Yubaraj Nayaghare is a Nepali writer and essayist known for his travelogues and subjective essays. Born in Ilam in 1969, he ...

The proceeds from yarsagumba fungus have bought mod cons and motorbikes from China to remote Dolpo, bringing convenience - as well as noise, pollution and uncertainty The village appears like a ...

This unusual memoir immerses the reader in the fascinating story of a spirited girl in a remote, undeveloped region of Nepal near the border of Tibet, a place made known to the world in Peter ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Travel news every morning. In Dolpo, north-west Nepal, the river valleys are so steep they seem to close in on themselves, their ...

Such ambivalence has accompanied Nepal’s rapid road-building spree in other parts of the country like Tsum, Manang and Mustang.But perhaps nowhere has the change from no-road to road been as dramatic ...

Today, Dolpo's mountains are believed to be home to the highest concentration of snow leopards in Nepal, and authorities in the surrounding Shey Phoksundo National Park (Nepal's largest national ...

Part of the magic of trekking in Nepal used to be how easy it was to get started, but on 1 April 2023, the government imposed a radical shake-up of the country’s trekking rules.

In the Himalayas of Nepal, snow leopards often prey on livestock and face retaliation from humans. A group of Nepali women have developed a simple solution to help keep both livestock and the ...

Chhewang Lama of Responsible Treks specializes in his homeland, the remote Dolpo region, which is know for its resident snow leopards. Their introductory 10-day trek starts at $1,095 USD per person.