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Well, not many know much about this tiny landlocked country sandwiched between the two most populated countries in the world, although some know it as the home to the world’s tallest mountain Mount Everest and other giant Himalayan mountains.
Nepal has been an enigma to the western world and intriguing to everyone.
Whether you are looking for some Nepal travel inspiration or you want captions for your photos from your Nepal trip, in this post you will find beautiful Nepal quotes, quotes about Nepal that capture history and culture, funny Nepal quotes and also captions for Instagram.
Keep scrolling to take your picks for the best Nepal quotes.
BEST NEPAL QUOTES
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Let’s start with the best Nepal quotes that will give us introductions to the country.
Enjoy these inspirational quotes about Nepal.
‘Heaven is a myth, Nepal is real.’
‘She told me Pokhara is so beautiful that you will experience a myriad of unforgettable moments. You will never be able to get enough of Pokhara.’ ― Avijeet Das
‘Meandering cows, tenacious bicyclers, belching taxis, rickshaws, fearless pedestrians and the occasional mobile ‘cigarette and sweets’ stand all fought our taxi for a room on the narrow two-lane road turned local byway.’ – Jennifer S. Alderson
‘I have spent time in many of the world’s popular wilderness locations and I would say Nepal should be proud. It is an example of man repairing the damage he has done.’ – Ben Fogle
‘Sunlight streamed through grumbling storm clouds that played like tiger kittens around the mountain ridges.’ ― Jane Wilson-Howarth
‘The way to Everest is not a yellow brick road.’ – John Krakauer
‘To me, Nepal is wondrous. It is full of ancient stories and beautiful temples, not to mention the world’s most magnificent mountain range. I have travelled the dangerous narrow winding roads between Kathmandu and Pokhara on the roof of a bus, the driver travelling at breakneck speed and the ground dropping away hundreds of metres below us. I have walked to Annapurna Base Camp and swum in the Pokhara Lake while looking at the Himalayas above.’ – Peter Kuruvita
‘When we reached the prayer flags and a pile of rocks that marked the highest point on the pass, the view was brilliant. There was hardly a cloud in the sky. To the south, we could see rolling foothills: the gentle ups and downs that we’d walked through. Some of the hillsides were red or purple with rhododendron blossoms. To the west and east, there was a muddle of ridges and spurs. To the north, there were several mighty snow-capped animals. The real Himalayan giants were mostly east of where we stood. We were a very long way from anywhere. We were a very long way from help.’ ― Jane Wilson-Howarth
‘Namaste. It was a Nepalese greeting. It meant: The light within me bows to the light within you.’ – Jennifer Donnelly
NEPAL TRAVEL QUOTES
While many trekkers head to Nepal every year, not many know that it is one of the destinations that you can plan a trip even if you are not into hiking at all.
Nepal has a lot of secluded villages tucked at the foot of the Himalayan mountains, gorgeous valleys with streams, glacial lakes and rivers, towns rich in history and folklore, Buddhist pagodas and viewpoints that offer stunning sunrise and sunset views, like Nagarkot or Pokhara.
So if you want to go off the beaten path into the lap of the Himalayas, away from civilization, you should plan a trip to Nepal.
Below are some of Nepal quotes that beautifully describe travelling around the country.
‘I’ve been to Nepal, but I’d like to go to Tibet. It must be a wonderful place to go to. I don’t think there’s anything there, but it would be a nice place to visit.’ – David Attenborough
‘A brief visit to Nepal started my insatiable love for Asian art.’ – Richard Ernst
‘The kingdom of Nepal is a landlocked country bordered by Tibet on the north and India to the east, west, and south. It is well-known as the birthplace of Buddha and for the Himalayas. Although it is a small country, it contains the greatest variation in altitude on earth, from the lowlands of the Tarai in the south to the world’s tallest mountain, Mt. Everest (29,028 feet).’ – Jyoti Pathak
‘In my early days, absorbed in the rooftops, I imagined a giant photographic collage, requiring at least three or four rolls of film. I would perch on the water tank, seven storeys above the street, zooming in and out on different elements to heighten the already jumbled effect, and compose a great wheel of all the roofs around me inside the ring of hills. I called the idea ‘Kathmandu Mandala’ and I only completed one section I didn’t realize that the city was already seen as a mandala by its residents.’ – Thomas Bell
‘If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.’- Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
‘A holiday vacation can mean sampling all kinds of new cuisine – whether it’s Uncle Joe’s award-winning chilli or the exotic flavours of Nepal. If your little ones are fussy, be sure to ease mealtime hassles by bringing along a supply of the familiar foods they’re accustomed to rejecting at home.’ – Adam Mansbach
‘A Glimpse of Eternal Snows celebrates Nepali wildlife: a smooth grey boulder lifts its head to become a rhinoceros; a langur look-out hysterically grunts the alarm from the treetop as a tiger merges into the dappled scrub, and a menacing mantis makes her home in the makeshift bathroom and refuses to become a pet.’ – Jane Wilson Howarth
‘The stupa is a white dome with a conical stone tower emerging from its centre. There are two eyes painted on the tower, the all-seeing eyes of Buddha. They’re purple, and look a little sinister, like an Old Testament Buddha.’ ― Joshua Isard
‘We found a smooth inviting boulder under a vast banyan tree and sat in companionable silence. There unexpectedly, on that rock, I saw the secret of contentment. True happiness is only ever possible if you have been unhappy. And there, at that moment, I couldn’t remember the last time I had felt so peaceful. It wouldn’t have been possible for me to take in any more happiness. Moti turned to me and smiled as if she knew. I realised then that this moment and this wonderful feeling would sustain me for a long, long time.’ ― Jane Wilson-Howarth
QUOTES ABOUT NEPAL CULTURE
Being one of the smallest countries in the world, not many know much about Nepal apart from the fact that it is home to the world’s tallest mountain.
Below are some of Nepal quotes that tell us about their unique culture, ways of life and traditions that not many know.
‘I like the way Nepalis point by pouting their lips; they reckon pointing with a finger is rude.’ – Jane Wilson-Howarth
‘I laughed at myself for getting so peeved. It did not matter that it had taken a week for the tailor to make the mattress. I had the time and so did everyone else: time was the one resource everyone was rich in and generous within Nepal. How maladjusted of me not to recognize this.’― Jane Wilson-Howarth
‘The Gurkha keeps faith not only with his fellow men but with great spiritual concepts, and above all, with himself.’ – John Masters
‘In Nepal, the quality of conversation is much more important than the accuracy of the content. Maybe we get overexcited about information in England?’ ― Jane Wilson-Howarth
‘If I were pressed to give one reason, one specific observation of why life in Nepal seems so much more vivid than life anywhere else, I would answer with a single word: time. There is a quality to time spend in Nepal that can only be described as an inhalant. Back home in the Wild West, time whips by with the relentless and terrible purpose of a strangling vine filmed in fast motion. A week, two months, ten years snap past like amnesia, a continual barrage of workdays, appointments, dinner dates and laundromats, television shows and video cassettes, parking meters, paydays and phone calls. You can watch it from Asia. You read the newspapers, you think about your friends back home – marching along in the parade of events – and you know it’s still happening. It’s happening there. On the other side.
Yesterdays, Todays and tomorrows are tumbling after each other like Sambo and the tiger, blending into an opaque and viscous ooze. There is no such thing as now; only a continual succession of laters, whipping their tendrils around the calendar. The clutches of the vine. In Nepal, the phenomenon is reversed. Time is a stick of incense that burns without being consumed. One day can seem like a week; a week, like months. Mornings stretch out and crack their spines with the yogic impassivity of house cats. Afternoons bulge with a succulent ripeness, like fat peaches. There is time enough to do everything – write a letter, eat breakfast, read the paper, visit a shrine or two, listen to the birds, bicycle downtown, change money, buy postcards, shop for Buddhas – and arrive home in time for lunch.’ – Jeff Greenwald
Some more beautiful Nepali quotes about culture and Nepali quotes about life for you.
‘A blend of Indian and Tibetan influences, Nepalese cuisine is simple, subtle and satisfying. Lentils and rice form the base of most meals, with herbs, vegetables and meats adding a mix of fresh and smoky flavours.’ – Peter Kuruvita
‘I recognised just how different Alexander was from children raised in Britain. The most obvious distinctions were his maturity and broadness of view. He hadn’t lost his innocence or childish ability to play, but he enjoyed conversations with adults, and he saw no problem in playing with any child of any age. He was wonderfully gentle with the little ones. He was never fazed by differences, and cultural diversity was of interest rather than a reason for prejudice, though, – like our Nepali friends – he liked to classify people.’ ― Jane Wilson-Howarth
‘Tourists who come to Nepal look at terraced fields and see their beauty but remain blind to the hard labour they extract from tillers.’ – Manjushree Thapa
‘Why do you foreigners like trekking so much?’ Rajesh, like most status-conscious Kahmanduites, couldn’t see the point. Nepalis only trek for a purpose – a pilgrimage, visiting relatives or for work. ‘And who’s looking after the children while you are away?’ – Jane Wilson-Howarth
‘Given Nepal’s vast geographic and cultural diversity, it is difficult to generalize about what constitutes Nepali cuisine. It is, however, characterized by its simplicity, lightness and healthfulness. A typical meal uses only the freshest local ingredients, minimal fat, and an artful combination of herbs and spices. This balanced cuisine is just waiting for discovery.’ – Jyoti Pathak
‘The term ‘pashmina’ is often used interchangeably with ‘cashmere,’ but in reality, pashmina is a specific type of very fine, lofty cashmere, woven from a specific type of goat – one indigenous to northern India, Nepal, and Pakistan, and harvested and woven there as well.’ – Hanya Yanagihara
‘I reckon that blaming people fixes nothing. You’re the only person who is going to sort you out. No-one else really can – or really cares, enough. That’s what Nepalis know – better than anyone. That’s our Western disease. Don’t take responsibility. Take on a lawyer!’ ― Jane Wilson-Howarth
‘A Nepali outlook, pace and philosophy had prevented us from being swamped by our problems. In Nepal, it was easier to take life day by day.’ -Jane Wilson-Howarth
‘I enjoy load shedding in Nepal when it allows me to witness the dancing of fireflies in the next field, and at the same time to hear children playing a chanting clapping game because there is no TV to waste their time on.’ – Andrew James Pritchard
‘I think of the irony that in our language [Nepali] the word for love can also mean deceit.’ – Jane Wilson-Howarth
‘She was a different person when she sang. Her singing was a deep, yearning subconscious desire to go back to a time when the Nepali identity wasn’t sullied by external forces.’ ― Samrat Upadhyay
‘Although Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, it is known for its hospitality. Guests are always looked upon as gods and Nepalese consider it an honour to welcome visitors, including strangers and passersby, and treat them with kindness and courtesy. In Nepal, food is a constant topic of conversation and no meal is complete without an extended discussion about the food, such as how it is cooked, how it is served, and recent meals.’ – Jyoti Pathak
NEPAL INSTAGRAM CAPTIONS
Below are some fantastic Nepal quotes that are perfect Nepal Instagram captions that will go with your photos of the Himalayas or delicious food or the cities.
‘Nepal – Once is not enough’
‘Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains.’ – Jeffrey Rasley
‘You can take my body out of Nepal but you can never take my soul and Heart from a Nepal .’ ― Suraj Dahal
‘If Nepal is to become a new Nepal, she must first become free from ethnic segregation.’ ― Santosh Kalwar
‘No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time.’ – Edmund Hillary
When in Nepal, I never say no to second helpings! I always want momo.
‘Wherever there was a scrap of soil amongst the ravaged crags, emaciated trees struggled to cling on: a poignant metaphor for the way so many Nepalis eke out an existence, defiantly surviving on less than nothing.’ ― Jane Wilson-Howarth
‘Everest has always been a magnet for kooks, publicity seekers, hopeless romantics and others with a shaky hold on reality.’ ― Jon Krakauer
‘Nepal’s cuisine draws on influences from north and south and encompasses a diversity of dishes, from hearty mountain broths to delicate Indian-style desserts. As with everything from architecture to religion in Nepal, the local cuisine draws on influences from either side of the Himalayas and then creates something distinctly Nepalese from these contrary currents. In wayside tea stalls and elaborate palace restaurants the length of the country you’ll catch a hint of Indian spice, an echo of Chinese technique and an underpinning of Tibetan heartiness. The cuisine is often defined by altitude: the staples change as the continent rises towards Himalayan heights, from tangy Indian pickles and traces of Mughal influence in the Terai, to pounded barley and butter tea in the trans-Himalaya.’ – Insight Guides
QUOTES ABOUT EVEREST
You can’t run through Nepal quotes without talking about its iconic Everest, the jewel of the country and the heart of the land.
It is not any mountain to the locals but is a sacred mother that’s worshipped, feared and guarded.
There is so much hidden in these mountains surrounding this magnificent peak about which we know nothing, including its inhabitants.
I did a trek to Poon Hill, a part of Annapurna mountains, another set of Himalayan mountains, and it remains one of the most fascinating hikes to me.
Waking up amidst the snow-capped peaks and watching the light golden sunrise over them in the freezing mornings is an experience that you don’t come across every day!
Below are some of my favourite Nepal quotes and Mount Everest Quotes that will entice many emotions.
‘The mountains were so wild and so stark and so very beautiful that I wanted to cry. I breathed in another wonderful moment to keep safe in my heart.’ – Jane Wilson-Howarth, Snowfed Waters
‘With enough determination, any bloody idiot can get up this hill,” Hall observed. “The trick is to get back down alive.’ ― Jon Krakauer
‘But there are men for whom the unattainable has a special attraction. Usually, they are not experts: their ambitions and fantasies are strong enough to brush aside the doubts which more cautious men might have. Determination and faith are their strongest weapons. At best such men are regarded as eccentric; at worst, mad.’ ― Jon Krakauer
‘Once Everest was determined to be the highest summit on earth, it was only a matter of time before people decided that Everest needed to be climbed.’ ― Jon Krakauer
‘This forms the nub of a dilemma that every Everest climber eventually comes up against: in order to succeed you must be exceedingly driven, but if you’re too driven you’re likely to die.’ ― Jon Krakauer
‘We were too tired to help. Above 8,000 meters is not a place where people can afford morality’ ― Jon Krakauer
‘Suffice it to say that Everest has the steepest ridges and appalling precipices that I have ever seen and that all the talk of an easy snow slope is a myth. My darling this is a thrilling business altogether, I can’t tell you how it possesses me, and what a prospect it is. And the beauty of it all! George Leigh Mallory, in a letter to his wife, June 28, 1921.’ ― Jon Krakauer
These Nepal quotes about Everest can’t get better when they are from a person that has made it to the summit and back in one of the deadliest treks to the mountain, Jon Krakauer.
If you are fascinated by these quotes, you should check out his book ‘Into Thin Air’, which is based on his true story of the climbing of the Everest – It is a moving and a chilling read.
‘Although I’d ascended hundreds of mountains, Everest was so different from anything I’d previously climbed that my powers of imagination were insufficient for the task. The summit looked so cold, so high, so impossibly far away. I felt as though I might as well be on an expedition to the moon.’ ― Jon Krakauer
‘Solitude was a rare commodity on Everest, and I was grateful to be granted a bit of it on this day, in such a remarkable setting.’ ― Jon Krakauer
‘The Valley was settled, civilised and debauched – a depthless lake levelling out to a cluster of paddy-fringed temple cities that eventually merged into a sprawling dust bowl of a metropolis. Today the Bagmati River has shrunk to a snail’s trail of gooey sewage. Modern-day Kathmandu festers around it, three million souls crouched across 900 square kilometres, hoarding the fat of the land from, awaiting the day of reckoning.’ – Rabi Thapa
‘I have climbed Everest from the Nepal route and the China route. The other routes are too hard for me. So I don’t think I can climb Everest again.’ – Tamae Watanabe
‘On my first day, the haze stopped me from seeing beyond the rooftops. That night-dogs fighting in the street seemed so loud than in my half-sleep I dreamt they were in the passage outside, crashing against my hotel room door. In the morning, I was surprised to see the hills so close. It was months before the true mountains were revealed behind the filthy air.’ – Thomas Bell
‘I quickly came to understand that climbing Everest was primarily about enduring pain. And in subjecting ourselves to a week after week of toil, tedium, and suffering, it struck me that most of us were probably seeking, above all else, something like a state of grace.’ ― Jon Krakauer
‘Bravest of the brave, most generous of the generous, never had a country more faithful friends than you.’ – Sir Ralph Turner MC
FUNNY NEPAL QUOTES
Here are some funny Nepali quotes that will make you giggle. These Nepal quotes are perfect for humorous captions.
‘Did you hear about the hit and run in Nepal? They found Himalayan in the street!’
‘Do you know what’s pretty big in Nepal? – Mount Everest.’
‘Nepal is furious at Canada for legalizing weed. Because Canada has just taken its spot as the highest nation on the planet.’
‘I walked past a temple in Nepal and a Monk blew smoke in my face. I couldn’t believe it. I was incensed.’
What is a restaurant called in Nepal? Mount Everestaurant.
‘What did one milk packet say to the other? – What’s up, dudh?’
My friend moved to Nepal immediately after graduation to be a Sherpa.
He’s now living the high life!
NEPAL QUOTES AND PUNS
Below are some of the fun Nepal quotes that are also puns. Use these Nepali puns for fun in your captions about the cities, food, Everest and more.
A Catwoman doesn’t know the capital of Nepal but Kathmandu!
The beauty here is simply Nepaling!
The mountains in Nepal are just hill areas.
Today we hit our peak. It’s all downhill from here!
Everest Base Camp has peak-ed my interest.
Why did cat-woman’s partner insist on vacationing in Nepal? Because that’s where the cat-man *do*
Today, I feel like the Luklaiest person on Earth.
Having a very rice day in Nepal!
Ending this list of amazing Nepal quotes with this super pun
And they lived happily Everest after.
That’s a wrap for the amazing Nepal quotes. Hope you got the best quotes about Nepal. If you have more Nepal quotes that you would like to share, let me know in the comments below.
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