Nepal is open for the autumn season, and glad you are coming.
Everest, Annapurna and Thorong La are open. Langtang treks stay paused while the Rasuwa road is rebuilt; Mustang and Manang roads are still being repaired.
Dr. Bronner's Pure-Castile Liquid Soap
Concentrated castile, 60 ml travel size
Concentrated enough that a small bottle does a fortnight of body, hair and laundry — it is still soap, so it does not belong in a stream, however biodegradable the label is.
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Do not buy this if: Anyone precious about hair. Take a small shampoo as well.
Everything else we recommend in hygiene & wipes, including the ones we think suit a different trekker.
Best towelSea to Summit Pocket Towel
Dries overnight in a cold lodge where a cotton travel towel simply does not — it never feels pleasant, and it holds a faint smell after a week however often you rinse it.
Skip it ifNobody, but manage your expectations about how it feels.
The honest necessityBiodegradable body wipes
Hot showers above Dingboche cost money, use a lodge’s scarce fuel, and leave you cold for an hour afterwards — a wipe wash is the realistic alternative, and "biodegradable" still means carry them out, not bury them.
Skip it ifAnyone unwilling to pack out used wipes. Then take fewer and use the shower.
