Bird watching in Nepal

   

                            Bird watching in Nepal

Bird watching in Nepal can be a very rewarding experience for colorful birds live here amid one of the most scenic regions on earth. Bird watching is an activity which requires some energy but little equipment. Binoculars, though, are essential; we tend to choose lightweight varieties due to the Nepalese terrain. Successful Birds watching centers on the principle. Don’t frighten the quarry. This means that one should proceed as quietly and inconspicuously as possible. Numbers of endemic Himalayan laughing thrush’s babbler’s yuhinas and pheasants are quite shy your chances of seeing them increase if you move slowly.

Grebes (podicipedae) are medium sized aquatic birds that ride low in the water. They appear plump with small wings and lobed toes. Most arrive in Nepal in November and depart by late march. Grebes shown are proportionate to grebes only not to pelican or cormorants.      

                             

                 Black necked grebe

 854 – 3050m (2,800-10,000) 46 cm (18) w. scarce on phewa tal and Rara lake. Only half the size of greeted grebe and with comparatively short neck and bill. Larger than little grebe and neck paler. Note slight upturned bill that is thinner than any duck’s A dozen pairs on Rara Lake, Kashmir, Nepal, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

 Pelicans (pelecanidae) are large birds with broad wing spans long heavy beaks and ample throat pouches. Often glide at great height. Shown proportionately smaller than other birds. 

                               

                       White pelican

1372m. (4,500) 180 cm (71) s

Scarce a pair watched for thirty minutes soaring over Kathmanduvalley (J.V coapman 1971). In flight resembles white stork but flies with head deawn in not straight out. May occur anywhere in lowland Nepal,

           

Nepal traditional food Dal Vat (Rice and lentil)

Nepal traditional food called Dal(lentil) Vat Tarkari(vegetables). It is traditional food. It is quite healthy food. The lentil mixed different kind of beans and soybeans and the vegetable also mixed seasonal green vegetables. Now a day’s people opening Nepali restaurant, they are selling food with culture dance.   It is indeed good business. The foreigner people like to test Nepali food. You can get in restaurant verity of curry, for example Chicken Dal Vat, Pork Dal Vat, Buff Dal Vat etc.

Even you can find Dal Vat, in trekking area. I had taken picture of Dal Vat from Annapurna Ghandrung village. It is very hygienic and testy. The vegetable is organic. We had spent one night in Ghandruk Guest House one night.

Trekking guide training from April 28

Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM) is organizing second phase of trekking guide training at NATHM from April 28, 2015.
The training is being organized in coordination with Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN).
Applicants, who have already filled up the form, are required to make payment for training at TAAN Secretariat, Maligaun, by April 12.
The first phase of trekking guide training concluded on March 30. Altogether 692 trekking staff of different member companies of TAAN participated in the training.
TAAN and NATHM have been organizing trekking guide training for staffers of TAAN member agencies every year to produce trained manpower for the trekking and adventure tourism sector.
  

TAAN gives suggestions on redefinition of remote areas

The government has formed a high-level task force for redefining remote areas.The High-Level Task force on Study and Recommendations of Remote Areas under the Remote Areas Development Committee, in association with Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) and Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA), on Sunday organized a daylong workshop with lawmakers as well as local development officers of 22 remote districts along with representatives of TAAN and NMA to seek inputs from them for redefining remote areas.The committee has altogether 70 lawmakers representing 22 'remote' districts as members.The task force is redefining remote areas based on indicators like infrastructure development, population and social development, organizational structure and development modality. Group discussions were held on thematic papers of each indicator and inputs were collected from stakeholders accordingly. The task force will include the inputs in its report.Inaugurating the workshop, Deputy PM and Minister for Federal Affairs and Local Development Prakash Man Singh said earlier remote areas were declared due to geographical factors. "Now we will redefine remote areas based on a set of indicators. As we have representatives from all 'remote' 22 districts participating in this workshop, it will be easier for us to work out a new definition of remote areas," he said.Lawmaker Bal Bahadur KC, who is the chairman of the high-level task force, said the task force will incorporate outcomes of the workshop in its market.On the occasion, TAAN President Ramesh Prasad Dhamala made a presentation on TAAN, its objectives and activities. "If TAAN and NMA, who are working in the development of adventure tourism in remote districts, are included in the policy-making process for sociology-economic development of remote areas from the very beginning, we would like to express our commitment to join hands with the government agencies for any programs and activities to be organized in remote areas in the coming days," he said. Welcoming the government initiation to develop and promote Great Himalaya Trail (GHT), President Dhamala said the government should ease budget releasing process to boost tourism in GHT areas.He also said tourism is the only sector that can bring about rapid sociology-economic change in remote areas. "Tourism development in controlled areas, all of which lie in remote areas, is not taking pace as expected because of complex administrative procedures. TAAN requests the government to lift 'controlled area' tag from those areas," he added.In his presentation, President Dhamala talked about different activities like new routes exploration, infrastructure development, skill enhancement trainings, and clean-up and sanitation programs organized in remote districts.

Similarly, Ang Tshering Sherpa, president of NMA, said expansion of tourism activities in remote districts can make significant contribution in socio-economic development in those areas. Saying that more than 500,000 foreign tourists, who visit the country, enjoy adventure tourism activities in remote districts, he hoped that tourism development in remote areas will gain momentum after Peak Profile Preparation Sub-Committee submits its report. "Nepal is home to 1,913 mountain peaks which can be climbed. Of them, the government has opened only 414 for mountaineering," Sherpa said.High ranking government officials, past presidents as well as office-bearers, executive members and members of TAAN and NMA, and media persons were also present in the program.Source bye TAAN

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