Guide to Nepal Trek and Tour Adventures in the Himalayas

     Namche the trail leads enticingly towards the heart of the highest mountain landcape on earth a dramatic scene of ice-chiselled peaks and glacier- scoured valleys. In the shadow of these mountains, villages have a stark and solemn kind of beauty looking out over an inflexible land where agriculture is at its most basic where husbandry of the soil appears at first to have progressed no further than the 16 th century when the first sherpas came over the mountains from Tibet. The humble potato staple of their diet, was brought here in the 1830s, and its introduction is reckoned to have been one of the most significant events in Sherpa history- until that is khumbu was opened to western influence in the 1950s.   Everest trekking , Everest base camp trekking , Everest round trekking , Everest panorama view trekking , Everest mount  trekking and Everest three pass trekking etc. Namche bazar seen from syangbochey

     Namche the trail leads enticingly towards the heart of the highest mountain landcape on earth a dramatic scene of ice-chiselled peaks and glacier- scoured valleys. In the shadow of these mountains, villages have a stark and solemn kind of beauty looking out over an inflexible land where agriculture is at its most basic where husbandry of the soil appears at first to have progressed no further than the 16 th century when the first sherpas came over the mountains from Tibet. The humble potato staple of their diet, was brought here in the 1830s, and its introduction is reckoned to have been one of the most significant events in Sherpa history- until that is khumbu was opened to western influence in the 1950s.   Everest trekking , Everest base camp trekking , Everest round trekking , Everest panorama view trekking , Everest mount  trekking and Everest three pass trekking etc.

Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) hosted a luncheon for the delegates of 9 th Nepal Tibet (TAR- PR China) Joint Tourism Coordination Committee in Bhaktapur on June 28. The committee is a bilateral forum of tourism stakeholders of Nepal and Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of People's Republic of China. TAAN President Chandra Prasad Rijal as well as officer-bearers and executive members welcomed Tibetan delegates, who are in Kathmandu to attend the 9 th meeting, by offering khadas. He also offered 'Nepali Dhaka Topi' and 'Palpali Karuwa' as souvenirs to the delegates. Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China have signed a 16-point memorandum of understanding for bilateral tourism promotion.  The agreement was reached at the end of the 9th meeting that concluded here on June 28. Both the sides reviewed the progress achieved on the understandings made in the previous meetings. The two sides also emphasized th...

                                        Dingboche Lhost (8501m) 27 890ft) dominates Dingboche and the whole of the lamja valley. It’s The fourth highest mountain in the world and while its name (meaning South peak) seems to demote it to mere appendage of the higher mount Everest it is an apt description for is indeed the southernmost peak of the Everest massif. The first attempt to climb Lhostse was made in the post monsoon season of 1955 by a multi-national expedition led by the Swiss American Norman Debenture who with Ernst seen and the cartographer Erwin Schneider spent nearly five months on a thorough reconnaissance of the area before launching their attack on the North- west face. Although Dyhrenfurth’s expedition failed to reach the summit the first ascent was made the following year by Ernst Reiss and Fritz Luchsingerof a Sw...

   A week long 'Adventure Travel Guide' training organized by SAMARTH-NMDP in association with Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) and Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) concluded in Kathmandu on June 20. Altogether 22 trekking guides associated with different trekking companies participated in the training. Theoretical classes were conducted at TAAN Secretariat in Maligaun while practical classes were held in Shivapuri National Park. Wilderness First Aid Training was also organized for the participants along with the Adventure Travel Guide training. Certificate of completion was handed over to the participants in the closing ceremony organized in Kathmandu. Minister of State for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Bal Bahadur Mahat handed over training certificates to the participants. Speaking at the program, Mahat urged all the participants make best use of the training. "Production of trained hands for the adventure tourism industry is alway...