In the high Himalayan wilderness of western Nepal, a major scientific wildlife survey is underway to uncover one of the most elusive big cats on Earth the snow leopard. In the remote alpine landscapes of Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, conservation teams have launched a large-scale camera trap study to estimate the population of snow leopards across one of Nepal’s most important…
At 11:53am Nepal Standard Time on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, something extraordinary will happen in every corner of the country simultaneously. In a village in Solukhumbu, an 82-year-old grandmother will press her thumb into a mixture of red vermilion, rice, and yoghurt and mark the foreheads of her grandchildren one by one. In a courtyard in Patan, a family dressed…
Nepal has over 3,000 registered trekking companies. Some are excellent. Some are mediocre. Some are scams operating from a rented desk in Thamel with a WhatsApp number and a stock-photo website. In April 2026, a Kathmandu district court began recording statements from 32 people connected to one of the most audacious trekking scams in Nepal’s history. Agency owners, helicopter operators,…
There is a version of the Everest region that most trekkers never see. They fly into Lukla, walk north on the same trail as the fifty thousand people who trekked to Base Camp last year, stand at Kala Patthar in the dark, take their photograph, and walk back down the same path they came up. The experience is extraordinary. It…
Nepal has quietly added a new name to its trekking map. And unlike most things in Himalayan trekking, this one costs almost nothing to reach. On April 30, 2026, a four-member team led by Milan Tamang of the Jugal Rural Municipality Tourism Development Committee successfully summited a newly identified trekking peak at 5,570 metres in the Jugal Himalayan range of…
Nepal’s Department of Tourism has issued an urgent directive to all trekking agencies this week: stop selling overnight stay packages at Everest Base Camp immediately or face penalties including fines and licence revocation. The crackdown comes mid-season during the busiest weeks of the spring 2026 Everest climbing calendar after authorities discovered a growing number of trekking companies openly marketing “EBC…
Every travel guide about Nepal says the same thing about June, July, and August: avoid. They are not wrong. But they are not giving you the whole picture either. The monsoon season in Nepal runs from the second week of June through the first week of September. For most of the country the Everest region, the Annapurna trails, Langtang, the…
Here is the single most important thing to know before you read anything else about Nepal trekking permits in 2026: If your permit information comes from an article written before 2024, there is a strong chance it is wrong. Nepal’s trekking permit system has changed more in the last three years than in the previous decade. The Green Independent TIMS…
Every year, more than 50,000 trekkers make their way to Everest Base Camp. They queue at teahouses. They wait for the same sunrise from Kala Patthar. They photograph the same Himalayan panorama that two hundred other people photographed that morning. They return home and say it was the most extraordinary experience of their lives. They are right. And they are…
Nepal is one of the most visually stunning countries in the world, making it a paradise for aerial creators. From the Himalayas to peaceful lakes and ancient heritage sites, there are countless best places to fly drones in Nepal that offer breathtaking perspectives you simply can’t capture from the ground. If you’re planning to fly a drone in Nepal, this…