Tour Guide

Autumn is the obvious answer, but it is not always the right one. A month-by-month look at weather, visibility, crowds and price across Nepal.

Most nationalities can get a Nepali visa on landing at Kathmandu. Here is exactly how the process works, what it costs, and how to speed it up.

Nepal celebrates more festivals than there are days in the year. Here are the ones worth planning a trip around — and the ones that will close the shops.

Dal bhat, momo, Newari specialities and trail food — what to eat in Nepal, where to find the good stuff, and how to avoid an upset stomach.

A temple at 3,800m sacred to Hindus and Buddhists alike — 108 water spouts, an eternal natural flame, and the high desert of Mustang all around.

Rolling green tea estates, cool hill air and Kanchenjunga on the horizon — eastern Nepal’s quietest and most photogenic corner.

The closest reliable Himalayan sunrise to Kathmandu — on a clear winter morning you can see from Annapurna to Everest.

A car-free Newari trading town on a ridge above the Marsyangdi valley — the best possible way to break the Kathmandu to Pokhara drive.

The best-preserved of the Kathmandu Valley’s three royal cities — brick streets, pagoda temples and Newari craftsmanship still in daily use.

The birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama and one of Buddhism’s four great pilgrimage sites — a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nepal’s southern plains.