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Kanchenjunga Base Camp — Route

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Kathmandu → Bhadrapur → Taplejung → Mitlung → Chirwa → Sekathum → Amjilosa → Gyabla → Ghunsa → Kambachen → Pangpema (North Base Camp) → Return to Ghunsa → Sele La → Cheram → Ramche → Oktang (South Base Camp) → Tortong → Yamphudin → Taplejung → Bhadrapur → Kathmandu
Total trekking distance: ~220 km (round trip / two-way)
Note: Some places (Ghunsa / Pangpema / Sele La) are remote and can be hard to locate on standard maps.

➡️ Going Route (North Base Camp)

Day 1: Flight Kathmandu → Bhadrapur. Overnight: Bhadrapur.

✈️ ~50 min⬆️ 91 m (Bhadrapur)

Day 2: Drive Bhadrapur → Taplejung. Overnight: Taplejung.

🚙 8–10 hrs⬆️ 1,820 m (Taplejung)

Day 3: Drive to Mitlung & trek to Chirwa (12 km). Overnight: Chirwa.

🚙 5–6 hrs📏 ~12 km⬆️ 1,270 m (Chirwa)

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Chirwa

Day 4: Trek to Sekathum (10 km). (Small hamlet; may not be officially mapped.)

🥾 5–6 hrs📏 ~10 km⬆️ 1,660 m

Day 5: Trek to Amjilosa (8 km). Overnight: Amjilosa.

🥾 6–7 hrs📏 ~8 km⬆️ 2,310 m

Day 6: Trek to Gyabla (9 km). Overnight: Gyabla.

🥾 5–6 hrs📏 ~9 km⬆️ 2,730 m

Day 7: Trek to Ghunsa (10 km). Overnight: Ghunsa.

🥾 5–6 hrs📏 ~10 km⬆️ 3,475 m

Day 8: Acclimatization (ridges / monastery / glacier walks). Overnight: Ghunsa.

🥾 2–4 hrs⬆️ 3,475 m

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Kambachen

Day 9: Trek Ghunsa → Kambachen (10 km). Overnight: Kambachen.
Day 10: Acclimatization (Jannu Glacier viewpoints).

🥾 5–6 hrs⬆️ 4,050 m

Pangpema (North Base Camp)

Day 11: Trek Kambachen → Pangpema (10 km). Overnight: Pangpema.

🥾 6–7 hrs📏 ~10 km⬆️ 5,143 m

⬅️ Return Route (South Base Camp)

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Back to Ghunsa

Day 12: Pangpema → Ghunsa (18 km). Overnight: Ghunsa.

🥾 7–8 hrs📏 ~18 km⬆️ 3,475 m

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Sele La Camp

Day 13: Ghunsa → Sele La Camp (12 km). Overnight: Camp.

🥾 6–7 hrs📏 ~12 km⬆️ 4,290 m

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Sele La Pass

Day 14: Cross Sele La Pass (~4,480 m) → Trek to Cheram (15 km).

🥾 7–8 hrs📏 ~15 km⬆️ ~4,480 m (pass)

Overnight: Cheram (Tseram). Base for South Base Camp day.

Oktang (South Base Camp)

Day 15: Cheram → Ramche & Oktang (12 km). Overnight: Cheram.

🥾 6–7 hrs📏 ~12 km⬆️ 4,730 m

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Tortong

Day 16: Cheram → Tortong (10 km). Overnight: Tortong.

🥾 5–6 hrs📏 ~10 km⬆️ 2,995 m

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Yamphudin

Day 17: Tortong → Yamphudin (9 km). Overnight: Yamphudin.

🥾 5–6 hrs📏 ~9 km⬆️ 2,080 m

Drive to Taplejung

Day 18: Drive Yamphudin → Taplejung. Overnight: Taplejung.

Bhadrapur (Airport)

Day 19: Drive Taplejung → Bhadrapur. Overnight: Bhadrapur.

Day 20: Flight Bhadrapur → Kathmandu (~50 min).

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