Route and planning guide to the best trekking in Nepal - this guide includes the most popular routes as well as the newest trekking areas for true trailblazers. Extensive planning sections to help visitors choose a trek. Also includes the new Great Himalaya Trail. The guide includes: organizing a trek; employing a guide or porter in Nepal; the environment - how to minimize your impact on a fragile region and still take hot 'green' showers; health and safety; plus 8 pages of colour maps for planning and 16 pages of colour photos.