Nepal is a country of Mt. Everest, located between India and China. Despite its small size, but it has the incomparable cultural and geography diversity. Nepal has for centuries been a center of Eastern Philosophy. Sages like Buddha, Ved Vyas, Milarepa were born in Nepal and spent their lives propagating the Eastern knowledge and philosophy. Nepal is inhabited by over 100 ethnic communities having their own unique culture and dialect.
The country occupies total 147516 square km. land with distance from east to west is about 885 km, and north to south is only 145 to 250 km. Nepal has divided into three main geographical regions: Tarai region, mid hill region and Himalayan region. The lowest point is in the Tarai plains of Kechana Kalan in Jhapa (60m), the highest point is Mt. Everest (8848m).
The list of World Heritage sites also proves that,Nepal is an independent country with a long history. Nepal’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites, which include the Kathmandu Valley Cultural Heritage sites, and natural sites like Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) National Park and Chitwan National Park. Key cultural sites include the Durbar Squares of Kathmandu, Patan, and Bhaktapur, the Buddhist stupas of Boudhanath and Swayambhunath, the Hindu temple of Pashupatinath, and the historic Changu Narayan Temple, all located within the Kathmandu Valley.
The unique land in Nepal geographically has many types of landscape, plain land tarai valleys, hills, rivers, Glaciers and snow-capped Himalayan peaks. The world’s highest peak Mt. Everest and deepest gorge Kali Gandaki Gorge also is in Nepal. Other facts are Evergreen temperate forests, alpine vegetation, Himalayan valleys. Its almost 33% of total land is covered by forests. The southern jungle of Nepal is home to many endangered animals including rhinos, tigers, elephants, bears, crocodiles, etc. So, we can proudly say, Nepal is museum of nature.
Nepal is a religious, cultural, historical, and adventure prime tourist destination due to its natural environment mentioned above. With the beginning of mountaineering, Nepal opened up for tourism in the 1950s. In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first human beings to climb Mt. Everest. Today over a million tourists visit this country for mountaineering, trekking, whitewater rafting, cannoning, Bungee jumping, paragliding, rock climbing, cultural and historical monuments visits and pilgrimage tours.