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.
LuminAID Nova Inflatable Solar Lantern
Inflatable, solar top-up, packs flat, ~130 g
4.6 on Amazon
Turns a dark dining room into somewhere you can play cards, and it charges itself hanging off the back of a pack — the panel is small, so treat solar as a top-up rather than a charger.
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Do not buy this if: Anyone counting grams. A headlamp on its lowest setting, pointed at a wall, does most of this.
Everything else we recommend in torches & lanterns, including the ones we think suit a different trekker.
Best pocket torchNitecore TINI 3 Keychain Light
Absurdly bright for something the size of a thumb, and it lives on the keyring you already carry — the runtime at full brightness is measured in minutes, not hours.
Skip it ifWalking. You need both hands and a beam that lasts.
