Trekking

Nepal is one of the pioneer countries to commercially operate trekking in the Himalayan Region. The history goes when Col Jimmy Roberts organized first commercial trek in 1960s, has been attracted thousands of trekkers from around the world. The main reason behind Nepal being popular and favorite destination is it’s great biodiversity as it stretches from 59 meters (lowest) in south and goes to 8,848.86 meters(Highest point) within the range of 200 km, north to south as crow flies. Nepal hosts 8 out of 14 highest peaks in the world above 8,000 m including Mt. Everest (8,848.86 m), the highest one in the world.