Hear about a 10-day itinerary for travel to Nepal as the Amateur Traveler talks to Sean Hira about this beautiful country.
Why should someone go to Nepal?
Sean says, “Nepal’s a little bit of an underrated destination. It’s a landlocked country in the Himalayas sandwiched between two powerhouses, China. In India. My favorite part about Nepal is really the harmony between Hinduism and Buddhism and seeing those cultures coexist so peacefully from a tourist perspective.
A lot of people go there for the trekking and the intense base camp trekking and the first thing that probably comes to your mind is Mount Everest, but there is so much more to Nepal than Mount Everest or Annapurna.
The Himalayas are ingrained in the culture there, but you can see so much more than just trekking in Everest.”
The Himalayas attract more than 200,000 trekking enthusiasts each year with its legendary snow adventures and mesmerising beauty and present 9 of the 10 highest peaks on the planet, including the iconic Mt. Everest. While mountain climbing might be best left to the Edmund Hillarys of the world, even the laziest of travelers can get closer to the closest representation of Shangri-La through simple yet challenging treks...
