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The Bhedetar Skywalk turned a sleepy hill station in Nepal's far east into one of the country's fastest-growing tourist draws, with views stretching…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 14, 2026
Key facts The Bhedetar Skywalk is a 41-metre glass-floored cantilever tower, 18.5m high, in Dhankuta district, eastern Nepal. It sits at 1,420m elevation, 16km from Dharan, and has drawn more than 312,000 visitors in its first two years. Built for roughly NPR…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
Bhedetar was already known regionally as “the cooler of the east,” a weekend escape for Dharan and Biratnagar offering distant views toward Kanchenjunga, Makalu and, on the clearest mornings, Everest itself. What the skywalk did was turn a scenic stop into a…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
What this means for you Eastern Nepal — Dhankuta, Dharan, and the Kanchenjunga and Makalu regions beyond — remains the least-visited quarter of the country for foreign trekkers, even though it holds the world's third-highest mountain and some of Nepal's…
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