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Planning guides and field notes written by our guides and trip planners — the practical detail behind a good trek, from permit desks in Kathmandu to pass mornings at 5,000 metres.
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On the trail4 min read
Nepal's classic trails are walked lodge to lodge — family-run teahouses where you sleep under the mountain you crossed that day and eat beside the stove. Here is what the rooms, menus, showers and small courtesies are really like.
Bikash TamangSenior Guide, restricted regions
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Planning3 min read
Almost every Everest trek begins with thirty white-knuckle minutes to a mountain airstrip at 2,845 m. Here is how the weather windows work, why spring flights leave from Ramechhap, what happens when Lukla closes — and how we build buffer days so a delay never costs you Base Camp.
Seasons3 min read
The Manaslu Circuit hinges on one place: the 5,106 m Larkya La, the highest and most weather-exposed point of the route. A season-by-season look at trail conditions, lodge openings and permit rules — and why we rate late autumn so highly.
Gear4 min read
Hot valley afternoons, minus-fifteen dawns, one duffel and a porter weight limit: packing for a Himalayan trek is a discipline of layers, not volume. The kit that earns its place on every trek we run — and what to rent in Kathmandu instead of buying.
Planning4 min read
Visa on arrival, TIMS cards, national-park fees, restricted-area permits: Nepal's paperwork looks daunting from abroad and takes about an hour in practice. What you arrange yourself, what we arrange for you, and roughly what it all costs.
Planning3 min read
You cannot train for thin air at sea level — but you can arrive with legs and lungs that leave margin for it. A twelve-week plan built around what trekking actually asks of you: six-hour days, long descents and back-to-back effort.
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