It was 3:15pm on August 20. Monsoon rain lashed Nepal's Langtang National Park as our four-member team trudged back from Lama Hotel, soaked to the bone after more than 13 kilometres on the trail.

Don't believe the brochures. Most of them will say that the Langtang Valley Trek in Nepal is rated “fair to slightly difficult”. Some even say it is “a good trek for beginners”, and that it is ...

Langtang Valley stands out as one of Nepal’s most rewarding yet lesser-explored trekking destinations. Nestled just north of Kathmandu near the Tibetan border, this Himalayan gem offers a stunning mix ...

KATHMANDU: The Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) has repaired the main trekking route and constructed the truss bridge in Langtang. The route and bridge were damaged in the Gorkha ...

The earthquake that hit Nepal last year devastated Langtang valley, laying waste to an economy reliant on tourism. Reconstruction work in the Himalayan region involves hauling materials up mountain ...

Gyalbu Tamang had spent the night in Langtang village for a prayer vigil, and was on his way back to his home in Kyanjin, three hours up the valley. It started drizzling, and he took shelter at a ...

When the earthquake struck, a combination of factors—snow-covered peaks, the height and steepness of the mountains looming over settlements, and the full occupancy of many teahouses—was disastrous. In ...

The beautiful Langtang valley was almost obliterated when the second quake hit last week, reducing a popular trekking village to rubble The only way Yasmine Habash can describe the Langtang valley is ...