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Mahalangur Himal (Everest region)

Mahalangur Himal (Everest region)

The great range of the Khumbu, holding Everest, Lhotse, Makalu and Cho Oyu, with Sherpa villages, monasteries and the high pastures of Sagarmatha National Park below.

  • Wide shot: Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse above the Khumbu valley at dawn, prayer flags in the foreground

    Mahalangur Himal (Everest region) · 3,800 m

    Khumbu, Sagarmatha · APR 2025

    “morning clear”

  • Landscape: Himalayan Monal male on a rhododendron slope in the Khumbu, snow peak behind

    Himalayan Monal

    Lophophorus impejanus

    Khumbu, Sagarmatha · 3,500 m · APR 2025

    “male on slope, morning”

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Around here

A few of the things you might meet here. Krishna will tell you which ones to look for, and when.

Birds

  • Himalayan Monal

    Lophophorus impejanus

  • Yellow-billed Chough

    Pyrrhocorax graculus

  • Red-billed Chough

    Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

  • Lammergeier

    Gypaetus barbatus

  • Alpine Accentor

    Prunella collaris

  • Blood Pheasant

    Ithaginis cruentus

  • Himalayan Snowcock

    Tetraogallus himalayensis

  • Water Pipit

    Anthus spinoletta

  • Grandala

    Grandala coelicolor

Mammals

  • Himalayan Tahr

    Hemitragus jemlahicus

Trips nearby

No set trip goes here yet. Krishna can plan one around Mahalangur Himal (Everest region).

Want to see it for yourself?

Tell Krishna when you are coming and what you hope to see. He will plan the days around Mahalangur Himal (Everest region).