Why should you do Everest Base Camp trek this spring

The Everest region is known as the roof of the world, with dozens of towering mountains, including the world's highest mountain, Mt. Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, etc. When we start to think about Everest, most of us think about mountaineering and climbing, but the Everest region has way more than we think to offer to its visitors. The Everest region is located in Nepal in the Himalayas. Exploring the Everest region used to be the hardest challenge in the past, but now it's way easier than you think. The Everest region has a variety of things to offer to its visitors, like beautiful vistas of the Himalayas, flora and fauna, people, and culture.

The Everest region is home to one of the toughest indigenous peoples living on the planet, who are adapted to its extreme terrain and high altitude and are known as the heroes of Everest. The centuries-old ancient monastery where the monks and nuns spread their blessing and love is also famous for festivals like Manirimdu and Dumjey. There are several freshwater lakes above 4500M where we can see Alpine migratory ducks swimming in the freezing water.

If we talk about the world's highest sport, Everest comes to the forefront, where every year the world's highest marathon is organized, which starts from Everest base camp. Also, it's very famous among extreme sports enthusiasts, where you can do skydiving and wingsuit jumping.

In this blog today, we are talking about why you should do the Everest Base Camp trek this spring, so here are the reasons.

01) The mountain flight: The flight to the Everest region offers an eye-catching view of the Himalayas seen from the window of the aircraft. The flight starts from Kathmandu, and it lands at Tenzing Hillary Airport at Lukla, which takes about 30 minutes.

02) Teahouse as accommodation: During the journey in the Everest region, we stay in the mountain lodge, which is also called a teahouse. The teahouse of the Everest region has clean and comfortable bedrooms as well as a dining room area where they are ready to serve a variety of food.

03) Sagarmatha National Park: The Everest region is located inside the Sagarmatha National Park, which was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. This is also home to 118 species of birds and also home to musk deer, Himalayan tahr, ghoral, red pandas, snow leopards, etc. The lowest elevation is 2000 m near Jiri, to the world's highest mountain, Mt. Everest.

04) Centuries-old monastery: There are several old monasteries in the Everest region where we can see that precious articles have been kept safe for centuries. The famous monasteries of this region are Tengbochey Monastery, Pacgbochey Monastery, and Thame Monastery. The monastery of Debochey is run by nuns, and the monastery of Khumjung is also quite famous, where we can see the head of a yeti kept safe inside.

05) The Sherpas: Sherpas are the indigenous people living in this region, famous for mountaineering. Life in the highlands of the Khumbu Valley is interesting to explore. The Sherpa keep themselves busy all year doing agriculture, tourism, mountaineering, and animal husbandry.

06) Charming Himalayan peaks: The Everest region is home to a bunch of towering mountains that look charming and surreal, and we can’t stop ourselves from gazing at them. There are several iconic mountains like Amadablam, Thamserku, Kusum Kanguru, Choyu, etc., which will make you fall in love with them.

07) Everest Base Camp 5365m: This is the most visited place in the Everest region, which is located in the lap of Mt. Everest and above the Khumbu glacier, which comes from Mt. Everest, Nuptse, and Pumori. Everest Base Camp is the place where the mountaineer starts making their journey to the summit of Mt. Everest, Lhotse, and Nuptse. Everest Base Camp is the last goal for EBC trekkers, so in the trekking season, we can see a lot of visitors visiting Everest Base Camp every day.

08) Kalapatthar: Kalapatthar is a viewpoint from where we can see a clear and close-up view of Mt. Everest and other mountains like Nuptsey, Amadablam, Tabochey, Cholatsey, Arakamtshey, Lobuche Peak, Pumori, Khumbustey, Lingtren, etc. Kalapatthar is located at an altitude of 5545 m. The view of Mt. Everest is not detailed and brief; thus, for a detailed view, we should have to go to Kalapathar.

09) Living caravan: Yaks, zokpeys, and donkeys are food and supplies carriers in this region. In the busy trekking season, the trails are not only busy with trekkers; they also get busy with yaks and donkeys, which carry the food and supplies to the region. Sometimes the trail gets jammed with the herd of yaks and donkeys.

10) Everest Marathon: The Everest Marathon created a Guinness World Record for the world's highest marathon title, which is held on 29 May every year. If you are athletic and aiming to be a part of this highest marathon, you should miss this world's highest marathon. Himalayan Smile Treks and Adventure organizes the trek, which ends with a marathon that starts from Everest Base Camp to Namche, 42 kilometers.