Mount Everest as you've never seen it: zoom in on the remarkable 4bn pixel image
An incredible new zoom photograph shows Everest in extreme detail, highlighting the effects of climate change and allowing viewers to navigate around base camp and the mountainEd Douglas
View ArticleElephant football, Nepal - picture of the day
A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. Elephants and mahouts from Chitwan play an exhibition football matchKarin Andreasson
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Nepal: a walk on the wild side
The new Guerrilla Trek takes walkers through areas that were until recently closed to touristsMost conflict-hit countries adopt a "don't mention the war" attitude when trying to boost tourism, but...
View ArticleLanguage researchers chart vanishing voices - video
Anthropologist Mark Turin discusses his work helping speakers of Thangmi, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in eastern Nepal
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Nepal: An experience never to forget
A wash and a bite to eat with the elephants of Chitwan, NepalElephants don't like cooked vegetables. Chanchal Kali turned up her trunk at cauliflower, marrow and carrots – a shame, because they were...
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My travels: Toni Wilson trekking the Himalayas in Nepal
The Surrey car dealer was part of the first group to walk the Nepal leg of what will be the 4,500km Great Himalaya TrailI went to Nepal for the first time in my early twenties and fell in love with the...
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Everest, the grandaddy of walking adventures
In 1921 Sam Wollaston's grandfather was a member of the first Everest expedition. Nine decades on Sam finds less tweed and more Gore-Tex, but the same beauty on a trek taking in new eco-friendly...
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Nepalese 'guerilla trail' takes tourists through scenes of civil war
Six years after conflict ended, government-backed tour shows visitors around combat zones and Maoist heartlandsIt is a very political itinerary for a Himalayan trek. Instead of just vistas over serried...
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Adventure guides – following the leader
Guides from across the planet talk about the benefits and drawbacks of taking tourists around some of the world's most scenic and beautiful but difficult terrainTorfi G Yngvasson, IcelandThe worst...
View ArticleKathmandu, Nepal - picture of the day
A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. A beautiful image of everyday life in Kathmandu, built around rich colours and suspended motionKarin AndreassonJo Blason
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Zoom in on Mount Everest in a gigapixel photograph
An incredible new zoom photograph shows Everest in extreme detail, highlighting the effects of climate change and allowing viewers to navigate around base camp and the mountainIt's a famous view, but...
View ArticleMount Everest as you've never seen it: zoom in on the remarkable 4bn pixel image
An incredible new zoom photograph shows Everest in extreme detail, highlighting the effects of climate change and allowing viewers to navigate around base camp and the mountainEd Douglas
View ArticleElephant football, Nepal - picture of the day
A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. Elephants and mahouts from Chitwan play an exhibition football matchKarin Andreasson
View ArticleThe first successful ascent of Everest 60 years ago – in pictures
A new book published by the Royal Geographical Society this week celebrates the 60th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953. Scroll through the gallery to view a...
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Trekking in the Himalayas: how to do it
Since the first successful ascent of Mount Everest, 60 years ago next week, the Himalayas have become far more accessible to walkers. We round up this amazing region's best treks, across Nepal, India,...
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'We owe everything to Everest and Hillary'
Sixty years on, Jason Burke talks to Sherpas and climbers about the impact of the first ascent of the world's highest mountain• Interactive: 60 years of conquest and controversyAdam Dickson is a big,...
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Mount Everest: Hillary and Tenzing to have peaks named after them
Nepal officials intend to name mountains as high as 7,916 metres after first conquerors of world's highest mountainNepal is set to name two Himalayan peaks after Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay,...
View ArticleThe ancient art of honey hunting in Nepal - in pictures
The Gurung tribespeople of Nepal have been collecting honey from Himalayan cliffs for centuries, but now their lifestyle is under threat from commercialisation and tours offering visitors a chance to...
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A bypass for Everest: Nepal seeks to lure climbers to alternative mountains
Nation considers leasing Himalayan peaks to private tour companies in attempt to ease congestionHimalayan peaks could be leased to private tourism companies in an attempt to ease increasing congestion...
View ArticleMore top trips for 2011
The rise of voluntourism, the opening up of the Middle East and the death of the staycation Here are the 10 big travel trends for the coming year2010 was a distinctly tricky year for UK holidaymakers....
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