Everest View Trek Highlights
- Scenic flight to and from Lukla
- Easy and short trek suitable for people of all ages
- Close-up view of Mt. Everest (8,848m) and other peaks
- Everest View Hotel (3,880m), the highest-altitude hotel in the world
- Sagarmatha National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Ancient monasteries of Solukhumbu region
Everest View Trek Overview
Everest View Trek is an easy trek in the Everest region. This trek is named after the Everest View Hotel. It is the highest-altitude hotel in the world located at 3,880 meters.
As the name suggests, it is mainly focused on having the best view of Mount Everest. However, one can reach the place without much hard walking.
The hotel is the only five-star standard started in 1971 by a Japanese entrepreneur. The hotel is the must-reach destination while you are in the Everest region.
From here, you can see the 360-degree view of jaw-dropping view of the inspiring peaks. Having breakfast or lunch by gazing at Mt. Everest and other neighboring peaks is something one can rarely get in their life!
To your utter wonder, you can see Mt. Everest from every room of the hotel. The evergreen forests of pine and rhododendron always soothe your mind and soul.
This is the most remarkable manmade landmark in the Himalayas. It is located inside Sagarmatha National Park, one of the highest altitude protected areas in the world.
It has conserved a large variety of flora and fauna of the Himalayan region. Therefore, it has been enlisted in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Everest View Trek is the most appropriate Nepal trekking package for those having a very limited vacation in Nepal. Despite the shortness of the duration, you can have a lifelong memory of being in the Everest vicinity.
Sagarmatha National Park as the Attraction of Everest Trek
Apart from the Everest view, trekking in Nepal gives you many other experiences. The flora and fauna of Sagarmatha National Park are equally rewarding. You can find around 118 species of birds and 26 species of butterflies.
You can have the occasional glimpses of birds like Himalayan monal, blood pheasants plus red-billed and yellow-billed chough. Himalayan black bears, snow leopards, musk deer, mountain foxes, martens, etc. have been seen while walking along the dense forests.
The large areas have been covered by tall trees mosses and lichens are found according to the altitude. Pine, hemlock, fir, birch, and rhododendron trees are the common species of plants found here.
If you make Everest View Trek in spring, the entire national park area is covered by colorful rhododendron flowers.
Cultural Attractions of Everest View Trek
Most of the population of the Everest region trek is of the Sherpa ethnic community. On this account, Tibetan Buddhist culture and tradition make the cultural affluence here. The ancient monasteries and chortens decorated by multi-colored prayer flags make this region more vibrant.
The mane walls painted with different traditional pictures of Tibetan Buddhist culture are other assets of this region. Almost every village; no matter big or small, houses Buddhist shrines in it.
The Phakding Monastery, the 300-year-old monastery of Namche Bazaar, and the Tengboche Monastery are the prime shrines. Tengboche Monastery is the largest monastery of the whole Solukhumbu region.
If you happen to make the Everest View Trek between October and November, you can witness the Mani Rimdu Festival. This has been the largest festival celebrated at the premises of the monastery for 19 days.
The masked dances performed by the monks in traditional music is worth observing while in this region. The people of this belt gather at the Tengboche Monastery premises to observe this festival in front of the Guru Rinpoche.
The Sherpa Museum as an Asset of Nepal Trekking in the Everest Region
The Sherpa Museum of Namche Bazaar is an important landmark of the Everest View trek. To visit this educational museum, you need to pay Rs. 250.
The museum has been built in the traditional Sherpa art and architecture. It educates you on how the Sherpa people can live in these harsh landscapes.
The Hall of Fame, one of the three rooms of this museum, is the gallery of photos from the 1953 Everest expedition. It has preserved the photos of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
More importantly, you can see the photographs of different expeditions made by the Sherpas to different peaks. The photos are the most reliable testimonials to inspire you to move higher with a complete commitment.
How to do the Everest Panorama Trek?
Although it is an easy trek to Everest view, you must take a domestic flight. Or if you have enough time, yet don’t want to trek higher enough, you have a few choices.
You can do this trek by following the Nepal trekking trail of the Jiri Everest Base Camp trek and Everest Gokyo Lake Trek. Similarly, you can fly to Phaplu or Salleri, the other two airports of the Solukhumbu district. Nevertheless, beginning this trek from other than Lukla adds up a few days in the itinerary.
From Lukla, the gateway to the EBC trek, you ascend to Tengboche. On the way, you go past, Phakding and Namche Bazaar. You hike to Everest View Hotel in the morning before heading for Tengboche.
After exploring Tengboche Monastery, you trek down to Monjo via Namche Bazaar and Jorsalle. Afterward, by leaving Phakding, you trek to Lukla and the next day, you fly to Kathmandu.
Everest View Trek Highlights
- Scenic flight to and from Lukla
- Easy and short trek suitable for people of all ages
- Close-up view of Mt. Everest (8,848m) and other peaks
- Everest View Hotel (3,880m), the highest-altitude hotel in the world
- Sagarmatha National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Ancient monasteries of Solukhumbu region
