Facts About Nepal: Nepal, a country of Himalayas and mountain the best place for trekking. From high altitude treks like Everest, Kanchenjunga and Manaslu base camps to remote Dolpo and Upper Mustang trek is famous in Nepal. Everyone knows that trekking in Nepal is the best activity to do here. Except for treks in the Himalayas, you can also do city sightseeing, city tours, Paragliding, Bungee Jumping, Hot Air Ballooning etc. But in this article, I am going to give a short overview of lesser-known facts about Nepal.
Facts About Nepal
- Birthplace of Lord Buddha
Nepal is the country of Lord Gautam Buddha. Gautam Buddha is known as Siddhartha Gautama, who was born in Kapilvastu district, Lumbini. There is also famous a slogan called “Gautam Buddha was born in Nepal”. To make it, the world-known people also made a movie on it. Furthermore, there is also a Gautam Buddha International Airport going to operate in Nepal soon.
Lord Buddha breathed the originator of Buddhism worldwide. He explained that pain is a portion of life and end the suffering preparing good stuff and encouraging one’s mind in a tough situation.
- Variety of Nepalese Foods
Nepal’s first food is Dal Bhat. Dal Bhat power 24 hours is famous for the traveller visiting Nepal. Likewise, the outstanding fast food in Nepal is Momo. Momo is made of flour and water then fills the blended meat or vegetables and steamed. Then served with dipping chilli and hot sauce. Momo is local fast food and loved by all Nepalese and foreigners visiting Nepal.
MoMo, Dal Bhat, Newari Khaja Set, Chairman etc. are some primary regular foods of Nepal. Other popular and famous Nepali cuisines such as Chatamari, Choyela, different Buff items also make Nepal an excellent destination for food Lovers.
- Unesco World Heritage Sites
Nepal has the thickest collection of World Heritage Site. Only Kathmandu Valley alone has seven World Heritage Cultural and historical sites within a range of 15 kilometres. Nepal is a place of 10 world heritage sites in total including seven in Kathmandu Valley, Lumbini, Chitwan National Park and Sagarmatha National Park. Swyambhunath, Pashupatinath, Boudhanath, Kathmandu Durbar Square are some of the examples of World Heritage Sites in Nepal at Kathmandu.
- National Parks
Nepal has national parks on most of the protected areas. The famous is Sagarmatha National park while doing Everest base camp trek and Chitwan national park for jungle safari and are enlisted in World Heritage Site. The National parks cover mainly the forest areas to protect the rare animal & plantations. In total Nepal has 10 national park, three wildlife reserves, six protection(conservation) areas and one hunting place.
Chitwan National Park, Sagarmatha National Park, Langtang National Park, Rara National Park, Khaptad National Park, Shey Phoksundo National Park, Bardiya National Park, Makalu Barun National Park, Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park, Banke National Park, Shuklaphanta National Park, Parsa National Park are the famous National Parks in Nepal.
Likewise, Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve is the example of Wildlife reserve and Huntile reserves in Nepal.
- Glacier Lakes
Nepal is home of numerous glacier lakes in Mountain range on the earth. Many travellers visit here for trekking in Nepal Himalayas as a primarily trip. Tilicho lake, Shey Pokshundo Lake, Rara Lake, Gosaikunda late, Gokyo lake are some of the famous lakes of Nepal surrounded by the dense of the forest and mountains.
- Variation of Altitudes
Nepal has a diverse variety of eminences and climates. Nepal is topographically divided into three regions: mountain region, Hilly region, and Terai region. Each area varies with varying ranges of elevations and climates. Nepal enjoys four main seasons throughout the year spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The Terai will become hottest where the Mountain regions will become the coldest region of Nepal.
- Biodiversity
Nepal is active in biodiversity. There are various types of flora and fauna found in Nepal, especially in trekking trails of Nepal. Also, You can found many wildlife and medicinal herbs plantations. Yarshaghumba, one of the significant plant for medicinal herbs can be found in the Himalayan region of Nepal. Rare wildlife such as One horn-Rhino and Royal Bengal tiger are also protected in Nepal.
Michelia Champaca, Wildcrafting in the Adirondacks, Rauvolfia Serpentina, Yew, Cordyceps are some of the rare medicinal herbs found in Nepal.
Bengal tiger are also protected in Nepal.