Sagarmatha National Park: UNESCO World Heritage Site of Nepal Yagya Raj Karki/Nepalayatimes Solukhumbu – Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park is spread over an area of 1,148 sq, km, established in 1976, of the Himalayan ecological zone in the Khumbu region of Nepal. This park listed on UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979. The Park disperse over the areas of …
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Yagya Raj Karki, Nepalayatimes/Pattale Higher than Everest Best Himalayan Tours Pattale, a new tourism destination, is Located in Solukhumbu, travelers are required to travel a distance of about 8 hours from Kathmandu and 3 hours from Harkapur, Okhaldhunga to reach Pattale by road. BP highway is one of the ways to reach Pattale According to local, the serene geographical structure …
Read More »Why people go trekking? Pritam Pandit Young Traveler Blogger
Nepalayatimes “So why do people go for treks? Why do they risk their lives to conquer an unseen mountain? Just for the sake of victory? To prove that they can achieve anything or is it just a healthier time pass than watching a movie on a weekend? Those are hardly the reasons. Treks transform you. You come to know …
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Agencies The biggest challenge for Moniz and Benegas on Everest proved not to be drawing blood (which they did at Base Camp, Camp II, and back at Base Camp immediately after summiting). Instead, it was the logistics of getting their laboratory specimens off the mountain during the expedition. They had a 48-hour window from the time of collection for their …
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