The incredible landscape pales in comparison to the warmth and friendliness of the Nepalese people. The country is a complex melange of different ethnic groups each with a distinctive lifestyle and cultural flavor and dialect.

Nepal having a population of more than 27 million people is made of different races and ethnic groups living in different regions, with diverse culture, languages and dialects better known as Nepalis. The term 'Nepali' encompasses a tremendous range of people, which consists of three layers: the Himalayas, the midlands or Pahar zone, and the Terai. The lifestyles and agriculture of the ethnic groups in each zone are adapted to suit the physical constraints of their environment

The Mongoloids who mainly constitute of the Rais, Limbus, Tamangs, Gurungs, Thakalis, inhabit the slopes of the west and eastern mid hills. As you go higher up you come across hardy mountain people of Tibetan descent like the Sherpas. Lopas and the Dolpa pas whose domain are the highest habitable regions of the Himalayas. The indigenous people of the Kathmandu valley, the Newars constitute an important ethnic group of the capital. Tharus, Yadava, Satars, Rajvanshis and Dhimals inhabit the plains while the Brahmins, Chhetris and Thakuris, all of whom are of Aryan descent, are scattered throughout the country.