Footprint Nepal Handbook [Paperback]

Tom Woodhatch (Author)

Book Description

Series: Footprint Nepal Handbook | Publication Date: June 30, 2001

Birthplace of the Buddha, home of the Gurkhas, roof of the world, land of legend and beauty - within its narrow confines Nepal contains a spectacular variety of culture and landscapes. Nepal offers challenges to the hiker, mountain climber and lover of nature and wildlife. This guide is written by a team who have an understanding of the people and region. There is background information on the history, geography, the people, religion, art and architecture of the country. It contains comprehensive coverage of Kathmandu including a special section on short walks from the city. Trekking in the Himalayas is covered, with treks in the popular areas and in the less well known Eastern region. The guide includes practical information on: how to get to Tibet and Lhasa; where to go and how to get there; where to trek and how to plan a trek; information on wildlife reserves with maps; wildlife and vegetation; where to stay and eat on any budget; how to stay healthy; and what to buy and where to buy it.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Brilliant. It includes everything you need to know, as well as a few surprises. --Geographical Magazine, London

From the Publisher

Dear Fellow Traveller

Thank you for checking out the Nepal Handbook. Footprint are an independent British publisher (based in Bath). We specialise in providing travellers with guidebooks that are second to none in terms of accuracy, recency and especially coverage. You will find that most of our guides are simply the most comprehensive available with in-depth information on history, culture and customs as well as practical travel information. Our major titles are updated ANNUALLY to ensure you have the best information to hand. If there are no reviews for this particular title we recommend you check out the reader reviews for the Peru and South American Handbooks which give a good flavour of how useful our guides are. You might like to know that we also publish India and Tibet Handbooks and an extremely useful general guide to travelling: The Traveller's Handbook. Finally, whichever guidebook you choose, we would like to wish you an exciting, illuminating and above all enjoyable trip.

Best wishes
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Product Details

• Paperback: 572 pages
• Publisher: Footprint Handbooks; 2 edition (June 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 190094944X
• ISBN-13: 978-1900949446
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,415,618 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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