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Nepal's PM Balen Shah is pointing the world toward the far west: Api Himal Base Camp, a remote 7,132m giant in Darchula that almost no foreign…
By Laxman Rawal · Jun 27, 2026
Nepal's far west is the part of the country the world forgot — and Nepal's Prime Minister, Balen Shah, just reminded everyone it exists. His film of Api Himal and its base camp in Darchula district — snow-draped giants above impossibly green alpine meadows —…
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Api Himal sits inside the Api Nampa Conservation Area, in the far north-western corner of Nepal where the country meets India and Tibet. This is no teahouse highway like Everest or Annapurna — it is a genuine wilderness route through rhododendron forest…
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You will need the Api Nampa Conservation Area Permit (ANCAP, NPR 2,000 for foreign nationals) and a TIMS card, and — as on every remote far-western route — a licensed guide is mandatory. We arrange all of it. Because the trek tops out at a relatively modest…
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