Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Travelling in Nepal

A favored season for Travelling in Nepal begins in Autumn. Visitors can relax and unwind in the soothing autumn sun to relieve physically and mentally from their routine affairs.Travelling can be a positive force in a world full of conflict and crisis. It can promote peace and understanding. Visitors should know about the Nepalese Superstitions, tradition, and beliefs because this is a part of responsible travel under which a visitor is aware of and takes into account the effects of his or her actions on the host's culture and sensitivities. There are basically two ways to travel in Nepal:"inclusively," that is,going through a trekking agency,hiring a guide,cook, and porters who setup camp and cook for you along the way; or going independently, staying in trekkers' lodges or peoples homes commonly called " tea house trekking".Wherever you trek you have to take enough warm clothes and adequate sleeping bags.One night at 3,000 m without enough warmth can spoil your entire trek. You have to take care more about your health . First two weeks you may experience some digestive disorder, but once it's over, a little care should prevent anything more serious. You have to drink boil water or properly treated with iodine. Make sure your medical kit has plenty of band aids and sterile dressing as well as antiseptic creams for minor scrapes and cuts. You would love to explore Nepal on foot but you are wondering whether the kids would.Could they handle walking all day up and down hills?Is it safe?Will they and you enjoy it?
With a little preparation and good sense,there is no reason why a trek with children should not be even more enjoyable than one without them.Villagers will be curious and friendly, and the experience will open your whole family's eyes to a world devoid of electricity, TV, radio, hot and cold running water, and wheeled transportation.
Many visitors are opting for a grand combination holiday of trekking, rafting, and jungle safari. Travel, trekking, or rafting agents can put together such a package, ushering you from trail to rubber raft to the back of an elephant with all logistics taken out of your hands.
Rafting routes and prices vary from agent to agent. Special group trips and rates can be arranged: the larger the group the cheaper the rate. Rafters camp and dine trekking style, drifting off to sleep to the sounds of the night-time river-life.Time is allotted on longer trips for exploring nearby hills and canyons. Kids seem to love life on the river. And all safety precautions are taken-life jackets are worn at all times while on the river to assure a thrilling and memorable trip.
Kathmandu's accessibility to several runnable rivers makes trips of one to eighteen days possible. The most popular runs are
1) the Sunkosi or river of gold, just east of kathmandu
2) the Arun, in the far east, perhaps the toughest for rafting
3) the Trishuli, which joins the Gandaki and reaches Narayanghat in the Terai.
4) the Marsyangdi, Seti, and Kali Gandaki rivers, which also reach the Terai and Chitwan Park

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