Gaida Chowk · ≈200 m
Gaindakot — our factory
Our cut-and-sew floor: 150+ machines and a team that is 80% women. Near Nepal’s East–West Highway, minutes from Devghat, where the Kali Gandaki and the Trishuli become the Narayani.
Capital · Tribhuvan International Airport
Kathmandu
Our air-freight gateway (FCA Kathmandu), about five hours by road. Samples and urgent orders fly from here and usually land within a week.
Start of the sea route
Birgunj dry port
Nepal’s main dry port, rail-linked to Kolkata/Haldia and Visakhapatnam. Our sea cargo crosses India here — heading, like every river on this map, for the Bay of Bengal.
Lake city below the Annapurnas
Pokhara
Nepal’s lakeside city beneath Machhapuchhre and the Annapurna range — about half a day’s drive from our factory. The Seti Gandaki runs through it.
Birthplace of the Buddha
Lumbini
A UNESCO World Heritage Site in the plains west of us, near the Bhairahawa–Sunauli crossing into India.
8,849 m · world’s highest
EverestSagarmatha (सगरमाथा), “forehead of the sky”
The highest point on Earth, on Nepal’s border with China. Its Nepali name means “forehead of the sky”; the Sherpa people call it Chomolungma.
- Where
- Solukhumbu · Sagarmatha National Park (UNESCO)
- First ascent
- 29 May 1953 — Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary
8,586 m · world’s 3rd highest
Kangchenjunga“Five treasures of the snow”
The world’s third-highest mountain, in Nepal’s far east. Its five summits are said to hold five treasures — gold, silver, gems, grain and holy books.
- Where
- Taplejung · on the Nepal–India (Sikkim) border
- First ascent
- 25 May 1955 — Joe Brown and George Band, who stopped just short of the top out of respect for its sanctity
8,516 m · world’s 4th highest
Lhotse“South peak” (of Everest)
The world’s fourth-highest mountain, standing shoulder to shoulder with Everest — the two share much of the same climbing route.
- Where
- Solukhumbu · joined to Everest by the South Col
- First ascent
- 18 May 1956 — Ernst Reiss and Fritz Luchsinger (Swiss expedition)
8,485 m · world’s 5th highest
Makalu
The world’s fifth-highest mountain, a striking four-sided pyramid rising above the Arun valley — a river that flows on to join the Koshi.
- Where
- Sankhuwasabha · Makalu Barun National Park
- First ascent
- 15 May 1955 — Lionel Terray and Jean Couzy (French expedition)
8,188 m · world’s 6th highest
Cho Oyu“Turquoise goddess”
The world’s sixth-highest mountain, west of Everest, beside the ancient Nangpa La trade route between Nepal and Tibet.
- Where
- Solukhumbu · near the Nangpa La pass to Tibet
- First ascent
- 19 October 1954 — Herbert Tichy, Joseph Jöchler and Pasang Dawa Lama
8,167 m · world’s 7th highest
Dhaulagiri I“White mountain”
The world’s seventh-highest mountain. The Kali Gandaki runs between it and Annapurna through one of the deepest gorges on Earth — then on past our factory to Devghat.
- Where
- Myagdi · west of the Kali Gandaki gorge
- First ascent
- 13 May 1960 — Swiss–Austrian expedition (Kurt Diemberger and team, with Nawang Dorje and Nima Dorje Sherpa)
8,163 m · world’s 8th highest
Manaslu“Mountain of the spirit”
The world’s eighth-highest mountain, in Gorkha district — the homeland of the Gorkha kings who unified Nepal.
- Where
- Gorkha · Manaslu Conservation Area
- First ascent
- 9 May 1956 — Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu Sherpa (Japanese expedition)
8,091 m · world’s 10th highest
Annapurna I“Goddess of the harvests”
The first 8,000-metre mountain ever climbed. Its massif towers over Pokhara, and its snow feeds the Kali Gandaki and Seti rivers.
- Where
- Myagdi / Kaski · Annapurna Conservation Area
- First ascent
- 3 June 1950 — Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal (French expedition)
7,422 m
Ganesh Himal (Ganesh I)Named after Lord Ganesh
A cluster of peaks named for Ganesh, remover of obstacles — clearly visible from Kathmandu on a clear morning.
- Where
- Gorkha / Dhading / Rasuwa · on the Tibet border
- First ascent
- 1955 — Raymond Lambert, Eric Gauchat and Claude Kogan
7,234 m
Langtang Lirung
The high point of the Langtang valley, the closest great Himalayan range to Kathmandu. Its meltwater feeds the Trishuli — which meets the Kali Gandaki at Devghat, beside our factory.
- Where
- Rasuwa · Langtang National Park
7,134 m
Gauri ShankarGauri and Shankar — Parvati and Shiva
A mountain sacred to Hindus as the divine couple Parvati and Shiva, and to Sherpas as Tseringma, one of five sisters of long life.
- Where
- Dolakha · Rolwaling valley
- First ascent
- 8 May 1979 — John Roskelley and Dorje Sherpa
7,132 m
Api
The highest peak of Nepal’s far west, rising above the upper Mahakali valley — remote, rarely visited and beautiful.
- Where
- Darchula · Api Nampa Conservation Area, far-west Nepal
7,031 m
Saipal
A lone giant of the far west, standing between the Seti and Karnali river systems.
- Where
- Bajhang / Humla · far-west Nepal
6,993 m
Machhapuchhre“Fish tail”
Named for its twin-pointed summit shaped like a fish’s tail. Held sacred to Shiva, it is closed to climbers — its summit has never officially been stood upon.
- Where
- Kaski · above Pokhara
- First ascent
- None — closed to climbers; a 1957 team turned back about 50 m below the summit, out of respect
6,812 m
Ama Dablam“Mother’s necklace”
Often called the most beautiful mountain in the world — its long ridges are the mother’s arms, and its hanging glacier the dablam, a pendant worn by Sherpa women.
- Where
- Solukhumbu · Khumbu valley
- First ascent
- 13 March 1961 — Mike Gill, Barry Bishop, Mike Ward and Wally Romanes
Tap a pin or any mountain. Outline: Survey Department of Nepal. Rivers © OpenStreetMap contributors. Peaks: all eight of Nepal’s 8,000-metre mountains.
