Solukhumbu
Everest, Lhotse and Cho Oyu, Sherpa villages and monasteries, and the busiest trekking trails in Nepal.
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- Koshi Province
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- Salleri
Districts of Koshi Province
TaplejungSankhuwasabhaPanchtharIlamTehrathumDhankutaBhojpurKhotangOkhaldhungaUdayapurJhapaMorangSunsari
Places in Solukhumbu
Mount Everest (Sagarmatha)
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceThe highest point on earth at 8,848.86 m, first climbed by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary in 1953.
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Everest Base Camp Trek
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceNepal's most famous trek: about 12 days from Lukla through Sherpa villages to the foot of the Khumbu Icefall.
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Namche Bazaar
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceThe Sherpa capital of the Khumbu: a horseshoe of lodges, bakeries and gear shops on a steep slope at 3,440 m.
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Tengboche Monastery
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceThe largest monastery of the Khumbu, on a ridge facing Ama Dablam and Everest, home of the Mani Rimdu festival.
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Gokyo Lakes and Gokyo Ri
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceSix turquoise glacial lakes beside the Ngozumpa glacier, and a summit view of four 8,000 m peaks.
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Kala Patthar
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceA dark rocky hump above Gorak Shep and the classic close-up viewpoint for the summit of Everest.
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Lukla
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceGateway to Everest, with the famous short, sloping runway of Tenzing–Hillary Airport.
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Ama Dablam
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvincePerhaps the most beautiful mountain in the Khumbu: 'mother's necklace', a soaring ridge with a hanging glacier like a pendant.
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Lhotse
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceThe world's fourth-highest mountain, joined to Everest by the South Col, with a colossal 3,000 m south face.
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Cho Oyu
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceThe sixth-highest mountain, a broad white dome at the head of the Gokyo valley on the Tibetan border.
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Hidden gemKhumjung and Khunde
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceTwin Sherpa villages in a quiet bowl above Namche, with Hillary's first school and a monastery that keeps a 'yeti scalp'.
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Hidden gemThame
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceA peaceful Sherpa village west of Namche where Tenzing Norgay grew up, with a cliff-side monastery that hosts Mani Rimdu in spring.
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Mera Peak
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceNepal's highest 'trekking peak' at 6,476 m, a glacier climb with a view of five 8,000 m mountains.
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Island Peak (Imja Tse)
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceA popular 6,189 m climbing peak in the Chhukung valley, rising like an island in a sea of ice.
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Hidden gemPikey Peak
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceA sacred Sherpa hilltop in lower Solu with a sunrise view from Kanchenjunga to Annapurna — Hillary's favourite Everest view.
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Hidden gemSalleri, Phaplu and Chiwong
Solukhumbu, Koshi ProvinceThe green Solu valley below the Khumbu: the district headquarters, an airstrip, apple orchards and the clifftop Chiwong monastery.
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