Solukhumbu
सगरमाथा राष्ट्रिय निकुञ्ज
UNESCO World Heritage Himalayan park — Everest, Sherpa culture, and sacred Khumbu landscapes.
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Sagarmatha National Park is Nepal's first Himalayan national park inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site — home to Mount Everest, Sherpa villages, and sacred Khumbu landscapes above 3,000 metres.
Mount Everest, Sherpa culture, Tengboche Monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Khumbu Icefall views.
Sacred Himalayan landscape in Sherpa Buddhist tradition; first Nepali national park on UNESCO list (1979).
Fly Kathmandu–Lukla → acclimatise Namche → Tengboche monastery → Everest Base Camp trek (12–14 days). Permits required.
Welcome to Sagarmatha. Prayer flags stitch wind to stone while Everest holds the sky. Every step here is both trek and pilgrimage.
At a Glance
Location
Solukhumbu District
Highlight
Mount Everest (8,849 m)
Status
UNESCO WHS (1979)
Area
1,148 km²
Culture
Sherpa Buddhist heritage
Best time
Mar–May, Oct–Nov
Heritage
Sagarmatha was Nepal's first national park in the Himalaya and among the first globally recognised for both natural and cultural values. Tengboche Monastery, mani walls, and festival calendars root conservation in living Buddhist practice while Everest draws the world's mountaineers.
Visual Journey
Sacred Calendar
Seasonal observances and local gatherings.
Suggested Schedule
Classic EBC trek 12–14 days from Lukla; permits and guide recommended.
Acclimatisation
Weather-dependent STOL flight.
First major acclimatisation stop.
Monastery day
Ama Dablam and Everest views.
Practical Information
Permits
SNP entry + TIMS
Obtain in Kathmandu
Altitude
High risk above 3,500 m
Acclimatise carefully
Flights
Lukla weather delays
Buffer days essential
Stay
Teahouse trek
Book peak season ahead
Flights from Kathmandu (~30 min).
Jiri/Salleri trek-in (longer).
Sagarmatha NP entry at Monjo.
Extend Your Journey
Sagarmatha crowns the Koshi Province Himalayan circuit.
From the Community
Everest treks and Sagarmatha National Park films from the Khumbu.
These videos are shared by devotees and travelers. They are not official productions of the heritage programme.
Pathibhara Devi Temple, Taplejung
Pathibhara Devi Temple crowns a 3,794-metre ridge in Taplejung — a major Hindu-Kirat pilgrimage shrine in Nepal's eastern hills, drawing devotees from Nepal and India for wish-fulfilment darshan.
Dantakali Temple, Dharan
Dantakali Temple in Bijayapur, Dharan is a Shakti Peeth where the sacred teeth of Goddess Sati are believed to have fallen — one of eastern Nepal's most important Devi shrines.
Budhasubba Temple, Dharan
Budhasubba Temple is Dharan's distinctive Kirat-Hindu shrine — famous for its sacred bamboo grove where devotees tie cloth and offer prayers for fortune and fertility.
Halesi Mahadev Temple, Khotang
Halesi Mahadev is a sacred cave-shrine in Khotang revered by Hindus and Buddhists alike — the Maratika caves where Padmasambhava and Vishnu traditions meet in torchlit limestone chambers.
Baraha Kshetra
Baraha Kshetra is a major Hindu, Kirat, and Limbu pilgrimage landscape at the confluence of the Koka and Koshi rivers in Sunsari, Koshi Province. Dedicated to Vishnu as Varaha (the divine boar), it is counted among Nepal’s Char Dham and revered in Puranic literature. Locally it is honoured as “Dharti ko Pahilo Dham”, the first sacred abode on earth after the cosmic rescue of the world. Pilgrims come to bathe at the sangam, offer worship, join festivals, and encounter living traditions such as the famous stone ritual associated with purity of conscience.
