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Cho Oyu Expedition

International Cho- Oyu 8201meter Expedition Spring 2024

Trip Facts

  • Total Duration 45 Days
  • Trip Grade Challenging
  • Max Altitude 8201m
  • Group Size 2 - 10 Pax
  • Start From Kathmandu
  • End From Kathmandu
  • Trip Mode Expedition
  • Accommodation Hotels and fully Camping BC / ABC
  • Best Season Spring (April / May)

Austrians first conquered Mount Cho Oyu in 1954 followed by The Indian and German team in 1958 and 1964 respectively. After them, many expedition teams have successfully reached its summit. The Tibet side route is most preferred for Mount Cho Oyu expedition due the easy climbing technique route. Since 1998, our company "Monterosa Treks and Expedition, located at Thamel Kathmandu has also conducted the Mount Cho Oyu Expedition along with other peaks such as Shishapangma, Lhakpa Ri, Everest etc. Meeting and climbing information: Expedition to the sixth highest peak of the world, Mount Cho Oyu (8201m) begins after your arrival to Tribhuvan International Airport of Kathmandu. The staff of Monterosa treks and expeditions welcome our guests and transfer them to the hotel. Next day, we organized an introduction session with other climbing members & Expedition crews. Since then we process your Tibet visa and other necessary documents for Cho Oyu Expedition.

After spending 3 days at Kathmandu, we drive you towards the Nepal-Tibet border up to the Friendship Bridge through Prithvi highway, Trisuli Highway and finally Passang Lamu highway. We will stay one night in Timure and drive 4 days to Rasuwa Gadi, Kerung Bridge. The Chinese liaison officer and Chinese transportation will be waiting there for us. Loading our expedition gears on truck and getting into Land cruiser 4wd or in a comfortable Minibus, we start traveling. Next day we drive to Tingri (4340m) for further two nights acclimatizing. Then we drive along the rough road jerking & bouncing through a grassy plain which leads up to the Chinese base camp. Chinese Base Camp will be our 1st camp. Here, we stay two nights or more as per our own wish. Yaks schedules are also prepared by that time. Our Nepali cook will serve tasty food to our climbers at base camp. Then, we need to walk for 2 days to reach Advance Base Camp (ABC) , which is the main base camp where we plan to stay for longer duration waiting for a favorable situation for Expedition.

Every climber is provided with their own tent as our service will be full board up to ABC and after that the climbers should manage all services by themselves personally. From ABC, it is several hours of strenuous walk on a vague path over a moraine-covered glacier to the start of the mountaineering proper. Our actual mountaineering starts from Camp 1 (6400m). After that, the ridge is soft and easy enough for climbing. There are successive huge steps, several of which probably require fixing a rope up there for climbing. New rope needed to be fixed in cooperation with other expedition members on the mountain. Camp 2 is on the edge of a large plateau at 7125m and you may attempt the summit from here if you think you are well prepared for this. Also, you may establish a light Camp 3 across the plateau and up on a minor ridge at 7550m. There are two rocky steps above Camp 3 where you should fix another set of ropes prior to our summit ascent.

Finally, you will begin your step towards the summit in the next morning. The slopes are still steep above the rock bands and you may take a line to fix there, depending on conditions, however once on the crest of this ridge the terrain is straight forward along a long haul to kiss the summit plateau. The panorama from the summit is breathtakingly beautiful. Silvery peaks such as Mount Everest 8848 m., mount Lhotse 8501m, mount Nuptse 7855m, mount Chamlang 7319m, mount Ama Dablam 6856m and many others of the Everest region to the east and south smile at us from around. In the Tibetan language, 'Chomo' means 'the goddess' and 'Yu' means 'the turquoise'. Hence this peak is also called the "Turquoise Goddess" combining these Tibetan dialects.

Places You Will See

Fixed Departure Dates for 2024

  • 08 April 2024

Trip Itinerary

  • 08 April 2024 Day 01: Arrival at Kathmandu Airport & transfer to hotel 1350m.
  • 09 April 2024 Day 02: Rest, preparation, visa apply assignment in Kathmandu
  • 10 April 2024 Day 03: Preparation expedition, buying shopping in Kathmandu
  • 11 April 2024 Day 04: Final prepare, packing & get Tibet visa China embassy
  • 12 April 2024 Day 05: Drive to Friendship Bridge, checking, drive Kerung B.B.
  • 13 April 2024 Day 06: Rest and Acclimatization Kerung in hotel bed breakfast
  • 14 April 2024 Day 07: Drive to Old Tingri (4390m.); overnight hotel (B.B. Plan)
  • 15 April 2024 Day 08: Acclimatization at Old Tingri; overnight hotel (B.B. Plan)
  • 16 April 2024 Day 09: Drive to Chinese Base Camp 4700m.3-4 hrs. Camping.
  • 17-18 April 2024 Day 10-11: Acclimatization in BC, Yaks and preparation ABC
  • 19 April 2024 Day 12: Trek from B.C. to Middle Camp 5300m. A.B.C. camping
  • 20 April 2024 Day 13: Trek Middle Camp - ABC 5700m. Of Cho-Oyu, camping
  • 21 April–16 May. 2024 Day 14-40: Climbing Period–Summit Cho-Oyu (8201m.
  • 17 May 2024 Day 41: Dismantling ABC; prepare departure back to Kathmandu
  • 18 May 2024 Day 42: Drive via Tingri to Kerung 8hrs. Overnight hotel- BB Plan
  • 19 May 2024 Day 43: Drive from Kerung -Kathmandu, overnight hotel BB Plan
  • 20 May 2024 Day 44: Rest day and leisure, shopping, evening fare well dinner
  • 21 May 2024 Day 45: Transfer to airport final departure your port of destination

Trip Cost

Cost: Join basis

Per Person USD 25,000
(Allowed only full board guided by Expedition China Government)

What's Included

  • All arrival and departure transfer services from Kathmandu airport
  • 3 star hotel in Kathmandu (5 Nights) and Tibet (5 Nights) B.B. Plan
  • Drive KTM - Friendship bridge Kerung border– KTM Jeep transfers  
  • Tibet visa & permit - Royalty US$ 9,300 /4,000 for member / Staff
  • Tibetan Liaison Officer for Mt. Cho - Oyu Expedition from Tibet side
  • Kerung - Tingri - Chinese B.C. transportation on minibus on sharing
  • Full camping logistics set up Chinese B.C., Intermediate camp, ABC
  • 3 meals a day BLD cooked by our expedition cook in CBC, MC,ABC
  • 1:1 experience climbing Sherpa guide, required BC staff sharing plan
  • Cargo & duties clearing assistance services Kerung border both way
  • Gamow bag at base camp for emergency rescue purposes, oxygen
  • Solar panels for light & battery charging to the required devices ABC
  • Necessary member tents for A.B.C.1:1 & high camp C1, C2, C3; 2:1
  • All required icefall, environmental and rope fixing charges applicable 
  • 2 Oxygen 4 liters bottle for climbing members and 1 for Sherpa guide
  • Mask & regulator set for each climbing member & supporting Sherpa
  • High altitude will be best food served by climbing Sherpa C1, C2, C3
  • Baggage allowance carrying by yak up, down ABC from CBC-50 KG
  • First Aid medical kits for the Group and the Expedition staffs at ABC
  • Walkie-talkie, satellite phone to communication charge $5per minute
  • Office service charges, government taxes levied Nepal Government
  • Combined pre-departure information for members & expedition staff
  • Cultural Nepali Farewell dinner with cultural dance & folk song Nepal

What's Excludes

  • Lunch & dinner during stay in KTM and Tibet Except farewell dinner
  • Items of personal nature like laundry, phone calls and Internet uses.
  • Cloth, packing items, medical kit, personal trekking & climbing gear
  • Any extra services, products, activities not mentioned in the itinerary
  • Any extra expenses arising out of various/unforeseen situations like
    Natural calamities, landslide, political disturbances, strikes, changes
  • In Government regulations, etc.
  • Any additional staff (s) especially required by the climbing members
  • Rescue, medicines, medical tests and hospitalization & all expenses
  • Medical-travel insurance & emergency rescue evacuation if required
  • Airfare of international & domestic flights other than specified above
  • Nepal entry, re-entry visa fee, visa issuance is easy at arrival border
  • Nepal custom duty fees for import of expedition goods if requirement
  • Emergency / rescue / early Jeep cost $ 1000 approximately per Jeep
  • Summit bonus for guide (minimum of $ 1000 per summit per Sherpa)
  • Tips to BC staff (Per climbing member minimum US$ 200.00 in for all

Information
BB: Bed and breakfast
CBC: Chinese Base camp
ABC: Advance Base camp
C1, C2, C3: Camp 1,2, 3

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