The word 'trek' is Afrikaans in origin - South African Dutch pioneers used it to describe a long journey by ox wagon in search of a new home. But words change as they travel, and in Nepal, trekking is a journey taken on foot for seeing natural and cultural scenes in areas where modern transport is not normally available. Trekking is walking! - not just strolling, but hiking up and down hills. Vitally, it should always be done at your own pace; it should never be a constant, forced mar...
This relatively short but dramatic trek in the Everest region offers the chance to explore the Khumbu at its very finest. Beginning in Lukla, after a breathtakingly short, 50-minute flight from Kat...
This challenging and unique trek offers the chance to explore Nepal’s Khumbu at its very finest. Beginning in Lukla, after a breathtakingly short flight from Kathmandu, the trek follows the m...
Everest Base Camp! The very name is synonymous with the history of modern mountaineering, particularly with the conquest of Mount Everest itself by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa back...
The legendary Everest Khumbu area is probably the best known of the Himalayan regions, primarily through its association with the first successful ascent of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenz...
To reach your trek starting point of Syabrubensi involves a long, approximately 6-hour road journey from Kathmandu. After first passing Balaju and Nagarjun, the road leaves the Kathmandu Valley at ...
The Himalaya presents us with some of the most dramatic and demanding trekking landscapes anywhere on earth, such as our Round Manaslu and Larkya La trek, an off-the-beaten-track alternative to the...
Situated just east of one of the most popular trekking areas of Nepal, but hardly known as yet, the Mardi Himal trek is a hidden gem. At less than fifteen miles north of Pokhara, as the crow flies,...
Mardi Himal is the lowest and perhaps least climbed or visited of the trekking peaks: it has a commanding view of the Annapurna ranges and a truly spectacular one of Machhapuchhre, the "Himala...
Mera Peak, at 6467m, is one of Nepal's highest permitted trekking peaks, standing in magnificent isolation, and is a good mountain for trekkers who would like a straightforward introduction to ...