Maps designed specifically for the trekker, presenting the topography by line drawings of mountain ridges, with main peaks & passes shown with their height above sea level. The maps also show rivers & settlements & clearly indicate trekking routes. On the reverse are descriptions of suggested routes & other information about the area. ...

Nepal on three maps at 1:500, 000 from the Nepa Maps (Himalayan Map House) designed to present the country’s river network classified according to the suitability for white water rafting & kayaking, with water volume profiles, etc. Each title shows the river network graded into five classes. Additional panels list rivers with rafting & kayaking summaries, providing stretch-by stretch information about class, volume, scenery, number of days, etc. Also provided are month-by-month profiles of high & low water ratios. The maps have relief shading to show Nepal’s topography & present the country’s network of roads & tracks, with symbols highlighting locations of local airports, campsites & other tourist accommodation, various places of interest, etc. The maps are indexed & have latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 30’. All the information is in English. ...

Nepa Maps series providing extensive coverage of trekking areas of Nepal on detailed contoured maps with trekking routes & hiking trails, huts & camp sites, local places of interest & other tourist information. Cartography is based on the country’s topographic survey, with contours usually at 40m or 50m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, colouring & graphics to show various features of the terrain, including glaciers, forested or cultivated areas, etc. Numerous peaks, with additional spot heights, plus names of glaciers & mountain ranges are prominently shown. The network of rivers, streams & lakes is shown in great detail, with many smaller rivers & lakes named. Overprint highlights main trekking routes & numerous local trails, with symbols indicating various places of interest & tourist facilities. Most maps are indexed & include additional information such as route profiles, glossaries, etc. All the information is in English & heights are given in metres.* For more information see individual descriptions.* ...

The Great Himalaya Trail (GHT) series of maps at 1:100, 000 from Newgrove Consultants covering the course of GHT’s High Route on nine contoured maps printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper. The base map, derived from satellite imagery, has contours at 200m intervals enhanced by relief shading & colouring to show glaciers, the snow line at 6000m, barren l&, forests, etc. Numerous spot heights are marked in the high-laying areas, but not very many & in places none on the south side of the trail. Important peaks & mountain passes are prominently marked. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are also shown. The High Route of the GHT is clearly highlighted & adjoining local routes are divided into main trails & footpaths. Icons indicate locations of campsites & hotels/lodges, health posts, stupas, gompas & mani walls both along the GHT itself & in other locations on the map. Settlements are graded into large towns, towns, villages & small villages. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 5’. All information is in English. Seven of the maps are double-sided, with the last three maps covering the easternmost part of the country from Rolwaling Himal & Mt Everest to Kanchenjunga on single-sided maps. PEASE NOTE: Sheet No. 1, Far West, covers an area outside the course of the High Route. It shows the route of the Lower Great Himalaya Trail. According to the publishers’ notes: “ The maps have been created & published by Newgrove Consultants on behalf of The Great Himalaya Trail Development Programme which is funded by the UK Department for International Development & managed by SNV Netherland’s Development Organization. United Nations World Tourism Organization through its “ Sustainable Tourism – Eliminating Poverty” programme ahs played a key role in bringing the project into fruition. The maps are based on data from the National Geographic Information Infrastructure Programme (NGIIP) of Nepal. The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) also provided low scale data. Trekkers & guides have been consulted on current routes.” ...

Nepal’s four most popular trekking areas: Mt Everest, the wider Khumbu Himal region, Annapurna & Langtang on indexed, light, waterproof & tear-resistant hiking maps, each with a plan of Kathmandu & an overview map of the whole country. The maps were prepared by the NGS/ Trails Illustrated team responsible for the highly acclaimed hiking maps of national parks in the USA, in cooperation with the Nepa Maps (Himalayan Maphouse), publishers of a wide range of trekking maps of Nepal. Contours (see individual descriptions for details) with additional spot heights, relief shading & colouring for glaciers & forested areas present the topography of each area. The maps show settlements, roads & trekking routes, as well as extensive information for tourists: local airports, lodgings & campsites, numerous places of interest including temples, monasteries, caves, waterfalls, etc. Map ticks at intervals of 1` indicate latitude & longitude. An index of localities

Includes:: a list of peaks, passes & lakes. Sherpa spellings are used within the Khumbu area & Nepali spellings elsewhere in the country. On the reverse of each title, a general road map of the whole of Nepal highlights the country’s national parks & nature reserves. Also included is a street plan of Kathmandu with Patan, plus an enlargement for the central Thamel area of the city. The two plans highlight hotels & guesthouses, restaurants, banks, embassies & consulates, places of interest, etc.

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The Lonely Planet Nepali Phrasebook is not only an extensive list of useful phrases, but also an ideal tool to start getting to grips with a language & beginning two-way communication. Containing excellent sections on language basics such as numbers, question phrases, dates, phrase construction, grammar & pronunciation, as well as containing concise but well-rounded two-way dictionaries, Lonely Planet phrasebooks enable you to quickly & confidently construct your own phrases in addition to those given. The given phrases cover all the essential travel & tourism categories such as transport, communications, business meetings & accommodation, as well as in-depth categories such as health, food & social interaction. The phrasebooks are designed to enable more than just simple question-answer communication, allowing the start of two-way conversations
- putting you comfortably on your way to learning the language & understanding its speakers. True to Lonely Planet
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Nepal’s Far West, map no. 110, at 1:150, 000 on a double-sided, waterproof & tear-resistant trekking map from the Himalayan Map House in their series covering the whole of northern Nepal. The map covers on one side the area from the Rara Lake to Yulsa (Hilsa Pass) & Talkot, extending on the reverse beyond the Api Nampa Conservation Area & the Khaptad National Park to Dadeldura. Highlighted routes include the Rara Lake Circuit, the Khaptad Trek, the Api Trek & several routes connecting then to the two GHT treks: the GHT Cultural Trail & the GHT High Route. Contours are at 80m intervals. The map

Includes:: a route profile of the GHT High Route between Gamgadhi & Hilsa. Cartography in these waterproof editions, first published in 2011, is identical to what Himalayan Map House use in most maps in their other series, published under the Nepa Maps imprint. Contours are at intervals of 80m or 40m (please check individual descriptions), with relief shading plus colouring to show different types of terrain or vegetation. The maps show names of numerous chains, peaks glaciers, valleys, rivers, lakes, etc. Main trekking routes are prominently highlighted, as are selected settlements along them, indicating where tourist accommodation & other services are provided. Also clearly marked are campsites or base camps & various places of interest. The maps also show other local trekking paths, often providing variants or shortcuts to the main routes. The maps are not indexed. Latitude & longitude coordinates are given as margin ticks at 5’ intervals. Unless indicated to the contrary in its individual description, each map also

Includes:: a profile of the main trekking route (s) across its area & provides on the inside cover other relevant information, including stage-by-stage distances & timings. The maps are published on thick, sturdy, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic.* For maps not currently in stock please check availability of corresponding titles in the publishers’ other series under the Nepa Maps imprint. Although printed on paper, most titles are indexed & some are at larger scales and/or include enlargements.



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Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:25, 000 published by the Centro Nacional de Información Geograficá, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic maps at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.PLEASE NOTE: our grid for the whole of Spain is in preparation
- in the meantime, for areas other than those shown on the attached grid please use CNIG’s topographic survey at 1:50, 000 by searching for ‘SI00000832’. Each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 50K map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter & IV = SE quarter. CNIG maps in the Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 survey & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K or 25K title in more detail. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series grid
- for map numbers not yet listed on our website please contact us by email.

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Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...