Adventures Treks in Nepal

Nepal High Trek
5 min readSep 29, 2020

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Adventure treks in Nepal, where visitors can choose a wide range of exciting and scenic Himalayan destinations, all in the harmony of local immense cultures of age-old heritage.

Nepal and the Himalaya, regarded as the world's most favorable and premier country for all types of adventure sports and activities, where interested travelers can take part as per one interest. The main flow of visitors in Nepal is for adventure tourism, such as trekking, peak climbing to major mountaineering expedition. However, trekking is the major adventure activities.

An amazing view of Everest from Kalapathat vantage.

Hence, Nepal hosts most of the world's highest mountain range where the tallest peaks on this planet are concentrated within Nepal Himalaya. Namely, world number one Mt. Everest, 3rd high Mt. Kanchenjunga, 4th highest Mt. Lhotse, and 5th high, Mt. Makalu with 6th tallest Mt. Cho-Oyu, includes 7th high Mt. Dhaulagiri, 8th high, Mt. Manaslu, and 10th highest Mt. Annapurna-I. Besides the world's highest mountain range, Nepal with hundreds of above 5,500 m, 6,000 m to 7,000 meters peaks, thus makes the country most sought adventure trekking destinations.

Adventure trekking in Nepal runs from Far North Eastern Himalaya to further Far West Nepal where the most popular and mainstream trekking region falls within Nepal Mid-East and Mid North-Western range, includes the famous Annapurna and Manaslu Himalaya mountain range. Likewise, Everest and Langtang Himalaya also the most famous and much popular destination for adventure treks in Nepal, located within Nepal Far North Mid-East and central Himalaya.

Annapurna Himalaya Adventure Treks in Nepal:

Annapurna Himalaya, a massive mountain range with an array of peaks that makes Annapurna one of the most popular and famous adventure trek in Nepal, as it offers a wide range of beautiful and most scenic destinations. Annapurna Himalaya generally offers all types of exciting walks from moderate, adventurous to challenging treks. Therefore, the Annapurna region for varied exciting adventure trekking, some of the areas listed as the world's most adventure destination.

Annapurna Himalaya, with a wide range of adventure trekking likewise, Annapurna Circuit that involves high Thorang-La pass at above 5,416 m high that takes you from the Northern Side of Annapurna to the South green hills of Annapurna Himalaya.

Annapurna Base Camp Trek is also, another short and scenic adventure trek where the walk takes you in the heart of massive Mt. Annapurna, the first 8,000 m peak ever climbed in the history of mountaineering. Trek of a week or more leads you within beautiful Annapurna Sanctuary to reach at base camp, located above 4,130 m high.

Sunset on the Machhapuchhre mountain from Annapurna Base Camp

Annapurna Circuit and Tilicho Lake, where the walk takes you to emerald-colored Tilicho Lake within far hidden corners of Manang valley, and continue the adventure to cross over high Mesokanto-La 5, 305 m pass to reach at Jomsom within the Mustang area.

Nar and Phu with high Kang-La Pass 5,322 m, an adventure around remote and hidden pockets of scenic Manang Valley, where the walk takes you around on less ventured areas by mass flow of trekkers in complete wilderness. The adventure takes you over high Kang-La pass and then descends towards the main Annapurna circuit trail at Manang valley.

Everest Base Camp Trek and high Kalapathar Hill:

Everest base camp, one of the most popular adventure trek in Nepal after the Annapurna Himalaya region. The adventure begins with a scenic flight to land at Lukla airport and then walk towards high Khumbu valley, where the route leads on a scenic trail past the lovely villages Phakding, Monjo, and at famous Namche Bazaar.

The walk takes you on a high path to beautiful Tengboche Monastery and then around wild arid and barren country to reach the world's highest Everest base camp, right beneath the giant peaks of Nuptse, Lhotse, and Mt. Everest and close to the notorious Khumbu Ice-Fall and glaciers.

From Everest base camp walk takes you to the highest spot of the adventure on a top rocky hill at Kalapathar above 5,643 m offer a mind-blowing panorama of high peaks with Mt. Everest at close distance.

Everest Three High Passes Trek:

Everest three high passes, a great adventure trek in Nepal around high Khumbu valley in the shade of Mt. Everest, where the walk takes you to cross above 5,000 meters passes.

Third lake Gokyo 4700m

A great traverse around scenic Khumbu and Everest region where each pass Kongma-La, Cho-La, and Renjo-La offers spectacular views and covers all the best locations around the Everest region.

Gokyo Valley and Cho-La Pass:

Gokyo valley and Cho-La Pass another beautiful adventure trek in Nepal with high Khumbu valley and Everest region. The walk takes you to high Gokyo valley within its scenic lakes and climb of Gokyo-Ri, offers a panorama of the world's highest peaks Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Cho-Oyu, and Mt. Makalu.

From Gokyo valley adventure takes you to cross high Cho-La pass to reach at Everest base camp and then back at Lukla for a flight to Kathmandu.

Around Everest other great adventure:

AmphuLabtsa-La, one of the highest pass to cross above 5,600 m to reach at Hongu valley southeast of the Khumbu area, a remote and within complete wilderness adventure.Rolwaling valley to Everest and Khumbu, another high altitude adventure crossing high Tashi-Labtsa-La Pass above 5, 500 m to reach at Khumbu in Thame from beautiful Rolwaling valley.

Other adventure treks in Nepal:

Langtang and Gosainkund are another exciting adventure treks in Nepal, located within Central Himalaya the nearest mountain range from Kathmandu, trek takes you first to scenic Langtang valley and then to the holy Gosainkund pond and cross high pass to reach back into Kathmandu valley.

A beautiful Kyanjin Gompa 3820

Within Langtang Himal, another great adventure is crossing high Ganja-La Pass from Langtang valley to reach the Helambu area. Manaslu and Larke-La Pass are another exciting adventure treks in Nepal, located Mid-West around the Gorkha district. Kanchenjunga and Makalu base camp treks is another wonderful adventure in Nepal, where trek leads you around Nepal Far Eastern Himalaya.

Around Dhaulagiri, Upper and Lower Dolpo, a great exciting adventure trek that takes you to Nepal Far West Himalaya, around least ventured country by main flow of trekkers.

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Nepal High Trek
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