It is also a stunning gateway to the Eastern Himalayas and offers an ideal vantage point for witnessing India's highest peak, Mount Kangchenjunga. A must-do on everyone's itinerary is an early ...

Kangchenjunga and Lhotse – all differ only by about 390ft from each other. Today, the Arun river runs to the east of Mount Everest and merges downstream with the larger Kosi river system.