Jerome Gublin, a professional French photograper, has just returned from a trek to Kanchenjunga Base Camp. He says: “The walk to the two base camps of Nepali side of Kanchenjunga is like a 3 weeks circus where a new sideshow would be played every day. The uniqueness of this trek, not to mention the usual diversity of cultures and scenery of nepali walks, lies in its “high mountain” nature : more than a week is spent over 12.000 feet with the perpetual sensation of being at the foot of these giants ; because there is not only Kanchenjunga over there [...]
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December 23rd, 2011 under
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In coordination with Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) 5 new trekking trails have been developed and mapped in Lower Solukhumbu. In contrast with Upper Solukhumbu/the Everest Region, Lower Solukhumbu is still unexplored by tourists. It is a hidden gem, with its beautiful landscapes with snowcapped mountains on the background and its authentic villages and beautiful gompas. The trails easily connect with the Everest region. In Lower Solukhumbu 5 trekking trails have recently been mapped and documented: 1. Salpa- Silicho- Panchpokhari Eco Trail (15 days). 2. Pikey – Pattale Community Based Cultural Trail (7 days). 3. Halesi – Salpa –Adventure and Cultural [...]
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November 1st, 2011 under
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After almost three weeks of preparation with the different routes, itinerary, flights, rentals, budgeting and convincing parents that although the route to Rara lake is less traveled, it is safe, I, along with three other friends, headed towards Rara Lake this October.
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October 30th, 2011 under
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Sunil solo trekked through the mountains of Nepal for 128 days. Here he tells of the highlights and why he decided to do it.
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October 13th, 2011 under
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Tsum Valley is Nepal’s hidden valley of happiness. A festival is being held in Tsum mid-September 2011 and if you are trekking then, it might be well worth a visit.
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July 8th, 2011 under
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Recently, Beijing-based photojournalist Daniel Allen came to Nepal to research and photograph the Great Himalaya Trail for a number of magazine commissions. Together Nepal Tourism Board and TAAN sent him to Dolpa. He really enjoyed the experience, and we asked him to sum up why he came, how he found it and to tell us about which, of the thousands of photographs he took, was his favourite of the bunch.
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June 29th, 2011 under
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Recently two Americans, Shawn Forry (trail name Pepper) and Justin Lichter (aka Trauma) trekked the Nepal section of the Great Himalaya Trail from Kanchenjunga and reached Simikot 57 days later. Their style might be considered unusual to those familiar with trekking in Nepal. They did it unsupported and self-guided, relying on pre-placed food and equipment stocks and a trekking agent in Nepal to manage logistics.
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June 19th, 2011 under
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An article accompanied by amazing pictures about life at Everest in English from Geo Magazine.
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June 19th, 2011 under
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Tashi Bista explains some of the interesting traditions local to Upper Mustang that you might like to know about.
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June 16th, 2011 under
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If you’re inspired by the idea of trekking on the Great Himalaya Trail, this red line might help! It’s simply a rough approximation of the GHT route overlaid on Google Maps. With a little bit of zooming and dragging, you can follow the route along valleys and over passes. View a Larger Map on Google Maps website or you can also open the GHT route in Google Earth. View Larger Map
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June 1st, 2011 under
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Seeing a snowleopard is perhaps one of the greatest possible highlights of trekking in Nepal. These big cats are rare, very shy and obviously well camouflaged, and to see one in the wild consequently requires a lot of luck. It is thus a great shame to hear that poaching still occurs in the region. At the end of May 2011 two poachers adorned the pages of the Kathmandu Post, holding up the pelts that they were caught with in the “Paradise” Hotel in Marpha in Lower Mustang. According to the post report: “At the police interrogation the duo denied poaching the [...]
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May 22nd, 2011 under
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It’s May and 11 hours per day. If you are passing through Kathmandu, keep this load-shedding schedule handy. If you have a local mobile phone here, you can also send an SMS to 2722 with your group number i.e. G1, G2, G3, G4, G5, G6, G7 and you’ll get an SMS back with the load shedding schedule for the group you are in. Very handy.
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May 7th, 2011 under
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We posted recently about the Manaslu trekking circuit becoming a tea-house trek. Almost! There is tea-house accommodation all the way from Arughat now. Two entrepreneurs built a basic lodge at Larkya Phedi, just below the long stretch up to the Larkya La pass. Before, a cold night of camping was essential here. But it remains “almost” because some of the tea-houses on lower section of the trek are still a little too basic for some trekkers.
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April 27th, 2011 under
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Take a look at these GHT tourism training handbooks for people working in the tourism sector. While the GHT’s trails are all there, infrastructure for trekkers on the more remote trails needs developing further and this is a important part of the GHT Development Programme. While trekkers can reach almost anywhere as camping expeditions, this form of travel rarely benefits local people as almost everything is brought from outside. When people can stay in clean lodges, and eat local food cooked by local people, and employ porters and guides from the region, then tourism will really be benefiting the local [...]
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April 27th, 2011 under
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The Annapurna Dhaulagiri community trail is a brand new trekking area to the west of Poon Hill. It can be trekked from Beni or Tatopani on the Kali Gandaki river, or as an extension of the Ghandruk trek. Great views, lots of culture and designed to benefit the community.
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April 25th, 2011 under
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This is a short trailer for a wonderfully shot documentary about a porter in Nepal who has the job to carrying a broken fridge for repair. If you have ever trekked in Nepal, you’ll have gazed that the loads that porters carry and wondered both how they manage and, perhaps, what they think about it
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April 17th, 2011 under
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Flicking through photo-books, or coffee table books, is a great way to explore places we’ve never been but would like to go. Nepal is no exception, and now it can be done online! We start with French photographer who trekked the Manaslu circuit and produced a beautiful book called Kutang.
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April 13th, 2011 under
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Again an updated load shedding schedule (in English) which gives the times of scheduled power-cuts in Kathmandu.
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April 13th, 2011 under
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This is the latest, updated load shedding schedule for Kathmandu in English. It begins from 7th February 2011.
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February 7th, 2011 under
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This article is well worth downloading and reading. Entitled Budi Gandaki’s Soliloquy, it tells of a 20 day journey to Manaslu base camp during the monsoon season with the roaring noise of the great Budi Gandaki river ever-present.
It tells of flourishing wildlife, a villager living under a spell cast upon him, wonky, trembling bridges, a lama who is scared of bears and another lama who disperses clouds with short bursts of breath (for a fee). And the remarkable story of a hole around ten inches deep and three inches wid
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January 31st, 2011 under
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