Cho Oyu Basecamp on the Tibet side is less visited as compared to the Mount Everest Basecamp on the same side. The basecamp is situated at an elevation of 5573 meters above sea level. The road to the Cho Oyu Basecamp is rocky and Unpaved. It is only 43 Kilometers south of Tingri in the Everest Region. It is truly a secret place in Tibet that not many people are aware of.
From the Cho Oyu Basecamp, the mount Cho Oyu is situated further to the east on the left. The peak right infant you is 6666-meter high Jowo Rabzang. You can easily visit this basecamp on a day tour from Old Tingri without any trekking. We will only need to add a day in Tingri on your Tibet tour itinerary. Adding Cho Oyu to you Everest basecamp tours is easiest.
You can get a great view of the Tibet side of the Cho Oye from this basecamp.
About the Mount Cho Oyu
Cho Oyu is the sixth highest mountain on the planet with an elevation of 8201 Meters. It is located on the border between China and Nepal. Cho Oyu is just 28 kilometres straight away from the Mount Everest. Yet no many tourists go to Its basecamp. The north basecamp of the Mount can be reached by road from Tingri.
The mount Cho you was first summited by Austrian and Nepali team on 19th October 1954. Due to its easy access. The Mount Cho Oyu, The world sixth-highest mount has the highest success rate among the world fourteen 8000er Himalayan peaks. With a few technical sections, the ascent to the summit is direct and short. Yet climbing this mountain is still a demanding and hard tusk.
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