Everest & Solukhumbu · Light, height and the right hour
Photography in Everest & Solukhumbu
Autumn's clear air, spring rhododendrons, festival chariots, the walled city of Lo Manthang and the mountain views at Poon Hill, Kala Patthar and Gokyo Ri, timed for the light.
Trips
Everest & Solukhumbumax 5,545 mGokyo Lakes, Cho La and Everest Base Camp
A loop that sees the Khumbu from two valleys. You walk up to the turquoise Gokyo lakes and climb Gokyo Ri, cross …
Everest & Solukhumbumax 5,545 mEverest Base Camp Trek with Helicopter Return
Walk up to Everest Base Camp the proper way, with the same acclimatisation as the classic trek, then fly back to Kathmandu …
Everest & Solukhumbumax 5,545 mEverest Base Camp Trek
The classic walk from Lukla to the foot of the Khumbu Icefall and up Kala Patthar for sunrise on Everest. Fourteen nights …
Everest & Solukhumbumax 4,570 mEverest Comfort Lodge Trek
The Khumbu in comfort. Eleven nights pairing Dwarika's in Kathmandu with the best lodges on the trail: Yeti Mountain Home in Namche …
Everest & Solukhumbumax 5,550 mEverest Three Passes Trek
The full circuit of the Khumbu: three passes above 5,300 m, Kongma La, Cho La and Renjo La, linking the Imja, Khumbu, …
Everest & Solukhumbumax 3,880 mEverest View Trek: Namche and Khumjung
A short Everest trek for people with one week. You fly to Lukla, walk to Namche Bazaar, explore the Sherpa villages of …
Everest & Solukhumbumax 5,360 mGokyo Lakes and Renjo La Trek
A quieter Everest trek that trades base camp for lakes. You walk up the Gokyo valley to the turquoise lakes beside the …
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 4,065 mPikey Peak and Junbesi Trek in Solu
A short, quiet trek in Solu, the lower half of Solukhumbu. Drive to Phaplu, walk to the Sherpa village of Junbesi and …
Everest & Solukhumbumax 3,867 mSolu to Khumbu Walk-in: Phaplu to Tengboche
Walk into the Everest region the way expeditions did before the Lukla airstrip. Sixteen nights from Phaplu across the ridges of Solu, …
Everest & Solukhumbumax 3,867 mTengboche Mani Rimdu Festival Trek
Time your Everest trek to the Mani Rimdu festival at Tengboche Monastery, held each October or November by the Tibetan calendar. Eleven …
Places
Everest & Solukhumbu4,730 mChhukung
Under Lhotse's south face, the road end for Island Peak
Everest & Solukhumbu5,364 mEverest Base Camp
A tent city on moving ice at 5,364 m, with Kala Patthar above
Everest & Solukhumbu4,790 mGokyo
Turquoise lakes, a Ramsar site and four 8,000 m peaks from Gokyo Ri
Everest & Solukhumbu3,440 mNamche Bazaar
Khumbu's trading town, built in a bowl at 3,440 m
Everest & Solukhumbu3,867 mTengboche
Khumbu's great monastery, founded 1916, rebuilt twice
Experiences
TrekkingClimb Chhukung Ri at dawn
Leave Chhukung before dawn for the summit of Chhukung Ri, about 5,550 m, a steep trekking peak with a close-up …
AdventureWalk to Island Peak base camp
Follow the moraine east from Chhukung to Island Peak base camp at about 5,000 m, beneath the 6,165 m peak …
Rivers and lakesSee Imja Tsho, the lake they lowered
Walk from Chhukung to a moraine viewpoint over Imja Tsho, a glacial lake that grew from meltwater ponds in the …
AdventureCross the Kongma La to Lobuche
The highest of the Three Passes, the Kongma La at about 5,535 m, links Chhukung with Lobuche in one long, …
TrekkingKala Patthar for the Everest view
Climb Kala Patthar, the black rock hill above Gorak Shep at about 5,644 m, for the classic view of Everest's …
TrekkingWalk the moraine from Gorak Shep to Base Camp
From Gorak Shep's frozen sandy lakebed, follow the lateral moraine of the Khumbu glacier for 2–3 hours, then drop onto …
SpiritualThe climbers' memorials at Thukla pass
On the climb above Dughla towards Lobuche, the Thukla pass, at about 4,830 m, is a field of stone chortens, …
NatureStars over Gorak Shep at 5,164 m
Step out of your Gorak Shep lodge on a clear, moonless night to one of the darkest, highest night skies …
