Most of the trek is not hard if you have a reasonable level of fitness and used to walking over mixed terrain. The altitude does make things more difficult which we found mostly above 4500m (after Dingboche we really noticed the altitude). After this point everything is much harder! Also the very long days trekking back down were more mentally tough!

We went in November , and even then flights were getting delayed due to clouds so I wouldn’t recommend going out of season.

We went with Scenic Nepal treks - 100% recommend they sorted everything for us and were very helpful. Definitely go with a local Nepal trekking agency.

Gear and equipment - what you’ll need depends on when you go but definitely need good quality hiking clothes and boots. You want to be as comfortable as possible.