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Kanchenjunga Himal

Kanchenjunga Himal

Nepal's far eastern giants, wrapped in wet rhododendron forest below the third-highest mountain on earth.

Kanchenjunga · 4,000 m
Kanchenjunga region · APR 2025
“sunrise above cloud”
Kanchenjunga Himal · 2,800 m
Kanchenjunga region · APR 2025
“spring bloom”

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Around here

A few of the things you might meet here. Krishna will tell you which ones to look for, and when.

Birds

Himalayan Monal
Lophophorus impejanus
Lammergeier
Gypaetus barbatus
Satyr Tragopan
Tragopan satyra
Blood Pheasant
Ithaginis cruentus

Mammals

Red Panda
Ailurus fulgens
Blue Sheep
Pseudois nayaur
Himalayan Tahr
Hemitragus jemlahicus

Plants

Tree Rhododendron
Rhododendron arboreum

Trips nearby

Red Panda Trek
Ten days in the bamboo cloud forest of eastern Nepal, searching for the red panda at dawn and dusk.
10 days · 3,300 m · 77 birds

Want to see it for yourself?

Tell Krishna when you are coming and what you hope to see. He will plan the days around Kanchenjunga Himal.