Tengboche

Tengboche (3,870 m) is a large monastery and the surrounding settlement. It is located in Khumbu.

Understand

 * Tengboche is the largest Sherpa monastery in the Khumbu area and exerts the greatest influence.

Get in
On foot - a good 6 or 7 hour hike from Namche, including one hour for lunch.

Get around
on foot

See

 * Tengboche might be the first place on your trek that you have a clear view of Mount Everest. Ask one of the locals to point it out to you. Spectacular views of Ama Dablam, Thamserku and Kongde Ri.
 * Tengboche might be the first place on your trek that you have a clear view of Mount Everest. Ask one of the locals to point it out to you. Spectacular views of Ama Dablam, Thamserku and Kongde Ri.
 * Tengboche might be the first place on your trek that you have a clear view of Mount Everest. Ask one of the locals to point it out to you. Spectacular views of Ama Dablam, Thamserku and Kongde Ri.

Do
Every October or November, Tengboche holds the Mani Rimdu festival that consists of nineteen day's of meditation, ceremonies of "pujas" and culminates with a blessing ceremony and spectacular mask dances. Tengboche monastery officially publishes the dates on their website.

Buy
There are no shops in the village, but the lodges keep a stock of necessities, such as batteries, throat lozenges, bandages etc. - but remember that prices increase with altitude, so expect to pay more than in Namche.

Eat
There is a bakery outside the monastery gate that serves pizza and coffee - it claims to be the highest bakery in the world, and at nearly 4,000m it is easy to believe.

Sleep
There are four lodges in the field in front of the monastery and one in the back, and their quality and price are about the same.