An alternative trekking trail for the Beni-Darbang section of Round Dhaulagiri trekking route has been identified. The new trail was explored as the existing Beni-Singa-Tatopani-Babiyachaur-Darbang trail became of new use due to construction of motor roads. The new trail starts from Beni and progresses through Pachhai, Dholthan, Jagannath, Purnagaun and ...

Climbers scaling Mount Everest will have to bring back eight kilograms of garbage under new rules designed to clean up the world’s highest peak, a Nepalese official said on Monday. The rule, one of several new measures for mountaineering in the Himalayan nation, will apply to climbers ascending beyond Everest’s ...

The Sun Koshi River has been named the world’s best rafting river by Lonely Planet, the largest travel guide book publisher in the world.   Originating near Mt Shishapangma in Tibet, the river, whose name means river of gold, carves its way through the Himalaya and into eastern Nepal. The ...

Half-a-dozen new trekking routes are being constructed to promote tourism in Myagdi. The routes were launched with a view to make accessible sites with historical and religious significance as well as ares with high tourism potential in the high altitudes of the district. The routes were introduced after the tourism ...

Climbers scaling Mount Everest will have to bring back 8kg (17.6lb) of rubbish under rules designed to clean up the world’s highest peak. The rule, one of several new measures for mountaineering in Nepal, will apply to climbers ascending beyond Everest’s base camp from April, said tourism ministry official Madhusudan ...