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Choosing the Perfect Nepal Trekking Tour |
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Monday, 15 October 2007 |
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If you are interested in taking a Nepal trekking adventure, you will need to find a Nepal trekking tour to participate in. When it comes to doing so, you will find that you, literally, have an unlimited number of different options. Each day in Nepal, there are a large number of different trekking tours scheduled. With a large number of choices, when it comes to choosing a Nepal trekking tour, you may be wondering how you can go about making a decision. Are you interested in experiencing a fun, exciting, and memorable Nepal trekking adventure? If you are, you are definitely not alone. The landscape of Nepal is often referred as one the best in the world for trekking excursions. |
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Monday, 15 October 2007 |
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The Devil’s Tower is located in Wyoming and has gained popularity since it was used in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. There is also the ultimate climb of Mount Everest in Nepal which requires expert skills and a great amount of experience. There are also lesser known climbing locations that offer the excitement and thrill of this sport. If you’re just starting out as a climber you’re surely excited to begin your climbing skills in the great outdoors. Your next vacation should be in a location where you can put all of your knowledge to the test and enjoy majestic scenery. Deciding where to go will depend on the type of climbing you’ve been training for and what interests you the most. |
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Monday, 15 October 2007 |
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Chulu East is a delight for trekking and climbing. Technically, Chulu East is a friendly peak and does not require much trekking or climbing experience. However, physical fitness and complete acclimatization is must for everyone attempting to summit Chulu East. The route that weaves to this peak is not strenuous and is not that difficult. Besides a strong backup of supportive team of a leader, porter, sherpas and cooks, trekkers and mountaineers should also be equipped and familiarized with equipments like crampons, harness, ice axe, tying knots and handling climbing ropes. The best season to trek and climb Chulu East is from March to May and from September to November. |
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Kathmandu - Heart of the Himalayas |
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Monday, 15 October 2007 |
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Kathmandu has been "off limits" to most foreigners for many years since then, and it was only in 1951 that tourists were permitted to visit Nepal. Set in the small Kathmandu Valley and surrounded by high mountains, Kathmandu is a medieval metropolis with superb artistic and architectural traditions that have miraculously survived the centuries. In the early 1850s, the English traveler, Francis Egerton, visited Nepal and described the city of Kathmandu as he saw it then: "A picturesque and quaint looking temple and a cluster of wide-eaved houses, profusely adorned with carved woodwork, form a pretty foreground. In the plain below is a broad river, on the opposite bank of which stands the town, with its numberless Chinese-looking temples, the brass work with which they are ornamented glittering in the sun." |
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Why Nepal is Called Country of Mountains? |
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Monday, 15 October 2007 |
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To the south of Nepal is the Terai- a flat tropical lowland.From the Terai, the Land rises highly to the Mahabharat mountain range with peaks of up to 3,050 m.This is followed by central Hills, an undulating mountain region which leads to the snow covered Great Himalaya Range whose awesome peaks form the northern boundary of Nepal in the east.Though only 193km across Nepal has a wide variety of geographical regions, ranging from tropical southern flat lands to the arctic Tibetan Plateau. Nepal's Himalaya is the largest and highest standing 800 km across with eight peaks that soar above 8000 meters including Mt. Everest(8848m), the highest peak in the world. |
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Nepal Facts 
