Namche Bazaar travel guide

Sherpa market town at 3,440 m with first views of Everest. Most people stay 4–6 nights. Best months: Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov.

Highlights

Everest View Hotel hike via Syangboche · 4 h · about ₹900 per person. The standard acclimatisation hike: climb to about 3,880 m and sleep back in Namche. First full views of Everest, Lhotse and Ama Dablam; price is tea on the terrace.
Khumjung & Khunde villages and monastery · 5 h · about ₹300 per person. Combine with the Everest View Hotel as a loop. Khumjung has the Hillary School and a monastery that displays a 'yeti scalp' for a small donation.
Tengboche Monastery hike · Full day · free. About 5–6h each way with a big descent and climb; most trekkers sleep at Tengboche (3,860 m) to catch the afternoon puja and sunrise on Ama Dablam.
Sherpa Culture Museum and park visitor centre · 1.5 h · about ₹300 per person. Above town near the Sagarmatha National Park office; the viewpoint behind it shows Everest on clear afternoons.
Namche Saturday market · 1.5 h · free. Traders walk up from lower valleys to sell produce; it winds down by late morning.
Acclimatisation rest day · 3 h · free. Above 3,000 m, add no more than 300–500 m of sleeping altitude per day and take a rest day every 3–4 days. Drink water, skip alcohol and descend if headache, nausea or breathlessness worsen.
Thame valley day hike · 8 h · free. A quieter valley west of Namche with a cliffside monastery; about 3–4h each way.

Namche teahouses (budget, ₹800–₹2,500 a night): Basic rooms, cheap when you eat in; charging, hot showers and Wi-Fi cost extra.
Namche lodges with attached bathrooms (mid, ₹3,500–₹7,500 a night): Private bathrooms, bakeries and heated dining rooms in the centre of town.
Luxury lodges in Namche, Syangboche and on the Lukla trail (premium, ₹12,000–₹30,000 a night): Heated rooms, proper beds and better food, usually sold as a lodge-to-lodge package.

Altitude 3,440 m: plan an acclimatisation day in Namche and ascend slowly; altitude sickness can affect anyone.
Jun–Sep monsoon cancels many Lukla flights and hides the peaks; Dec–Feb is clear but well below freezing at night.
Lukla flights are often delayed by weather in any season — keep at least one buffer day.

Everest view trek: Lukla, Namche Bazaar and Tengboche · 11 days, Kathmandu → Namche Bazaar → Nagarkot · from ₹78,675 per person, base estimate before flights. A short Everest-region trek with proper acclimatisation: fly to Lukla, two nights in Namche, the Everest View Hotel and Khumjung, Tengboche Monastery, then back down. The Namche stop covers trail nights in Phakding, Tengboche, Monjo and Lukla; a spare night at the end absorbs Lukla flight delays.