The best way to experience Nepal's unbeatable combination of natural beauty and cultural riches is to walk through them. The immense contrasts in altitudes and climate found here support an equally spectacular mix of lifestyles, Vegetation types and wildlife. You'll see different community farmers working in their fields and herders grazing their animals on the steep slopes. You'll meet Gurkha soldiers home on leave and come across Sherpa yak drivers transporting goods over the high mountain passes. And always in the background, the icy pinnacles of the Himalaya loom over the scenery. You don't need to be a mountaineer with nipping muscles to enjoy trekking. If you are reasonably fit, have a spirit of adventure and are not afraid of walking, you quality. There are excellent trekking guide who will take care of all the details. All you have to do on the trail is concentrate on putting one foot before the other. On many popular trekking trails, you can also trek in what is known as "Teahouse style" - eating and styling in the many lodges and tea houses on the way instead of "Camping in tents".

Trekking is possible at any time of the year in Nepal depending on where you are want to going. The most popular season are spring (Feb-May) and Autumn )Sep-Nov). Winter is very cold above 4,000 meter and high mountain passes may be snowbound but it is good for trekking at lower altitudes. During the monsoon season (June-Aug), You can trek in the rain-shadow areas north of the Himalaya like Mustang, Upper Manang and Dolpo. These places are out of reach of the rain clouds because of the high mountains and are unaffected by the monsoon.
The entire length and breath of the paradise for trekkers. There are easy walks lasting a few days and there are strenuous expeditions that take several weeks. All of them have great scenery, Everest is the most popular trekking route in Nepal and takes you through rhododendron forests over the foothills of the Annapurna and Dhaularigiri ranges and through the Kali Gandaki Gorge, the deepest in the World. Treks to the Annapurna region start from the Lake side of Pokhara and Beshishar. Max elevation covered on the trek is 5416 meters. EVEREST, the highest mountain in the World continues to lure adventures as ever. A hair-raising flight lands you at the airstrip of Lukla (2,850m) from where you begin walking to the famous Sherpa village of Namche Bazzar and on to Tengboche Monastery with the memorizing peak of Ama Dablam hovering in the sky. The it's over the glaciers to the foot of Everest for the view of a lifetime (5,556m) And Langtang is the third most popular trekking region in the Nepal that lies directly to the north of Kathamandu. The Gosaikund lakes situated here are a much revered Hindu pilgrimage site. Langtang offers baffling extremes in topography and climate conditions. In just one day you can traverse five different vegetation zones trekking from the subtropics to timberline (Elevation- 4,480m) For those who want to get off the beaten track, there is the trail to Mustang (Elevation-5,400m) north of the Annapurna range which offers mind-boggling landscaes and mystical cultures.

Yta: 147 181 km= ca 3 ggr. mindre än Sverige
Angränsande länder: Indien och Kina
Huvudstad: Kathmandu (ca 500 000 inv.)
Statsskick: Konstituionell monarki
Statschef: Kung Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
Befolkningsmängd: ca 23 milj (juli 2000) 48.8 % kvinnor
Invånare per km: 148
Befolkningsökning: 2.6% /år (48% under 15 år)
Förväntad medellivslängd vid födseln: 52 år
Barnadödlighet: per 1000 födda barn, 85.8
Läskunnighet: 26 % av vuxna befolkningen.
Antal läkare: 10830 (85 % av barnen är undernärda)
Religioner: Officiell religion, hinduism (86%)
Språk: ca 40 språk, Nepali är officiellt språk (50%)
Folkgrupper: 30 olika (3 huvudgrupper, tibetaner 20%, indonepalesiska 50%, gammalnepalesiska 30%)
Total vägsträckning: Asfalterad väg 12 898 km, total järnväg 53 km
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