Det sker i Kathmandu, Nepal året igennem

Skuldersæson — mellem toppene, skoleferie på 6 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Valley smog season (15. nov. – 28. feb. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — mellem toppene, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Holi

  3.–4. mar.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  Basantapur and Thamel take the brunt of it and nobody walks through dry. Wear what you would throw away and keep the camera in a bag. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Valley smog season (15. nov. – 28. feb. (normalt))

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Holi

• Sæson

  Spring trekking season

  1. mar. – 15. majVandresæsonTætpakketBook tidligt

  The second of the two trekking windows, warmer and hazier than autumn, and the one the climbing expeditions use. Lodges on the popular routes fill from mid-March.

• Natur

  Rhododendron in the hills

  15. mar. – 30. apr. · normaltVilde blomster & blomstring

  The mid-hill forests above the valley go red and pink from around 1,500 metres up, which is why April is the month people trek the Annapurna foothills. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Holi (3.–4. mar.)

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Spring trekking season

• Festival

  Bisket Jatra

  9.–18. apr. · normaltReligiøs højtidTætpakket

  Bhaktapur's new-year festival, an hour out of the city: chariots hauled through the lanes by hand and a pole raised and dropped in the square. Rougher and better than anything in Kathmandu. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Spring trekking season (1. mar. – 15. maj), Rhododendron in the hills (15. mar. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — mellem toppene, Spring trekking season

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Spring trekking season (1. mar. – 15. maj)

Stille — redaktionens stille måned, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Risiko

  Landslide season on the hill roads

  15. jun. – 15. sep. · normaltLukninger

  The monsoon closes hill roads for days at a time and delays the mountain flights that everything else depends on. Build slack into any trek that starts with a drive. Kilde ↗

Stille — redaktionens stille måned, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Landslide season on the hill roads (15. jun. – 15. sep. (normalt))

Stille — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Festival

  Indra Jatra

  19.–27. sep.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  Masked dances and the living goddess pulled through Durbar Square on a chariot, over about a week. The oldest thing on the Kathmandu calendar and still mostly for locals. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Landslide season on the hill roads (15. jun. – 15. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — mellem toppene, Indra Jatra

• Helligdag

  Dashain

  11.–25. okt.SkoleferieLukningerTætpakket

  Nepal's longest holiday. The city empties as families go home, many shops and offices close for a fortnight, and every bus and domestic flight out is full. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Landslide season on the hill roads (15. jun. – 15. sep. (normalt)), Indra Jatra (19.–27. sep.)

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Dashain

• Sæson

  Autumn trekking season

  1. okt. – 30. nov.TørsæsonTætpakketBook tidligt

  The monsoon has washed the air and the peaks are visible from the valley rim. It is also when every teahouse on the Everest and Annapurna routes is full, so book the flights early.

• Festival

  Tihar

  8.–11. nov.Diwali

  Five days of oil lamps, marigold garlands and doorway patterns, with a day each for crows, dogs and cows. Quieter than Dashain and far better to look at. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Dashain (11.–25. okt.)

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Autumn trekking season

• Risiko

  Valley smog season

  15. nov. – 28. feb. · normaltRøgsæson

  Cold air sits in the bowl of the valley and holds in kiln smoke, vehicle exhaust and field burning from the plains. Mornings are the worst of it; the mountains stay sharp above it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Autumn trekking season (1. okt. – 30. nov.), Tihar (8.–11. nov.)

Skuldersæson — mellem toppene, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Valley smog season (15. nov. – 28. feb. (normalt))