Is Trekking in Nepal Dangerous? What the Real 2025/26 Death Data From Annapurna Shows

Safety & Advisories Twenty-five tourists died of altitude sickness in the Annapurna region in the year to July 2026. Most deaths trace back to one avoidable mistake. By Bishnu Adhikari · Aug 17, 2026 Read the full story

Is trekking in Nepal dangerous? Nepal's own 2025/26 data gives an honest, and slightly surprising, answer: not in the way most people fear. Twenty-five tourists died of altitude sickness in the Annapurna Conservation Area in the fiscal year to mid-July 2026… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

What Nepal's own numbers say

Twenty-five altitude deaths in one year, and fifteen of them in a single district. The figures come from the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP), reported by The Himalayan Times on 22 July 2026. Of the 25 who died, 12 were Nepali (including four… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Why Mustang, specifically

ACAP's chief, Dr Rabin Kadel, pointed to a specific pattern: acute mountain sickness is particularly common among Nepali and Indian visitors who drive directly to high-altitude destinations such as Muktinath (3,800m) without any acclimatisation days built in… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Altitude, not accidents, is the risk on the trails

On the walking trails the dominant danger is altitude sickness, not avalanches or falls. It's worth separating this from the other kind of Himalayan risk people picture, avalanches, falls, a climber lost on an 8,000m peak. Nepal lost climbers in a Broad Peak… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

What actually protects you

Every Travel Himalaya Nepal itinerary is built around this exact logic: altitude is gained in stages, with acclimatisation days scheduled at Namche-equivalent altitudes, and a licensed guide walks with the group who is trained to recognise AMS early and… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Two questions to ask before you book

Ask how many rest days are built into the itinerary at altitude, and whether the guide is licensed and trained to recognise AMS. Those two answers matter more than almost anything else on the trip, and an operator who cannot answer them precisely has told you… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

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