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Nepal vs New Zealand: Two Trekking Giants Compared (2026)

New Zealand's Great Walks are world-famous — but Nepal offers mountains three times higher, for a fraction of the price. Here's how the two compare…

By Laxman Rawal · Jun 20, 2026

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Ask a serious walker to name a dream trekking country and two names come up again and again: New Zealand and Nepal. Both are bucket-list legends — but they offer very different experiences. New Zealand is pristine, well-organised and expensive; Nepal is…

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Scale, culture and cost

New Zealand's Routeburn and Milford Tracks are sublime — but they top out around 1,000–1,500m, and a guided Great Walk can cost a small fortune. Nepal asks more of you (multi-day ascents to real altitude) and rewards you with mountains more than twice as…

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