Safety & Advisories
Nepal has required every foreign trekker to hire a licensed guide since April 2023, which changes the real question for solo women from should I go…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 30, 2026
You can no longer legally trek Nepal's national parks and conservation areas alone, regardless of gender. A licensed guide has been mandatory for every foreign trekker since 1 April 2023. For a solo woman, that rule does much of the safety work before you…
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Before April 2023, an independent trekker with cash for permits could walk the Annapurna Circuit or Langtang alone, checkpoint to checkpoint, with only a TIMS card to show. The Nepal Tourism Board ended that after a string of missing-trekker cases, most…
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Busier, teahouse-dense routes, Poon Hill, Annapurna Base Camp, the classic Everest Base Camp trail, see hundreds of trekkers a day in peak season, so you are rarely more than an hour from another lodge or group even with just one guide. Remote routes with a…
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License, not just enthusiasm. Ask for the guide's government trekking-guide license number and confirm the agency is registered with the Department of Tourism. A legitimate operator gives you this without hesitation. Female guide, if you want one. Nepal has…
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