Other Activities Archives - Nepal Sanctuary Treks

Conference

Choice of conference facilities is available widely in Kathmandu and around hill stations, from five-star hotels, to hill and village resorts. Birendra Convention Center of Kathmandu is a state-of-the-art venue for conferences and conventions with sophisticated audio, video, lighting, communications, catering, ventilation, and parking facilities. It has seven meeting areas, of which the largest auditorium has a capacity of, 1040 persons. There are other several small venues available.

Games – Golf and Football

There are a few international standard stadiums, swimming pools, football grounds; basketball courts tennis courts, and golf courses in and around Kathmandu. One of the Golf courses was designed by the world-famous Gleneagles Golf Developments of Scotland and challenges all levels of golfers. This par 72, 18-hole course located above 1000 meters sea-level gives you a once-in-a-lifetime experience. For details, write us.

Research

Nepal is a great spot in the world for scholars and University students to research in the field of Geology, Botany, Zoology, Anthropology, Religions – Hinduism and Buddhism, Sociology, and other various fields as she has the world’s highest peaks on the north, descending sharply downwards to the plain of 70 m above sea level through a rugged mountain and different landscaping, different climate, different flora and fauna, different authentic groups in a very short span of 200- kilometers. We have guides who are students of University in different subjects.

Filming

Filming any commercial, documentary, or feature film in Nepal, we help to find the right sites, coordinate with the Ministry of Communication, and other local governments, arrange licenses; organize other arrangements and liaisons with the government and concerned parties.

Shopping

The craftsmen of the Kathmandu Valley has been respected in the region from ancient time. Best quality of Garments, Pashmina, Gems, Jewelry, Khukuri, Metal-ware, Handmade paper products, Traditional paintings (Thanka), Pottery, Spices, Statues, Tea, Wood carving, Woolen and silk carpets and herbal medicines are famous products available in Kathmandu, Pokhara and other touristic places of Nepal.

Internal Flight Reservation

We are associated with several major internal airlines. We also do any internal and International flight bookings.

Fishing

Nepal is a land of diverse topography, climate, ethnicity, and biodiversity. Within an average breadth of about 150 km, the altitude varies from 60 meters above sea level to the world’s highest peak Mount Sagarmatha scaling 8848 km it has three large river basins namely Koshi in the east, Narayani in the central, and Karnali in the west.

The rivers of Nepal support more than 100 species of fish, including the human size catfish known as Gonch, the famous sporting fish the Mahasheer, and the delicious species the Jalkapoor.

S. No	Common/ Local Name	Scientific Name	Size	Weight	Habitat	Bait	Season
1.	Mahasheer/ Sahar	Tor putitora	2.5 m	50 kg	Large and deep rivers	Fish	Mar. -May./Sept. – Dec
2.	Deep Bodied Mahasheer	Tor tor	3 m	50 kg	Large and deep rivers	Fish	Mar. – May/Sept – Dec
3.	Copper Mahasheer /Katle	Acrossocheilus hexagonolepis	.6 m	5 kg	Large and deep river	Fish and meat	Mar- June / Sep. – Nov.
4.	Fresh Water Shark/Gounch	Bagarius bagarius	3 m +	100 kg +	Large and Deep rivers	Fish	Mar. – May/Sept – Dec.
5.	Jalkapoor	Clupisoma gaura	.5 m	1 kg	Large and deep rivers	Worms and meat	Mar. May/Sept. Dec
6.	Fresh Water Eel/Raj Bam	Anguilla bengalensis	3 m	18 kg	River and pools	Frogs and worms	Mar – May/ Sept. – Dec.
7.	River Catfish/ Bachawa	Silondia silondia	.5 m	2.5 kg	River confluence	Worms and meat	Mar – May/ Sept. – Dec
8.	Giant Murrel/ Saur	Channa maurilus	2.5	15	River, stream and lakes	Worms, fish and insects	Feb. – May/Sept to Dec
9.	Mud Eel/Hile Bam	Amphipnous (Monopterus) cuchia	.8 m	1.5 kg	River, stream, lakes and swamps	Meat	Feb. – Apr.
10.	Feather Back/ Patali	Notopterus notopterus	.4 cm	2 kg	River, streams and lakes	Worm, insects and meat	Feb. – May / Sept – Dec
11.	Knife Fish/ Chitala	Notopterus chitala	1 m	8 kg	River, streams and lakes	Worms, insect and meat	Feb. – May / Sept – Dec
12.	Catfish/Buari	Wallago attu	1.8 m	12 kg	River, streams and lakes	Fish, insects and meat	Feb. – June/Sept. – Nov.
13.	Tenger Catfish/ Tengri	Mystus seenghala	.4 m	14 kg	River streams	Fish, insects and meat	Jan – June/Sept. – Nov

Bait species

S.No.	Important fish species as baits		Predatory species
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Common Name
1.	Flying Barb	Esomus danricus	Mahasheer and Catfish
2.	Sucker Head	Garra gotyla	Mahasheer
3.	Singhe Catfish	Heteropneustes fossilis	Catfish, Fresh Water Shark ‘Buster’
4.	River Barb	Puntius chillinoides	Copper Mahasheer
5.	Gravel Catfish	Glyptothorax telchitta	Mahasheer
6.	Torrent Minnow	Barilius sps	Mahasheer