Nepal - Turkey Air Service Soon

In another attempt to promote Nepal Tourism year 2011, the cabinet meeting on Wednesday granted permission to the ministry of Tourism and Civil Avian (MoTCA) to seal a deal with Turkey to operate air services. The ministry had forwarded a proposal to this effect to the cabinet two weeks ago. After the agreement, Turkey will be the 36th country to sign air service contract with Nepal. Prior to this, Flydubai, a UAE based airline started its Kathmandu – Dubai flight with an introductory round fare of Rs 12,000 (USD 167) marking Nepal as its 11 destination. Flydubai operates four days a week to Nepal, the travelers can avail themselves to onwards destinations from Dubai to Amman, Alexandria, Aleppo, Beirut, Baku, Bahrain, Damascus, Doha, Djibouti and Khartoum on the same carrier. Moreover, flydubai will connect passengers to all parts of the world, as Dubai is a major International airline hub.

London - Kathmandu to be linked via road

Oz- Bus, the adventure bus company that runs tours from London to Sydney & London to New York is now selling a new shorter option from London to Kathmandu beginning from Feb 14, 2010.The trip that also can be reversed will run 9 times a year with the first departure from London on Feb 14th and the last on Sep 26th. After traveling through some European cities for 11 days the bus reaches Istanbul. From there, the legendary route followed by the Hippies in the 60s and 70s takes passengers through Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India and then to Kathmandu - Nepal.

Look out for the featured trip of the month "The Annapurna Adventure" A sensational trek into the scenic grandeur of the highly diversified Annapurna mountain range in Nepal. This trek is a superb combination of gentle walk in the Himalayan foothills meandering through a colorful mosaic of ethnic culture and wonderful natural environment.

Extend your trip further with our unique home stay offers, bird watching excursions or raft down the wild Himalayan rivers. Whatever you choose, we are here to help you make your stay in Nepal the most memorable holiday, ever!!

Happy New Year! 2010. Wow! another decade has gone past - time seems to fly. What a start of the year though, had to walk for almost 2 hours to get to work. Indigenous people's group and some other group in Nepal called for a strike, it happens so frequently that its difficult to keep track. Anyway, there wasn't anything stopping me from getting to work, especially on the 1st day of the year, so I walked to work.

Look out for some new adventures and exciting holiday packages for the Spring season. Amadablam expedition in April of 2010 and a pilgrimage to the holy Mt. Kailash, west Tibet in the summer are some features of the year.

Peace and love!

Sanjiv