Hiking is generally the act of walking for extended periods of time for the enjoyment of a natural setting. The act of sporting or leisure activity of going for long time, often strenuous and walking in the country-sides in mountainous or other scenic terrain. Studies have confirmed the health benefits of different types of hiking, including losing excess weight, decreasing hypertension and improving mental health. When referred to as an activity, it is most commonly a day trip that requires little planning and organization. It’s basically walking on trails. It can involve taking a trail to the top of a mountain, or just a gentle praire trail that winds along a river or creek.
Every year Nepal attracts thousands of hikers. Though Nepal is a small country, hiking in Nepal is full of beautiful green lush valleys, villages on the lap of the snow-capped mountains, white water rivers, highly diverse flora and fauna and above all cooperative local people. Not only this, accessorized with world’s top mountains on the northern side, most part of the land is covered with bounty hills. The routes can vary from simple flat trails, to generally steep slopes that seem to go up and up forever. When it becomes steep enough to require the use of hands as well as feet it becomes scrambling, an activity in its own right. These are the charms that makes the hiker’s trip adventurous and exciting. Beginning with the high mountains in the north and ending at the plains of the Terai in the south, Nepal’s diverse topography offers numerous amount of activities to the visitors. It is a premier adventure-cum-culture destination. People hike on hiking trails, in order to relax and have fun or to exercise. Hiking is generally easy to moderately paced activity and takes place on a set trail. You walk on a well-marked trails of easy to moderate difficulty, although this depends on where you’re hiking.
