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• Lukla – Gateway to Mount Everest Base Camp

  Named after the legendary Mount Everest explorers, the Tenzing Hillary Airport in the town of Lukla is reportedly the third busiest domestic airport in Nepal. It is here that many passengers ...

• Enjoy the Adrenaline Rush of Zip-Flying in Nepal

  Covering a distance of 1.8 kilometers, with a vertical drop of around 2,000 feet, the ZipFlyer Nepal offers an adrenaline rush that is sure to last long after the two-minute ride is over. ...

• Nepali Singer Rajesh Payal Rai

  Considered to be one of the most popular playback singers in the Nepali movie industry, Rajesh Payal Rai has more than 300 film songs to his credit, with his folk, pop and contemporary songs ...

• Protecting Nepal’s Wildlife with Conservation Drones

  Conservationists in Nepal are investigating the viability of using unmanned aircraft to monitor activity in hard-to reach areas of the country's national parks. On June 12 a test was ...

• Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu Valley

  Located at an altitude of 3867 meters in the Khumbu valley of northeastern Nepal's Sagarmatha Zone, the village of Tengboche offers a spectacular panoramic view of a range of famous ...

• Third THEM Victory to Lukla Competitor

  Held every year on May 29, the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon (THEM) commemorates the pioneering Everest expedition by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953. The 2012 event had a total ...

• Football – Nepal’s Most Popular Sport

  As the most popular sport in the country, football in Nepal is governed by ANFA – the All Nepal Football Association – which is responsible for national and club competitions. ANFA was ...

• Trekking the Lord Baden-Powell Route

  Standing at a height of 5,718 meters, and surrounded by a number of magnificent peaks, including Lantang Lirung, Dorje Lakpa and Langtang II, Lord Baden-Powel Peak was named after the ...

• Nepali Film Makes International Impression

  Nepali filmmaker Deepak Rauniyar is intent on telling stories based on authentic situations and experiences of the people of his homeland. His first feature film, entitled Highway, was ...

• Aviation in Nepal – Overcoming Obstacles

  When aviation in Nepal started in the 1950s, training as a pilot was reserved exclusively for men, and while women have proven to be competent pilots in many countries around the world, ...