This issue – SNOW LEOPARD SPECIAL!
Quest for the Snow Leopard
by Darla Hillard and Rodney Jackson It has been thirty years since we came face-to-face with our first wild snow...
Read MoreAcross the Himalayas in a 128 Days
Jane Poretsis interviews Sunil Tamang Sunil Tamang’s great passion for adventure started at the young age of...
Read MoreA Royal Wedding in a Magical Kingdom
by Jane Poretsis On this day, 31 year old King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck married the beautiful 21 year old...
Read MoreA New Kind of Happiness
by Steve Evans As the passenger jetliner flew past eight of the ten highest mountains in the world, I knew I was...
Read MoreShamanism
Who Were the Spirits of Bumthang? A Sneek Peek into Bumthang’s World of Spirits! by Kunzang Choden Bhutan...
Read MoreVolunteering
Medical volunteers’ kick-start high altitude genetics study by Charles Malcolm-Brown MA FRSA (Chairman)...
Read MoreNew features starting this issue!
Making Nepal My Home
Born in Coventry, England, Juliette Cunliffe (ALAM, JD, BDC) has led a remarkable life and now lives a long way...
Read MoreTravel Health
Dr. Jane Wilson-Howarth BSc (hons), MSc (Oxon), BM, DCH, DCCH, DFSRH, FRSTM&H, FFTM RCPS (Glasg) Nepal has had...
Read MoreVolunteering
Volunteering is an exciting new feature that is spearheaded by the Mountain Trust Organisation and written each...
Read MoreTrekking For Charity
Is a fantastic new regular feature looking at the organisations and people who trek for charity across the Eastern...
Read MoreFundraising
Fundraising is big business across the world; however, for the smaller charities supporting a myriad of causes and...
Read MoreNews
Bhutan Launches its First Domestic Air Service
With new airstrips in central and eastern Bhutan, Bhutan’s first domestic air service was launched on the 17th December 2011 –with Tashi Air seeing the arrival of its first aircraft at the Paro...
Read More
Bhutan’s Minimum Tour Package cost to Increase 2012
“As Bhutan continues to Target high-value Tourists” From 2012 Bhutan’s minimum package tour cost per person will be USD 250 a day for the months of March, April, May, September, October and...
Read More
Lost Tigers Found in the Bhutan Mountains
A lost population of tigers have been found living high up in the mountains of Bhutan. The discovery has amazed experts as they are living at a higher altitude than previously known and appear to be...
Read More
Oman Air – Special Spring Deals to Kathmandu
Oman Air has some great offers on flights in spring 2012 to the stunning destination of Kathmandu, Nepal. With flights from London Heathrow via Muscat starting from just £496 per person, including...
Read More
Himalayan Glaciers Melting
Glaciers in the Himalaya are melting and have shrunk by over a fifth in just 30 years, scientists are claiming. Findings were published in 3 reports by the Kathmandu-based International Centre for...
Read More
School Children from Nepal Track Snow Leopard
School children from Nepal have been enlisted by conservationists to record the movements of the snow leopard. It is believed that there are around 500 adults in Nepal, although as Som Ale of the...
Read More







