Blog-Traveling in Nepal-Everest Base Camp. Every year, travelers who visit Nepal hit the Everest trail for adventure treks and mountaineering. Everest Base Camp is a wildly sought-after trekking destination in Nepal. The basic attractions of the place include walking through rivers, gorges, glaciers, glacial lakes, peaks, high passes, pristine villages, and monasteries.
Declared a World Heritage Site in 1979, the areas around Everest are under protection as a national park. The park is home to a huge variety and number of rare plants and animals, the most prominent ones being the impeyan pheasant (the national bird of Nepal) and musk deer. Everest region harbors places most rife with yeti legend and numerous researchers from time to time have toiled in different villages and hamlets in this very place.
In the past, all treks to Everest started from Jiri. After the construction of an airport in Lukla, however, it is now customary to start all Everest treks and expeditions from Lukla. Further along, the way lies Namche, the entrance to Everest. With the vitality it has, Namche is undoubtedly the melting pot of Solukhumbu. In addition, the Everest region has numerous Sherpa villages and monasteries that still preserve their centuries-old culture. Tengboche Monastery is perhaps one of the finest examples of this legacy.
