Sagarmatha Khumbu region is home to the indigenous Sherpa community. Indigenous Sherpa and Sagarmatha are synonymous with each other. Famed mountaineers who live in the region. The renowned Tengboche and other monasteries are common gathering places to celebrate religious festivals and daily life. In addition to Tengboche, Thame, Khumjung, and Pangboche are some other famous monasteries where Buddhism is practiced. Conservation-oriented Sherpa culture is the backbone for the conservation of biodiversity in the Khumbu region. Sherpas have inhabited the region for the last four centuries. Continuing their traditional practice of culture and religion including the restriction of animal hunting and slaughtering, and reverence of all living beings. These practices combined with indigenous natural resource management practices have been major contributing factors to the successful conservation of the Sagarmatha National Park.

Sagarmatha is an exceptional area at the Mahalangur mountain range with dramatic mountains, glaciers, and deep valleys, and the highest peak in the world (8,848.86 m) locally known by Tibetan name, Chomolungma “Goddess Mother of the World” “Goddess of the Valley.” In Sanskrit Sagarmatha’s “Peak of Heaven” and Mount Everest in English. Besides Sagarmatha Park consists of Seven other peaks over  7,000 m with most of the park above 3,000 m in rugged terrain, deep gorges, glaciers, and massive rocks. The forest in Sagarmatha national park is mainly of silver fir, birch, rhododendron, and juniper trees. Whereas scrub and alpine plant communities are common at higher altitudes. In comparison to other parts of Nepal, the Park has a comparatively low number of mammals.  The flora and fauna are diverse with dense forests of pine, oak, and flowering rhododendrons found up to 4,000 m above sea level.  In Sagarmatha national park more than 118 species of birds including Impeyan, Nepal's national bird.  Along with Snow Leopard and Red Panda, Musk deer, Himalayan Tahr, Ghoral, Himalayan Pika, and Himalayan black bear are wildlife spotted frequently in the Sagarmatha region.