Ramechhap रामेछाप

Ramechhap is a Bagmati hill district on the Tamakoshi River that became widely known to trekkers from 2022 onwards, when Lukla-bound flights were substantially rerouted through Manthali Airport to relieve congestion at Kathmandu. Manthali sits at 474 metres, roughly four hours from Kathmandu by road, and the 20-to-25-minute hop to Lukla is one of the shortest mountain flights in Nepal. The district has its own trekking offering in the Numbur Cheese Circuit — a roughly 100 km loop around Numbur Himal through Sherpa villages, yak pastures and the old Thodung cheese factory, beginning at Shivalaya on the classic Jiri–Everest trail.

The Tamakoshi valley supports a network of hydropower projects, of which the Upper Tamakoshi scheme is one of Nepal's largest. The district's communities are a mix of Tamang, Sherpa and hill Brahmin and Chhetri households. The Sailung hilltop at around 3,100 metres, with its temples and 360-degree views of the eastern Himalaya, is a short detour above the highway. Manthali's role as an aviation gateway means that Ramechhap now features on almost every Everest-region trekker's itinerary even if they spend no extra time in the district itself.