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Annapurna Base Camp vs Everest Base Camp: which should you choose?
Days, altitude, nights spent high, flights, crowds and cost compared, to help you choose between the two most popular treks in Nepal.
First trek above 4,000 mAnnapurna, Everest & Langtang treks, planned metre by metre
Annapurna Base Camp · altitude by day
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Five routes, from a five-day sunrise walk to two weeks in the Khumbu. Start with who each one suits.
First trek above 4,000 m
The big one
Variety and a high pass
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Altitude, not distance
How hard is it, really?
What makes a trek hard is how high you sleep, and for how many nights. Same scale for every trek, easiest first.
Altitude of each day's stopAbove 3,000 m, where altitude sickness becomes a real riskSame scale for every trek: taller and longer means harder
- Poon HillModerate, 2 of 5 Easy to moderate
- Highest night
- 2,860 m
- Nights above 3,000 m
- 0
- Annapurna Base CampModerate to hard, 3 of 5 Moderate to challenging
- Highest night
- 4,130 m
- Nights above 3,000 m
- 2
- Langtang ValleyModerate to hard, 3 of 5 Moderate
- Highest night
- 3,870 m
- Nights above 3,000 m
- 3
- Annapurna CircuitHard, 4 of 5 Challenging
- Highest night
- 4,450 m
- Nights above 3,000 m
- 6+
- Everest Base CampHard, 4 of 5 Challenging
- Highest night
- 5,164 m
- Nights above 3,000 m
- 9
Biggest climb = height gained from where you slept to that day's main stop. Full comparison →
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Straight answers on permits, cost, difficulty and kit, plus advice from the trail.
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Altitude sickness on Nepal treks: the simple rules
The few rules that keep you safe from altitude sickness on Annapurna and Everest treks, the warning signs, and when to turn back.
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