Budget Guesthouse · Namche Bazaar
Namche Bazaar teahouse lodges
Namche's family-run teahouse lodges are the standard bed on the Everest trail: twin rooms, a stove-heated dining room and a menu of dal bhat, noodles and potatoes. Rooms are cheap if you eat in. Our saver EBC trek uses them throughout.
Photo: Super Trekkers · CC BY-SA 4.0 · CommonsDozens of Sherpa families run lodges in Namche, stacked up the horseshoe of terraces. A basic room has two single beds with foam mattresses and a blanket, plywood walls and a shared bathroom down the hall; better rooms have attached bathrooms and hot showers. The dining room, heated by a yak-dung or wood stove in the evening, is where everyone eats, dries socks and plans the next day.
Lodges price rooms low and expect you to eat dinner and breakfast with them; that is how they earn. Dal bhat with refills is the best-value meal. Hot showers, device charging and wifi cost extra. In October and April, ask your guide to book ahead; the best rooms on the upper terraces fill early.
Why we use it
- Cheapest honest bed on the Everest trail
- Warm communal dining rooms
- Easy to adjust plans day to day
Best for
The photo shows Namche Bazaar, not the property itself.
Trips that stay here
Sleep here on a trip
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Comfort
Everest view trek to Namche Bazaar
Domestic flights to Lukla, private car in Kathmandu, five days on foot
Around the stay
Namche Bazaar
Namche Bazaar is the main Sherpa town of the Khumbu at 3,440 m, two days' walk from Lukla on the Everest Base Camp trail. Trekkers spend two nights here to acclimatise, with a hike to Khumjung or the Everest View ridge. It has a Saturday market, gear shops, bakeries and lodges at every budget.
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Namche's Saturday market
See how the Khumbu shops for the week: porters and traders from lower valleys lay out rice, vegetables, eggs, cloth and…
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Acclimatisation hike to Khumjung
The classic climb-high, sleep-low day: up from Namche over the Syangboche ridge to Khumjung at about 3,790 m, with Ever…
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Afternoon prayers at Tengboche monastery
Tengboche, at 3,867 m on a ridge a day's walk from Namche, is the largest gompa in the Khumbu. Arrive for afternoon pra…
Questions
About Namche Bazaar teahouse lodges
Do Namche teahouses have attached bathrooms?
Some rooms do, especially in newer lodges, at a higher price. Basic rooms share bathrooms.
Do I need a sleeping bag in Namche teahouses?
Lodges provide blankets, but a warm sleeping bag is strongly recommended for the trek, especially above Namche.
Why is food expensive if rooms are cheap?
Lodges make their money on meals, and food has to be carried up by porters and yaks. Eat where you sleep.
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