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What Do You Do If You Had a Bad Experience With a Trekking Guide or Agency in Nepal? Unfortunately, over the past year, there’s been a substantial rise in complaints about bad trekking agencies and bad trekking guides in Nepal. I’ve spent a lot of time analyzing why this has come about and what’s the …

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Langtang National Park Requests Mandatory Trekking Guides In February 2025, an official letter from Langtang National Park was sent to the Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN). The park officials requested that all trekkers, foreign and Nepali, should no longer trek solo and should have a trekking guide for the Langtang trek. They cited past …

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Nepal Uncovered: Travel Podcast – brings you the best discussions about traveling to Nepal It started as some fun and also a learning experience. I really wanted to do something a bit different with this project. If I were to host a Nepal Podcast alone, it would either be information overload, and I’d probably start …

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The best guidebook for trekkers in Nepal (February 2025) Over eleven years ago, I began publishing guidebooks to Nepal because I was passionate about providing something that would truly help people make the most of their trips to this great country. I was motivated to do this because I felt the existing guidebooks from major …

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If you had to choose between visiting Kathmandu or Pokhara which one is better? I was asked this a few times over the years. My answer is always the same: it completely depends on what you like! It’s like comparing apples and oranges. Both fruit, but completely different. The same goes for Nepal’s two premier …

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The start of Nepal’s main trekking season in 2024 leading into 2025 always means last-minute changes to permits As the Nepal Trekking 2024/25 season kicks off, trekkers face new challenges with permit increases, unexpected fee hikes, and airport disruptions. There’s no point in wondering why, but every year at the start of a trekking season, …

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