A Melbourne father has died in Nepal while returning from Mount Everest base camp.

Fairfax Media has been told the man, who worked for a multinational tech company, visited the high-altitude site on Friday, but started experiencing breathing difficulties upon his descent.

He reportedly died the next day.

The man, a father of two, was not attempting to reach the summit, but had been among the tens of thousands of tourists who trek to the Nepal base camp site each year, Fairfax Media understands.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) would only say it was aware of the death of an Australian man in Nepal.

"We stand ready to offer consular assistance in accordance with the consular services charter," DFAT said in a statement.

The man's family has been contacted.