NEPAL · THE HIMALAYA
The roof of the world, on foot.
Everest and Annapurna treks, dawn flights past the peaks, the temple-stacked Kathmandu Valley, Pokhara's lake and paragliders, and the rhinos down in Chitwan. The best of Nepal, trail by trail.
Only in Nepal
You can only do these in Nepal.
Plenty of countries have mountains and old temples. Standing at the foot of Everest, walking seven living UNESCO cities in one valley, and flying eye-level with an 8,000-metre wall of peaks. Those belong to Nepal alone.
The world's highest
Walk to the foot of Everest
No other trek ends beneath the highest mountain on earth. You fly into Lukla, climb through Sherpa villages and rhododendron forest to Namche Bazaar, pass the monastery at Tengboche, and walk the last stretch onto the Khumbu Glacier with the icefall straight ahead.
- 1 Everest Base Camp Trek – 14 Days
- 2 Everest Base Camp Trek
- 3 Everest Base Camp Helicopter Tour landing at Everest View Hotel
Seven UNESCO sites
A whole valley of living temples
The Kathmandu Valley holds seven UNESCO World Heritage monument zones within an hour of each other: three medieval royal squares, the great stupa at Boudhanath, the hilltop shrine of Swayambhunath, and the riverside temples of Pashupatinath. People still worship and trade among them; they are not museums.
- 1 Private Kathmandu Sightseeing Tour | UNESCO World Heritage sites
- 2 Kathmandu: 7 UNESCO Sites with Lunch
- 3 Kathmandu: Full Day 7 UNESCO Tour with Lunch – Private/Group
Eye-level with 8,000m
Fly the Himalaya at dawn
A first-light mountain flight lifts you level with Everest, Lhotse and the great wall of peaks: a row of eight-thousanders out one window, the curve of the range out the other. There is no comparable hour of flying anywhere else on the planet.
- 1 Everest Base Camp Helicopter Tour landing at Hotel Everest View
- 2 Mountain Everest Scenic Flight with Hotel Pickup and Dropoff
- 3 From Kathmandu: 1 hour Panoramic Everest Flight
The big decision
Which trek is yours?
Nepal's classic routes, laid out by how long you've got and how high you want to go. Pick a trail, then see every guided departure we've reviewed for it.
Start here
If you only do one thing in Nepal.
The single trip travellers rave about more than any other. If your days are tight, start here.
The classics
Nepal's Most Popular Tours & Treks
Everest Base Camp, the Annapurna sunrise from Poon Hill, the old temples of Kathmandu, a rhino safari in Chitwan. The trips most travellers build a Nepal trip around.
By region
Pick your part of Nepal.
Kathmandu for the temples and the noise. Pokhara for the lake and the paragliders. The Everest region for the big trek. Annapurna for the sunrise peaks. Chitwan for the jungle.
By trip type
Or pick the kind of trip.
Trek if you came for the mountains. A scenic flight if you want Everest without the climb. A heritage walk for the temples, paragliding over Pokhara, a jungle safari in Chitwan, a cooking class for the momos, and the rest.
The Kathmandu Valley
Seven UNESCO sites, one valley.
Three medieval Durbar Squares, the great white stupa at Boudhanath, the hilltop shrine of Swayambhunath, and the riverside temples of Pashupatinath, most of them within an hour of each other. Nearly every Nepal trip starts and ends in this valley, so give it days of its own, not just an airport night.
Explore the valley's heritage →Over Phewa Lake
Pokhara, from the air.
Pokhara is the launchpad: paraglide off Sarangkot with the Annapurnas across the valley, zip the gorge, or take the leap. Our three favourite ways to leave the ground.
First light
Up before the sun.
Nagarkot, Sarangkot, Poon Hill: the ridges where the whole range turns gold at dawn. If we had to pick three sunrises, these are the climbs we'd set an alarm for.
Down in the Terai
Rhinos, not mountains.
Drop to the lowland jungle of Chitwan for one-horned rhino, marsh crocodiles and the long-shot chance of a tiger. Three safari trips for when you've had enough altitude.
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