Travel style
Walks and treks
On foot, with the luggage sent ahead
You do not need to be a mountaineer to walk in these mountains. Many routes link villages and lodges with four to six hours of walking a day, and a vehicle can meet you at the end.
We grade every walk by hours, height gained and terrain, not by adjectives. Steep steps, like the 3,500-odd steps down to Nongriat, are listed as they are.
Journeys
Routes in this style
Places
Where it fits best
Gurung villages and Poon Hill dawn on short, guided walks
A car-free Newar bazaar on the old road between India and Tibet
Tigers, wild elephants and the Karnali river in Nepal's far west
A Himalayan view and a wellness retreat an hour from Kathmandu
Sherpa villages, Tengboche and Everest views on lodge-to-lodge walks
Rain-shadow valleys, Muktinath and the walled city of Lo Manthang
Lake town at 822 m with the Annapurnas on the skyline
Stepwells, murals and a palace on the hillside
A mountain fort, its great wall and the Ranakpur temple
Ladakh's oldest temple murals, in a village of apricot trees
Ladakh's richest monastery and the snow leopard's valleys
One of Ladakh's oldest monasteries above the eroded moonland
Gentle village walks, Likir and Basgo, west of Leh
A protected high lake at 4,522 m among Changpa nomads
A Balti village of apricots and stone lanes on the Shyok
Ladakh's remotest valley, over Pensi La to Padum
The glass-clear Umngot river on the Bangladesh border
A Monpa river valley halfway to Tawang
Naga hill capital, war memorial and the Hornbill Festival
A tidy Khasi village with a root bridge on its doorstep
The double-decker root bridge, about 3,000 steps below Sohra
A high Sikkim valley of rhododendrons near the Tibetan frontier
Monastery ridge with the closest view of Kanchenjunga
Pine ridges, Khasi markets and a lake resort at the edge of town
Waterfalls, limestone caves and the rain capital of India
The Apatani rice valley and its September music festival
Tea estates, cool mornings and the Nilgiri tahr
Periyar's forests, a dammed lake and cardamom hills
Coffee, pepper and elephant forest on the high plateau
River islands of paddy, mangroves and hilltop churches
Waterfalls, spice farms and a Kadamba temple in the Western Ghats
Goa's riverside capital and its painted Latin quarter
Vulture Peak, the peace stupa and the ruins of Nalanda
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Rooms that suit it
A hillside wellness resort at Dhulikhel, about 30 km east of Kathmandu, built in brick and stone on terraces facing the Himalaya. Yoga, meditation, spa therapies …
A small lodge of stone cottages on a ridge above the Pokhara valley, facing Machapuchare and the Annapurna range. It has a pool, a long terrace …
An eco-resort of private villas set on a working organic farm in the countryside outside Pokhara. Villas face rice terraces and forested hills, the spa and …
A small Tharu-style lodge on the edge of Bardia National Park in far-western Nepal, run by Tiger Tops, the company that pioneered wildlife lodges in the …
A chain of comfortable mountain lodges along the Everest trail at Lukla, Phakding, Monjo, Namche, Kongde and Thame. Attached bathrooms, warm dining rooms and good food …
A Bill Bensley-designed luxury lodge in Jomsom, at 2,720 m in the Kali Gandaki valley, and the most comfortable place to stay in Mustang. Stays are …
Nimmu House is a restored early 20th-century village house at Nimmu, 35 km west of Leh, with rooms in the house and tents in its orchard. …
A lakeside resort on the wooded shore of Umiam Lake, about 20 km north of Shillong, with cottages built in the Khasi manner of timber and …
The former Shillong summer residence of the royal family of Tripura, now a small heritage hotel in the leafy Cleve Colony area. It suits travellers who …
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