Holi - Colorful Festival in Nepal

Holi is a festival of color celebrated in March 12, 2017 in Kathmandu Valley and March 13 in Terai region. The festival also symbolizes the farewell of winter and welcoming the glooming spring summer season. Celebrated in Full moon day in Falgun (March) is also called as Fagu purnima in Nepali. As the festival of color, water, sweets and music, people put color on each other and sharing the love with delicious food and music. In day time, people of all age group play with color and water and at evening sing, dance and eat the delicious food gathering the family members. Holi holds a mythological importance - that of the triumph of good over evil. It is also associated with the eternal love of Lord Krishna and his consort Radha. The holy festival is celebrated in Nepal, India and Bangladesh.

Mira Rai voted National Geographic’s 2017 People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year

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The Nepalese trail Runner Mira Rai has been voted as the National Geographic’s 2017 People’s Choice adventurer of the Year 2017. According to a press release by National Geographic, she was selected from an impressive group of adventurers whose extraordinary achievements in exploration, conservation, humanitarianism and adventure sports distinguished them in the past year. The 10 honorees were announced on Nov. 3, 2016, and the public was invited to vote through Dec. 16, 2016, for the People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year.

Rai, along with ten other adventurers, had been nominated for NatGeo's annual list that selects adventurers for their extraordinary achievement in exploration, adventure sports, conservation, or humanitarianism.

 She was on the competition along with other adventurers include, Park Protectors Pete McBride and Kevin Fedarko, Rock Climber Ashima Shiraishi, Cave Diver Krzysztof Starnawski, Celestial Circumnavigators Hōkūle‘a Team, Ocean Advocate Shannon Switzer Swanson, Kayaker Semit Lee, Paraglider Antoine Girard, Wilderness Defender Kristine McDivitt Tompkins and Mountaineer Colin Haley. The 29-year-old former Maoist soldier had garnered the highest votes among the 10 nominees.

In 2016, Mountaineer Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita was voted as the 2016 People's Choice Adventurer of the Year and in 2017, Mira Rai save the position for the same category for Nepal.

Congratulations Mira Rai!!! - Nepal Footprint Holiday (P) Ltd.

Nepal Travel Guide 2023

Nepal is a landlocked country situated in between two giant countries India and Tibet. Rich in culture and nature, Nepal is the home to the world's highest glorious mountain peaks including Mount Everest as top of the world. 

If you are planning for Nepal Holiday in 2023, 24 then our travel guide will help you to get the essential information about the trip plan, accommodation, food, money, shopping, health, transport, visa information, travel insurance, climate and gears. Nepal is a small Himalayan country in south Asia lying between the two big countries China and India. With an area of 147,181 sq. kms. and population approx. 27 million, Nepal is the world's 93rd largest country by land mass and the 41st most populous country.

Visiting Nepal in Spring and Autumn season are highly recommended as during these seasons, weather is clear enough to view the mountains and landscapes, blooming rhododendron forests will be awesome, temperature will be moderate and opportunity to join the Nepalese greatest festivals.

The transportation and luxury hotels are available in city areas whereas in the Himalayan areas, you are managed to stay in tea-houses and homestay. Normal Nepalese food is available in the village areas whereas in the city areas, you can taste the international cuisines as per your interest.

Except Indian, all of international tourist are required an entry visa which can be obtained from the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu and in the boarder between India and China.

Nepal Travel Information

Nuwakot Bull Fighting Festival

The annual bullfighting festival at Taruka Village (76 km north of Kathmandu Valley) in Nuwakot is going to be held on January 14 this year as organisers said.

The event is going to be organized on the auspicious occasion of Maghe Sankranti, one of the popular Hindu festival in Nepal and India will be a great highlight for visitors. Around fourteen bulls took part in the competition this year in a ring overlooking the stunning terraced hillsides of Nuwakot in front of huge crowd of visitors. For the annual bullfighting event, the bulls are selected when they are calves and are trained to fight. The festival is going popular in Nepal in different parts of the country, including Dhading, Rasuwa, Kathmandu, Pokhara, Lamjung and Tanahun.

As we operate the animal friendly tourism in Nepal, we strongly avoid and raise voice to save animals against such events that give torture to the animals. Bull is worshipped during the Tihar festival by Hindus and consider to the father. Also the bull is worshipped as the vahan or vehicle of Lord Shiva. Bullfighting was banned 20 years ago in neighboring India, but the event is going to be popular in Nepal. 

Top 5 Mountain Biking Holidays in Nepal Himalayas in 2017

Do you love adventure? then why not Mountain Biking. Biking the rugged Himalayan trail is the fastest growing adventure holidays in Nepal.

Nepal is one of the world's best adventure destination with the eight of the world's 14 highest mountain peaks including Mount Everest. Due to the natural and cultural diversity, Nepal has been developing as the hub for Biking Holidays. Those who are planning for cycling in the Mountains, in the rugged trails of mid-hills and lower Great Himalayan Trail, We Nepal Footprint Holidays are arranging pedaling adventure throughout Nepal.

Along with Nepal, we operate Mountain Biking Trips to Tibet and Bhutan in the High Himalayas Single Track in the lap of Himalayas. Mountain Biking is not only the epic adventures but it provides the opportunity to explore the remote villages, jungles, scenic beauty, the Himalayas and beautiful panorama.

The most popular Mountain Biking destinations are Kathmandu, Pokhara, Mustang, Annapurna and Langtang. With our expert guides, we are operating Biking adventures in Nepal this year 2017. If you are planning for epic adventures this season, join our Mountain Biking Holidays.

Top 5 Mountain Biking Holidays in Nepal Himalayas
Kathmandu Cultural Trail Biking
Kathmandu Pokhara Biking
Upper Mustang Biking
Annapurna Circuit Biking
Biking Langtang Tibet Border

Nepal Holiday Tour Packages 2017

Nepal is a country of beautiful sceneries, rich culture and historical sites, wildlife and adventure trekking spots. Not only for Himalayan adventure activities, Nepal is also popular for cultural, historical, wildlife and pilgrimage tours. The places like Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan are popular for historical and cultural tours whereas Chitwan National park offers the adventure wildlife safari holidays.

If you are looking for Nepal Holiday Tour Packages 2017, Nepal Footprint Holiday operates
Kathmandu Day Tour
Kathmandu City Tour
Explore Nepal Tour
Culture and Wildlife Tour
Mountain Mystical Nepal Tour
Pilgrimage Tour
Buddhist Tour in Nepal
Discover Nepal Tour
Honeymoon Package Tour

Guerrilla Trail Trek route in Nepal officially open by Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda

Guerrilla Trek-Nepal - Photo Credit - Online-Khabar

Guerrilla Trekking which was used by the then Moists during the civil war, officially opened by PM Prachanda today. A historical and scenic trekking trail from Myagdi to Rukum offers you to explore the history of a decade before Civil War. The trekking type is remote area hiking trail of western Nepal.

Today 24th December 2016, Prime Prime Minister of Nepal, Prachanda officially opened this trek route from Chunwang village of Rukum District. In same time PM. Prachanda has open a museum  'Maoist Civil war of Nepal' in there. The museum explain about the maoist war in the past 10 years in Nepal and their historical and warriors  memories for the tourist who will join this guerrilla trek in Nepal. A trek cover wild and remote part of Nepal Dolpo, Rukum, Rolpa, Baglung and Myagdi district and it connect the Annapurna Circuit trail, Dhaulagiri trekking  and more region of Nepal.

PM. Prachanda went there with more than 10  Maoist leaders, officials and with his wife by Special Helicopter. Prachanda will attend an social awareness program in there and will back today in kathmandu.

Guerrilla trekking -Nepal, Photo Credit - Online - Khabar