Far West Nepal gives you an ample opportunity to explore in the untouched, yet most rewarding wilderness of western Nepal. With abundant presence of Natural resources from low land of Sukhlaphanta Wildlife reserve to high mountains like Mt. Api and Saipal, Far west touches its visitor with every possible way. The reason really holds the magnificent site of natural beauty and abundant wildlife such as the Suklaphanta National Park, which has the largest herd of Swamp Deer in Asia.
You can experience diverse culture and traditions of the different castes and ethics of terai plain to high Himalayan terrain. Shamanism is still in practices and can get opportunity to witness how far away you are from the modern world. Yet Hinduism and Buddhism blends with animism in local devotions, the most famous object of which was the Khaptad Swami, the renowned ‘Eco-saint’ who lived to well over 100 years of age.
You will really feel you are far away from normal tourism route and that makes you feel wonderful to explore around unexplored trials. Visit Swami Khaptad Baba's Kuti (Home) with the snowy background and abundant wildlife and nature. For those with a sense of adventure, there is still much to uncover here – exploration that is as much cultural as it is natural. Just one example is the Chamar’s Dasain, when bulls fueled with rice-wine and marijuana joust for supremacy – the loser becomes dinner and the winner enjoys a year with the cows!
Trekking Far West is authentic experience with trails through a land untouched by the hand of time, past ancient orange and lemon groves and flag stoned medieval villages. The history of the Malla Kingdom that reigned here from the 12th to the 14th century is not readily discernible today. But in a land that history has left behind, the visitor is free to experience a taste of what trekking must have been like when Nepal first opened up to the world beyond its borders.
