Mera Peak joins summiting the most noteworthy trekking crest in Nepal with a lovely stroll in up the generally calm Arun Valley. The perspectives from the summit are really stunning: Everest, Lhotse and Ama Dablam can all be seen obviously and viewing the dawn over the leaders of these mountains is never to be overlooked.
You begin your Mera Peak experience with the invigorating Kathmandu to Lukla flight with awesome perspectives the distance and the hair-raising arriving at Lukla's short runway. Having gathered yours team your course takes you south around the mountain to Paiya and Pangom staying away from the Zatrwa La crossing which at 4250m about dependably motivations issues with elevation disorder.
This part of the course is peaceful however intensely cultivated. From Sibuje you branch north heading into perfect bamboo and rhododendron wilderness before achieving your initial rose camp.
The trek then proceeds onward up the Arun valley with a lot of time to adjust before achieving Khare where you will spend two or three days acclimatizing.
The main day of the push to the summit of Mera Peak takes you to the camp at Mera La and from that point you move higher to the staggering High camp sticking onto a rough outcrop on the edge of the icy mass. Dusk at high camp is astounding with Himalaya's 8000m goliaths sparkling orange as the light blurs.
Summit day is a long hard trudge up the ice sheet before a short sharp scramble up an ice-divider to the summit of Mera Peak. Take as much time as the frosty will permit to appreciate the view, likely the best perspective of the Everest go in Nepal.
In the wake of summiting you plummet back to Khare before following down the Arun valley lastly heading over the Zatrwa La pass now completely acclimatized and dropping once again into Lukla.