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Rani Pokhari: Kathmandu’s Historic Royal Pond
In the heart of Kathmandu, surrounded by the city’s busiest streets, sits a square artificial pond built more than 350 years ago out of a king’s grief. Rani Pokhari, the…
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Panch Pokhari: The Five Sacred Lakes of the Himalaya
High in Sindhupalchok district, northeast of Kathmandu, five small glacial lakes sit together at 4,100 metres in a remote alpine…
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Begnas and Rupa Lakes: Pokhara Valley’s Quieter Twin Lakes
A short drive southeast of Pokhara’s crowded Lakeside district, separated from Phewa’s tourist bustle by a single forested ridge, sit…
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Shey Phoksundo Lake: Nepal’s Deepest, Most Turquoise Lake
In the remote Dolpo region of northwestern Nepal, at 3,611 metres above sea level, sits a lake whose colour seems…
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Gokyo Lakes: The Sacred Glacial Lakes Beneath Everest
West of the well-worn trail to Everest Base Camp, a quieter route climbs instead toward a string of six turquoise…
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Ghodaghodi Lake: Nepal’s Overlooked Ramsar Wetland
While Nepal’s high-altitude lakes draw trekkers and its Pokhara valley lakes draw tourists by the millions, one of the country’s…
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Gosaikunda: The Sacred Lake of Shiva and the Janai Purnima Pilgrimage
Once a year, on the full moon of the Nepali month of Shrawan, more than 10,000 pilgrims climb into the…
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Tilicho Lake: One of the World’s Highest Lakes
At nearly 4,920 metres above sea level, Tilicho Lake sits in a landscape that feels closer to the moon than…
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Phewa Lake: Pokhara’s Postcard Lake and Its Floating Temple
No lake in Nepal is more photographed, more paddled across, or more central to a single city’s identity than Phewa…
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Best Time to Visit Nepal’s High-Altitude Lakes: A Trekking Season Guide
Nepal’s high-altitude lakes, Tilicho, Gosaikunda, Gokyo and Phoksundo among them, sit at elevations where the trekking calendar matters as much…
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Rara Lake: Nepal’s Largest and Most Remote Lake
Tucked deep in the far-western hills of Mugu district, Rara Lake holds a rare distinction among Nepal’s natural landmarks: it…
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Lakes of Nepal by the Numbers: A Complete Guide
Nepal is a country defined by its mountains, but scattered across its landscape, from steaming Terai wetlands to glacial basins…
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