Mt. Makalu Base Camp

This trek takes us deep into the eastern Himalayas, offering a few of Nepal's most rare and amazing scenery. From umlingtar a northward walk, up the Arun river, Sedwa and Num, crossing Shipton La (4127m) into upper Barun Khola valley provides a close look at Makalu (8475m) and Chamlang (7290m). The trek to Makalu base camp takes one to one of the most remote and unfrequented areas of Nepal. The Barun valley is part of huge inter- national protected area under an agreement between Nepal and China. There lies the Makalu Barun National Park. The park was established in 1992 as Nepal's Eighth National Park. The park of 2330 sq.Km. is bordered by the Arun river in the East and the Sagarmatha National Park in the west. Barun valley is,a sanctuary for wild animals such as wolves, lynx, fox and the elusive snow leop-ard. Our descent into the pine and rhodo-dendron forest from the Barun val¬ley takes us past the lower Barun glacier and into the Makalu Basin and to Tumlingtar to avail of the flight back to Kathmandu.