Everest Base Camp

Everest Base Camp was set up for the environmental protection of Mount Everest Core Area. At the elevation of 5200 meters, Everest Base Camp is 19 km from the peak of Mount Everest as the crow flies. Get off the vehicle at Rongphu Monastery which is 7 km away from Everest Base Camp, visitors or climbers could take the horse-drawn vehicle, the eco-car, or go on foot to close to the Camp.

In Everest Base Camp, tents, the small store even post office all are temporary except two public toilets. Solar cell panels are used to do the power supply at night. The shutterbug is able to get the best photo of Mount Everest on April.

Mount Everest has the name "Qomolangma" with the meaning of Mother Earth in Tibetan. Sagarmatha is the Nepali name of Mount Everest, which means the Goddes of the Sky. Everest is for international in memory of George Everest, the chief of the Indian survey bureau, who was responsible for surveying the Himalaya Mountains at that time.

Areas around Everest Base Camp suffer the complicated and changeable weather. Generally speaking, it is the rainy season from early June to middle September. The coldest weather hit the area from middle November to next February. There are two best periods to visit Mount Everest, one is from early March to late May, another from early September to late October.