Guide to Nepal Trek and Tour Adventures in the Himalayas

Total tourist arrivals to Nepal via in June dropped by a marginal 0.3 percent to 41,137 compared to arrival figures of the same month last year. According to the Immigration Office at the Tribhuvan International Airport, arrivals from South Asia segment dropped by 1.04 percent, largely due to arrival in the number of tourists from India – the major market – by 2.21 percent. Arrivals from Pakistan and Sri Lanka were also down 5.54 percent and 28.97 percent, respectively. However, arrivals from Bangladesh increased by 17.43 percent. In Asia (other than South Asia) segment, total arrivals went up by 0.49 percent helped in rise in the number of Chinese tourists by 10 percent. Similarly, number of visitors from Singapore and Thailand increased by 12.56 percent and 5.79 percent, respectively. However, arrivals from Japan, South Korea and Malaysia declined by 13 percent, 31.8 percent and1.98 percent, respectively. Total arrivals from the Europe segment went down by 13.27 percent thanks ...

Members of Seven Summits Women Team reached the summit of Mt Denali – the highest mountain on North America – on June 24. The women are on a bid to climb the highest peaks in all seven continents. According to team leader Shaili Basnet, Chunu Shrestha, Asha Kumari Singh, Nimdoma Sherpa and Pema Diki Sherpa, along with cameraperson Ang Tshering Lama, reached the summit at 1 pm (local time). Other members -- Pujan Acharya, Maya Gurung and team leader Shailee Basnet, could not continue with the climb because of health issues. The team aims to complete their campaign by climbing Vinson Massif – the tallest peak on Antarctica – this December. TAAN has provided financial assistance to the team.

             Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) celebrated World Environment Day 2014 on Thursday by organizing a tree plantation program in Jalbinayak Community Forest of Kirtipur.Office-bearers and executive committee members of TAAN, representatives of different travel trade associations, tourism entrepreneurs, media persons, and members of Jalbinayak Community Forest Users’ Group participated in the plantation program. Around 500 saplings of different species were planted on the occasion.World Environment Day 2014 is being organized all over the world on Thursday with the slogan ‘Raise Your Voice, Not the Sea Level’.TAAN President Ramesh Dhamala inaugurated the program by planting the sapling of pine tree. Speaking on the occasion, Dhamala said TAAN would join hands with the local community to protect the plantation area.Speaking on the occasion, Sagar Pandey, general secretary of TAAN, said the association w...

 Bardiya nationalpark lies in the western plains of Nepal and is the home to the last remaining wild elephants of south Asia this tour offer 250 species of birds and 30 species of mammals in their natural habitat . the park comprises of grasslands and forests . Bardia has a large humber of deer species like the chita the hog deer barasingha sambar and   the swamp deer among others other animals included the antelope the blue bull and Himalayan tanr langur monkey rhesus macaque and the sloth bear 

  Tourism Australia arrived at conclusive figures about Chinese visitor spending which is projected to hit A $13 bilion by 2020 . these figures were reveled in cairns at the Australian tourism exchange   That huge sum represents an increase of nearly 50 percent on the previous estimate Australia is attributing like a paltry A$9 billion . Tourism Australia is attributing the spike to the rapid rise of a new breed of young and independent Chinese traveler placing Australia at the top of their travel wish list and tourism Australia managing director john o Sullivan said that Australian tourism was reaping the benefits of a clearly focused china tourism plan targeting that demographic .   he felt that Chinese arrivals are at record levels id great but our strategy in much more than a numbers game . the Chinese visitor they’re going agter is a more confident independent minded traveler wishing to travel further and immerse themselves more deeply in the many rich and v...

Death toll in the Everest avalanche rose to 13 on Saturday after rescuers recovered body of another Nepali mountaineering work Rescue team recovered the body of Dorjee Khatri of Lelep VDC-9 in Taplejung district. His body has already been airlifted to Kathmandu .Bodies of 12 mountaineering workers were recovered on Friday. Three other are still missing, while six others are injured. The injured are receiving treatment at different hospitals in Kathmandu.Ten of the deceased are from Solukhumbu, two from Sankhuwasabha, and one from Taplejung. The bodies have already been handed over to family members for last rites, according to government officials.The deceased have been identified as Mingma Nuru Sherpa of Namche-4 in Solukhumbu, Dorji Sherpa of Namche-9 in Solukhumbu, Ang Tshirig Sherpa of Namche-7, Nima Sherpa of Namche-9, Phurba Ongyal Sherpa of Khumjung-7, Lakpa Tenjing Sherpa of Khumjung-2, Chhiring Ongchu Sherpa of Khumjung-2, Then Dorjee Sherpa of Khumjung-7, , Ph...

A delegation of trekking agencies led by Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) participated in Holiday and Travel Show organized in Sydney and Melbourne of Australia. Two trekking companies – Mountain Sherpa Treks and Himalayan Glacier Trekking – participated in the Holiday and Travel Show Melbourne held on March 29 and 30. According to Pasang Tendi Sherpa, executive member of TAAN who led the delegation, the event was very effective for tourism promotion. “Around 300 visitors, mostly buyers, visited Nepal stall. Most of them sought information about adventure tourism products in Nepal,” he said. Sherpa, who is also the sub-coordinator of TAAN’s Nepal Promotion and Exhibition Department, said visitors also inquired about air connectivity. They were very curious about trekking. They asked us for how many hours they need to walk in a day and up to which altitude,” Sherpa said, adding, “We felt that they could be brought to Nepal with effective marketing and promotion. She...