The Great Himalayan Trail is 1,750km across Nepal and over some of the world's highest trekking passes. Here, we break down the route section by section.

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Swale-Pope ran in Nepal ... to the village of Olangchung Gola. It’s possible to do the pass and reach Olangchung Gola in one extremely long day, but most hikers choose to find a camping ...

As Nepal prepares to graduate from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) category, the stakes are even higher. A stronger ...

"There's so much of Nepal, so many peaks that have never been climbed, that don't even have names." As he delved into his journey, Heughan described a warm welcome in a remote village, "We went ...

A bundle of firewood lay abandoned on the path, a silent witness to tragedy. Nearby, a red shawl, once wrapped around Chandra ...

They appear tranquil soaring above Himalayan forests, but a string of cable car projects in Nepal have sparked violent ...

For years, this has been a terrifying reality in Bahundangi, a village along Nepal’s eastern border with India along the Mechi River. Wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), following their ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials ...

Conquering Mount Everest will cost climbers an extra $4,000 (£3,270) after Nepal hiked up fees for the first time in almost a decade. Nepal's government has announced a 36% increase in permit ...

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The price to climb Mount Everest will soon increase for the first time in nearly a decade, as Nepal announces a sharp mark-up in permit fees. From September, those seeking to summit the world's ...