A 30 Day Journey to KANCHANJUNGA Base Camp - Episode One OKTANG Base Camp

Kanchanjunga has been on our list forever. After we reached 50k subs, we decided to go for it. Our friend Nupu from Ghunsa had been inviting us to visit KBC since last year. We met him, planned our Itinerary with Himalayan Ecological Trekking (a big thanks to NB and Bikesh dai for outlining the route and co-sponsoring this trip) and set-off.

It was still monsoon when we left, the month of September. We took the opposite route from Normal, i.e., South Base Camp first and North second. Surprisingly, we found this trek much easier than our earlier treks, with day hikes normally ranging from 4-6 hrs a day. This is by far one of the most diverse and pristine trekking trails inside Nepal, where you go from 200-300 m lowlands of Jhapa upto an altitude of 5140m., the vegetation, landscape and ethnicity of people diversifies as you go higher. And did we mention, it was the most adventurous trek too. Crazy Sweating in the sunny slopes of Jorpul, to the leech infested bushes of Yamphudin, the steep hike of Lajetham (literally, the HARDEST uphill we ever trekked), Yaks chewing our bags to dinner at a Shed in Ramjer, the list goes on and on. We tried for almost a week to shorten the video but all of these events felt so important, we couldn’t just take them away.

In this first episode, we’ll explore the South side of Kanchanjunga. We met some amazing people on the way, were favoured by the weather gods and things went according to the plan.

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Useful Contacts
Yamphudin Guest House
9849602521, 9862168397, 9741347042

Nupu Chhiring Sherpa
Satellite Phone : 008821687729370
Mobile : 9803685162/9849190212
facebook: facebook.com/kanchenjunga8586

Dipak Bantawa Rai, Yalungkang Guest House
9863607796, 974269492

Tashi Tenzing Sherpa, Peaceful Guest House
9862660379, 9863719646
977-994240022


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Narration : Ankur Mourya
Camera : Ashish Shrestha, Kanchan Rai, Rishav Adhikari
Featuring : Wassna Rai
Subtitles by : Heema Rai
Script/Editing/Direction: Kanchan Rai
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Trip Itinerary
Type : Tea House
Trek Duration : 22 Days
Grade : Moderate - Hard
Total Cost : 1000-2000 per day (The total trip cost comes to around 50 Thousand Nepali Rupees per person max.)

Day 1 Kathmandu - Birtamod
Day 2 Birtamod - Hapukhola
(Days can be shortened by taking a direct flight to Suketar)
Day 3 Hapukhola - Khebang
Day 4 Khebang - Upper Yamphudin (Bhote Gau)
Day 5 Upper Yamphudin - Lajetham
Day 6 Lajetham - Torangden
Day 7 Torangden - Tseram
Day 8 Tseram - Ramjer
Day 9 Ramjer - Oktang Base Camp (Exploration Day) - return to Tseram
Day 10 Tseram to Selele
Day 11 Selele to Ghunsa
Day 12 Ghunsa to Khambachen
Day 13 Khambachen to Lhonak
Day 14 Lhonak to Pangpema (Kanchanjunga Base Camp North) - takes around 3 hours to reach base camp - return to Khambachen
Day 15 Khambachen - Ghunsa
Day 16 Ghunsa - Gyabla or Thangim
Day 17 Thangim - Amjilasa
Day 18 Amjilasa - Tapethok
Day 19 Tapethok - Thiwa - Taplejung Bajar (By Jeep)
Day 20 Taplejung - Birtamod - Kathmandu


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Tracks
Anxmu5 Visit Nepal 2020 Royalty free music
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Anxmu5 -The Himalayan No copyright Music Visit Nepal 2020
https://youtu.be/kw1Gu_R-js0

Tungna Mix by Anxmu5
Tunga by Ngima Gyalbo Hyolmo

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