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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…
By Laxman Rawal · Jun 27, 2026
Nepal's tourism story has always been dominated by two names: Everest and Annapurna. But the country's Prime Minister, Balen Shah, is using his enormous online platform to tell a different story — one about the wild, forgotten corners of the Himalaya. In…
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The Makalu Base Camp trek is an 18-day journey to a 5,000 m base camp beneath the world's fifth-highest mountain. From a flight to Tumlingtar it climbs the pristine Arun Valley and crosses the Shipton La (4,216 m) into the glacial Barun — a corridor inside…
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At the opposite end of the country, the 16-day Api Base Camp trek pushes into Darchula, where Api Himal rises to 7,132 m above the alpine meadows of the Api Nampa Conservation Area. Topping out at a gentler 3,900 m, it trades extreme altitude for sheer…
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Between them sits the 22-day Kanchenjunga Base Camp trek, the longest and most committing of the three. It reaches North Base Camp at 5,143 m below the world's third-highest peak, crossing the Sele La and Mirgin La passes and threading through Rai and Limbu…
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