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Nepal raises sherpa insurance payouts
Nepal has raised life insurance payouts for sherpa guides by 50 per cent, more than three months after the deadliest accident in Mount Everest's history sparked protests and led to a shutdown of the peak. The April 18 avalanche left 16 l
Read MoreTAAN hikes daily wage of trekking workers Nepal
The Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) and representatives of four unions of trekking workers -- All Nepal Revolutionary Tourism Workers Union (ANRTWU); Union of Nepal Travel, Trekking, Rafting and Airlines Workers; Nepal
Read MoreNew Rules for Trekking in Nepal - Local guides now mandatory
Ever since the April 18 Everest tragedy, when 16 Sherpas died in an avalanche, the Nepal Tourism Board has been grappling with how to make extreme tourism safer within the country. After months of active discontent from local entrepreneu
Read MoreNepal's Sherpas drift away from mountaineering
Cheddar Sherpa has scaled Mount Everest seven times while guiding Western climbers to the top of the world. He has narrowly escaped three avalanches and seen a dozen of his friends perish on the icy Himalayan slopes. But an avalanche in
Read MoreParagliding with vultures in Nepal
From hot air balloon to hang-gliding operators, plenty of airborne adventure outfits promise to let you "soar with the birds." Few, however, deliver on the claim quite as literally or dramatically as Nepal's Parahawking Project
Read MoreEverest Day celebrated with huge success
Everest Day has been celebrated in Western Springs Garden Community Hall in presence of Everest Summiteers Mr Peter Hillary, Mike Allsop and Peter Cammell in New Zealand. According to a statement, members of parliament Phil Goeff and Kam
Read MoreChinese firm to develop Nepal's second international airport
The Nepal government Thursday signed an agreement with a Chinese company for developing the second international airport in the Himalayan country. Ratish Chandra Lal Suman, chief of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the aviation
Read MoreNepal opens peaks named after Hillary, Tenzing to foreign climbers
Nepal has named two Himalayan peaks near Mount Everest after Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and opened them to foreigners for climbing, a month after a deadly avalanche killed 16 sherpa guides. The conquest of Everest by Ne
Read MoreNepal opens 104 new peaks for mountaineering
Nepal on Wednesday opened 104 virgin peaks for mountaineering, taking the total number of peaks mountaineers can climb to 414, the Tourism Ministry said. Among the new peaks opened, the Yalung Khang West is the only mountain higher t
Read MoreParagliding resumes in Lalitpur Nepal
The operation of paragliding halted for different reasons has now resumed in the southern skirt of the Kathmandu Valley with new management. Though the adventurous flight was first introduced at Godawari of Lalitpur in the Valley in 2007
Read MoreBuddha Jayanti Festival celebrated in Kathmandu, Nepal
Buddhist monks chant religious rhymes in a program to mark the 2558th Buddha Jayanti Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 14, 2014. Buddha Jayanti Festival is the most sacred festival of Buddhists and is celebrated with great enthu
Read MoreStudent dazzled by Nepal's beauty
Fifteen days in one of the most remote regions of the world has given Palmerston North student Arron Hefford an appreciation for the simple things in life. A shower, a glass of water or walking on sealed streets are all hard to come by i
Read MoreBrazil's nat'l runner arrives to run 60 km Everest Extreme Ultra Marathon in Nepal
Brazilian national athlete Bernado Fonseca is already here for the first time to participate in the Everest Extreme Ultra Marathon that will held on May 29, 2014. The Ultra Marathon stretches 60 km from Everest Base Camp crisscrossing hi
Read MoreNepal Mountaineering teams call off Everest expedition
The mountaineering teams that lost their Sherpa guides in the avalanche at the Everest base camp on April 18 have decided to call off their attempt to scale the world's highest mountain this year. Sangrila Nepal Private Limited, Himalaya
Read MoreNepal Everest avalanche claims 13 mountain guides
As many as 13 mountain guides were killed when an avalanche swept away climbing parties at 5,800 meters, just below Camp II, of Mt Everest on Friday morning. Dipendra Poudel of Trekking and Mountaineering Section under the Ministry of Cu
Read MoreNepal sets up contact office at Everest base camp
The Nepal government has finally set up a contact office at Mount Everest base camp, officials said yesterday. This is the first venture of its kind in Nepal in a bid to make Nepal's mountaineering more safe and organised. "The c
Read MoreNepal Domestic airlines raise airfare
Airfare for domestic destinations have become dearer by around two percent with effect from March 17. Domestic airlines raised the airfare after Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) hiked price of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) by around Rs 6 per li
Read MoreEverest Base Camp Trek named the best trekking route in world
British newspaper Daily Mail and World Expeditions – a UK-based expeditions operator – have included Everest Base Camp Trek in the No.1 position of world’s best trekking routes. “This classic trek through trad
Read MoreNepal Holi festival celebrations
Nepal is celebrating Holi or Fagu festival on Sunday by throwing colours and water at each other. Holi is rooted in the mythology of demon king Hiranya Kashyap and his sister Holika. In a plot to kill his son Pralad, a devotee of Lord Vi
Read MoreNepal Trekking - New trail explored in Round Dhaulagiri Trek
An alternative trekking trail for the Beni-Darbang section of Round Dhaulagiri trekking route has been identified. The new trail was explored as the existing Beni-Singa-Tatopani-Babiyachaur-Darbang trail became of new use due to construc
Read MoreNow apply for Nepal trekking permit online
The Department of Immigration (DoI) has introduced online application system for trekking permits.Issuing a notice, DoI has asked trekking agencies to file online application for trekking permits. The department has also stated that it won&
Read MoreNepal Govt lowers Everest climbing fee
The government has lowered permit fee for Mt Everest by nearly 50 percent. Issuing a notice on the Nepal Gazette on February 12, the government also introduced separate permit fee for Nepali and foreign climbers. So far, the government h
Read MoreTAAN to promote Nepal in Los Angeles
A 12-member delegation of Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) has left for the US to participate in the Los Angeles Travel and Adventure Show 2014. The three-day event will kick off at Long Beach Convention Center, Los A
Read MoreNepal : Canyoning exploration in Lwang Ghalel
A five-day canyoning exploration concluded at Lwang Ghalel and Ghachok of Kaski concluded on February 1. The exploration was organized by Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) Pokhara Chapter while technical support was pr
Read MoreNepal : 10th Chitwan Elephant Festival from December 26
The Regional Hotel Association Nepal Chitwan is organizing 10th Chitwan Elephant Festival in Sauraha of Chitwan from December 26 to 30. The event will feature activities like elephant race, elephant football, elephant beauty contest, ox
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