Fulbari Resort & Spa, the only "5 ' Star Deluxe Hotel" in Nepal has started its new sales and marketing office in New Delhi, India from 2nd April.
The office in India will provide a full range of travel solutions such as travel packages, ticketing and luxurious accommodation in the Resort. The resort with a mission statement of ‘Nepal Tourism Year 2011’ is the first one to start its official sales and marketing office in India. It also plans to launch other branches in more cities as Bangladesh’s Dhaka and Thailand’s Bangkok.
The 11th "Nepal Open Paragliding Championship" being organised by TAAN, Pokhara from February 18 concluded on Saturday. The Championship was held with the aim of promoting tourism through adventure sports and proved to be quite successful. Among the 87 pilots from 15 countries, Jamie Messenger from Britain, who was last year's title holder won the title this year also claiming a cash prize of NRs 25,000. Ajay Kumar Sharma from India managed to be second bagging NRs 20,000 while Canadian Claudio Mota got NRs 15,000 as a third prize.
In the HDV-1-2 category, Eva of Venice, Nepal´s Sachin Bamjan and Rabin Gurung secured the top three spots respectively. Nepal´s Damodar Parajuli bagged the award for the best acrobatics. Korea´s Moon Sevlin won the best spot landing award. Nepal´s Binod Bamjan secured the title of best boat landing, while Narayan Parajuli received the award for best-of-the-costume. In the separate competition held ...
An Unforgettable Trip through the Annapurna Sanctuary - James Ward
Locally called Tharpu Chuli, Tent Peak is an attractive mountain situated in the heart of the Annapurna Sanctuary.
Elevation: 18,577feet / 5,663meters
(17th highest trekking peak of Nepal)
Location: Annapurna region of Nepal
Best for the Climbing: July, August, September, October
Nearest Airport: Pokhara
Trek grade: Moderate & Strenuous
Dominating the mountains of central Nepal is the mighty Annapurna Himal, which lies between the Kali Gandaki and Marsgyangdi river valley and forms a solid mountain bastion. It covers a distance of 40 miles and encompasses within its range some twelve peaks that rise to an elevation of more than 7000m besides numerous other smaller peaks. The Annapurna Massif forms an almost complete ring of high peaks. The sanctuary encompassing this area, known as the Annapurna Sanctuary, is an enthralling amphitheatre of ice, snow, glacier and moraine.
The mountain first received attention from Jimmy Roberts who was exploring the sanctuary during a reconnaissance for the 1957 British Machhapuchhre Expedition. It was Roberts that gave the mountain its descriptive name, Tent Peak. The peak was first climbed via the south-east ridge by members of the Japanese Annapurna South Expedition from Kyoto University in 1964, led by Dr. Harou Higuchi.
