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Makalu Region, Nepal
This remote region stretches east from Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, between the high plateau of Tibet and the deep sub-tropical gorge carved by the Arun River. It is also home to spectacular, rugged Himalayan peaks, Mt. Makalu (8463m), fifth highest in the world, Mt. Chamlang (7319 m) and Mt. Baruntse (7129m), which are so due to the incredible depths these mountains fall to in a mere forty kilometres of horizontal space. A staggering drop of 7793 metres in height to the Arun river at 670m, the Makalu/Barun Valley provides stunning contrasts, where high waterfalls cascade into deep gorges, craggy rocks rise from lush green forests, and colorful flowers bloom beneath white snow peaks. This unique landscape shelters some of the last pristine mountain ecosystems on earth.
