Kathmandu Travel Guide

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Major Airports near Kathmandu

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Other Smaller Airports near Kathmandu

	Distance (mi.)
Kathmandu Tribhuvan Airport	2.1 map
Allahabad Bamrauli Airport	272.2 map
Lucknow Amausi Airport	280.4 map

Feature Articles

• The No Fall Zone
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  When freeskier Kit DesLauriers dropped in at 29,035 feet on Mount Everest in October, she became the first person to ski off the Seven Summits. Kit, her husband, Rob, and photographer JIMMY CHIN—whose exclusive images appear here—also became the first Americans to ski from the top of the world's tallest mountain. Outside correspondent DAVE HAHN, who guided the climb, reports on the epic descent.
• Over the Top
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  David Sharp's lonely death on Mount Everest revived the old, raging debates about personal ethics and the wisdom of commercially guided climbing. But whatever went right and wrong in 2006, the bottom line remains: You challenge this peak at your own risk, because its punishments are swift, terrible, and blind.
• Kingdoms in the Air
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  This is the story of a man from the West who came seeking the heart of the East. In 1991, photographer Thomas Laird became the first foreigner to live in Nepal's kingdom of MUSTANG as the forbidden Shangri-la prepared to open its borders to trekkers and trade. But when the prodigal son returned to see what ten years of the West had done to his beloved East, he found that everything—and nothing—had changed.
• Roam for Foam
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  Our Guide to the World's Wildest Bars

Trip Ideas

• Trek the Annapurna Sanctuary
  Nepal's Top 20 Adventures
• Nepal's Top 20 Adventures
  Introduction
• Elephant Safaris in Nepal's Royal Chitwan National Park
  
• Trekking to the Base Camp of Mount Everest
  

GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

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  Nepal: Portrait of a Country
  Myths and Mountains
  from $2450, 13 days
  The many faces of Nepal without trekking - meet pilgrims, sit down with a Living Goddess, and visit the palaces of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur....
  
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  Makalu Base Camp Trek
  One World Trekking
  from $3010, 25 days
  Journey to the 8000 meter Himalayan Giant of the Barun Valley - Makalu-Barun National Park - Pristine Valleys - Rich cultural heritage. ...
  
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  Everest Region Trek - Khumbu Discovery
  Mountain Gurus
  from $1600, 12 days
  Nepal is a country known for its friendly faces, amazing Himalayan landscapes and fascinating cultural discoveries. Our Khumbu Discovery trek is a...
  
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  Teaching English at Buddhist Monasteries in Nepal
  i-to-i
  from $1195, 84 days
  One thing we can promise you on this project is that your students will be well behaved! You're sure to learn as much as you teach in gorgeous Nepal...
  
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  Everest Adventure
  Gap Adventures
  from $699, 15 days
  Everest Base Camp conjures up visions of sheer awe and beauty, and this epic journey will not disappoint! Trek through beautiful rhododendron...
  

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