The Waiting Land is a book by Irish author Dervla Murphy.

It was first published by John Murray in 1967[1] and has been described as one of the top ten books about the Himalayas.

[2] The Waiting Land is the third in a trilogy of books, following on from Full Tilt and Tibetan Foothold, describing Murphy's involvement with the self-sufficient mountain cultures of the Himalayas.

Lured by the chance to work again with Tibetan refugees in the Pokhara Valley, Murphy moves into a tiny room above a stall in a bazaar.

The book culminates with a trek to the remote Langtang region on the border with Tibet.