Peak Season
Dasain is here, the festival of family and travel. The spirit is dampened this year because of the flood disaster, and many...
trekking
What sustainable tourism means in practice
An Annapurna trek is a vivid illustration of how tourism, if done well, transforms livelihoods
The great Himalayan trial
A Filipina and Nepali have set out to trek right across Nepal to challenge notions of what Asian women can do
Time catching up with timeless Dolpo
Images of Dolpo taken 40 years apart show little change. But that is about to change.
Call to scrap Upper Mustang tourist fee
Premium permit fees are keeping tourists away from the trans-Himalayan district, impacting on the local economy
The journey is more interesting than the destination
What started as a hobby for one Nepali has inspired a whole generation to explore their country
Sherli goes trekking
A four-year-old Nepali goes forth to discover Nepal
More rain and snow forecast for Nepal
Unseasonal late monsoon rains across Nepal are causing floods, damaging paddy fields ready for harvest, and early snowfall in the Himalaya has...
Off the beaten trek in Nepal
I had heard so many stories of multi-coloured rhododendrons along the mountain trails near Bhojpur that I was determined to see it...
Khumbu dogs go wild after tourism decline
When Nepal’s trekking income dropped due to the pandemic, hungry dogs behaved like the wolves they evolved from
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