Nepal is situated between two big countries India and China as a yam. Being a small country with an area of 147181sq Km Nepal possesses bundles of attractions to the tourists, providing unique cultures preserved from the past, exotic scenic beauty of landscapes, forests, mountains lakes and rivers beside these Nepal possesses great opportunities for different kinds of adventure activities. Nepal can also be called the mountain kingdom as around 64 percent of the total land is covered by mountain region. Nepal contains eight mountains more than 8000m tall among the 14 existing around the world and they are Everest, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu and Annapurna, among these Everest is the tallest one throughout the world with the height of 8848m. Not only these but Nepal also had other many mountains smaller in height but great in their beauty and scenic views. Although Nepal is a small country, the natural beauty of Nepal is indefinable. Nepal possesses the great natural beauty from the plains of the terai to the peaks of the mountains; due to these Nepal can be stated as the,'Last Paradise on Earth'.
Nepal is also very rich in History and Culture as many of the historical and cultural sites of Nepal still exists in front of our eyes, which are now the main attraction for the tourists coming to Nepal from different parts of the world. It is a country of millions of Gods and the only country with the living Goddess called Kumari. The arts and articrafts found in the heritage sites are the property of Nepal and retains great value. There are 10 world heritage sites in Nepal listed by UNESCO among which seven are cultural and two of them are natural and they are Boudhanath Stupa, Bhaktapur Durbar, Changu Narayan, Kathmandu Durbar, Patan Durbar, Pashupatinath Temple, Swayabhunath Stupa, Royal Chitwan National Park, Sagarmatha National Park and Lumbini the birth place of Gautam Buddha, 'Apostle of Peace and light of Asia'. Lumbini is one of the holiest place of Buddhist religion and as well as Hindus where peoples from all around the world go there to pay homage. The site, described as a beautiful garden in the Buddha's time, still retains its legendary charm and beauty. Other places named as Pokhara, Mustang, Lumbini, Gorkha, Tansen etc... are the other beautiful touristic places in Nepal.