Kanchenjunga Region
Nepal's far eastern corner — both base camps of the world's third-highest mountain.
Trekking in the Kanchenjunga Region
Kanchenjunga at 8,586m is the third-highest mountain in the world and the most remote of the eight-thousanders reachable on foot in Nepal. It sits in the far eastern corner of the country on the Sikkim border, three days of travel from Kathmandu before the walking even starts, and it receives a tiny fraction of the trekkers who go to Everest or Annapurna. The northern base camp, Pangpema at 5,143m, sits on the Kanchenjunga glacier directly beneath a wall of ice and rock rising three and a half kilometres above the moraine. The southern one, Oktang, looks up at the Yalung glacier and the south face, with Jannu visible en route. The two are linked by the Sele La ridge. The approach is one of the most biologically diverse in Nepal — subtropical terraced farmland among Limbu and Rai villages, then some of the country's densest rhododendron and cardamom forest, then high glacial moraine. The Conservation Area is community-managed and holds red panda, snow leopard and Himalayan black bear.
Treks in the Kanchenjunga Region
Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek – 21 Days
Twenty-one days to both base camps of Kanchenjunga (8,586m), the world's third-highest mountain, across Sele La in Nepal's remote far eastern corner.