The town and airport are the only way to get into the area around Mount Everest from the Nepal side, and Lukla is the starting point of all Everest treks and climbs. The beautiful, high mountain peaks of the Himalaya Range surround the airport, and the views from the small terminal when you arrive or leave are spectacular. Lukla, the starting point of EBC trek in Nepal Lukla contains a small airport servicing the region, and a variety of shops and lodges catering to tourists and trekkers, providing western-style meals and trail supplies. Although Lukla means place with many goats and sheep, few are found in the area these days. Lukla is the starting point of all treks and climbing expeditions to Mount Everest from the Nepal side, and is situated at an elevation of 2,860 meters, making it an ideal staging point for acclimatizing to the higher elevations around Khumbu. Location, altitude and scenery of Lukla airport in Nepal The thousands of mountaineers and trekkers who visit the Everest region have to fly to the airport if they want to avoid a daylong bus trip from Katmandu and five days of trekking to reach here. Now what once was a dirt strip is one of Nepal's busiest airports, named as well for Hillary's climbing partner Tenzing Norgay.

Flights to Lukla land at the aptly-named Tenzing-Hillary Airport, which sits on the side of a mountain at an elevation of 2,860 meters.Ĭarved out of the side of a mountain, the airport was built by Sir Edmund Hillary in 1965 - 12 years after he became the first man to conquer the world's highest peak - to help the local Sherpas spur development in the impoverished area. There is no road going into the town, and travelers to Lukla have to either fly in, or trek in from the nearest town with a road. Probably the most remote tourist destination in the world, the small town of Lukla, in the Khumbu region of Nepal, is a place that can only be reached by flights from Kathmandu, and other local airports.

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