Makalu Base Camp Trek

Very far from everything and in the end a majestic isolated pyramid Makalu

The first part of Makalu base camp trek to Tashigaon takes place in the rice paddies and we cross very many villages that are full of activities. Different ethnicities coexist, Rai, Sherpa, and Limbu who offer us their own culture. Then a change of landscape ricefields gives way to dense forests with spring rhododendrons. Then slowly we will go up the valleys of Arun and Barun. Very watered during the monsoon the Makalu valley Barun is the largest protected valley of Nepal. Birds, flowers, plants, mammals are protected in the reserve. The latter will lead us to nearly 4800 m at the base camp Hillary Makalu. In good weather, the track can reach Num 4×4 but in case of rain, it is impossible. Above us the huge west ridge of Makalu up to 8463 m. Very wild the high valley of Makalu is inhabited only during the good season by villagers and shepherds who live in “Karkha” (sheep for Yaks).