Navigate with Google Maps to the edge of Mount Everest

Google Maps announced in a blog post recently that it has officially made it to the Mount Everest. Google has teamed up with Ava Sherpa, a Nepalese mountaineer who has reached the summit of the world’s most famous mountain a record 21 times, as well as non-profit Story Cycle to bring the rest of the world digitally to the Khumbu region in Google Maps.

The pictures don’t take armchair travellers to the top of the mountain yet — but around the region and communities at the base of the mountain, such as Phortse, Khumjung, Thame, Lukla and the Namche Bazaar.

“In the shadow of Mt Everest lies a group of sacred valleys known as the Khumbu,” the landing page on Google Maps reads. “For centuries this remote mountainous region has been the homeland of the Sherpa people.

Discover the hidden treasures along the trail and off the beaten path.” Google introduces you to each village and its people there, including Kancha Sherpa, the last living survivor of the first expedition to Mt Everest.