Description
- The Cho Oyu (8,201m) stands as one of the most accessible of the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks—making it an ideal gateway into high-altitude mountaineering. Located just 30 km west of Mount Everest along the Nepal–Tibet border, Cho Oyu—meaning “Goddess of Turquoise”—offers a spectacular blend of beauty, scale, and climbability. First summit on October 19, 1954 by Herbert Tichy, Joseph Jöchler, and Pasang Dawa Lama, the mountain is renowned for its relatively straightforward Northwest Ridge route, moderate technical demands, and high summit success rate.
Trip Facts
- Duration: 44 Days
- Max Elevation: 8,201m
- Grade: Moderate Climb (PD++)
- Group Size: 1–10 Climbers
- Best Season: Spring & Autumn
- Accommodation: 3★–5★ hotels + expedition camps
- Route: Northwest Ridge
Expedition Journey
Your journey begins in Kathmandu, where our team prepares all logistics, permits, and final briefings. From here, you travel overland via the Himalayan border into Tibet, crossing the vast plateau toward base camp.
Key acclimatization stops include:
- Nyalam
- Tingri
You then proceed to Chinese Base Camp before trekking to Advanced Base Camp (5,700m)—your primary operational hub beneath the mountain’s imposing north face.
Summary Flow
Kathmandu → Tibet Overland → Base Camps → Climbing Rotations → Summit → Return → Kathmandu
Package Options
Full Board Service
Asian Adventures offers Full Board Service for our entire range of flagship Mountaineering Expeditions to all 8000m peaks. Our Full Board service means that we will provide a Trekking service, an in-Base camp service and High camp service executed by your Sherpa Climbing Guide. All our Full Board clients will have a personal Sherpa Climbing guide exclusively dedicated to the client for the duration of the climb.
Our climbing Sherpa guide team will establish and secure climbing route in collaboration with other climbing teams participating on the route; Establish all high camps with camping equipment, provisions and oxygen and prepare high altitude food for his client; Assist his client on the route and ensure client safety and well being on the route through guiding and negotiating the route access priorities at pace and schedule determined by clients’ physical condition and preferred pace; Ensure total commitment to the client in case of emergency with clients’ safety and well being as overriding priority.
High camp service for Full Board Service clients will consist of provision of all equipment necessary to fix the route, all camping equipment, fuel and food for high camps as well as oxygen provision, including mask and regulator and latest model of Poisk oxygen, Summit system of Mask regulators in quantities specified in your climbing itinerary as per height of Mountain.
Service Details
Cho-Oyu Expedition Full Board Service Includes
- ACCOMMODATION & TRANSFERS
- All arrival and departure transfers to/from international airport with required surface transportation as per itinerary.
- Assistance at international airport by Satori Adventures representative on arrival and departure.
- 5-night requested-category hotel accommodation in Kathmandu as per itinerary.
- Full board hotels en route in Tibet (Lhasa, Tingri) with Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner (provided by CTMA).
Shower facility at Base Camp and Advance Base Camp. - Quality personal tent at Base Camp and Advance Base Camp.<
- TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS
- Truck for expedition equipment from Kathmandu–Kerung–Kathmandu.
- Land transportation from Kathmandu–Kerung–Kathmandu for climbing members and staff.
- Truck provided at Kerung border to Chinese Base Camp and back.
- Yaks for load carrying from Chinese Base Camp to Middle Camp to Advance Base Camp and return.
- Per person 50kg baggage allowance (up & down) carried by Yaks.
- Surface transportation provided as per itinerary.
- Cargo clearance and duties assistance service (free).
- PERMITS, VISAS & GOVERNMENT FEES
- Chinese customs clearance at the border.
- Chinese Government Royalty for Cho Oyu Expedition (for group & climbing Sherpa guide).
- Chinese visa for climbing period for Base Camp staff, Sherpas, and group.
- TMA or CTMA-appointed English-speaking Chinese liaison officer and interpreter.
- Tibet Visa and Travel Permit for the expedition team.
- Expedition Permit to climb Cho Oyu via Northwest Ridge Route.
- All necessary paperwork and Government Taxes (Nepal side).
- GUIDES, SHERPAS & STAFF SUPPORT
- 1:1 Climbing Sherpa guide per member and leaders.
- Required experienced, trained, and Government-licensed climbing guides.
- Experienced Base Camp Manager and staff during the expedition.
- All wages, equipment allowance, medical & accidental insurance for:
- Climbing Sherpa guides
- Cook and kitchen assistants
- Base Camp staff
- We provide Sherpa tents, food for climbing, and insurance.
- CAMPING EQUIPMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE
- All necessary camping equipment:
- Dining tents, kitchen tents, guest tents
- Toilet tents, shower tents
- Kitchenware, camp furniture
- Permanent kitchen facilities at Advance Base Camp.
- Permanent kitchen/dining facilities at Advance Base Camp.
- All necessary climbing hardware and ropes.
- Icefall charges and high-quality tents for higher camps (1, 2, 3).
- EPI gas and burners for cooking above Base Camp.
- All necessary camping equipment:
- FOOD & BEVERAGES
- Daily meals during expedition for all members and staff.
- Preferable meals at Base Camp, ABC & higher camps.
- Freeze-dried high-altitude food for members, Sherpas, and staff.
- 24-hour hot drinks and beverages during the expedition.
- Appropriate high-altitude food for all climbing crew.
- OXYGEN, SAFETY & HEALTH
- 2 Oxygen cylinders with mask & regulator (if requested).
- Emergency oxygen & mask regulator.
- Gamow Bag for altitude emergency use.
- First aid medical kits for group and staff.
- POWER, COMMUNICATION & WEATHER
- Solar panels for lighting and battery charging.
- Satellite phone carried by guide (US$ 3 per minute).
- ADDITIONAL SERVICES
- Complete pre-departure information.
- Flight ticket reconfirmation & visa extension services (if required).
- Farewell dinner in a typical Nepali restaurant with cultural show before departure.
- Office service charge & government taxes.
- Our service charges
Cho-Oyu Expedition Full Board Service Cost Excludes
- 1. MEALS & PERSONAL CONSUMPTION
- Lunch and dinner in Kathmandu (except Farewell Dinner).
- Packed snacks, energy drinks, soft drinks, mineral water, alcohol, cigarettes, chocolates, nutrition bars during trekking.
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT & EXPENSES
- Personal climbing gear.
- Clothing, bags, packing items, personal medical kit.
- Camera/video fees, personal trekking gear.
- Expenses for landlines, mobiles, walkie-talkies, satellite phone & internet usage.
- Items of personal nature, laundry expenses, tips.
- TRAVEL, VISA & AIRFARE
- International airfare.
- Nepal entry & re-entry visa fees (visa on arrival).
- ADDITIONAL STAFF & EXTRA SERVICES
- Any additional staff beyond those included.
- Extra transportation beyond itinerary.
- Any extra services/products/offers not mentioned in the itinerary.
- INSURANCE & MEDICAL
- Rescue, repatriation, medicines, medical tests & hospitalization.
- Medical insurance & emergency rescue evacuation.
- Travel insurance & helicopter rescue.
- PERMITS & FEES NOT INCLUDED
- Walkie-talkie and filming permit (for special cameras or radios).
- Nepal customs duty for import of expedition goods.
- BONUSES, TIPS & GRATUITIES
- Summit bonus for climbing Sherpa Guides as per NMA rules
(Minimum US$ 1200 per Sherpa guide). - Tips and gifts for Base Camp and high-altitude staff.
- US$ 200 per person for Base Camp staff (chef, cook assistant, BC manager) — normally collected by team leader.
- Summit bonus for climbing Sherpa Guides as per NMA rules
- UNFORESEEN EXPENSES
- Extra expenses caused by:
- Natural disasters & landslides
- Political disturbances
- Strikes
- Changes in government regulations
- Any force majeure situations
- Extra expenses caused by:
- GENERAL EXCLUSION
- Any other item not included in “COST INCLUDES” section.
