Summit of Everest The Khumbu or Everest region is the most popular trekking area in Nepal. It would probably be the most popular destination, but it is more difficult to get to Solu Khumbu than to the Annapurna area. To get near Everest, you must either walk for 10 days or fly to Lukla, a remote mountain airstrip where flights...

Kyazori Peak lies in the Khumbu region, just north of Namche Bazaar. It’s a classic & isolated peak in the Mahalangur range, among a long line of peaks continuing all the way to Cho Oyu on the Nepal-Tibet border. The Kyajo Ri is the highest Trekking peak on the southern ridge made by the Thame & Gokyo valleys standing at...

Cholatse is a stunning peak with narrow snow and ice ridges and steep faces. It is on the ridge separating the Gokyo and Khumbu valleys, just north of Taboche and just south of a 5420 meter pass used by Sherpas and trekers alike to go between the Gokyo and Khumbu valleys. Interestingly, there is a lake just below this pass...

Introduction Bardia National park is the largest national park in the lowland Terai covering on area of 968 sq.km. The park situated in Nepal's Western Terai was established to protect representative ecosystems and conserve tiger and its prey species. Initially, a small area was gazetted as the Karnali Wildlife Reserve in 1976. 1500 households of the Babai valley were resettled outside...

Jumping beyond imagination Just imagination of jumping down from a bridge 160 meters above a tropical gorge with the Bhote Kosi, one of Nepal?s wildest rivers raging below is enough to make your heartbeat run faster. And, it is the thrill of bungy jumping as it there is no fun for real adventure lover if challenge is not so hard and...

The information below comes from my own personal experience, and from the books that you can find linked to this page. See the routes section for a description of the main route to the summit, or to add your own route. This is a "Trekking Peak" in the Everest region of Nepal. It is a great first himalayan peak. The route...