About Roads to Rara

Roads to Rara is a guide for travellers, trekkers and researchers heading into the least-visited half of Nepal: the Karnali and Sudurpashchim provinces, from Rara Lake and Humla to Khaptad, Api and Saipal.

What it covers

• District guides: where each district is, how to reach its headquarters, when to go, what to see, permits and where to stay.
• Getting there: Nepalgunj, the mountain airstrips, the Karnali Highway, buses, jeeps and monsoon closures.
• Permits and fees: restricted areas, national parks and conservation areas, the Kailash route.
• Treks: Rara, Dolpo, Limi, Khaptad, Api, Saipal and more.
• Rural roads: how hill roads are planned, built, maintained and closed by landslides.

Who writes it

The pages are researched and written by the Roads to Rara editors. Each one lists its sources, numbered, at the bottom, and shows the date it was last checked against them.

How we work

A fact enters a page only when it can be traced to a source we have read in full. Permit and fee rules come from government pages only; prices and schedules from the airline or operator, with the date seen. Read the editorial policy.