Makalu
Fast facts
- The region is named after Mt Makalu, which at 8463m is the world’s 5th highest mountain (see map)
- Its home to more than 3000 species of flowering plants, including 25 species of rhododendron and hundreds of varieties of orchids
- You need to be prepared for some serious mountaineering to cross the high passes of Sherpani Col, West Col and the Amphu Labsta into the Everest region
- Remote valleys little visited by foreign travellers
- Lots of rain and stunning, immense glaciers

Makalu region of the Great Himalaya Trail
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