Trail & Weather
Monsoon doesn't mean no trekking. North of the Himalaya, the rain-shadow regions — Upper Mustang, Dolpo, Nar Phu — stay dry and stunning all summer…
By Laxman Rawal · Jun 20, 2026
Ask most agencies about trekking Nepal in July and they'll tell you to wait for October. They're half right. The popular trails are wet — but the secret of the Nepali summer is the rain shadow : regions tucked behind the main Himalaya where the monsoon clouds…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
Upper Mustang — the old forbidden kingdom of Lo — is the classic monsoon choice: a Tibetan-Buddhist desert of ochre cliffs and walled cities, bone-dry while Kathmandu pours. Dolpo, further west, is even wilder and more remote. Nar Phu, off the Annapurna…
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