Photo and data credits

Photographs

Route and article images are from Wikimedia Commons, displayed unmodified under the licences below. Follow each link for the original file and full terms.

• pokhara.jpg — Sanu N, CC BY-SA 4.0
• sarangkot.jpg — Rahul Kumar Shakya, CC BY-SA 4.0
• poon-hill.jpg — Trekking Planner Nepal, CC BY-SA 4.0
• mardi-himal.jpg — Neyox, CC BY-SA 4.0
• langtang.jpg — Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0
• everest-view.jpg — PulkitPithvaWiki, CC BY-SA 4.0
• annapurna-base-camp.jpg — Bijay Chaurasia, CC BY-SA 4.0
• khopra-ridge.jpg — Vishalmag, CC BY-SA 4.0
• everest-base-camp.jpg — McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0
• annapurna-circuit.jpg — Glorioushimalaya, CC BY-SA 4.0
• manaslu-circuit.jpg — Pratapgrg, CC BY-SA 4.0

Route and permit data

• Nepal Tourism Board — TIMS and guide requirements
• Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal — normal routes and checkpoints
• Government of Nepal tourism portal — sample itineraries
• Department of Immigration — restricted routes and permit fees
• Nepal Tourism Board — restricted trekking permits

Geographic scene

The Pokhara–Sarangkot opening uses locally stored elevation data from Mapzen Terrain Tiles on AWS (SRTM and GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey) and geography derived from © OpenStreetMap contributors under the Open Database Licence.

Content reviewed 10 September 2026.