The Last Resort Nepal is a great adventure base close to the Nepal Tibet Border. Not only can you do adventure activities like bungee jumping, canyoning, and white water rafting, it’s possible to do some quiet hikes up the various hills around to explore. Here are all the great things to do at the Last Resort Nepal:
Location of the Last Resort Nepal
The Last Resort is a 4 hour drive northeast of Kathmandu, along the Friendship Highway. Note you have to take all of your bags across a suspension bridge that’s 160 meters (about 500 feet) above the river below… the same bridge used for Bungee Jumping.
The Last Resort Amenities
In addition to adventure activities, the resort has a spa, sauna, massages, and plunge pool.
The Last Resort Plunge Pool
The Last Resort Glamping Tents
The glamping “tent” is very posh – a canvas army tent the size of a hotel room with a slanted tin roof build overhead. There is a full and a twin bed, luggage rack, and table. Outside is a cement veranda with a couple lounge chairs.
I got amazing sleep last night – slept nearly 11 hours with the sound of the roaring river, pounding rain, and sounds of the jungle.
The Last Resort Nepal Food
Our stay at the Last Resort included breakfast and dinner each day. We had a really good buffet breakfast -bowls of papaya, yogurt, and museli – lots of energy for a day of hiking and activities. Dinners are healthy too – meat and lots of vegetables, but the food is in no way Nepali food. A sample dinner that I had during my stay was mushroom buffalo dish, eggplant salad, lots of veggies, and custard desert.
Hike to Your Hearts Content
There are hikes in every direction from the Last Resort. It seems like most people at the Last Resort just come for adventure activities, so you will probably have the trails to yourself and the locals. Hike up in the rice terraces to get great views of waterfalls and a viewpoint of the suspension bridge where the people bungee and canyon swing.
Canyon Swing and Bungee Jumping
I have bungee jumped a couple times in my life so I decided against it. But when I realized it was possible to do the world’s highest Canyon Swing, I had to do it because I like to try everything once. A few minutes after deciding to do it, I inquired about getting on the canyon swing . They said sure – and I could jump in 10 minutes! Without thinking about it too much, I signed a waiver form that said I had no heart conditions along with other disclaimers about what I was getting myself into. I handed my big camera off to someone on my trip and took my little hand/waterproof camera and strapped it on my watch. I walked out on the suspension bridge – 160 meters above the river (about 500 feet) and looked down. The bungee master put a climber’s harness on me and made sure it was really tight. They hooked the canyon swing onto me with 3 caribiners and checked them. The bungee master walked me out the “plank” and I hung my toes over the edge. He gave me a few last minute tips and then started the countdown…”3…2…1″ by the “2” I started to scream a little and at “1” I jumped off the edge. After 7 seconds of free fall, I eased into a swing, as I swang back and forth in the canyon. I took out my camera and took a few pictures, including some cute “selfies”. Eventually, a rope across the bottom was raised and I needed to grap ahold of it and pull myself to a ladder on the canyon side. As I pulled up to the ladder, my shorts got caught on a screw and I was stuck! I used one hand to hold onto the rope and the other to free my shorts.
The bottom of the gorge was great. I took some photos of the white water rapids below and then started the steep hike to the top. After all, if you swing 500 feet down, you need to hike the 500 feet back to the top!
Just swingin’…post jump!
Go Canyoning
Canyoning is a combination of abseiling/rappelling and sliding down waterfalls. I had never abseiled before so why not just abseil down waterfalls for my first time?!? The gear was pretty serious. First we put on a thermal suit. Then put on a wet suit. This was covered with a contraption that looked like half a yellow diaper in the back with harness in the front. They added a thick leather fingerless glove for our right (guiding hand) and a bright orange helmet. We were ready to go! We hiked about 10 minutes thru the village outside of the resort and got to a small set of waterfalls. The guide said “Let’s go swimming!” He had us slide down some small waterfalls on our butts. After a few minutes of walking thru the stream and sliding, we got to our first abseil spot. As one of our 3 guides set up the first rope, one of them gave us instructions:
* Hold one part of the rope loosely with your left hand
* Hold another part of the rope more loosely with your right hand.
* The right hand must be held behind the back. This would be my hand that controls the speed.
* If you fall, use your left hand to push off the wall
* Lean back
*RELAX
*DO ALL OF THE ABOVE AT THE SAME TIME.
Our first abseil was the shortest at 10 meters (just over 30 feet). The guides watched carefully on our first descent and gave me the tip that I needed to keep my right hand around my back. On the third abseil and the first big drop (30 meters) I fell and banged my arm on the rocks about half way down and the rope was on the wrong side so the guide had to lower me to the bottom. After that, I got much better and didn’t fall agian. In total, we descended 7 times with falls ranging from 10 meters to the last drop of 45 meters (about 150 feet!) By the time we stopped, we were at the bottom of the canyon. We had to walk us the big hill again (the one I had climbed the prior day after the canyon swing), but this time it was in the sun and we had on soaking wetsuits, weighing well over 10 lbs. Somewhere on the way from the canyon to the campground, I got a leech on my foot. I had never seen leeches before, but nearly everyone on the trip has had a leech in the last couple days.
Visit Small Villages
Along the many hikes around the Last Resort Nepal are many little villages. One day we headed up a trail. Along the way, we were approached by a local who offered to give us a tour of the local school since he was a teacher there. Kids go to school 5.5 days per week, with Friday afternoon and Saturday off. Since they only had a half day today, some of the kids were absent but normally they have 50 children at this school for grades kindergarten to 5th grade. It was interesting to see the classrooms and types of things they were learning about – from the solar system (in Nepali), math, and English. The children were pretty shy. Even though the school was so close to the tourist site of The Last Resort, we don’t think many tourist get out that direction.
We kept climbing the hill waiting for a great viewpoint and it was steep! Yet, locals with large packages sometimes passed us. They were fascinated with us soaking ourselves in the local shared water faucets – really needed for such a hot day.
After climbing and climbing we found a HUGE tree at the top of the hill and a great rock beneath – a great spot to stop our rough, hot hike. Everyone agreed that they had reached their limit.
However, I got a second wind and really wanted to see the waterfall so they agreed to wait as I hiked a bit further. The additional hike I did took me on pretty flat trail, through the fields, past a small grotto.
The view of the falls was so-so but it was worth the additional walk. I returned to the big tree and after a drink of water, we headed back down the hill. We heard lots of thunder as we descended the hill, but luckily the rain stayed away. We would have hated walking down the hill if it were wet.
Check out the Honeycombs
There is a short walk down the road to see the interesting honeycombs in the rock cliff north of the Last Resort
Have an Everest Beer at the Last Resort Bar
This speaks for itself. The most popular beer in Nepal is Everest Beer, with a picture of the mountain on the bottle. You can get cold beers, enjoy the music, socialize, and play board games in the Last Resort Bar.
Where to Stay Near the Last Resort
As an alternative to the Last Resort, you can stay at the borderlands just a few miles south. I stayed there one night and they have a better pool and Nepali food. It’s a bit cheaper than the Last Resort. (Check Rates and availability)
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