Everest Base Camp Trek Cost from Denmark: Prices in DKK and EUR, Flights, Visa and Insurance

Last updated 4 October 2026. Trek prices are read from our own booking system. Euro and krone figures use the European Central Bank reference rate of 2 October 2026 (the bank does not publish on weekends): 1 euro = 1.1225 US dollars = 7.4736 Danish kroner, so 1 US dollar is about 0.89 euro or about 6.66 kroner. Flight prices are snapshots from one day, and I say so wherever they appear.

Danish trekkers who write to me tend to ask the same thing in the first line: what will Everest Base Camp really cost from Copenhagen, door to door? The honest answer has three parts. The trek price I can give you to the dollar. The flight I can only show you a snapshot of, and from Copenhagen that snapshot is not cheap once you add a checked bag. And dollars, euros and kroner are three different currencies, so every figure outside US dollars below is a guide that will move a little.

This page is one trek, one budget and the arithmetic done in full: the fares I found, the visa, the permits, the health cards that will not cover you, the Danish holiday law, and the Nepali public holidays that fall in the trekking season. If you would rather ask a person, you do not need to call Nepal. We have someone in Europe. If you want the same numbers worked out for a neighbouring country, we have written them for Sweden, Norway and Finland too.

If you want me directly, my WhatsApp is +977 9810351300. I answer it myself.

Is there a direct flight from Copenhagen to Kathmandu?

Not that I could find. On 4 October 2026 I ran live searches from Copenhagen (CPH) to Kathmandu on Kiwi.com: leaving 19 October and returning 5 November, limited to a single change of plane in each direction, with a cabin bag and a checked bag, on a single ticket (no self-transfer). Every result needed at least one change. I have no source for a nonstop, so I will not tell you one exists.

The one useful thing about Copenhagen is that Thai Airways has its own flight from Copenhagen to Bangkok, leaving at 14:25 and landing at 06:00 the next morning, which is about eleven and a half hours in the air. Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways appear in the results too, and Emirates shows up at the dearer end, as the table below shows.

What did the flights actually cost on one day?

This is where travel pages invent numbers, so here is exactly what I saw on Kiwi.com on 4 October 2026, in euros, return, one adult, leaving Copenhagen on 19 October and coming back on 5 November, one change each way at most, a cabin bag and one checked bag asked for, no self-transfer. I ran the search five times that day, sorted by price, sorted by journey time and with different price bands, and the lowest fare with a checked bag was EUR 1,720 every time, so it did not move within the day. The hours are the total of both directions, waiting time included. Every fare in the table is listed with a cabin bag and one checked bag. The Emirates fare lists no personal item on top, which is a small difference, but I note it.

Route and airlines	Return fare	Notes
Out with Turkish Airlines via Istanbul (evening departure); back with Qatar Airways via Doha	EUR 1,720 (about DKK 12,850)	About 57 hours in total, the cheapest fare I found. Out 19 October at 19:15, Istanbul at 23:30, then a wait of about 21 hours, on at 20:55 on 20 October, Kathmandu at 06:35 on 21 October. Home 5 November from Kathmandu at 09:35, Doha at 11:50, then on at 02:15 on 6 November, Copenhagen at 06:40
Out with Turkish Airlines via Istanbul (afternoon departure); back with Qatar Airways via Doha	EUR 1,838 (about DKK 13,740)	About 38 hours in total. Out 19 October at 14:55, Istanbul at 19:15, on at 20:55, Kathmandu at 06:35 on 20 October, with a connection of 1 hour 40 minutes in Istanbul. Home 5 November from Kathmandu at 09:35, Doha at 11:50, a wait of about 14 hours, then on at 02:15 on 6 November, Copenhagen at 06:40
Qatar Airways both ways via Doha	EUR 1,905 (about DKK 14,240)	About 37 hours in total. Out 19 October at 16:35, Doha at 23:35, on at 01:35 on 20 October, Kathmandu at 08:50. Home from Kathmandu at 11:05, Doha at 13:20, then on at 02:15 on 6 November, Copenhagen at 06:40
Out with Turkish Airlines via Istanbul (afternoon departure); back with Qatar Airways via Doha (later morning flight)	EUR 1,913 (about DKK 14,300)	About 36 hours in total, the shortest of the fares near the bottom of the list. Kathmandu at 06:35 on 20 October. Home from Kathmandu at 11:05, Copenhagen at 06:40 on 6 November
Thai Airways both ways via Bangkok	EUR 1,925 (about DKK 14,390)	About 40 hours in total. Out 19 October at 14:25, Bangkok at 06:00 on 20 October, then on at 10:15, Kathmandu at 12:25. Home 5 November from Kathmandu at 13:30, Bangkok at 18:15, then on at 00:05 on 6 November, Copenhagen at 06:20
Turkish Airlines both ways via Istanbul	EUR 1,969 (about DKK 14,720)	About 38 hours in total. Out as in the EUR 1,838 row, Kathmandu at 06:35 on 20 October. Home 5 November from Kathmandu at 12:45, Istanbul at 18:25, a wait of about 14 hours, then on at 08:20, Copenhagen at 09:40 on 6 November
Out with Emirates via Dubai (last leg early morning); back with Qatar Airways via Doha	EUR 2,200 (about DKK 16,440)	About 39 hours in total. Out 19 October at 15:15, Dubai at 23:40, on at 01:50 on 20 October, Kathmandu at 08:05. Home from Kathmandu at 09:35, Copenhagen at 06:40 on 6 November
Out with Turkish Airlines via Istanbul (afternoon departure); back with an evening Qatar Airways flight	EUR 2,423 (about DKK 18,110)	About 28 hours in total, the shortest trip I found. Kathmandu at 06:35 on 20 October. Home from Kathmandu at 19:00, Doha at 21:15, then on at 02:15, Copenhagen at 06:40 on 6 November

The headline figure for a trekker with boots and a duffel is the second row, EUR 1,838, about US$2,063 and about DKK 13,740, and that is the fare I use for the budget below. I chose it over the cheapest row on purpose: EUR 1,720 saves about EUR 118 (about DKK 880), but it takes about 20 hours longer, almost all of it waiting in Istanbul, and it lands in Kathmandu on 21 October. The caveat: if you search without asking for a checked bag and allow separate low-cost tickets, you will see fares from about EUR 817 (about DKK 6,110), with three separate flights each way, about 53 hours in total and no bags listed. That is a different product, not a cheaper way to take the same trip, so I do not use it. Baggage allowances are as Kiwi.com listed them, so confirm the weight on the airline's own page before you pay.

Notice what the numbers say about Copenhagen. The cheapest fare is not the shortest journey, and the Thai Airways nonstop to Bangkok is not the bargain it is from Oslo: with a checked bag it came out dearer than the Turkish and Qatar combinations, as our Norway page shows by comparison. Look at the hours too: about 38 hours in total for the fare I would look at first, including a wait of about 14 hours in Doha on the way home. Copenhagen is a long way from Kathmandu in practice, and that has to go into your leave calculation below.

How much does a trek package to Everest Base Camp cost?

A 12-day Everest Base Camp trek package with us costs US$1,399 on Budget, US$2,499 on Standard and US$4,999 on Luxury, per person, which is about 1,246, 2,226 and 4,453 euros, or about 9,310, 16,640 and 33,280 kroner. It includes a licensed guide, all permits, transport to and from Lukla and the teahouse nights. It does not include your flight to Nepal, the visa, insurance, tips or your Kathmandu hotel. These come straight out of our booking system. They are the same for 2026 and 2027 departures, and the same whether you go privately or in a group.

Everest Base Camp, 12 days	USD per person	EUR, approximate	DKK, approximate
Budget	US$1,399	about 1,246 euros	about 9,310 kroner
Standard	US$2,499	about 2,226 euros	about 16,640 kroner
Luxury	US$4,999	about 4,453 euros	about 33,280 kroner

The difference between the tiers is not marketing, and I want you to be able to check it. On Budget you carry your own bag, rooms are shared and meals are not included. On Standard you get a porter shared between two trekkers, all meals and a private room. On Luxury you get your own dedicated porter, a private deluxe ensuite room, all meals with fruit, nuts and unlimited soft drinks, and the Lukla legs by helicopter both ways instead of a fixed-wing flight.

What is inside every tier: a licensed guide, the permits, airport pickup and drop-off in Kathmandu, the flights to and from Lukla on the fixed-wing tiers, the teahouse nights, a first aid kit and pulse oximeter, and a farewell dinner. What is outside every tier: your flight to Nepal, the visa, travel insurance, tips, your Kathmandu hotel and anything you buy on the trail. Kathmandu hotels are quoted separately, though you can stay in our own family homestay at US$15 per person per night (about DKK 100), which helps fund the learning centre my family runs.

Our cost guide's rule of thumb is that a trek far below US$1,200 is paying its guide badly, skipping a permit or leaving out the flight, so ask any company what is in its price. The Lukla flights are a large part of a Budget price. A Kathmandu to Lukla ticket is about US$253 one way and about US$506 return, according to our own domestic flights guide, so a good part of US$1,399 is simply getting you to the trail and back. The full day-by-day route is on the Everest Base Camp Trek 12 Days page, and our Everest Base Camp cost guide has every line of the price.

If you want to skip the Lukla flight, or worry about it, there is one honest alternative. A shared helicopter seat from Kathmandu to Lukla is about US$640 per person (about DKK 4,260), and about US$710 from Lukla back to Kathmandu (about DKK 4,730), including government tax, bank charges and the fuel supplement. Luxury includes the helicopter both ways. Helicopter seats are shared and depend on availability and weather on the day, and the prices are a guide. The flights guide above has the full detail.

Kathmandu to Lukla and back	Price
Fixed-wing flight, one way (included on Budget and Standard)	about US$253, DKK 1,680
Fixed-wing flight, return (included on Budget and Standard)	about US$506, DKK 3,370
Shared helicopter seat, Kathmandu to Lukla	about US$640, DKK 4,260
Shared helicopter seat, Lukla to Kathmandu	about US$710, DKK 4,730
Both helicopter legs bought separately (my sum)	about US$1,350, DKK 8,990
Helicopter both ways (included on Luxury)	included

Do you need a guide, and what does a porter cost?

Every trek we run includes a licensed guide, and I would not walk this route without one. A guide is also your safety: ours carry a first aid kit and a pulse oximeter. The Danish foreign ministry's travel advice for Nepal says the same in its own words: do not go trekking alone, and use only recognised companies and guides with local knowledge and experience of the route you are taking. If you are thinking of going without, our own guide to trekking without one explains the situation. I have not found the regulation text myself, so I will not quote a rule or a date here. Confirm the current position with the Nepal Tourism Board before you plan anything alone.

The porter question is where the three tiers differ most. On Budget there is no porter and you carry your own bag. On Standard there is one porter for every two trekkers, carrying about 20 kg between you, so pack to about 10 kg in the duffel and keep a daypack. On Luxury you have a dedicated porter of your own. If you travel solo on Standard there is no porter, because porters are shared one to two, and your guide carries up to 10 kg of your gear instead. On Luxury a solo trekker still has a dedicated porter. If you want an extra porter on any tier, it is US$25 a day (about DKK 170), with 13 per cent VAT and a 3.5 per cent bank charge on top, so ask us for the exact figure for your dates. If you are travelling alone, our guide to the solo cost and the single supplement works through that case.

How much luggage can you take to Lukla?

Less than you think. On the mountain flights the allowance is about 10 kg checked plus 5 kg hand carry, and every airline sets its own limit, so your ticket is the final word. Excess is paid by the kilo at the airport, and our flights guide says no airline publishes a Lukla excess rate. If the aircraft is at its weight limit, the extra bag flies later, so pack as if your duffel might arrive a day behind you. Camera and drone batteries count towards your hand carry. Lukla sits at 2,860 metres, on a short mountain runway, and the plane is small. What you do not need on the trail stays at a Kathmandu hotel in Thamel, which we arrange. This matters for Danes in particular, because the large bag you check from Copenhagen is not the bag you take on the Lukla plane.

What permits do you need, and are they included?

The Khumbu is not a restricted area, so there is no special trekking permit. You need three things, and we arrange and pay for all of them in every tier:

• Sagarmatha National Park entry: NPR 3,000 for foreigners.
• Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality fee: NPR 3,000.
• TIMS card: NPR 2,000.

That is NPR 8,000 in total, about US$52, roughly 46 euros or about 350 kroner at the market rate on 3 October. None of it is added to your bill. I read the park and TIMS figures on the Nepal Tourism Board's own pages. The municipality fee was raised from NPR 2,000 to NPR 3,000 in September 2024, and I have no primary web page for it; it is collected on the trail, and our guides pay it for you.

You will see lower totals elsewhere. Some pages quote the permits at US$45 to US$60 and some say the TIMS card is no longer needed. We arrange TIMS for every trekker. It is run jointly by the Nepal Tourism Board and the Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal, and its purpose is to record who is on the trail in case of an accident or a natural disaster. Our permits guide covers the rest, and our Everest permits and fees page is the one to read for this route.

Do Danish citizens need a visa for Nepal?

Yes, but it is simple. Denmark is not on the list of twelve countries whose citizens must apply at a Nepali embassy before travelling, so you can get a visa on arrival at Tribhuvan airport or apply online beforehand. The twelve are Afghanistan, Cameroon, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iraq, Liberia, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, Syria and Zimbabwe. The fees published by the Nepal Department of Immigration are US$30 for 15 days, US$50 for 30 days and US$125 for 90 days. That is about 27, 45 and 111 euros, or about 200, 330 and 830 kroner.

The Danish foreign ministry (Udenrigsministeriet) has its own page on passports and visas for Nepal, last updated 14 July 2026. It says that Danish citizens need a visa, that a tourist visa can be obtained on entry but requires an online registration with the Department of Immigration, and that it recommends getting the visa before you leave. It also says your passport must be valid for six months on entry and have at least two blank pages. The page lists no fees, so the fees above are from the Nepali immigration department. I would follow the ministry's advice and register online first, then carry the printout.

Almost every Everest trekker needs 30 days, so budget US$50 and carry it in US dollars cash. Look at the validity date in your passport today, because the six months is the one item on the list you cannot fix at the airport. If you apply online, the payment gateway adds a convenience fee, and the approved visa is emailed to you to print. Our e-visa guide and our visa on arrival guide walk through both routes.

One practical Danish point. There is no Danish embassy in Nepal. The ministry's page says the Danish embassy in India covers Nepal, that there is an honorary Danish consulate in Kathmandu, and that you can always contact the ministry's Global Duty Centre (Globale Vagtcenter), which it describes as open 24 hours a day, if you are in an emergency abroad. Save those contact details in your phone before you fly, and give them to the person at home who has your itinerary.

Does the Danish health card or the blue EU card cover you in Nepal?

This is where trekkers get caught, so I am going to be blunt.

Denmark has two cards, the yellow health insurance card (det gule sundhedskort) and the blue EU health insurance card (det blå EU-sygesikringskort). The blue card shows that you are entitled to treatment on the same terms as the citizens of the country you are visiting, and borger.dk says you need it when you travel to an EU country, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland. The same page is plain about everything else: when you travel to other countries, neither the yellow nor the blue card covers you, and you should take out private travel insurance. Nepal is outside the list, so the cards give you nothing there. The Danish foreign ministry's Nepal page says it in one sentence: Danes in Nepal are covered by neither the yellow health card nor the blue EU card.

Borger.dk adds that even inside Europe the blue card does not cover the cost of getting you home, and in some countries not every cost of medical transport. It also says that anyone who wants all costs of medical and home transport covered after illness or death must take out private travel insurance. The card is free and valid for up to five years, so it is worth having for Europe. It is just no use on this trip.

So you need a private policy, and you need to read it. The ministry also says that if you plan trekking or mountaineering you should make sure the policy covers helicopter rescue, and that a policy does not necessarily cover every cost in every situation. I have not read any Danish insurer's full policy terms, so I cannot tell you which policy is good. What I can tell you is that a standard holiday policy is usually written for ordinary holidays, not for a 12-day trek to 5,000 metres, so do not assume it applies. Ask.

What I would ask for in writing before you buy: cover for trekking to at least 6,000 metres, because Kala Patthar is over 5,500 metres, and helicopter evacuation for illness as well as accident. Altitude sickness is an illness, and a policy that pays only for accidents will not lift you off the mountain. Get the answer in an email from the insurer, and buy the policy at home before you fly. For scale, our cost guide puts a helicopter evacuation from Base Camp to Kathmandu at US$3,000 to US$5,000, about DKK 20,000 to 33,300. I have not priced Danish insurers, so get a quote. Our insurance guide goes through what to look for.

Our cost guide gives three bands for two to three weeks: basic trekking cover up to 6,000 metres at US$50 to US$100, full travel plus trekking cover at US$100 to US$180, and premium cover with trip cancellation at US$150 to US$250. That is roughly 45 to 89, 89 to 160 and 134 to 223 euros, or about 330 to 1,660 kroner across the three bands. We check your policy before departure, and without one you cannot trek. Buy it at home, not in Nepal, and confirm in writing that it covers trekking above 5,000 metres and helicopter evacuation, because some ordinary travel policies exclude both. The question of what a policy pays for a helicopter is covered at more length in our guide to insurance with helicopter cover.

What will you spend on the trail?

On Budget, where meals are not included, our cost guide says to add roughly US$25 to US$40 a day for meals, so US$300 to US$480 across twelve days, or roughly 267 to 428 euros and 2,000 to 3,200 kroner. That is before showers, charging and wifi. On Standard and Luxury every meal is already paid for, so the money you carry goes much further. Prices rise with altitude because everything is carried up on a porter's back or by yak. These are the ranges from our own price list for the Everest trail, in Nepali rupees with dollars in brackets:

Item	Lukla to Namche	Namche to Dingboche	Above Dingboche
Dal bhat (rice and lentils, refills)	NPR 500 to 600 (US$4 to 5)	NPR 600 to 800 (US$5 to 6)	NPR 800 to 1,000 (US$6 to 8)
Pizza or pasta	NPR 600 to 700 (US$5 to 6)	NPR 700 to 900 (US$6 to 7)	NPR 900 to 1,200 (US$7 to 10)
Fried rice or noodles	NPR 400 to 500 (US$3 to 4)	NPR 500 to 700 (US$4 to 6)	NPR 700 to 900 (US$6 to 7)
Tea or coffee	NPR 80 to 100 (US$0.60 to 0.80)	NPR 100 to 150 (US$0.80 to 1.20)	NPR 150 to 250 (US$1.20 to 2)
Bottled water, 1 litre	NPR 150 to 200 (US$1.20 to 1.50)	NPR 200 to 300 (US$1.50 to 2.50)	NPR 300 to 500 (US$2.50 to 4)
Chocolate bar	NPR 150 to 200 (US$1.20 to 1.50)	NPR 200 to 300 (US$1.50 to 2.50)	NPR 300 to 400 (US$2.50 to 3)

Then the extras that surprise people: wifi, charging, hot showers and laundry. These are charged per use, and they jump above Namche:

Item	Lukla to Namche	Above Namche
Wifi, per device	NPR 200 to 300 (US$1.50 to 2.50)	NPR 300 to 500 (US$2.50 to 4)
Phone charging	free to NPR 200	NPR 200 to 500 (US$1.50 to 4)
Hot shower	NPR 200 to 300 (US$1.50 to 2.50)	NPR 300 to 500 or more (US$2.50 to 4 or more)
Laundry, per kilo	NPR 300 to 500 (US$2.50 to 4)	not available

A tip from our cost guide: buy an Everest Link wifi card in Namche for NPR 500 to 1,000. It works at most teahouses from Namche to Gorak Shep and is faster than teahouse wifi. A 20,000 mAh power bank saves roughly US$20 to US$30 in charging fees over the trek. A day at the top of the route with a shower, one charge, a litre of water and one wifi session comes to NPR 1,100 to 2,000, about US$7 to US$13. That is my own sum of the ranges above. Dal bhat is the best value on any teahouse menu, and our dal bhat guide explains why every guide in Nepal eats it twice a day.

Cash matters. Our cost guide says the only cash machines on the route are in Namche and they are often empty, so bring your trail money from Kathmandu. For Standard or Luxury, where meals are included, it suggests about NPR 20,000 to 30,000 (US$130 to US$195 at today's rate, or about DKK 870 to 1,300) for showers, charging, wifi, snacks and tips over the twelve days. On Budget, add the daily food money to that.

Tipping is customary and is not included in any price. Our cost guide's suggested figures are US$15 to US$20 a day for the lead guide, US$180 to US$240 over twelve days (about DKK 1,200 to 1,600), and US$10 to US$15 a day for a porter, US$120 to US$180 over twelve days. Together that is US$300 to US$420, about DKK 2,000 to 2,800. Tips are usually given at the end of the trek in Kathmandu, in a sealed envelope, and a group pools them. Cash in rupees is preferred, but dollars are accepted. On Budget there is no porter, so a solo trekker is looking at the guide's share only.

What does gear cost, rent or buy?

Gear is smaller money than people fear. On every tier we provide a down jacket and a sleeping bag rated to minus 15 at no cost, and a duffel bag on Standard and Luxury, so the most expensive items on a kit list are covered. For everything else, here are the ranges from our cost guide. The "at home" prices are that guide's general figures, not Danish shop prices, which I have not checked. Multiply the dollar figures by about 6.66 for kroner.

Item	Rent in Kathmandu, per day	Buy in Kathmandu	Buy at home
Down jacket (we provide one free)	US$1 to 2	US$30 to 80	US$150 to 400
Sleeping bag, minus 15 (we provide one free)	US$1 to 2	US$40 to 100	US$200 to 500
Trekking poles, pair	US$1	US$10 to 25	US$50 to 150
Duffel bag, 65 litres	US$0.50 to 1	US$5 to 15	US$30 to 80
Fleece jacket	US$0.50 to 1	US$10 to 25	US$40 to 100
Waterproof jacket	US$1 to 2	US$25 to 60	US$100 to 300

Danes who already own a good waterproof shell from years of cycling and walking in wet weather will find most of this table is a pair of poles and a rental. The one item I would buy at home and break in before you fly is your boots. Our cost guide has the full kit list.

What is the full cost from Denmark?

One person, Budget tier, twelve days, flying from Copenhagen at EUR 1,838 (Turkish Airlines out, Qatar Airways back), one change each way and a checked bag included. This table is the Budget column of the budget table further down, without tips, insurance and trail extras:

Item	USD	EUR, approximate	DKK, approximate
Trek, Budget tier (permits included)	US$1,399	1,246	9,310
Return flight, Copenhagen, EUR 1,838 snapshot, checked bag included	about US$2,063	1,838	13,740
Nepal visa, 30 days	US$50	45	330
Food on the trail, US$25 to US$40 a day for twelve days	US$300 to US$480	267 to 428	2,000 to 3,200
Total	about US$3,812 to US$3,992	about 3,400 to 3,560	about 25,380 to 26,580

If you take Standard or Luxury, the same flight, visa and trek arithmetic comes to this, before tips, insurance, Kathmandu hotels and your own spending money:

Tier	Trek + flight + visa, USD	EUR, approximate	DKK, approximate
Budget (plus US$300 to US$480 for meals on the trail)	about US$3,512	about 3,130	about 23,380
Standard (meals included)	about US$4,612	about 4,110	about 30,710
Luxury (meals and helicopter included)	about US$7,112	about 6,340	about 47,350

Three things sit outside those totals on purpose. Kathmandu hotels are quoted separately. Insurance is yours to buy, for the reasons above. And your spending money for the days either side of the trek is yours too.

How expensive is it to hike to Everest Base Camp?

From Copenhagen, a solo trekker on our Budget tier should plan on about US$4,042 to US$4,412 (roughly 3,600 to 3,930 euros, or about 26,910 to 29,380 kroner) for the whole trip, before a Kathmandu hotel. Of that, the trek is US$1,399, the flight about US$2,063 on the autumn snapshot, and the rest is the visa, food on the trail, a tip for the guide and insurance. Standard comes to about US$4,842 to US$5,032 and Luxury about US$7,462 to US$7,712, and showers, charging and wifi can add up to about US$150 to any of them. The flight is the part that moves most. The table below shows every line.

What is the budget for a 12-day trek to Everest Base Camp?

The trek is twelve days, but you will be away from Denmark for about nineteen. Here is the whole budget for one person travelling alone, with every line from a source above. Tips are the suggested figures from our cost guide, and insurance is the basic-to-full range from the same guide. Kathmandu hotels are not in it, because they are quoted separately.

Line	Budget	Standard	Luxury
Trek, 12 days, permits included	US$1,399	US$2,499	US$4,999
Return flight Copenhagen to Kathmandu, EUR 1,838 autumn snapshot	about US$2,063	about US$2,063	about US$2,063
Nepal visa, 30 days	US$50	US$50	US$50
Meals on the trail	US$300 to US$480	included	included
Tips, suggested figures	US$180 to US$240 (guide only)	US$180 to US$240 (guide only, solo)	US$300 to US$420 (guide and dedicated porter)
Travel insurance	US$50 to US$180	US$50 to US$180	US$50 to US$180
Total, USD	about 4,042 to 4,412	about 4,842 to 5,032	about 7,462 to 7,712
Total, EUR at 1.1225	about 3,600 to 3,930	about 4,310 to 4,480	about 6,650 to 6,870
Total, DKK at 7.4736 per euro	about 26,910 to 29,380	about 32,240 to 33,500	about 49,680 to 51,350
Showers, charging, wifi (not in the totals)	up to about US$150 more	up to about US$150 more	up to about US$150 more

How the totals are built: Budget low is 1,399 + 2,063 + 50 + 300 + 180 + 50 = 4,042, and high is 1,399 + 2,063 + 50 + 480 + 240 + 180 = 4,412. Standard low is 2,499 + 2,063 + 50 + 180 + 50 = 4,842 and high 2,499 + 2,063 + 50 + 240 + 180 = 5,032. Luxury low is 4,999 + 2,063 + 50 + 300 + 50 = 7,462 and high 4,999 + 2,063 + 50 + 420 + 180 = 7,712. The extras line is my own sum: a shower, charging, a litre of water and wifi on a day at the top of the route cost NPR 1,100 to 2,000, about US$7 to 13, so US$150 is a safe ceiling for twelve days, and most days cost less. Solo Standard has no porter, so its tip is the guide's alone. Groups pay less per head than the table shows, because of the group prices below.

What can move the number. The flight can go either way by several hundred euros. A cancelled Lukla flight adds Kathmandu nights or a helicopter seat. A card payment of the balance carries 3.5 per cent. None of those is in the totals, and the next section lists them.

What else costs money that no package price shows?

• Delays. A grounded Lukla flight means extra nights in Kathmandu, from US$15 a night at our family homestay, or a shared helicopter seat from Lukla to Kathmandu at about US$710 if you must be home on a date.
• Card charge and bank margin. Paying the balance by card carries 3.5 per cent. Your own bank may add a currency margin on top when it converts kroner to dollars, so ask it.
• The online visa fee. If you apply online, the payment gateway adds a convenience fee to the US$50.
• Laundry. About NPR 300 to 500 a kilo, and not available above Namche.
• Charging and wifi. Free to NPR 500 per charge depending on altitude, and a wifi card in Namche for NPR 500 to 1,000. A 20,000 mAh power bank saves about US$20 to US$30 of charging fees, according to our cost guide.
• An extra porter. Explained in the porter section above, with the taxes on top.
• Excess baggage on the Lukla flight. Our flights guide says no airline publishes a Lukla excess rate, so ask us for the current figure before you fly. It is paid by the kilo at the airport.
• A hotel in Istanbul, Doha or Bangkok. The longer waits in the fares above can run to many hours, and the cheapest fare waits about 21 hours in Istanbul. If you will not sleep at the airport, add a night.
• Closures. Government offices and many shops close during Dashain and Tihar, so sort cash and paperwork before the holiday starts.

Does it get cheaper as a group?

Yes, and only by group size. Here is the whole table from the live trek page.

Group size	Budget	Standard	Luxury
1 to 4 people	US$1,399	US$2,499	US$4,999
5 to 8 people	US$1,299	US$2,449	US$4,949
9 to 12 people	US$1,199	US$2,399	US$4,899
13 to 20 people	US$999	US$2,349	US$4,849

The price is the same whether you book privately or as a group, and we never add strangers to a private booking. Six friends from the same hiking club pay less each than six separate travellers would, simply because you are six. Solo trekkers are welcome, and there is no single supplement on Everest Base Camp because your guide joins you from Lukla.

How many days off do you need, and what does Danish law say?

Ask for about nineteen days away from Denmark, not seventeen. The fare I would look at first takes about 38 hours of travel in total, counting both directions and the waits, so a day and a half of your leave goes on the journey alone, and the trek itself is twelve days, which leaves a few spare days in Kathmandu. Those spare days are not a luxury. The Lukla flight is weather dependent and delays are routine, and a trekker with no buffer is a trekker who misses the flight home. In the busy windows, roughly 15 March to 15 May and 25 September to 30 November by our working dates, fixed-wing flights to Lukla leave from Manthali rather than Kathmandu, which means a drive of four to five hours with a hotel pick-up between midnight and 2 am. Our Manthali guide has the detail. We tell every client this before they book. We confirm the road is open 48 hours before departure, and if it is not, we find an alternative. Helicopters are not affected.

Now the Danish side. I read the Danish Holiday Act, ferieloven, on Retsinformation, the state's legal database. The version I read is the consolidated act of 20 February 2024 (LBK nr. 152). Section 4 gives an employee the right to five weeks of paid holiday, and says the holiday year runs from 1 September to 31 August. Section 5 says the right is earned at 2.08 days for each month of employment. Section 6 says holiday is taken at five days a week, that it cannot fall on a weekly day off or a public holiday, and that holiday earned in a holiday year can be taken until the end of the following December. That detail matters, because it means Saturdays do not count as holiday days under Danish law, which is the opposite of what we wrote for Norway. A normal Monday-to-Friday week costs you five of your days, not six.

My autumn example, Monday 19 October to Friday 6 November 2026, is 19 calendar days but only 15 weekdays, three full working weeks, and I find no Danish public holiday in that window. It uses 15 of your 25 feriedage and leaves 10. An October trip draws on the holiday you earned between 1 September 2025 and 31 August 2026, and the Act lets you take that until 31 December 2026, so the dates work. The practical problem is in section 8. It gives you the right to have at least four weeks of your holiday placed in the holiday year, and to take at least three weeks in a row (the main holiday, hovedferien) between 1 May and 30 September. An October or April trek falls outside that main holiday period, so you are asking your employer, not demanding. Section 8 also says the remaining days should be taken in blocks of at least five days, which a three-week trek easily meets.

The catch is timing. Section 9 says that your employer decides when the holiday is taken after negotiating with you, and must as far as the business allows meet your wishes. The employer must tell you the dates as early as possible, and no later than three months before the main holiday starts and no later than one month before other holiday days, unless special circumstances prevent it. Give your employer the dates as early as you can, because our flights, permits and Lukla seats are booked on the same calendar. I am not a lawyer, and several things I have not read: your contract or collective agreement may give you more days, such as a sixth week, which is not in the statute, and the transition rules in sections 21 and 22 and holiday pay are a separate question. Check the current text and your own contract.

The Danish calendar helps in spring, with one catch. I worked out Easter 2027 with the standard church calendar rules: Easter Sunday is 28 March, with Maundy Thursday on 25 March, Good Friday on 26 March and Easter Monday on 29 March. Holiday cannot be placed on public holidays, so those days are not deducted. A trek from Monday 22 March to Friday 9 April 2027 is 19 calendar days and 15 weekdays, of which three are public holidays, so it uses 12 feriedage by my reading. Ascension Day is Thursday 6 May 2027 and Whit Monday is 17 May. I worked these out from the usual rules and have not checked them against an official 2027 calendar. A spring trek from Monday 12 April to Friday 30 April 2027 has no public holiday in it and uses 15 feriedage. The catch is that holiday is earned at 2.08 days a month, so by the end of April 2027 an employee who has worked since September has earned about 16.6 days (8 months at 2.08), and whatever you took at Christmas comes out of that. Section 7 lets you agree with your employer to take holiday in advance, so ask early.

One more small thing: time. Nepal is on UTC+5:45 all year. Denmark moves its clocks back on the last Sunday of October, which in 2026 is 25 October, so Nepal is 3 hours 45 minutes ahead of Copenhagen until then and 4 hours 45 minutes ahead afterwards. That matters when you ring home from the trail.

Does Nepal close for Dashain and Tihar?

For government offices, yes, and trekkers rarely hear about it until they land. Nepal's government publishes its public holidays each year in the Nepal Gazette (Nepal Rajpatra). The Ministry of Home Affairs notice for the year 2083, dated 18 Falgun 2082, says:

• Ghatasthapana, the first day of Dashain, is on Asoj 25, a Sunday, which is 11 October 2026.
• The Dashain holiday runs from Asoj 31 (Saturday) to Kartik 6 (Friday), which is 17 to 23 October 2026.
• The Tihar holiday runs from Kartik 22 (Sunday) to Kartik 26 (Thursday), which is 8 to 12 November 2026.
• Chhath is on Kartik 29, a Sunday, which is 15 November 2026.

The notice gives the dates in the Nepali calendar. I converted them to the Western calendar myself, using the Saturdays the same notice lists (Asoj 31 is a Saturday, and 17 October 2026 is a Saturday), so the match is consistent. The example flights above, leaving Copenhagen on 19 October, land in Kathmandu on 20 October, inside the Dashain holiday. Government offices and many shops are closed. This is not a reason to avoid October, which is the best month for views, but it is a reason to tell us your dates early so permits and paperwork are sorted before the closures. The 2027 dates will be in the notice for the year 2084, which has not been published yet.

When should you go, autumn or spring?

October is the most reliable month and the busiest. Mid-November into early December is cold at night, very clear and much quieter. March and April are warmer, with the rhododendrons in flower, and are the second busiest season. June to mid-September is the monsoon and I will talk you out of it. Late October can bring the tail of a Bay of Bengal cyclone, so build a spare day into your flights home. Our month-by-month guide goes deeper.

Is Everest Base Camp hard, and how do you prepare?

We grade Everest Base Camp Strenuous. If you can walk five to seven hours a day on consecutive days, you have the fitness for it. Denmark is a flat country, so the training problem is the opposite of a Norwegian's: you will have to build your hill fitness on purpose, with stairs, long walks with a loaded pack and back-to-back days, because there is no mountain on your doorstep to do it for you. According to Wikipedia, the highest natural point in Denmark itself, not counting Greenland, is Møllehøj, at 170.86 metres above sea level. Base Camp is 5,364 metres, about 31 times the height of Møllehøj, and Everest itself is 8,848.86 metres, about 52 times higher. So you will spend days sleeping higher than you have ever been. That is a reason to walk slowly and take the acclimatisation days seriously, not a reason to stay home.

Our guides carry an oximeter, not bottled oxygen. If you want a canister available we can arrange it at cost, and I will tell you honestly that most trekkers who walk slowly and listen to their guide never need it. Our fitness guide shows what the days really demand.

Can a beginner do the Everest Base Camp trek?

Yes, if you are healthy and can walk five to seven hours a day on consecutive days. The route needs no ropes, crampons or climbing skill. What stops people is altitude, not technique, and fitness does not protect you from it: a very fit trekker can get altitude sickness while a slower walker does not. That is why the itinerary has acclimatisation days and why I tell beginners to walk slowly, drink water and tell the guide about every headache. Our guides carry an oximeter, so they can check you instead of guessing.

For a first big trek, my suggestion is to spend the two months before you fly on long walks with a loaded pack, on back-to-back days, and on stairs, because most of Denmark is flat. See your doctor first if you have a heart, lung or blood-pressure condition. Insurance matters more for a beginner, not less, for the reasons in the health card section above.

How does Everest compare with the highest point in Denmark?

The only Danish connection to Everest that I can source is a measuring one, so I will not dress it up as more. Wikipedia gives Møllehøj, in Jutland, as the highest natural point in Denmark itself at 170.86 metres, and gives Everest as 8,848.86 metres after the 2020 survey. A Base Camp trek is a different undertaking from climbing Everest, and I will not pretend it is the same. You can fly, and we will carry your bag if you pay for a porter. But it walks into the shadow of a mountain more than fifty times higher than anything in your home country, and for many Danish trekkers that is reason enough.

From our guides: what a price list will not tell you

A price list is the easy part. Here is what this page adds for a Danish trekker, and what we know first-hand.

• The checked-bag gap. From Copenhagen, a fare that looks cheap often lists no bags, and a trekker needs boots and a duffel. With a checked bag, one change each way and a single ticket, the lowest return I found on 4 October was EUR 1,720 and the one I would book was EUR 1,838, so search with the bag ticked.
• Two bag limits, not one. You can check a full bag from Copenhagen, but the mountain flights allow about 10 kg checked plus 5 kg hand carry, and the extra goes on a later flight if the aircraft is full. Pack for the small plane, not the big one, and leave the rest at a Thamel hotel, which we arrange.
• The real journey time. The fare I would look at first takes about 38 hours in total, with a connection of 1 hour 40 minutes in Istanbul on the way out and a wait of about 14 hours in Doha on the way home. The cheapest fare takes about 57. That changes how many days off you ask for.
• The arrival hour. The best fares land in Kathmandu between 06:35 and 08:50, early enough for a hotel pick-up, but the cheapest fare lands at 06:35 on 21 October after a 21-hour wait in Istanbul. Tell your hotel or us in advance so someone is waiting.
• The road to Manthali. In the busy windows, fixed-wing Lukla flights leave from Manthali, a four to five hour drive with a hotel pick-up between midnight and 2 am. We tell every client before they book and confirm the road is open 48 hours before departure.
• Trail costs by altitude, summed. A day at the top of the route with a shower, charging, a litre of water and wifi costs NPR 1,100 to 2,000 (US$7 to 13) from the ranges in our price list, and the total is in the budget table. Few pages add it up.
• Danish leave, counted properly. Saturdays do not count as holiday days under Danish law, so a nineteen-day trip from Monday 19 October costs 15 of your 25 days, and an Easter trip costs fewer. The employer decides the timing after negotiating with you.
• Dates, from the Gazette. A 19 October departure lands inside the Dashain holiday, which runs 17 to 23 October 2026. Guides rarely mention it.
• Permits from the official figures. NPR 8,000 in total, and TIMS is still part of it.
• Insurance questions in writing. Altitude limit, helicopter evacuation for illness, and whether the insurer pays the helicopter directly or reimburses you afterwards. A helicopter from Base Camp to Kathmandu costs US$3,000 to US$5,000.
• Our refund terms in plain words. They are in the payment section below, so you can read them before you pay.

How do you pay from Denmark?

A 10 per cent deposit confirms your booking, and the balance is due when you reach Kathmandu. We bill in US dollars only, by card or cash. Card payments carry a 3.5 per cent bank charge, and cash in Kathmandu carries none. We cannot take Nepali rupees from foreign clients. Your own bank may add a currency margin when it converts from kroner, so ask it before you pay.

Please be clear on the terms before you pay. The deposit is non-refundable, and if you cancel there is no refund. What we do offer is free rescheduling, with at least 72 hours' notice, to any date within one year. For restricted areas and Tibet the notice is seven days. If we are the ones who cannot run your trip, we refund what you paid, less taxes, bank and card charges and any money already spent on permits and flights.

Check us before you pay

You are sending money to a company in another country, so verify us rather than trusting a nicely written page. We are The Everest Holiday Pvt. Ltd., registered in Nepal on 8 April 2016, TAAN member number 1586. You can check any Nepali operator through the Office of the Company Registrar, TAAN, the Department of Tourism licence register and the Nepal Rastra Bank forex certification. Ask any operator for those numbers and check them yourself. You can also read our over 300 reviews on TripAdvisor, Google and Trustpilot. Our Europe representative is reachable on the Finnish number above.

I will also say what most operators leave out. Even fully licensed companies have been involved in scams. A licence is a floor, not a guarantee. Talk to us, ask hard questions, and see whether the answers are specific.

The questions Danish clients ask me

Is there a direct flight from Copenhagen? Not in my search, and I have no source for one. Every fare I found needed at least one change.

Does my Danish health card work in Nepal? No. Neither the yellow health card nor the blue EU card covers you in Nepal, and borger.dk and the Danish foreign ministry both say so. The blue card does not cover the journey home either. You need a private policy that covers trekking to altitude and helicopter rescue, in writing.

How many holiday days will the trip use? Saturdays do not count as holiday days under Danish law, so the 19 October to 6 November example uses 15 of your 25 days. Agree the dates with your employer well ahead.

Do I need a guide? Every trek we run includes a licensed guide, and the Danish foreign ministry advises against trekking alone. Our guide to trekking without one explains the situation. I have not found the regulation text myself, so confirm the current rule with the Nepal Tourism Board if you are thinking of going alone.

Can I bring a full suitcase to Lukla? No. Mountain flights allow about 10 kg checked plus 5 kg hand carry, and our flights guide says no airline publishes a Lukla excess rate. Leave the rest at your Kathmandu hotel.

How much cash do I need on the trail? The only cash machines are in Namche and are often empty, so bring your trail money from Kathmandu. On Budget, plan US$25 to US$40 a day for food; on Standard and Luxury meals are included.

Are permits included? Yes, in every tier. Sagarmatha National Park, the Khumbu municipality fee and the TIMS card, NPR 8,000 in total.

What if the Lukla flight is cancelled? That is what your spare days in Kathmandu are for. We rebook you, and on Luxury you are on a helicopter anyway.

Is autumn or spring better? Autumn for clear weather and atmosphere, spring for warmer days and flowers. Both are good.

Can I talk to someone in Europe? Yes. Shradha Simkhada is our Europe representative, based in Espoo, Finland. Phone and WhatsApp: +358 45 353 8606.

If you want the numbers run for your dates and your group size, message me or Shradha on WhatsApp, or email [email protected]. I will give you the real figure, including the parts that are not in our favour. You may also want our country guides for other European markets, from Sweden, from Norway, from Finland, from Germany, from Poland and from the UK.

Kort på dansk

Trekket til Everest Base Camp varer 12 dage og koster 1.399, 2.499 eller 4.999 amerikanske dollar pr. person (cirka 9.310, 16.640 eller 33.280 kroner med Den Europæiske Centralbanks referencekurs den 2. oktober 2026). I prisen er der en autoriseret guide, tilladelser og overnatning i teahuse langs ruten. Flyrejsen til Nepal, visum, rejseforsikring, hotel i Kathmandu og drikkepenge er ikke med.

Jeg fandt ingen direkte fly fra København til Kathmandu. Mine søgninger den 4. oktober 2026 viste en returrejse til cirka 1.838 euro (omkring 13.740 kroner) for efterårsdatoerne 19. oktober til 5. november 2026, med højst ét skift hver vej, én billet og indchecket bagage. Det var Turkish Airlines via Istanbul ud og Qatar Airways via Doha hjem, og rejsen tog cirka 38 timer i alt. Priserne er øjebliksbilleder fra én dag og ændrer sig. Hverken det gule sundhedskort eller det blå EU-sygesikringskort dækker i Nepal. Borger.dk skriver, at det blå kort gælder i EU, Norge, Island, Liechtenstein og Schweiz, at ingen af kortene dækker andre lande, og at det blå kort ikke dækker hjemtransport. Du skal derfor have en privat rejseforsikring, der dækker trekking til mindst 6.000 meter og helikopterredning, også ved sygdom.

Efter ferieloven tæller lørdage ikke med som feriedage, så en tur fra mandag den 19. oktober til fredag den 6. november 2026 bruger 15 af dine 25 feriedage. Aftal datoerne med din arbejdsgiver i god tid. Det samlede budget for budgetniveauet fra København bliver cirka 26.910 til 29.380 kroner før hotel i Kathmandu. Du kan stille spørgsmål til vores Europa-repræsentant Shradha Simkhada i Espoo: +358 45 353 8606 (telefon og WhatsApp, på engelsk).

About The Everest Holiday

We are a family company in Kathmandu, three generations of family guides, registered in 2016 and a member of the Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal, number 1586. When you book with us you deal with the family, not a call centre, and the guide who meets you at the airport works for the same people who answered your first message.

Every booking helps fund our Nagarjun Learning Center. We fully run the centre at Saldum, where 70 children learn with a teacher I pay for personally, and we have helped build and still support other community learning centres. It is where a real part of what you pay ends up.

Written by Shreejan Simkhada, CEO of The Everest Holiday and third-generation family guide. TAAN Member #1586.