Fly from Kathmandu to Lukla (Tenzing-Hillary Airport), then trek: Lukla to Namche Bazaar takes two days, and Tengboche is a hard three-day (four days with acclimatisation) trek from Lukla. Salleri, the district headquarters, is 267 km north-east of Kathmandu by road.
Spring, when the hillsides around Tengboche are covered with flowering rhododendrons, and autumn (October–November), when large numbers of tourists visit the Khumbu for Everest Base Camp treks and the Mani Rimdu festival — per the Tengboche Monastery article; The high Khumbu region is roadless; access is by air to Lukla/Syangboche and on foot. In August 2014 the government announced plans for the first tarmac road from Kathmandu to Lukla.
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