Usually, most of the information on web pages and trekking and travel agencies in Nepal suggests fall and spring seasons are the best times to trek in Nepal but Nepal also offers some of the best monsoon treks as well that offer very peaceful treks without crowds. It is always while the fall season may have the clearest sky, trekking during the summer (from the beginning of June, July, and August) has its rewards. Some treks should be avoided, but for certain areas, it is a great time to visit Nepal: the trails are less crowded, the villages are full of life and the valleys are in bloom and green whereas winter and spring are dry and grey.
Trekking in Nepal during the monsoon season or the summer spans from the beginning of June to August and sometimes until early September has heavy rainfall in most parts of Nepal and the roads and trekking paths become wet and muddy and the weather is the most important factor for the trekking so, there are noticeable risk of landslide, flood and trail and roadblocks on your trekking route so, we have selected only few treks for the season where there is less risk of these factors.
Cultural city tours such as the Kathmandu tour, Pokhara, Lumbini tour, and Safari in Chitwan National Park have no issues and they are accessible and very doable all around the year and some short treks such as the Annapurna Base Camp, Langtang Valley Trek, Mardi Himal Trek, Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek are possible on monsoon in Nepal providing peaceful environment without crowd like in peak seasons, full of green and alpine flowers blossomed with chances of great landscape view.
If you can allow time for a couple of weeks or more; the best places to trek during July and August are Nar Phu Valley, Lower Mustang, A part of Annapurna Circuit, and Manaslu Circuit which are said to be under the rain shadow and low budget trek. Upper Mustang and Upper Dolpa are the best places to trek in monsoon. Trekking in July and August can be best for botanical keens. Wilderness Excursion offers 7 best following monsoon and summer season treks for 2024 and 2025. Find below some packages listed as monsoon treks that can be done through June, July, and August. Though July and August are off-season in Nepal; the advantages of monsoon trekking in Nepal are that you have quiet trails without people, very less trekkers you meet, you get the full attention of the local teahouses as they have fewer customers, and you find more intimacy than in a peak season, overall experience with the local people and culture. Also, the rivers and waterfall are roaring and surging, the fields are green and spring is in bloom. Happy trek with Wilderness Excursion!
