Everest & Solukhumbu · Feasts, markets and the lunar calendar
Food and festivals in Everest & Solukhumbu
Newar samay baji and yomari, Thakali dal bhat, Sherpa shyakpa, Tharu ghonghi, Mithila sweets, Ilam's tea and tongba in the eastern hills. And the festivals that bring them out: Dashain, Tihar, Indra Jatra, Bisket, Tiji and Chhath.
Trips
Places
Everest & Solukhumbu3,440 mNamche Bazaar
Khumbu's trading town, built in a bowl at 3,440 m
Everest & Solukhumbu2,413 mPhaplu
Solu's airstrip town below cliff-top Chiwong Gompa
Everest & Solukhumbu3,867 mTengboche
Khumbu's great monastery, founded 1916, rebuilt twice
Experiences
FoodNamche's Saturday market at first light
Each Saturday porters and traders who have walked for days from Solu, Okhaldhunga and the Rai villages set out rice, …
NatureSunrise on Everest from Namche's park hill
Climb 20–30 minutes from Namche to the Sagarmatha National Park headquarters at Mendalphu for sunrise, when Everest, Lhotse, Ama Dablam …
SpiritualEvening kora around Namche's gompa
Join older Namche residents on their evening kora, the clockwise walk around the town's gompa and prayer wheels, then sit …
TrekkingAcclimatisation loop via Syangboche and Khumjung
The standard Namche rest-day walk climbs about 450 m to Syangboche and the Hotel Everest View terrace, drops to Khumjung's …
SpiritualClimb to Chiwong Gompa above Phaplu
Walk up from Phaplu through pine and village fields to Chiwong Gompa, a Sherpa monastery founded around 1920 on a …
FoodApples, cheese and tea in Salleri bazaar
Walk 20–30 minutes from Phaplu to Salleri, Solukhumbu's district headquarters, to browse its market street of apples, chhurpi, vegetables and …
TrekkingShort trek to Pikey Peak for the Everest skyline
A short trek west from Phaplu through Sherpa villages and rhododendron forest to Pikey Peak, about 4,065 m, for a …
NatureWalk north to Ringmo's apple orchards
Follow the old trail north from Phaplu through forest and Sherpa villages to Ringmo, a village known for its apple …
