Nepal, May 22 -- The trekking ... Gokyo lakes are the highest freshwater lake system in the world. There are many things to do at Gokyo Lake 3: visit the fifth lake, climb Gokyo Ri, ...

Gokyo Ri, Nepal. A fork in the well ... the trail comes to the first of the Gokyo Lakes, a chain of six lakes spread over more than 10km that form the highest freshwater lake system in the world.

Nepal is open for business and ready to welcome travelers with open arms. ... The Gokyo Lakes. The Gokyo village is located at 15,720 feet and is two-day hike from Namche Bazaar.

Our goal was the 16-day trek to Everest Base Camp (EBC) and the spectacular Gokyo Lakes. Kathmandu, Nepal’s ancient and varied capital, was the starting point. My girlfriend, ...

On Valentine’s Day, the frozen Gokyo lakes near Everest base camp in Nepal witnessed a spectacular event. Athletes from Canada, Russia, India and the US performed elaborate figure skating ...

The five high-altitude lakes of Gokyo lie at an altitude of around 4,750m in north-eastern Nepal. The walk to Gokyo includes rich bird life, rhododendrons in bloom through the summer, sherpa ...

The lakes are astride the Ngozumba Glacier, Nepal’s longest, which has receded and shrunk dramatically in the past 25 years due to global warming. 3. Namche Bazar, the gateway to the Upper Khumbu and ...

While on the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition, a team of scientists travel to Nepal's Gokyo Valley to collect sediment cores from glacial lakes. 8:01 PERPETUAL PLANET ...