Practical Travel Guide

Nepal has roughly 3,000 registered trekking agencies, and that number doesn't count the unregistered operators working out of a Thamel g...

If you have been staring at flight prices to Kathmandu and typing "is Nepal safe for solo female travelers" into Google at midnigh...

Packing for a Himalayan trek can quickly turn into a stressful, expensive exercise if you try to buy everything before you leave home. The g...

Altitude sickness is the most common reason trekkers don't complete a high-altitude journey in Nepal, and it's also one of the most...

Somewhere around day ten of a trek, most trekkers start wondering the same thing. Your guide has talked you through altitude symptoms, kept...

Mera Peak gets marketed as the friendliest 6,000 meter summit in Nepal, and in a lot of ways that reputation is earned. But "friendly&q...