50 years ago today, Sagarmatha National Park was established in Nepal as the country's first National Park. Enshrining the summit and breadth of the...
50 years ago today, Sagarmatha National Park was established in Nepal as the country's first National Park. Enshrining the summit and breadth of the mountain known in the west as Everest, its total area encompasses 443 square miles, or 1,148 square km. In the north, it shares the international border with Qomolangma National Nature Preserve of Tibet. In the east, it is adjacent to Makalu Barun National Park, and is part of a mosaic of protected areas called the Sacred Himalayan Landscape. Sagarmatha was inscribed as a UNESCO Natural Heritage Site in 2002. READ more about this special, special place...
