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.
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Flights & Access
Nepal's 2026 budget puts Rs 3.15 billion into blacktopping a key stretch of the Upper Mustang road toward the Tibet border — quietly changing one of the Himalaya's last walk-in treks.
Flights & Access
Korean Air flies Seoul to Kathmandu direct in about 7 hours. Here's the real plan for Korean trekkers — flights, an all-in budget in won, a sample itinerary and the best season.
Industry & Tourism
Two of the world's great treks, compared honestly — days, altitude, permits and cost. One ends at a lost city; the other at the foot of the highest mountain on Earth.
Industry & Tourism
On its 27th anniversary, the Nepal Tourism Board named 2026 the Nepal ASEAN Tourism Year — a push to pull travellers from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and beyond.
Industry & Tourism
Nepal's January–June 2026 arrivals hit 620,453, ahead of last year, with March the peak month and India the biggest source market. Here's the half-year in numbers.
Permits & Rules
To protect the Khumbu, single-use plastic bottles are restricted above Namche Bazaar on the Everest trail. Here's what international trekkers should pack instead.
Industry & Tourism
David Marriott's first visit to Nepal puts a spotlight on a luxury hotel wave — a 225-room Luxury Collection flagship this year, with a Ritz-Carlton and a Westin behind it.
Trail & Weather
Morocco's Atlas Mountains offer Berber villages and North Africa's highest peak; Nepal offers the highest mountains on Earth. Here's how the two trekking destinations compare.
Industry & Tourism
Even in the middle of the monsoon, Nepal just recorded its best June ever for air arrivals — and the autumn trekking season is filling up on the back of it.
Trail & Weather
Everest Base Camp is just the start. The Khumbu has several world-class treks — turquoise lakes, high passes and quiet alternatives. Here's how to choose the right Everest trek.
Trail & Weather
Japan's mountains are refined and beautiful; Nepal's are the highest on Earth. For the trekker torn between the two, here's how the Himalaya and the Japanese Alps compare.
Trail & Weather
Nepal has Everest and the world's most accessible high trekking; Pakistan has K2 and the raw Karakoram. Here's how the two great mountain nations compare for trekkers.
Flights & Access
It was meant to fly trekkers straight to the Annapurnas. Three years on, India's airspace and a debt-heavy build have left it nearly empty.
Trail & Weather
Why settle for one summit? Nepal's trekking peaks sit close enough to combine — bag two or three 6,000m peaks in a single expedition. Here's how it works.
Climate & Environment
International scientists have modelled the future of the glacier under Everest — and a warmer monsoon is the only thing slowing the melt.
Industry & Tourism
Makalu, Api, Kanchenjunga — from the far east to the far west, the remote base-camp treks Nepal's PM is putting on the map. The future of Himalayan adventure, beyond the crowds.
Records & People
Nepal's Prime Minister Balen Shah showcased the Makalu Base Camp Trek to millions — the 17–18 day journey to the foot of the world's fifth-highest mountain. Here's how to walk it.
Records & People
Nepal's PM Balen Shah is pointing the world toward the far west: Api Himal Base Camp, a remote 7,132m giant in Darchula that almost no foreign trekker has seen. Here's the trek.
Industry & Tourism
The FY2026/27 budget puts Rs 7.34 billion into tourism and backs a string of new trekking routes across Nepal's remote far-west — the next frontier beyond crowded Everest and Annapurna.
Trail & Weather
Nepal’s 2026 monsoon was forecast to bring below-average rain. Short, violent downpours still blocked nine highways in one July week. Here is why.
Industry & Tourism
A record 40,782 Indians flew into Nepal in May 2026, up 32.66% on a year earlier, and more of them are swapping shopping and casinos for trekking.
Trail & Weather
The two most famous high-altitude adventures on Earth, head to head. Africa's highest summit in a week, or the trek to the foot of the world's highest mountain. Here's how to choose.
Trail & Weather
Pack right and a Himalayan trek is pure joy; pack wrong and you'll regret it at 4,000m. Here's the no-nonsense packing list our guides actually recommend for 2026.
Records & People
As a record season banked over US$6.9 million in royalties, Nepal's climbing community met in Kathmandu to honour Kami Rita Sherpa and pledge a safer, more sustainable Himalaya.
