sagarmatha / everest national park
The highest national park in the world is Sagarmatha / Everest National Park. It lies in Solukhumbu district in Northeastern Nepal. It was established in 1976. The park occupies an area of 1148 square kilometer. In 1979 UNESCO designated the park as a world heritage site in recognition of the significance of the world’s highest mountain and its associated flora and fauna, the cultural importance of the Sherpa people. Elevation range start from 2845 to 8848 meter.
The climate of Everest region is strictly alpine and vegetation is composed of a board spectrum of conifers, birch, rhododendrons, gentians, cushion plants, blue pine, fir and juniper forest.
In 1953 May 29 British expedition succeeded in putting Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgey Sherpa on the world’s highest summit.
In 1975 May 16 Japanese woman Junko Tabei succeede to climbed Mt. Everest.
Everest , the world’s highest peak is known by many names the Nepalese call Sagarmatha which mean ‘ head in the sky’ or ’sky is limit’. The Tibetan name Chomolungama can be translated as ‘ Goddess mother of the earth’. In 1965 that the peak was named Mount Everest after a surveyor general of British / India.
The Everest National Park is home of the:-
A total of 200 bird species has been recorded.
28 species of mammals including globally threatened species snow leopard, Asiatic Black Bear, Asiatic wild Dog, Himalayan Thar, Himalayan Musk Deer and Red Panda
8 species of reptiles
7 species of amphibians
30 species of butterfly
Birds to see at Sagarmatha / Everest National Park
Himalayan Monal, Satyr Tragopan, Blood Pheasant, Ferruginous Pochard, Wood Snipe, Cinereous Vulture, Himalayan Vulture, Lammergeier, Common Buzzard, Golden Eagle, Spotted Nutcracker, White – throated Dipper, Brown Dipper, Blue whistling Thrush, Himalayan Bluetail, Golden Bush Robin, Black Redstart, Rufous Sibia, Wallcreeper, Treekeepers, Tits, Warblers, Fire tailed Sunbird, Rosefinchs, Laughingthruhs, Spot winged Grosebeak, Grandala amongst others.
The globally threatened Woodsnipe that may breed in alpine meadows .
Access:-
Kathmandu – Lukla 35 minutes by flight
From Lukla or Jiri depending upon your time you can spend 7 days to 30 days in Everest region to exploring high altitude flora and fauna.The best place to explore could be Namche, Gokyo valley, Lobuche, Kalapathar, Everest Base Camp and Thame valley.
Lukla airstrip is situated at 2840 meter and one of the busy airstrip in Nepal.
Accommodation:- Lodge , Resort, Tent
Activites:- Trekking, Birding, mountaineering, meditation
Best season:- October to May
December to February snow
The climate of Everest region is strictly alpine and vegetation is composed of a board spectrum of conifers, birch, rhododendrons, gentians, cushion plants, blue pine, fir and juniper forest.
In 1953 May 29 British expedition succeeded in putting Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgey Sherpa on the world’s highest summit.
In 1975 May 16 Japanese woman Junko Tabei succeede to climbed Mt. Everest.
Everest , the world’s highest peak is known by many names the Nepalese call Sagarmatha which mean ‘ head in the sky’ or ’sky is limit’. The Tibetan name Chomolungama can be translated as ‘ Goddess mother of the earth’. In 1965 that the peak was named Mount Everest after a surveyor general of British / India.
The Everest National Park is home of the:-
A total of 200 bird species has been recorded.
28 species of mammals including globally threatened species snow leopard, Asiatic Black Bear, Asiatic wild Dog, Himalayan Thar, Himalayan Musk Deer and Red Panda
8 species of reptiles
7 species of amphibians
30 species of butterfly
Birds to see at Sagarmatha / Everest National Park
Himalayan Monal, Satyr Tragopan, Blood Pheasant, Ferruginous Pochard, Wood Snipe, Cinereous Vulture, Himalayan Vulture, Lammergeier, Common Buzzard, Golden Eagle, Spotted Nutcracker, White – throated Dipper, Brown Dipper, Blue whistling Thrush, Himalayan Bluetail, Golden Bush Robin, Black Redstart, Rufous Sibia, Wallcreeper, Treekeepers, Tits, Warblers, Fire tailed Sunbird, Rosefinchs, Laughingthruhs, Spot winged Grosebeak, Grandala amongst others.
The globally threatened Woodsnipe that may breed in alpine meadows .
Access:-
Kathmandu – Lukla 35 minutes by flight
From Lukla or Jiri depending upon your time you can spend 7 days to 30 days in Everest region to exploring high altitude flora and fauna.The best place to explore could be Namche, Gokyo valley, Lobuche, Kalapathar, Everest Base Camp and Thame valley.
Lukla airstrip is situated at 2840 meter and one of the busy airstrip in Nepal.
Accommodation:- Lodge , Resort, Tent
Activites:- Trekking, Birding, mountaineering, meditation
Best season:- October to May
December to February snow