Nepal travel guides from people who’ve actually been there
Trekking routes, national parks, airlines, and the practical bits nobody else tells you. No package tours, no filler — just the answers you’ll wish you had before booking.
Practical Nepal travel, written from the ground.
Nepal is a country where getting the logistics right matters — mountain flights cancel, permits stack up, weather windows close, and the difference between a great trip and a miserable one is usually the planning done before you leave home. This site is built around the practical questions: how to fly to the Karnali without losing two days, where to actually see a red panda, why October is better than May for trekking peaks, and what you should genuinely skip.
Every guide is researched against the real SERP competitors, fact-checked against official sources, and written with opinions. No package-tour boosterism. When a place is worth skipping, we say so. When a price is inflated, we say that too. Cost breakdowns are in rupees and dollars both — no hand-waving.
Rara National Park Nepal: 7-Day Trek to Rara Lake
Nepal’s smallest national park wraps around its largest lake, two Twin Otter flights from Kathmandu and almost nobody goes. Here’s the full Jumla-in, Talcha-out trek with real NPR costs, honest notes on the weather-cancellation roulette, and what you’ll actually see (spoiler: not the snow leopards).
Browse the guides
Four starting points. Everything on the site comes off one of these — we’ll fill them out as the writing lands.
All Nepal guides
Every article on the site in one place. Mix and match depending on what you’re planning.
Start here
Nepal Travel Guide
The top-level overview — visa, seasons, budget, where to go and what it all costs.
Planning
Nepal 2-Week Itinerary
Three field-tested 14-day plans for trek-focused, balanced, and no-trekking travellers.
Timing
Best Time to Visit Nepal
Month-by-month breakdown of seasons, crowds, and what’s actually doable when.
Entry
Nepal Visa Guide
On-arrival process, documents, extensions, and the countries that can’t get it at the border.
City
Kathmandu Travel Guide
Where to stay, what to see, and which tourist stops you can skip in the capital.
City
Pokhara Travel Guide
Lake, mountains, Sarangkot sunrise, paragliding — what’s actually worth your money.
Big trek
Everest Base Camp Trek
The full 12-day EBC itinerary, altitude reality, and 2026 costs.
Big trek
Annapurna Base Camp Trek
The best-value Himalayan trek — 9 days, 4,130 m, more scenic per step than EBC.
Long trek
Annapurna Circuit
The classic 15-21 day loop over Thorong La. What roads have changed and what hasn’t.
Short trek
Langtang Valley Trek
The quiet alternative — 7 days, sub-4,000 m, Tamang culture, post-earthquake recovery.
Overview
Trekking in Nepal
Routes, permits, seasons, teahouses, and the 2023 mandatory-guide rule.
Climbing
NMA Trekking Peaks
All 27 permitted peaks with fees, grades, and realistic difficulty notes.
Safari
Chitwan National Park
Nepal’s best wildlife experience — rhinos, tigers, Tharu culture, ethical notes.
Wildlife
All Nepal National Parks
All 13 parks — from Chitwan to Sagarmatha — with entry fees and wildlife reality.
Logistics
Domestic Airlines
Fleets, fares, routes, and the honest safety context nobody else gives you.
Deep dive
Rara National Park
Nepal’s smallest national park and largest lake — the full 7-day trek itinerary.
Culture
UNESCO World Heritage
Nepal’s four UNESCO sites — not ten, despite what the brochures say.
Culture
Nepal Festivals Guide
Dashain, Tihar, Indra Jatra, Mani Rimdu — which are worth timing a trip around.
Off-trail
Village Tourism
Homestay programmes in Gurung, Tamang, and Tharu villages — the honest version.
Who writes this
Long-time Nepal travellers, trekking regulars, and a small group of Kathmandu-based contributors. We scrape competitor sources, verify every price and permit number against official data, and only publish a guide when we’d personally hand it to a friend who asked. We’re happy to admit when we haven’t seen something ourselves — hallucinated content is how travel blogs lose trust, and we’d rather flag a gap than fake the answer.
