NEPAL
The world's steepest country hurtles down
from the snows of Everest and Annapurna to the
lowland jungles of the plains. At the Himalayan
heights are trekking trails that evolved from
traders' routes and pilgrims' tracks - some yet
undiscovered and untrammeled. Walk through
magnificence, history, ancient culture, and
rhododendron forests. Here the wheel is an
unnecessary rarity, and a happy people welcome
you in timeless villages. Strangers passing
through are met as Gods, for that is what
ancient faiths dictate.
Walk the
wilderness with helpful guides, friendly staff,
and tents that are transformed into moving
hotels. . The food from our cooks to surprise
and delight everyone. In the southern jungle
there are incredibly comfortable lodges and
elephant-back safaris to view wildlife like the
rare Royal Bengal Tiger and the almost extinct
one horned Rhino. Between the Himalayas and the
jungles are valleys where an ancient, high
culture has left behind great works. Seven world
Heritage sites selected by UNESCO await your
exploration in the Kathmandu valley. Visit
Bhaktapur, Patan and Kathmandu - medieval cities
where the spirits of a 2,500 year old culture
surrounds you as you walk you through poems of
architecture in stone, brick, gold, silver,
clay, brass, wood.
And everywhere the
people. Always there is a smile and a greeting.
Perhaps we've met in a previous incarnation?
Come visit Nepal and be tempted to stay in the
world's most extravagantly colorful, vivid, and
enthralling land. Pagoda-roofed temples and
palaces. Shrines in silver and gold. Forests of
hand-carved windows. Intricate golden gateways
to palace squares so beautiful they shame
Florence. Celebrations follow one atop another
as the incense and color of one festival merge
with the next. Trek among the great mountains
with a Sherpa guide, camp and crew, and a super
cook. Comfort, attention to detail, and
first-class service make this unlike any
"camping" experience back home! Walk ancient
streets that have seen royal elephants and
traders from Tibet. An incredible history of
romance, intrigue and pomp and splendor await.
White water rafting, mountain biking, or a
flight to Everest are just some of the other
things to tempt you in Nepal. Here are the God
King, living Goddesses, reincarnate lamas, faith
healers, witch doctors and a colorful panoply
that caused Kipling to write "The Wildest Dreams
of Kew, Are the facts of Katmandu." The home of
Buddhism, and the only Hindu kingdom in the
world today.
Come see !
