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Enjoying culturally and naturally rich Helambu trek
Helambu Trekking is said to be one of the best, shortest and popular trekking in Nepal. The Helambu valley which is a habitat for Sherpa people lies around 75 km to the north of Kathmandu. This trekking is going to be your richest trekking both naturally and culturally besides proving…
Read More »Helambu to revitalize as a hub of apples
Sindhulchowk: Local residents have joined their hands to develop Sindhupalchowk’s popular tourism town, Helambu, as a hub of apples after a hiatus of around 37 years. All the apple trees were cleaned up when they did not yield since 1983. Now the local youths are putting their efforts to change…
Read More »PCR report mandatory for Mardi and Machhapuchhre trekking
Kaski: With the rise in the influx of domestic tourists following Dashain, the trekkers mandatorily need to have a PCR report before embarking on trekking along the two popular routes of the districts. The measure was made mandatory so as to prevent the potential transmission of coronavirus infection in the…
Read More »Direct route to Ghorepani from Nayapul of Parbat
Parvat: An alternative route to connect Nayapul of Parbat and Kaski to Ghorepani of Myagdi in the Annaurna circuit is likely to be completed. The 28 km alternative route from Nayapul to Ghorepani is in its final stage. The new route is being constructed with an estimated budget of 7…
Read More »Zipline started at Bhedetar
Dharan: Zipline has started at Bhedetar, a tourist destination, in Dharan-4 in Sunsari district. Inaugurated seven months ago by Chief Minister of State 1 Sherdhan Rai, the adventure sport was affected by lockdown due to global COVID-19 infection. Operated by the World Wide Group Nepal Pvt Ltd, the project cost…
Read More »Nepal Bicycle Tour kicks off to revive COVID-19 affected tourism
Kathmandu: The tourism agencies in the country have joined hand to revive the tourism badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic by organizing ‘Nepal Bicycle Tour’. The Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal (TAAN), Nepal Association of Tours and Travel Agents (NATTA) and Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) have organized the tourism promotion…
Read More »Prospects and challenges of Paragliding in Nepal
Elish Thapa, a Professional paragliding pilot, instructor, and sky diving pilot and Asia’s one of the Acrobatic paragliding pilot and his counterpart Pratibha Bhujel, Nepal’s first professional women paragliding pilot are engaged in adventure sports-Paragliding in Pokhara- for the last one decade. In a recent virtual interview with our Creative…
Read More »Experiencing blissful meditation trekking in Nepal
HB Kham It is the mystical and magical paradise where even Gods envied with human beings to relish the nectar of human love. That’s why Gods occasionally took birth in the form of human beings in Nepal to realize and enjoy what human love stood was. Most of the base…
Read More »Foreign tourists can do trekking in Nepal from October 17
Kathmandu: Nepal government has permitted foreign tourists to go on trekking in Nepal with effect from October 17 by enlisting around one dozen of trekking destinations for them in the post Covid-19 pandemic. It has become easy for the foreign tourists to take part in the trekking activities in Nepal…
Read More »Pokhara sees glimmer of hope of tourism revival
Pokhara: Mobility of domestic tourists has increased lately in Pokhara, a major tourism hub of the country, raising hopes of revival of tourism industry among the local tourism entrepreneurs. Badly dented by global COVID-19 pandemic, a glimmer of hope has been raised with the increasing number of domestic visitors in…
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NMA Introduces Revised Curriculum for Professional Mountaineering Training
Kathmandu: The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has introduced a revised curriculum for its Professional …
