Wildlife
Editorial · Recent Visits Editorial · 3 Oct 2026
A Morning on the Rapti: Chitwan by Canoe
Mist, marsh mugger crocodiles and a rhino in the shallows. The quietest way to meet Chitwan’s wildlife is from a dugout canoe.
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Stories
Travel stories
First-hand trip reports from travellers and features researched by the Recent Visits team. Each story is labelled.
15 stories.
Trekking
Editorial · Recent Visits Editorial · 28 Sept 2026
Why Poon Hill Is the Perfect First Himalayan Trek
Four days, good lodges, no serious altitude and a sunrise that includes two 8,000 m peaks. If you are wondering whether trekking is for you, start here.
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Itineraries
Editorial · Recent Visits Editorial · 20 Sept 2026
Three Days in the Kathmandu Valley
A slow itinerary through the three old kingdoms: Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur, with time for the stupas at dawn and dusk.
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Traveller story · Tom Lindqvist · 18 May 2026
Bardiya: the quiet side of Nepal’s wildlife
Far less visited than Chitwan, Bardiya National Park rewards patience: walks with a guide, fresh tiger tracks, deer in the long grass and the Karnali river at dusk.
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- April 2026
- Places
- Bardiya National Park
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Traveller story · Hannah Weber · 6 May 2026
Two weeks to Everest Base Camp, one slow step at a time
Flying into Lukla, two rest days to acclimatise and a pre-dawn climb of Kala Patthar: what 14 days on the Everest Base Camp trail felt like for a first-time trekker travelling solo.
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- April 2026
- Places
- Everest Region
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Traveller story · Tom Lindqvist · 14 Apr 2026
Two nights in Chitwan with the kids: rhinos, canoes and bird walks
A short family stay at the edge of Chitwan National Park: a canoe on the Rapti river, a jeep safari and a guided walk, with children who talked about the one-horned rhino for a month.
- Visited
- March 2026
- Places
- Chitwan
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Traveller story · Arjun Mehta · 2 Apr 2026
Poon Hill in four days: our first Himalayan trek
Two beginners, one sunrise and a lot of stone steps. A short lodge-to-lodge walk from Ulleri to Ghandruk that showed us how much we could enjoy the mountains without any technical skill.
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- March 2026
- Places
- Annapurna Region · Pokhara
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Traveller story · Priya Nair · 10 Mar 2026
Pokhara: a lake, a sunrise hill and a first paraglide
Three relaxed days around Phewa Lake with a pre-dawn walk up Sarangkot, a boat to the island temple and a tandem paraglide I was too nervous to enjoy until I was in the air.
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- February 2026
- Places
- Pokhara
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Traveller story · Maya Rosen · 6 Feb 2026
Lumbini: a quiet day at the Buddha’s birthplace
Cycling between the Maya Devi Temple, the Ashoka pillar and the international monastery zone in the flat Terai light, with more time than I expected to simply sit.
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- January 2026
- Places
- Lumbini