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The wonders of Nepal

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Nepal and Himalayas have been the synonym words for Nepal enjoys the pride of having 8 out of 10 highest peaks of the world! We don’t have only mountains but our unique geography has given us green hills and valleys, rivers, subtropical forests and flat lands all adding beauty to our country. Apart from geographical diversity, we have incredible cultural diversity within the boundary of our small Himalayan Kingdom . We have a number of ethnic groups, each with their own languages, cultures, and costumes, all living in perfect harmony.

Nepal’s Kathmandu ValleyThe best way to experience unbeatable combination of natural beauty and cultural riches of Nepal is to walk through terrain. One can walk along the beaten trails or virgin tracks. Either way you are in for an experience of a lifetime. Along with rhododendron forests, isolated hamlets, small mountain villages, birds, animals, temples, monasteries (Gomba) breathtaking landscape of unsurpassed mountain ranges, you will also encounter friendly people of different cultures and traditional rural life.

Diverse CulturesThe great Mountains with unsurpassable splendor, crystal clear streams and brooks, the high current of rivers, colorful species of flowers, birds and animals, abundance of greenery and forests with much more hidden beauty and mystery with unavoidable adventure and fun will be waiting for you.

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Many people have said about Nepal .
The country of Mount Everest, Roof top of the world, Top Eight highest mountain and 240 peaks exceeding 6094 meters, land of living Goddess, Melting pot of Hinduism and Buddhism, Country of non-stop festivals, Himalayan pilgrimage, “The wildest dreams of Kew” Nature’s amphitheatre, heat of Shangri-la, land of yak and yeti, living cultural museum of the world, anthropological treasure land, ecologists dreamland.

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Tourist arrival up in Ramechhap

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Tourists heading to the Everest Base Camp through Ramechhap have doubled this year in comparison with last year.

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According to Bikash Pandit, administrative assistant at Gauri Shankar Conservation Area Shivalaya-based tourism check post, the number of tourists heading to the Everest base camp from Dolakha’s Jiri via Chuchure, Gumdel and Bamti of Ramechhap has doubled this year.

“Every day about 40 tourists en-route to the base camp get themselves registered at the check post, which is double the number of tourists compared to last year,” said Pandit, adding, “There are times when even the mountaineers have used this route.”

Nara Bahadur Shrestha, who owns a hotel in Shivalaya, was upbeat about the increase in tourists using the route. “Since the route traversing through the sanctuary is an exciting one and lasts for seven to nine days, it’s appealing to the tourists,” said Shrestha. “Though the majority of tourists trekking on this route are French and German, there are nevertheless significant numbers of visitors from other countries like US, Canada, Spain, Japan, Korea, Belgium, India and China as well,” Shrestha added.

Source: Thehimalayantimes

TIMS Counter opened in Thamel

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TIMS Counter opened in Thamel

Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) has opened Trekkers’ Information Management System (TIMS) Counter in Manang Plaza, Thamel.

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Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) has opened Trekkers’ Information Management System (TIMS) Counter in Manang Plaza, Thamel.


Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Suresh Man Shrestha inaugurated the new counter amid a function on Tuesday morning.
TAAN believes the new counter will save time as trekking agencies and foreigners can get TIMS cards in Thamel – the tourist hotspot in Kathmandu Valley – itself. The counter will open from 7 am till 6 in the evening and from 10 am till 1 pm on public holidays. Now onwards, foreign trekkers — both FITs and those travelling in groups — can get TIMS card from the counter.

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TIMS Counter opened in Thamel


Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Secretary Shrestha said the new counter will facilitate foreign trekkers. “I would like to thank and congratulate TAAN for taking initiative for improving service delivery for foreign tourists,” Shrestha said, adding, “The government is a mere facilitator, private sector has to take necessary initiatives for tourism development.”
Secretary Shrestha also promised TAAN all possible support to make TIMS more effective. He also said the government was mulling over introducing TIMS to other trekking areas of the country.
At present, TIMS has been implemented in three major trekking areas of the country – Everest Region, Langtang Region and the Annapurna Region. Foreigners travelling in groups have to pay a fee of US$ 10 each for TIMS card, while FITs need to pay $20 each. Similarly, FITs and group trekkers from SAARC countries are required to pay $6 and $3, respectively.

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Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) has opened Trekkers’ Information Management System (TIMS) Counter in Manang Plaza, Thamel.


TAAN President Ramesh Prasad Dhamala said TAAN would work with the government to make TIMS more effective and transparent. He also requested Secretary Shrestha to implement TIMS in other trekking areas of the country.
On the occasion, Deepak Mahat, former president of TAAN, said TIMS was necessary to discourage illegal operation of trekking business by different individuals and groups. Similarly, TAAN General Secretary Sagar Pandey apprised Secretary Shrestha of the difficulties that TAAN has been facing in TIMS implementation.

Wi-Fi in Mt. Everest Base Camp

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Wi-Fi in Mt. Everest Base Camp

The base-camps of the Mount Everest and Amadablam peak have come under the ambit of internet wi-fi service.

Mt Everest is 8848 metres and Ama Dablam is 6812 meters high from the sea level respectively.

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Wi-Fi in Mt. Everest Base Camp

Everest Link, an internet service provider organisation, rendered the service up to the base camp in course of extending its services in the Khumbu Area of the district. With the installation of the internet services in the areas as Namche, Khumjung, Gokyo, among others have come to the access of internet service.

According to Buddhi Tamang, the proprietor of Everest Link, as of now some 70% of the district’s villages enjoy access to internet with the speed of 20 mbps. “We are planning to increase the speed by double in near future,” Tamang said.Tourists visiting the district are elated with the far and wide access of the internet in the remote areas in the district including the base camp. RSSMt Everest is 8848 metres and Ama Dablam is 6812 meters high from the sea level respectively.

Everest Link, an internet service provider organisation, rendered the service up to the base camp in course of extending its services in the Khumbu Area of the district. With the installation of the internet services in the areas as Namche, Khumjung, Gokyo, among others have come to the access of internet service.

According to Buddhi Tamang, the proprietor of Everest Link, as of now some 70% of the district’s villages enjoy access to internet with the speed of 20 mbps.

“We are planning to increase the speed by double in near future,” Tamang said.Tourists visiting the district are elated with the far and wide access of the internet in the remote areas in the district including the base camp.

Source: Setopati

Indian kid successfully climbs Kalapatthar

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Indian kid successfully climbs Kalapatthar

A five year and 11 month old Indian boy claimed to have set a new world record by successfully climbing Kalapatthar peak, some 200 metre above the base camp of Mount Everest in Nepal.

Harshit Saumitra, the son a famous mountaineer from India, reached 5,554 m high Kalapatthar on October 17.Harshit’s climbing team included his father Rajeev Saumitra and two Sherpa guides.

Harshit had embarked towards the Everest base camp on October 7, when he landed at Lukla Airport by a helicopter.It took the boy 10 days to reach the base camp, for which ordinary people take 7 days.

“I had taken special precaution for his safety and his health condition is perfectly sound,” said his father.Harshit was moving towards the base camp located in North-East Nepal at a time when dozens of people, mostly foreigners, lost their lives in the Himalayas, due to snow blizzard in North-West Nepal.

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“We took two days’ rest at a tent on way to the base camp to protect from the blizzard,” Rajeev said.He has not shown any symptoms of headache or high altitude sickness during the climbing, despite his young age, he added.

“Jay Hind, India is the great,” Harshit said waving the Indian tri-colour after reaching Kalapatthar.The peak is higher than the highest peaks of three continents, Europe’s Mount Blanc (4,810 m), Antartica’s Vinson Massif (4,892 m) and Australia’s Punack Jaya or Carstensz Pyramid (4,884 m).

Harshit has set a world record by breaking earlier records, claimed his father Rajeev at a press conference in Kathmandu.The boy had broken the record set by seven-year-old Aryan Balaji, another Indian boy, who had reached the Everest base camp and Kalapatthar in May 2012.

Harshit’s father said that he will start the process of registering the name of Harshit for Limca Book of Records from tomorrow.”We will provide all the evidences including his birth certificate and the video clippings of the climbing,” he said.

“We are also considering to apply for Guinness World Records for our claim of setting a world record shortly,” he added.

Tourists’ arrival surge in Khumbu

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Tourist’s arrival in Sagarmatha region, the location of the world’s tallest peak Mt Everest, has surged. A significant number of foreigners throng Solu via Tenjing Hillary Airport, each day from various points, according to Civil Aviation Authority, Lukla.

A large number of foreigners have arrived for a trek in the Khumbu region since a couple of week.

Mt-Everest Base Camp

Foreign tourists arrive in the area to view the panorama of the Mt Everest during this season. With the flow of the travelers’ arrival in the Khumbu region, various private and government airlines companies including Sita, Tara, Simrik, and Nepal Airlines operate around 30 flights daily in the district.

Around 300 foreigners enter the district through air. Thousands of tourists prefer viewing Mt. Everest and other mountains on October and November annually.

Tourism entrepreneurs are glad after finding booming business due to regular flights following the good weather this year.

The hotels in trekking routes to the Khumbu regions have been packed with tourists in Lukla, Jorsalle, Fakdin, Namche, Khumjung, and Temboche among other places. The porters are found thronging uphill to earn money ignoring their upcoming festival Dashain and Tihar.

Around 25,000 tourists visit the Sagarmatha National Park annually and this trend has continued for the last 10 years, according to the Park Office.

Source: Nepalmountainnews