SherpaHolidays

Destinations

Explore Nepal

Where our treks go

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Relief map of Nepal with the route of each SherpaHolidays trip and six of the country's 8,000 m peaks: Everest 8,849 m, Kanchenjunga 8,586 m, Makalu 8,485 m, Dhaulagiri 8,167 m, Manaslu 8,163 m, Annapurna 8,091 m. Every trip on the map is in the list below.

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Nepal's seven provinces

Nepal is divided into seven provinces. Here they are from east to west.

  • Koshi

    The east, with Everest, Makalu and Kanchenjunga. This is Sherpa country: Namche Bazaar, Tengboche and Gokyo.

    See 11 trips in Koshi
  • Madhesh

    The flat Terai along the Indian border. Janakpur and its Janaki Temple are the home of Mithila painting.

  • Bagmati

    Kathmandu and its old temple squares, Langtang to the north and Chitwan National Park to the south.

    See 10 trips in Bagmati
  • Gandaki

    Pokhara, the Annapurna and Manaslu treks, and Upper Mustang in the rain shadow to the north.

    See 15 trips in Gandaki
  • Lumbini

    Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha, and the hill town of Tansen.

    See 2 trips in Lumbini
  • Karnali

    The least visited province, with Rara Lake and Shey Phoksundo, the deepest lake in Nepal.

    See 2 trips in Karnali
  • Sudurpashchim

    The far west, with the high meadows of Khaptad National Park.