Plan trekking in Nepal with this complete guide to Everest Base Camp, Annapurna Circuit, routes, cost, best time, difficulty, permits, packing tips, and local trekking advice.
Thamel Kathmandu travel guide to hotels, food, nightlife, shopping, safety, airport transfers, nearby attractions, and first-time visitor tips.
Complete guide to trekking in Nepal — covering best regions, permits, costs, packing lists, altitude sickness, and safety tips. Everything you need to plan your Everest, Annapurna, Langtang, or Manaslu trek with confidence.
Everest Base Camp and the Annapurna Circuit get the postcards, the Instagram tags, and — increasingly — the crowds. But Nepal is far bigger than its five most-photographed trails. Tucked behind the famous routes are valleys that see a handful of trekkers a year, lakes most Nepalis themselves have never visited, and villages where a homestay dinner is still the main event of the evening. If you've already done the classics, or you'd simply rather skip the queue at the teahouse, this is where to look instead.
Nepal packs more adventure into one country than seems geographically reasonable. In the same week, you could be gasping for breath on a high mountain pass, floating two thousand metres above a lake on a paraglider, and watching a centuries-old festival fill the streets of Kathmandu with colour, music, and incense. This is our full Nepal bucket list — 50 things to do in Nepal, organized by type of adventure, with links to the trips that can actually get you there.
