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Alternative Trekking route in Rasuwa

Tamang Heritage Trail is an alternative trekking route in Rasuwa which offers trekkers a unique opportunity of learning about the Tamang culture while trekking. Although, trekking in the eastern parts of Rasuwa including the Langtang and Gosaikunda area was popular since many years, the western Rasuwa was relatively under shadow for many years. It has many beautiful villages like Goljung, Gatlang, Chilime, Brimdang, Tatopani, Thuman and Timure. The government of Nepal has started a programme to promote this part of Rasuwa as a home-stay tourism destination. It has constructed lodges and hotels in these villages. The villagers have been trained for hospitality. In Tatopani of Chilime, trekkers can enjoy a great hot water bath in the natural hot water spring flowing from the mountain. Up in Nagthali on the way to Thuman from Tatopani, trekkers can enjoy great views of the mountains with Langtang Lirung standing right in front of it. Further ahead of Timure, there is Rasuwagadhi, t

Nepal Base Camp Trek

There are many mountains in Nepal. Base Camp Treks are popular among those trekkers who wish to summit the mountain but lack the expertise, time and guts to scale them or have a close-up view of the mountains. Theoretically, there can be as many Base Camp Treks, as the number of mountains. However, Everest Nepal Base Camp Trek is the most popular one, Everest being the highest mountain in the world. Everest Nepal Base Camp Trek is not just popular due the glamour potrayed by Mount Everest in the world, but also due to the unique Sherpa culture one goes through in this trekking route. The second popular base camp trek in Nepal is to the base of Annapurna. While Everest basecamp trek takes longer and more effort, Annapurna basecamp can be easily reached in about 6 days from Pokhara. People who have less time and yet wish get the fullest possible experience of trekking in Nepal, often choose the Annapuran Nepal base camp trek. There are also other base camp treks in Nepal. Peop

Trekking in Nepal

Endowed with diverse mountainous terrain and a varying climate, Nepal is undoubtedly one of the best trekking destinations in the world. Some of the most popular trekking trails (or rather area) are in Annapurana, Langtang and the Everest region. In addition to this, more ambitious treks can be organised in the areas of Dolpo, Kanchenjunga and Upper Mustang.