Trekking
Walking through Langtang Valley
Reaching the Langtang valley is the shortest treks you ever enjoy in your lifetime. Langtang is situated at an elevation of just 1470 m at Syabrubesi and 3870 m at Kyanjin Gompa. The murmuring sound of Langtang creek past the green lush forest and bamboo groves with extensive high alpine…
Read More »Kanchenjunga Base Camp Trek: Treasure of Eastern Nepal
HB Kham The world’s third highest peak popularly known as”Kanchenjunga” situated at an elevation of 8586 meters from sea level, is one of the invaluable treasures of eastern Nepal and poses for one of the great Himalayan tourist trails. In Nepali terms, “Kanchenjunga” refers to any thing which is very…
Read More »Khaptad Region Trekking: Hidden Shangri-La
Khaptad area still poses as less explored, hidden and mystical land of Shangri-La for most of the explorers and tourists, who have not yet been there for reasons such as being far off from Kathmandu, airport, and highway, etc. Khaptad region is 3200 meters high and sparsely spread in the…
Read More »Enigmatic Annapurna Base Camp Trekking
Believe it or not, encountering with Annapurna Base Camp Trekking at an elevation of 8091 meters above sea level is probably the most exciting and ecstatic moments on earth. The wonderful sight of captivating landscape and panorama of Himalayan ranges veiled by snow gives an impression as if the whole…
Read More »Two Single Women Find Happiness in Peak Climbing, Where it was Lost
Samundra Ghimire Kathmandu: Just imagine a situation where the husband, working as a Sherpa guide for mountaineers, is the sole bread earner in the house of a poor Sherpa family, and suddenly dies while climbing Everest. Now, think, what would have happened to the two Sherpa widows, whose Sherpa…
Read More »Maya Gurung & Associates Summit Jugal (Gyalchen) Peak for First Time
Kathmandu:Mountaineer Maya Gurung summited Jugal (Gyalchen) peak (6151 meters) for the first time along with her associates on April 9,2019, according to a press meet organized by Trekking Agencies Association Nepal (TAAN) in Kathmandu Tuesday. “I heard locals say that Jugal peak is a paradise and I felt it is…
Read More »Everest Traffic Jam Causes
Pur Bahadur Gurung (Yukta) I am associated with tourism since 2005. Lafrak is my village. I am 31 years old. I have climbed Everest four times including my recent ascent. I have climbed around 100 peaks including higher and lower ones during my 10 year’s mountaineering careers. I joined the…
Read More »Exotic Tsho Rolpa: All Secure
– Jeevan Lama Tsho Rolpa Lake In the past, the people used to shiver in fear of hearing the rumor that Tsho Rolpa was going to burst. But now such fear is gone. So, Tsho Rolpa and white-water pond (Dhudkunda) are the main tourist destinations in Dolkha district’s Gaurishankar Rural…
Read More »Amazing Hospitality at Five Homestays
– Basanta Bhatta Rainas homestays in Lamjung Having escapades with Gurung’s invaluable natural smiles in their warm hospitality towards guests, tourists, trekkers is something that you would never forget in your lifetime once you have made a sojourn at traditional homestays run by Gurung tribes. Homestay is a new phenomenon…
Read More »Emergency Everest Rescue Operation
Every year hundreds of national as well as international mountaineers intend to reach atop Mt Everest. Thousands of Sherpas, Sardars, porters, and assistants reach the Everest Base Camps along with the Mountaineers. Few of them die during the expedition, some are maimed during an accident, and few might suffer from…
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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 …
