Country Info
- Kathmandu
- Capital
- Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
- Currency
- 25,284,463
- Population
- NP
- Country Code
Nepal Slideshow
Top Hotels in Nepal
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Soltee Crowne Plaza Kathmandu
235 reviews -
Hotel Classic Kathmandu
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New Crystal Hotel Nepal Pokhara
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Stupa Pokhara
9 reviews -
Niva Niwa Lodge Nagarkot
28 reviews
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Mirabel Resort Hotel Pvt. Ltd. Dhulikhel
7 reviews
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Hotel Garuda Kathmandu
15 reviews
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Durbar Hotel Kathmandu
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Hotel Nature Kathmandu
1 review
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Pokhara Palace Hotel
12 reviews
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Throung-La Pokhara
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Windy Hill . Hotel Nagarkot
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Peaceful Cottage Bhaktapur
45 reviews -
The Valley Guesthouse Kathmandu
19 reviews
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Hotel Greenwich Village Kathmandu
11 reviews
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Samsara Resort Kathmandu
79 reviews
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Hotel Aquamarine Kathmandu
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Hotel Tenki Kathmandu
14 reviews
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Noble Inn Pokhara
10 reviews
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Sunrise Hotel Nagarkot
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Planet Bhaktapur Hotel
123 reviews -
Himalayan Horizon Hotel Sun-n-Snow Kathmandu
2 reviews
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Hotel Hama P.Ltd Kathmandu
4 reviews
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Hotel Moon Light Kathmandu
81 reviews
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Shree Tibet Family Guest House Kathmandu
54 reviews
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Hotel Kantipur Pokhara
17 reviews -
Hotel at the End of the Universe Nagarkot
25 reviews
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Shiva Guest House1 & 2 Bhaktapur
73 reviews
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Holy Himalaya Hotel Kathmandu
55 reviews
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Hotel Harati Kathmandu
15 reviews
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Hotel Nepa International Kathmandu
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Hotel Yellow Pagoda Kathmandu
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Begnas Lake Resort Pokhara
57 reviews
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Hotel View Tower Nagarkot
7 reviews
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Club Himalaya Hotel Bhaktapur
1 review
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Hotel Impala P. Ltd. Kathmandu
2 reviews
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Tibet Guest House Kathmandu
81 reviews
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Hotel Mt. Fuji Kathmandu
3 reviews
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Narayani Safari Kathmandu
6 reviews
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Hotel Gurkha Haven Pokhara
1 review
Nepal
Travel Blogs from Nepal
Leaving Kathmandu
This is a top pick! We drove in a car from Kathmandu to Besisahar (altitude 760m). Nice to leave Kathmandu and start seeing the countryside. The drive wasn't too bad. I thought it would be worse. Lunch along the way was our first try at Dal Bhat, ...
Beautiful Marpha
This is a top pick! ... apple orchards surround the lovely town. Its just a picture book town. In my notes that Ive cut from peoples travel diaries of Nepal I had written that the Neeru GH has one room with its own electric hot water system - LOOK OUT HERE WE COME... hot ...
A few days I hope
This is a top pick! ... , ferns, monkeys and small waterfalls. But it has been a long day for Kanchana. Oh - one more observation from today. In Nepal I notice a lot of babies crying. Often babies are left to sit or lay by themselves here and of course they cry as babies ...
Makalu-Barun, part I: To Khandbari with Sandy
This is a top pick! ... suffer." "I think you'd be a good prime minister," I said, after listening to his thoughts on a peaceful, prosperous Nepal. That night, fireworks lit the streets, marking the beginning of the Tihar festival, which celebrates Laksmi, goddess of ...
*Day 44: The Wrath of Phenyl
This is a top pick! ... aims and dreams were definitely one of the subjects. Sleep followed soon after. I should note that of all the western comforts Nepal lacks and I miss, mattresses have surprisingly not been one of them. My sleep has been just as good on their dinky ...
Rocks don't move
This is a top pick! On the 3rd November I was up bright and early again to go rafting with Ultimate Descents. We drove to the Bhote Kosi river, which flows from Tibet, to raft the lower section as a training day in preparation for the more challenging rapids of the second ...
Annapurna Trek
This is a top pick! ... . (26,000 ft+) We had clear views several times of these peaks. There are 14 - 8,000 meter peaks in the world, and 8 are in Nepal. Most are around Everest.(8.848 mt) I'll see Everest from the Tibetan side later this month. I'll ride there, as I am done ...
End of the walk
This is a top pick! ... same person who goes to all the public toilets in Australia and Malaysia and makes a mess and never flushes has gotten to Nepal before us. Hmmm, meeting and talking to people like Gavin, the climate change scientist, and his family, it makes you think ...
A gut-bustin' not-so-good time in Kathmandu....
This is a top pick! ... of a country-wide strike, called by the Maoist rebels and other anti-government groups, which have become a regular part of life in Nepal. Basically, all shops have to be closed and all taxis off the streets; if someone disobeys because they, for example, ...
No Guide, No Problem! - The Annapurna Circuit
This is a top pick! ... nbsp; Glen woke us by knocking on the door, and I hopped out of bed to retrieve the other little things I had as presents... a little Nepal flag patch for his backpack and a bracelet I had bought from a lady on the way when he wasn't looking :) Then ...
Tales of Three Cities
This is a top pick! ... room, using my right hand, as a tour guide pitched me a sale and the sadhus smoked. As tourists are not coming to Nepal because of the persistent civil strife, these tour guides were desparate for work. Most would follow me, being friendly, and slowly ...
Trekking the Annapurna Circuit
This is a top pick! ... I see the mountains in their glory. Now I am ready for my trek. Due to my airline ticket which has me flying out of Nepal on Dec. 4, I cannot do the 21 day full Annapurna circuit. I choose the 5 day abbreviated return trek from Nyapul to Ghorepani, and ...
Kathman-DO and Kathman-DONT
This is a top pick! ... down a write a list of what I'd like to call Kathman-DO's and Kathman-DONTs. In case any of you are planning on travel to Nepal, possibly India as well, this short list of suggestions might come in handy. If you aren't coming to this part of the world, ...
Krazy Kathmandu!
This is a top pick! Kathmandu! Kaos. Kraziness. Killer Koffee. Komfortable Klimate. Okay, I'll stop with the K's, but it's hard because KMD is it. Everything I couldn't get my hands on in China and Tibet, it's here in KMD. In excess. Warm weather. Coffee. Baked goods. ...
Jharkot and Eklabhatti and Disaster Strikes
This is a top pick! ... ; Rob just ordered an Apple Brandy to try but they cant find it in the dark..hahaha. I offered them my head torch..ha .. ..so tomorrow onto Marpha (if Rob is up to it) - the apple capital of Nepal and where all the good apple brandy comes ...
We miss you already, Nepal!
This is a top pick! ... were feeling great when we got back to Kathmandu on the friday. We had momentum, we had purpose, we were finally leaving Nepal and heading to... Tibet! The tension as we approached the travel agent was palpable. We could smell our impending freedom from ...
Rhino-saurus
This is a top pick! Abstract: Left (finally) Kathmandu by bus for Chitwan national park. We very much wanted to see rhinos, our wish was fullfilled straight away, we were talking to the manager of our hotel, taking tea in the garden, when thundering footfall echoed ...
Ancient cities and hilltops
This is a top pick! ... itself does have some most amazing things. Kathmandu is a modern conglomeration of several ancient and separate Kingdomes. The unification of Nepal happened in the early 1700's, and before that Nepal, like much of India was a collection of Kingdoms each ...
Trek 1: The warm up
This is a top pick! ... the end spend his time ensuring that our every need was attended to. It's very easy to get used to the idea of a servant. In Nepal the English have left behind a fantastic legacy in terms of tea and of service- so very civilised. In comparison, the French ...
The Ganges River
This is a top pick! 1.10.06 Across the Ganges River Nadia - the Tropic of Cancer I kept stretching check-out time from The Golden Park Hotel, as I was enjoying the cool comfort. Des watched the boys washing our vehicles and made sure he tipped the lads who were doing ...
Kathmandu...eventually!
This is a top pick! ... it dawned on me that most of these observations were making a comparison with India. It is only now, after a few days in Nepal that I'm beginning to appreciate that traveling in India, especially as a lone female, was much harder than I realised at the ...
Buddhist Child Home
This is a top pick! ... of 'real' Kathmandu called Jorpati) and went to BCH every morning at 8 to help the kids get ready for school, which starts at 10 in Nepal. Once they'd gone we were kind of on our own for the rest of the day. We went back to Durga's for lunch and then ...
Room to Read Visit
This is a top pick! ... . Main reason for drop outs is marriage or relocation of the parents. Marrying off a girl at the age of 14 is not uncommon in Nepal, especially for parents that live at around the poverty line. There are a lot of girls to single mothers in the program. I ...
Travels with Two Buddhas: Birth
This is a top pick! ... in Tibetan. As dawn arrived, we walked through the gates of Lumbini. Soon I found a small room at the Nepal Monastery adjacent to Buddha's birth site. As the sun rose, I entered the ancient grounds to visit sacred ...
Nepal volunteering report #1
This is a top pick! ... dollars, depending on the length, location and complexity of the assignment. We chose this programme, 'Cultural Destination Nepal' after researching a number of other groups. This one offered a two-week orientation phase followed by two ...
How to wash your elephant
This is a top pick! 23.9.06 Chitwan Nationl Park Nepal What's good about a morning at 6am I'm not sure, but I was about to find out. Well, breakfast was good to start with. Next, on with the rain poncho and into the dugout canoe for a trip down the Rapati River in the ...
Mukinath and Jomsom
This is a top pick! Wake up 0630, Breakfast 8am. We met a Canadian woman who used to live in Thailand. Kanchana asks me why Westerners speak so loudly. We went to see Muktinath temple. A helicopter arrived to drop off rich Indian pilgrims and pick others up. ...
Thank you India (CONTAINS 2 VIDEOS)
This is a top pick! ... the road. We pass a sign, only readable with the occasional light of passing vehicles, that tells us we are entering Nepal. No barricades, no armed guards, no barbed wire, only one small, unlit sign to tell us we have crossed an international ...
Volunteering report #3
This is a top pick! February 7 is scheduled to be our last day in the city for a while. We say our tearful farewells to Aama, Baa and Bhaai but they invite us to stay with them when we are back in town for three days in April. Shanna heads off to her placement, ...
Bhairahawa, Nepal
This is a top pick! ... hair raising trip from the airport to their Delhi hotel. Once again Des and Lou went to purchase insurance, this time for Nepal driving, which took a daunting 4 hours, even though they had a Nepalese speaking driver with them, who waited the whole ...