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.
News desk
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Wildlife & Nature
Nepal's wild tigers have more than tripled since 2009, and far-western Bardia National Park - wild and little-visited on the Karnali river - is now the country's best place to see one. Here is the honest guide to the comeback and your real sighting odds.
Deals & Routes
A wider seat, more legroom, better food and extra baggage — but not a flat bed. Here is what premium economy really gives you over economy, what it typically costs, and when to pay for it.
Flights & Access
The Rasuwagadhi–Kerung border with Tibet has been shut since the 26 August 2026 flood destroyed the Timure customs area, the Miteri bridge and the border road. No reopening date has been set.
Climate & Environment
Nepal's flood alarms watch its own known lakes — but the Bhote Koshi's disasters keep starting across the border in Tibet, beyond every sensor, arriving with minutes of warning at best.
Safety & Advisories
The trail itself was not hit; its gateway was. Syabrubesi and the Rasuwa road took the damage, so Langtang is the one region where the answer depends on your route and your dates. Here is the autumn 2026 picture.
Climate & Environment
As Himalayan glaciers retreat they leave meltwater lakes dammed by loose moraine — and when a dam fails, the flood tears down the valley. Here is what a GLOF is, why they are increasing, and what Nepal is doing about it.
Visas & Entry
Australia has no visa on arrival, so every short-stay visitor needs an authorisation before flying. The ETA, the free eVisitor and the Visitor visa explained.
Climate & Environment
No single cause is confirmed yet — scientists are weighing an earthquake-triggered landslide, an ice-rock avalanche and a draining glacial lake, against a Himalaya warming fast enough to flood the same river twice in 14 months.
Festivals & Events
The Newar festival where grief and comedy walk together.
Festivals & Events
Haritalika Teej 2026 fell on 14 September. What the fast involves, why the puja window closes when the tithi does, and how to witness it respectfully.
Breaking Safety & Advisories
Nepal has confirmed 1,410 dead and 6,145 still missing from the 26 August Bhote Koshi flood. Dated figures, and why the numbers you see elsewhere disagree.
Festivals & Events
Kathmandu's biggest street festival honours Indra
Climate & Environment
The ice below Everest is measurably shrinking. For now that means more water in Nepal’s rivers. Over the long run it means less.
Safety & Advisories
The most common travel illness, demystified: what causes it, the 'boil it, cook it, peel it or forget it' food rules, safe water and ice, rehydration as the mainstay, and exactly when it is serious enough to see a doctor.
Records & People
Five storeys high and packed with ancient remains, manuscripts and monastic cells, Upper Mustang’s sky caves are still one of archaeology’s open questions.
Deals & Routes
Icelandair, Qatar, Turkish, Emirates and more let you break a hub connection for days at little or no extra airfare. How they work, the one catch, and how to bolt a free city break onto your Nepal trek.
Culture & Heritage
Gurung harvesters descend Himalayan cliffs on handmade ladders to cut combs from the world's largest honeybee, whose red 'mad honey' is prized as medicine and mild intoxicant.
Wildlife & Nature
Nepal brought its one-horned rhino back from near-extinction — from 95 survivors in Chitwan to a thriving Terai population, through army patrols and community buffer zones.
Gear & Tech
Your phone's GPS finds you from satellites even in airplane mode — you just have to download the map first. A practical guide to offline map areas, dedicated trail apps, saved directions, a paper backup and keeping the battery alive.
Climate & Environment
Warming has thinned Everest’s ice, exposing old waste and long-lost climbers — and driving Nepal’s army-led clean-up campaigns.
Festivals & Events
Government offices, banks and permit desks close for days around Vijaya Dashami (21 October) — arrive with cash drawn and permits sorted.
Visas & Entry
Flying to Canada on a visa-exempt passport in 2026 means getting an eTA first. Here is who needs one, who is exempt (US citizens and green-card holders included), the CAN$7 fee, and how to dodge the copycat-site trap.
Money & Insurance
Strap on skis and most standard travel policies quietly stop covering you. Here is why winter sports are excluded, what a ski add-on really buys — off-piste, piste closure, avalanche delay, mountain rescue, helicopter, equipment — and the exact clauses to check before you travel.
Safety & Advisories
The honest answer, checked against Nepal's own altitude-medicine numbers — not against which itinerary sells fastest.
