Which Everest Base Camp is more popular?

The Everest Base Camp trek on the south side, at an elevation of 5,364 m (17,598 ft), is one of the most popular trekking routes in the Himalayas and about 40,000 people per year make the trek there from Lukla Airport (2,846 m (9,337 ft)).



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Both treks and base camps are fantastic and offer amazing scenery while also introducing you to an ancient culture and hospitable people. For ourselves, we feel that Nepal's Everest Base Camp trek is the better trek. We say this primarily because of the greater variety in scenery along the trek route.

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Whilst it is often cheaper to go North there are a few things to take in to account. Firstly the figures show that there is a far, far higher success rate on The South side and secondly there is a much, much higher death rate on The North side.

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Camp 4, the Deathzone It is surely the closest you can get to space on earth. Only a small climb above camp, you look down the Tibetan plateau with it's vast brown plains, white glaciers and the other alpine giants - Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu -in the distance.

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As for success rates, the South side had 6,847 attempts and 3,865 summits (56% success) while on the North, out of 2,723 attempts, 1,652 reached the top (60% success).

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Difficulty level Most trekkers reach Kala Patthar to enjoy the fantastic early morning views. Generally, treks above 5,000m are regarded as challenging. Hence, Everest Base Camp treks are much more challenging than the Annapurna Base Camp trek.

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20km east of Kathmandu is the village of Nagarkot, which has a reputation for being the no. 1 tourist destination for getting views of Everest from the Kathmandu Valley.

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What are the hardest days of Everest base camp trek the Himalayas
  • Larja dovan to Namche bazaar (Phakding to Namche part on second day of EBC trek) ...
  • Phungi thanga to Tengboche (Namche to Tengboche part on fourth day of EBC trekking) ...
  • Thukla to Thukla pass (Dingboche to Lobuche part of EBC trail Nepal)


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The Everest base camp trek does indulge some risk of Acute Mountain sickness (AMS). There are few stats of causalities among the successful trek of more than 30,000 per year. For most part of such incidents, trekkers with the cardiovascular problems, and improper itinerary resulting in AMS victims.

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Most people agree that Kilimanjaro is harder than Everest Base Camp. While there are aspects of the Everest Base Camp trek that are harder than Kilimanjaro, the general feeling is that Kilimanjaro is the harder of the two treks. The main reason for this is summit night – it's a biggie.

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Perhaps most important, many experts say the Tibet side of Everest simply is safer. On the Nepali side, the Khumbu Icefall has claimed more than a dozen lives in the past few years. On the Tibetan side, there are no natural threats—except weather.

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Lincoln was part of the first Australian expedition to climb Mount Everest in 1984, which successfully forged a new route. He reached the summit of the mountain on his second attempt in 2006, miraculously surviving the night at 8,700 m (28,543 ft) on descent, after his family was told he had died.

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If you're unsure of your mountaineering abilities, Annapurna is a slightly less taxing circuit. There are fewer steep climbs and the average altitude is much lower. Plus, instead of being funnelled into the Khumbu Valley on Everest, you can choose from a variety of trails, some of which don't exceed 2000m in altitude.

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Although Everest is taller, Annapurna's total elevation rise is more than Everest's. As a result, climbing Annapurna will take more work and time. Unfortunately, the longer you spend at a high altitude, the more dangerous it becomes for you.

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