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Trekking Nepal After the 2026 Floods: Annapurna and Everest Are Open, Langtang Is Not

Annapurna and Everest are open for autumn 2026. Nepal Tourism Board advises postponing Langtang and Rasuwa. What changed, and how to book protected.

By Travel Himalaya Nepal · Aug 27, 2026

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Every enquiry in our inbox this week asks a version of the same question: after the floods, should I still come to Nepal this autumn? Here is our answer, and we will give it to you straight because we live here. Annapurna and Everest are open and unaffected…

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What actually happened, and where

It matters to separate the two events, because much of the coverage has run them together. Mid-July, the Modi Khola. Days of heavy rain swelled the Kimrong Khola and the Modi River. A landslide is believed to have dammed the river upstream before giving way…

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Region by region, as it stands

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Why the trails recover, every single year

This is the part visitors find hardest to believe, and the most important thing we can tell you. Nepal rebuilds its trails after every monsoon. Not occasionally — annually. Bridges wash out, sections slip, and between the end of the rain in late September and…

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Autumn dates are still open, for now

October and November are the busiest six weeks of the Nepali year and guides get committed early. Annapurna Base Camp runs from US$730 per person for a pair over seven days; Everest Base Camp from US$1,650 per person over fourteen. Both include guide, porter…

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How to book so that you are actually protected

The floods have not made trekking Nepal unsafe. They have made it worth booking properly. Four things matter. 1. Insurance with helicopter evacuation to 4,500 m. This is the one people get wrong. A great many standard travel policies cap trekking cover at…

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Book now, or wait?

You are going to Annapurna or Everest You want October or November dates You want a choice of guides You are a group and need teahouse space Your heart is set on Langtang or Gosaikunda You cannot get insurance covering 4,500 m You have no flexibility on dates…

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What to check before you pay anyone

Not the price. The metres. Anything under 4,500 m is not cover for a Himalayan trek. Get the reroute and refund position in writing before the deposit, not after. Ask when the operator last had someone on that trail. Vagueness is the answer. Two spare days at…

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Why we are telling you not to book something

We sell Langtang treks. Taking them off the table for autumn costs us money, and we have done it anyway, because the Tourism Board is right and because a trek that strands you at a broken road is worse for us than a trek we never sold. It is the same reason…

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Tell us your dates and we will tell you the truth

We will say if your plan works, and we will say if it does not. Annapurna Base Camp from US$730 per person , Everest Base Camp from US$1,650 , both fully inclusive on the trail. Ask us about your dates → Yes, on the Annapurna and Everest trails, which…

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Keep reading

The full route, day by day, with what each stage actually asks of you. What the two Annapurna permits cost in 2026 and where to get them. Why October and November are the clearest weeks of the Himalayan year. Altitude, insurance, road travel and the risks…

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