Himalayan Peaks
9 peaks — 8 of the world's 14 highest mountains call Nepal home
Featured#1 WorldMount Everest (Sagarmatha)
8,849m
The highest point on Earth at 8,849m — known as Sagarmatha in Nepali and Chomolungma in Tibetan.
Featured#3 WorldKangchenjunga
8,586m
The world's third highest peak and sacred to the Limbu people — a remote and rarely climbed giant on Nepal's eastern border.
#4 WorldLhotse
8,516m
The world's fourth highest peak, connected to Everest by the South Col — its south face is the steepest wall on any 8,000m peak.
Featured#5 WorldMakalu
8,485m
The world's fifth highest peak — a striking four-sided pyramid rising in isolation east of Everest, one of the hardest eight-thousanders to climb.
#6 WorldCho Oyu
8,188m
The world's sixth highest peak and considered the easiest eight-thousander — a popular first 8,000m summit for aspiring high-altitude mountaineers.
Featured#7 WorldDhaulagiri I
8,167m
The world's seventh highest peak — the 'White Mountain' dominates the skyline west of the Kali Gandaki, the world's deepest gorge.
#8 WorldManaslu
8,163m
The 'Mountain of the Spirit' — Nepal's eighth highest peak with an increasingly popular circuit trek that rivals the Annapurna Circuit.
Featured#10 WorldAnnapurna I
8,091m
The tenth highest peak and statistically the most dangerous 8,000er — the first eight-thousander ever climbed by humans.
Island Peak (Imja Tse)
6,189m
Nepal's most popular trekking peak at 6,189m — a challenging but accessible summit near Everest Base Camp.