Tag: #ecotourism
Articles tagged with #ecotourism
Not out of the woods yet in Nepal
The draft of a new national park and wildlife conservation bill threatens to undo Nepal’s decades-long success in nature protection
Mustang farmer shows what is possible despite government
Migrant returnee from Japan combines thriving apple farm with eco-tourism to create jobs
Tiger Mountain Pokhara Lodge at 25
A haven of sustainable hospitality in Nepal sets a benchmark for ecotourism
Home away from home in Nepal
A model of resilience for Nepali tourism in the age of pandemics, conflicts and the climate crisis
A short walk up the Panjshir
Mujahideen guides took us to the northernmost part of the Panjshir Valley. All photos: LISA CHOEGYALKids playing on rusted tanks abandoned by…
Pokhara comes alive at night
Fireflies in bushes along Phewa Lake at a resort that is promoting firefly tourism. Photos: KRISHNA MANI BARALVisitors from all over the world…
Night of the firefly
Many of us have fond childhood memories of the जुनकिरी (firefly), chasing the fascinating lightning bugs through fields and forests. Across the…
The fading light of Nepal’s fireflies
Many of us have fond childhood memories of the जुनकिरी firefly, chasing these fascinating flashing bugs through fields and forests. Across the…
On the road in West Nepal
The past year will go down in history as one great global disaster with the coronavirus pandemic leading the pack of calamities from fires to…
The vagaries of fate
In her last column, Lisa Choegyal takes us on the Trans-Siberian Railway during the Soviet days
Women leaders set example for rest of Nepal
Hupsekot Rural Municipality recently inaugurated a 10-bed coronavirus-dedicated hospital. Municipality chair Laxmi Pandey is at centre. All…
Women leaders set example for rest of Nepal
Hupsekot Rural Municipality recently inaugurated a 10-bed coronavirus-dedicated hospital. Municipality chair Laxmi Pandey is at centre. All…
Set the elephants free
Safari elephants on the streets of Sauraha. Photo: ISAZHumans and elephants have shared environments for thousands of years, but what might…
Speaking for elephants
Photo: BIKRAM RAILisa Choegyal’s column ‘The Elephant Dilemma’, 4 October 2020 elicited many comments from readers, some of which are excerpted…
The story of Langtang cheese
My name is Gyalbu Tamang, and I was born in Kyangjin Gompa of Langtang Valley. I am now 44. My father Pasang Norbu worked in the cheese factory…
John R Edwards, 72
Eclipsed by his dominant elder brother, JRE was the unsung hero of the early Tiger Tops
Bicycling in Waling
Photos: JUKSONOn 1 February Waling in Syangja District will be the venue of the first annual world class mountain biking championship. The 100km…
Wintering in Mongolia
Photos: Lisa Choegyal"I don’t think we get many tourists at this time of year.” The Mongolian airline official looked doubtfully at the lines of…