse → Lhasa
Perfect ending🎉

💡Pre-trip must-know:
1️⃣ Border permit must be obtained in advance (the free kind)
2️⃣ Take Rhodiola for altitude sickness at least 10 days before
3️⃣ Checklist for luggage:
✔️ Full set of autumn and winter gear (huge temperature difference between morning and night)
✔️ SPF50+ sunscreen (high-altitude UV warning)
✔️ Thermos + glucose (life-saving combo)
✔️ Spare camera batteries (battery drains fast in cold)

💰Budget reference:
Transport + tickets + food & accommodation ≈ 3,000-5,000 RMB
Recommend bringing extra cash (some places have no signal)

⚠️Survival tips:
Move slowly! Stay calm! Keep warm!
Don’t tough it out with altitude sickness! Oxygen is not shameful!!
Make a wish when you see the sunlit golden mountain (super effective~)

🌄Best season:
April-May / September-October (miss it and wait a year!)

Post by 789Ruby~Adams^ | Aug 20, 2025

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