Urgent Announcement:  Due to coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak across the Globe,  we have taken the difficult decision to cancelling the upcoming 2021 Mani Rimdu Program.  For details in Nepali click here.

Welcome to Chiwong Monastery which is perched at a cliff, at an altitude of 9,000 feet - a 3-hour walk from the Phaplu airport, in the Solu Khumbu district of eastern Nepal.

The Sherpas regard the Solu Khumbu as Beyul - a sacred valley. In this remote part of Nepal bordering Tibet, Buddhism survives with a deep faith and resonance, and is filled with Buddhist monasteries, including Chiwong Monastery.