How the map fits togetherFour kinds of journey across Nepal
Every destination above belongs to one of our packages. Here is how they group, and what each kind of trip asks of you.
High Himalayan valleys
Manang sits behind the Annapurna range at the head of the Marsyangdi valley, reached over two days from Kathmandu with an overnight at Dharapani, and returning through Bandipur on a four-day round trip. Mustang, north of the same massif, is Nepal's high desert — ochre cliffs, wind and Tibetan-influenced villages around Kagbeni and Jomsom. Both are long drives on mountain roads, and both reward the altitude gain with glacial lakes and monasteries you cannot see from the lowlands.
Pilgrimage routes
Muktinath in Mustang is sacred to Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims alike. Pathivara Devi stands on a ridge in Taplejung in eastern Nepal, and Halesi Mahadev is a limestone cave temple in the Khotang hills. Gosaikunda, a high alpine lake in Langtang, draws pilgrims each Janai Purnima. Our longest pilgrimage runs overland for fifteen days to Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath in Uttarakhand, India.
Ridges and sunrise viewpoints
Kalinchowk in Dolakha carries a snow-dusted ridge and a wide Himalayan skyline above Kuri village. Sailung, across the district line in Ramechhap, is known for grassland hillocks and sunrise above the cloud line. Ama Yangri rises over Helambu in Sindhupalchok. These run as one-night, two-day trips — the practical choice for a weekend out of Kathmandu.
Lakes, towns and open country
Pokhara sits on Phewa Lake beneath the Annapurna foothills, and Bandipur is a hilltop Newari bazaar town on the way. Kathmandu itself holds Durbar Square and the Boudhanath stupa. Dhorpatan in Baglung, Nepal's only hunting reserve, is the quietest of our routes and the one that feels furthest from a road.
