Far West & Karnali · Sleep in a family home, eat at their table
Villages and homestays in Far West & Karnali
Community homestays in Tharu, Gurung, Magar and Tamang villages, from Barauli and Amaltari in the Terai to Ghandruk, Sirubari-style hill villages, Gatlang and Briddim on the Tamang Heritage Trail.
Trips
Far West & Karnalimax 1,400 mBardia and Shuklaphanta Safari
Seven nights across the two national parks of Nepal's far western plain. Four nights at Bardia for tigers, the Karnali and Tharu …
Far West & Karnalimax 1,400 mBardia Tiger Safari
Four nights at Thakurdwara on the edge of Bardia National Park, Nepal's largest lowland park. Full-day jeep safari, a guided walk on …
Far West & Karnalimax 4,560 mHumla: the Kailash Trail to Hilsa
Eight nights on the old pilgrim and trade route of upper Humla, the way Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims walked toward Mount Kailash. …
Far West & Karnalimax 2,540 mKhasa Kingdom Heritage: Jumla, Sinja, Dullu
Eight nights through the heartland of the Khasa Malla kingdom, which ruled western Nepal and parts of western Tibet from about the …
Far West & Karnalimax 4,949 mLimi Valley Trek from Simikot
Sixteen nights in upper Humla, a restricted area on Nepal's border with Tibet. Walk up the Karnali from Simikot to Hilsa, turn …
Far West & Karnalimax 2,500 mRamaroshan Lakes and Dullu
Six nights by jeep and on foot across the hills of the far west. Through Doti to Ramaroshan in Achham, an upland …
Places
Far West & Karnali152 mBardia National Park
Tiger forest on the Karnali, with Tharu villages at the gate
Far West & Karnali1,400 mDullu
Eternal flames and the stone pillar of a Khasa emperor
Far West & Karnali2,370 mJumla
Red rice, apple orchards and the old kingdom of the Karnali
Far West & Karnali3,700 mLimi Valley
Three Tibetan villages and an 11th-century monastery on the border
Far West & Karnali2,500 mRamaroshan
Twelve lakes and eighteen meadows in the hills of Achham
Far West & Karnali174 mShuklaphanta National Park
The world's largest swamp deer herds on Nepal's western edge
Far West & Karnali2,440 mSinja Valley
Capital of the Khasa kings and cradle of the Nepali language
Experiences
WildlifeFull-day tiger safari along the Karnali
A long day by jeep and on foot to the river channels of the western park, with naturalists, binoculars and …
WildlifeWalking safari with two naturalists
Walk into the forest and grassland on foot with two licensed naturalists, reading tracks, dung and alarm calls. Slower than …
Rivers and lakesRafting the Karnali for dolphins and gharial
Float the Karnali below the Chisapani gorge in a rubber raft or wooden canoe, looking for the endangered Gangetic dolphin, …
HeritageA night with a Tharu family near Thakurdwara
Walk or cycle through the Tharu villages around Thakurdwara, then spend a night in a community homestay, eating ghonghi and …
SpiritualThe eternal flame of Shirasthan
Visit Shirasthan in Rawatkot, where a natural gas flame burns inside the shrine and a Nath ascetic keeps the fire, …
SpiritualThe Panchakoshi circuit of five holy sites
Follow the Panchakoshi pilgrimage around Dullu: Shirasthan, Nabhisthan, Dhuleshwar, Padukasthan and Tallo Dungeshwar, a circuit of flames, springs and old …
HeritageReading history on Prithvi Malla's pillar
Stand beside the stone pillar raised in 1357 by Prithvi Malla, emperor of the Khasa kingdom, whose inscription lists his …
HeritageDhuleshwar, a 13th-century hill temple
Visit Dhuleshwar in Badalamji, one of the five Panchakoshi sites, a 13th-century temple tied to the legend of the scattered …