[2025 Khumjung Attraction] Travel Guide for Sagarmatha National Park (Updated Mar)

Sagarma National Park, located in the Himalayas, with a total area of 1244 square kilometers. The park includes seven peaks above 7,000 meters above sea level, including Sagarmatha (ie Mount Everest). In 1979, UNESCO listed Sagarmatha National Park as a natural heritage and included it on the World Heritage List. Sagarmatha Park is rich in animal and plant resources. The altitude of the park has risen from 2850 meters to 8848 meters, forming a variety of climates and ecological environments from subtropical to frigid, from valleys to mountains, suitable for the growth of a variety of mammals and plants. There are precious plants and animals such as juniper, silver birch, musk deer, snow leopard and so on in the park. Rhododendrons are abundant in the area, and azaleas are designated as the national flower. Sagarmatha National Park has Sherpa villages and temples. They grow in the mountains, have abundant physical strength, have good adaptability, and are good at walking on the plateau with heavy loads. Many mountaineering teams and tourist groups ask them to be guides or porters. A modern hotel is built in Chambord, which is 24 kilometers away from Mount Everest (Sagarmatha) and at an altitude of 3962 meters. It is the highest hotel in the world. Travelers can watch 15 well-known snow peaks such as Sagarmatha and Lotz nearby. There is also an alpine airport with an altitude of 4267 meters in Chambord. There are daily flights to and from Kathmandu. There are tourist flights for passengers to "view the mountain" flight, the plane soars between the dangerous peaks, the snow cliffs, the glaciers and the deep valleys, and the weather is endless. Mount Everest is a dream destination for mountaineers from all over the world.