Walks and treks
Annapurna Circuit and Poon Hill
Kaski, Gandaki
The Annapurna region offers treks of every length.
Travel tips in Nepal
Historic sites
Bhaktapur
Bhaktapur, Bagmati
A medieval Newari city in the Kathmandu Valley with brick-paved squares, carved wooden windows, pottery workshops, and the five-tiered Nyatapola temp…
Historic sites
Boudhanath Stupa
Kathmandu, Bagmati
One of the largest stupas in the world, a great white dome with the all-seeing eyes of the Buddha painted on its tower, the centre of Tibetan Buddhis…
Natural features
Chitwan National Park
Bharatpur, Bagmati
A national park in Nepal's lowland jungle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to one-horned rhinoceroses, Bengal tigers, sloth bears, gharial crocodi…
Walks and treks
Everest Base Camp Trek
Solukhumbu, Koshi
The classic trek to the foot of the world's highest mountain, about 12 to 14 days return from Lukla, through Sherpa villages such as Namche Bazaar, p…
Tours and activities
Everest mountain flight from Kathmandu
Kathmandu, Bagmati
A one-hour sightseeing flight from Kathmandu along the Himalaya to Mt Everest (8,849 m), passing Langtang, Gauri Shankar, Cho Oyu, Lhotse and Makalu.
Historic sites
Kathmandu Durbar Square
Kathmandu, Bagmati
The old royal palace square of Kathmandu, with pagoda temples, the Hanuman Dhoka palace and the Kumari Ghar, home of the living goddess Kumari, who s…
Historic sites
Lumbini, Birthplace of the Buddha
Rupandehi, Lumbini
The place where Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, was born in 623 BC, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Natural features
Phewa Lake, Pokhara
Gandaki
Pokhara's Phewa Lake reflects the snowy peaks of the Annapurna range, including the fishtail summit of Machapuchare, on clear mornings.