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Nepal's aviation authority again grounds direct Kathmandu-Lukla flights from 25 September to 30 November 2026 — here's why the Ramechhap diversion…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 30, 2026
Lukla's Tenzing-Hillary Airport is famous as the world's most dangerous, a single sloped runway cut into a mountainside at 2,860 metres with a cliff at one end and a rock wall at the other. It is the gateway almost every Everest trekker flies through. Yet for…
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Practically, it means your Everest Base Camp trip does not start with a flight, it starts with a pre-dawn drive. Most agencies, ours included, collect trekkers between 1am and 2am for the run east on the BP Highway, aiming to reach Manthali in time for the…
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