Nestled in the cradle of the highest mountains on earth, it is not surprising that Nepal has come to be known as a country where deities mingle with mortals.

Here are the Himalaya, the ‘Abode of the Gods’, Mount Everest, the world’s greatest peak known as Sagarmatha ‘The Brow of the Oceans’ by Nepalese. Sherpa artists picture the peak as the god Chomolungma riding a snow lion through clouds of many hues.

Ancient sagas sought the highest climbs for meditative seclusion, amongst gods who bestowed love or suddenly anger on a worshipful people. The devotion of ages past remains among Nepalis today whether Hindu, Buddhist or animist, the people of Nepal live close to their gods and with perfect harmony.

Truth, no less colorful than fiction, has made Nepal on of the world’s most incredible countries, a geographic wonder, an ethnological conundrum.
No one taking a daytime flight into Nepal can fail to marvel at the land below. There are the flat, checkered plains of the lowland Terai, the Siwalik(Chure) hills swathed in hardwood jungles, the Ochre-red farmlands of the Inner Terai, the plunging flanks of the Mahabharat range, the deepest gorges of the turbulent Himalayan rivers, and layer upon layer of foothills blued by distance. Beyond, the Himalayan roar tho unbelievable heights along the northern horizon.

The people, their language and their customs, are as diverse as the terrain. From mountain to mountain, valley to valley, plateau to plain, ethnic groups vary as much as the climate. Within a single day, one can fly closely past Everest and its neighboring summits, pause in the emerald valley of kathmandu, then descend to the plains and ride elephant through tropical jungle and view wild tigers, endangered one horned Rhinos and many other wild animals.