Everest & Solukhumbu · Durbar squares, stupas and old towns
Heritage and temples in Everest & Solukhumbu
The Kathmandu Valley alone holds seven monument zones inscribed together as one UNESCO World Heritage Site. Add Lumbini, Tansen, Gorkha, Nuwakot, Janakpur and Lo Manthang, and you can read Nepal's history in brick, wood and stone.
Trips
Everest & Solukhumbumax 5,545 mKathmandu and Everest Helicopter Day
See Everest without trekking. Three nights at Dwarika's Hotel in Kathmandu with a shared helicopter morning to the Khumbu: a short landing …
Everest & Solukhumbumax 3,970 mThame and Sherpa Heritage Trek
A trek through the Sherpa villages that raised generations of Everest climbers. Ten nights linking Namche Bazaar, Thame in the Bhote Koshi …
Places
Everest & Solukhumbu3,790 mKhumjung
Hillary's first school and a yeti scalp under sacred Khumbila
Everest & Solukhumbu3,867 mTengboche
Khumbu's great monastery, founded 1916, rebuilt twice
Everest & Solukhumbu3,800 mThame
Tenzing Norgay's village on the old salt road to Tibet
Experiences
HeritageKhumjung School and the Himalayan Trust story
See the school Edmund Hillary's Himalayan Trust built at Khumjung in 1961, the first of many schools and clinics in …
SpiritualSee the yeti scalp in Khumjung gompa
Khumjung's gompa keeps a revered relic: a tall, conical cap of reddish hide said to be a yeti scalp. Scientists …
NatureTea on the Hotel Everest View terrace
Walk 30 minutes up from Khumjung to the Hotel Everest View at about 3,880 m and drink tea on its …
HeritageWalk Kunde and the Hillary hospital
Stroll west from Khumjung to its twin village of Kunde, past walled potato fields and chortens to the Kunde hospital …
SpiritualSit in on Tengboche's afternoon puja
Join the monks of Khumbu's largest monastery for their afternoon prayers: deep chanting, long horns, drums and butter lamps beneath …
HeritageMani Rimdu masked dances at Tengboche
Time your trek for Mani Rimdu, when the monks of Tengboche end a 19-day ritual with three public days: a …
NatureSunrise on Ama Dablam from Tengboche
Wake before dawn and stand on the meadow in front of Tengboche Monastery as the first sun lights Ama Dablam, …
NatureForest walk to Deboche and its nunnery
Drop ten minutes from Tengboche through a forest of rhododendron, birch and fir to Deboche, visit its small Buddhist nunnery, …