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Nepal is an incredibly beautiful and rugged country with plenty of outdoor space which caters perfectly to outdoor activities. In fact, the majority of people visiting the country will usually spend some – if not all – of their time hiking or mountain biking the majestic Himalayas in search of the country’s many cultural and natural treasures.
As a country Nepal worships many gods, goddesses, deities and so on in the form of physical objects and symbols. But over an above that they also have a living goddess that takes the form of a prepubescent girl. The living Hindu goddess is known as Kumari Devi, which means virgin and she is thought to be an incarnation of the goddess Taleju until she comes of the age where she begins menstruation.
Wedding customs in Nepal vary according to the ethnic tribe, but certain basic rituals remain unchanged. Most weddings in Nepal are arranged by the family and it is not uncommon that the bride and groom have not met each other before the wedding or spoken to each at length. Most weddings take place at the bride’s home and a bride is usually chosen from another village.
The Upper Mustang region has been opened to foreigners only recently and access to that region is restricted. The trekking routes in the area are arduous and few venture along the winding rough trails beyond a certain point. The cliffs are dotted with caves, many of which are inaccessible to man. It is believed that many of them house beautifully decorated chortens and other religious artifacts.
Baraha Chhetra Temple stands at the confluence of Koka and Sapta Koshi rivers in Nepal. It is one of the four holiest sites in the country for Hindus. Just an hour’s drive from the industrial town of Biratnagar in eastern Nepal, Bahara Chhetra can be reached by local buses that ply that route or by car. The temple can be reached only after a fifteen minute walk after the road ends but it is well worth the trip.
Environmental degradation is a common problem in Nepal that is fortunately being tackled by the authorities. Irresponsible mountaineers tend to leave their empty oxygen cylinders and other trash behind on the mountain slopes. This has resulted in a distressing amount of trash accumulating on the once pristine mountains such as the Mount Everest. The government has implemented stringent measures to remedy the situation. Mountaineers now have to pay a deposit when they set off on their expeditions. They forfeit the amount if they leave their trash behind. This has prevented increase in accumulation though the damage done earlier can only be rectified with a lot of effort.
One of the most spectacular and rewarding regions for adventure tourism in Nepal is circling the Annapurna, among the tallest Himalayan mountains. This adventure tourism Nepal expedition will traverse four different climatic zones, from 1,500 ft or 400 m to 18,000 feet or 5,400 m and back. This is an opportunity to observe vast contrasts in landscape and vegetation and interact with ten different ethnic groups. The unbeatable experience of walking through quaint lowland villages, lush subtropical forests and the remote almost medieval Manang region and rich variety of flora and fauna is not to be missed.
Now that peace and stability has returned to Nepal and democracy has been restored, the tourists have returned. This lovely little country that nestles in the midst of the mighty Himalayas looks forward to increase in tourist traffic as adventure travel is the main source of income here. The people living in the mountains are more deprived than those in the valleys where there is a lot of other activity. It is these little villages in the remote mountains that look forward to lovers of adventure travel the most.
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