Take them with you to the office, class, or on your journeys around the globe. Capture your memories, thoughts, sketches and more on handmade paper crafted in Nepal.
New · Heritage Deluxe Edition
Nepali Companion Notebook – Heritage Deluxe Edition
Our slim softcover Companion, made with our thickest, smoothest paper: 24 pages of 200 gsm lokta made by the washi method, smooth on both sides, in a cover printed with a flower and the word “Notes.” Five colors, in A5 or a 4 × 6 pocket size.
Leather & Wool
Rugged covers of vegetable-tanned water buffalo leather or handmade Himalayan wool felt, built for the trail.
Heritage DeluxeNew
Everest Explorer
Seek the world’s greatest heights. Water buffalo leather, vegetable-tanned with black walnut husks, with a leather tie strap: ready for any adventure.
- Four sizes, 4 × 5.5 to 8 × 10 in
- 96 deckle-edged pages
- Heritage Deluxe paper, 200 gsm
Heritage DeluxeNew
Nepali Traveler
Travel the globe, or use it for adventures at home. A wrap-around cover with a leather closure, in Dark Walnut Heritage leather or handmade Nature’s Wool felt.
- 5 × 8 in
- 96 deckle-edged pages
- Heritage Deluxe paper in the leather edition
Nepali Yeti Tracker
Rough and tough, and up for the toughest adventures: handmade wool felt from Himalayan sheep, or leather, around our extra-thick “Epic” lokta.
- 5 × 8 or 8 × 10 in
- 84 deckle-edged pages
- Epic lokta, twice as thick
The Annapurna foothills, Nepal
Every Page Made by Hand
Every journal is made with lokta, a tree-free paper handmade in the high villages of the Himalayas for over 1,000 years.
Lokta Hardcovers
Hardcovers wrapped in vegetable-dyed lokta paper, from square to letter size.
Nepali Collector
A special combination of leather and lokta: a hand-stitched leather spine beside a vegetable-dyed lokta hardcover.
- Busy Bee, Terra Cotta, Dark Walnut
- 5 × 8 or 6 × 9 in
- 96 deckle-edged pages
Nepali Keeper
Multiple sizes and colors make the Keeper a versatile journal for notes, sketches and writing, and a great gift.
- Busy Bee, Sage, Terra Cotta, Dark Walnut
- 5 × 7, 6 × 9 or 10 × 9 in
- 96 deckle-edged pages
Nepali Namaste
Perfect for reflection. Collect your thoughts, dreams and inspirations in a two-tone, vegetable-dyed lokta hardcover.
- Sage, Terra Cotta, Dark Walnut
- 6 × 6 or 6 × 9 in
- 96 deckle-edged pages
Nepali Eco
A 5 × 8 vintage notebook with deckle-edged pages and a two-tone, vegetable-dyed cover, sized for a bag or a desk drawer.
- Forest Green, Terra Cotta, Dark Walnut
- 5 × 8 in
- 96 deckle-edged pages
Nepali Eco Clean-cut
Where rustic meets utility: a 6 × 9 hardcover with clean-cut pages, in Standard paper or Epic paper twice as thick.
- Walnut, Forest Green, Forest Bliss, Rustic Curry
- 6 × 9 in
- 80 clean-cut pages, Standard or Epic
Softcovers
Light, flexible covers that slip into a bag or a pocket.
New
Companion Heritage Deluxe
Our slim Companion, made deluxe: extra-thick pages smooth on both sides, in a softcover printed with a flower and the word “Notes.”
- Five colors
- A5 or Pocket 4 × 6 in
- 24 pages, Heritage Deluxe 200 gsm
Nepali Companion
A slim softcover that makes notes on the go easy, in Pocket, Medium and Large sizes, perfect for any adventure.
- Sage, Dark Walnut, Terra Cotta
- 3.5 × 5, 5.5 × 8.5 or 8.5 × 11 in
- 48 clean-cut pages
Nepali Wayfinder
Capture your thoughts, sketches and adventures while honoring Nepal’s paper-making tradition: a light softcover with a stitched spine, around Epic pages twice as thick as our standard.
- Walnut, Sage, Terra Cotta
- 5 × 8 in
- 84 deckle-edged Epic pages
Side by side
Compare the Journals
| Journal | Cover | Sizes | Pages | Paper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everest Explorer New | Walnut-tanned buffalo leather | Small, Medium, Large, XL | 96 | Heritage Deluxe, 200 gsm |
| Nepali Traveler New | Buffalo leather or wool felt | 5 × 8 in | 96 | Heritage Deluxe 200 gsm (leather) or standard lokta (wool) |
| Nepali Yeti Tracker | Wool felt or leather | 5 × 8 or 8 × 10 in | 84 | Epic lokta, twice as thick |
| Nepali Collector | Leather spine, lokta boards | 5 × 8 or 6 × 9 in | 96 | Standard lokta |
| Nepali Keeper | Lokta hardcover | 5 × 7, 6 × 9, 10 × 9 in | 96 | Standard lokta, 75–80 gsm |
| Nepali Namaste | Two-tone lokta hardcover | 6 × 6 or 6 × 9 in | 96 | Standard lokta |
| Nepali Eco | Two-tone lokta hardcover | 5 × 8 in | 96 | Standard lokta |
| Nepali Eco Clean-cut | Two-tone lokta hardcover | 6 × 9 in | 80 | Standard 75–80 gsm or Epic 150–160 gsm |
| Companion Heritage Deluxe New | Flower-print lokta softcover | A5 or 4 × 6 in | 24 | Heritage Deluxe, 200 gsm |
| Nepali Companion | Vegetable-dyed lokta softcover | 3.5 × 5, 5.5 × 8.5, 8.5 × 11 in | 48 | Standard lokta |
| Nepali Wayfinder | Two-tone lokta softcover, stitched spine | 5 × 8 in | 84 | Epic lokta, twice as thick |
Why we make journals
Write it Down
Travel changes us. A market at first light, a ridge above the clouds, a stranger who turns out to be a friend. The moments arrive faster than we can hold them, and writing them down, even a few lines at the end of the day, is how they stay.
There is a quiet that comes with putting pen to paper. The day slows, the noise settles, and what mattered rises to the surface. Journaling is less about recording than about noticing, and in the noticing there is a kind of peace.
Later, the pages do more than remind. They help us recall the feel of a place, make sense of what it asked of us, and see how far we have come. And one day they become something to hand on: a parent’s road, a grandparent’s mountains, told in their own hand.
That is why our journals are made with lokta, a paper that has carried sacred texts for a thousand years and holds up on the trail as well as it does on a shelf. Tough, soft to the touch and unlike anything else, it is made to be written in today and treasured for generations.
Which journal is right for you?
Questions about which journal might be best for your needs? Ask away, and we’ll get back to you as fast as we can (usually within one business day).