Travel Info

Visa For Nepal

Tribhuvan International Airport is the only international airport of Nepal. Immigration Office, TIA (Tribhuvan International Airport) under Department of Immigration has been facilitating tourists flying to Nepal by providing Visa on Arrival. ‘On Arrival’ visa procedure is very quick and simple. You can expect some queues during peak Tourist season. If you wish to skip those queues, you can also consider getting Visa from Nepalese Diplomatic Missions stationed abroad prior to your arrival. Choice is yours.

 If you have obtained visa from Nepalese Diplomatic Missions, then you must enter Nepal within six months from the visa issued date. Your total stay is counted starting from the day you enter into Nepal.

Visas obtained on Arrival at the Entry and Exit points are ‘Tourist Visas’.  They bear multiple Re entry facility. Tourist Visa ‘On Arrival’ is the only entry visa to Nepal. If you are visiting Nepal for the purposes other than Tourism (sightseeing, tour, travel, mountaineering, trekking, visiting friends and families), you should still get ‘ Tourist Visa’ to get into the country.  However, you must change the category of visa as per your purpose and length of stay in Nepal from Department of Immigration by producing required documents.

Travel Insurance

During times of emergencies like acute altitude sickness or a natural calamity, you might have to be immediately deported in a helicopter. The cost of such deportation is covered by health insurance that needs to be purchased before you start the trek. 

 Altitude sickness

Altitude sickness also termed as High altitude sickness, altitude illness, hypobaropathy altitude bends soroche is the sickness occurs due the rapid exposure to low amount of oxygen at high elevation.

Symptoms

Headache, vomiting, feeling tired, trouble in sleeping, dizziness (feeling such a giddiness or foolishness or impairment in spatial perception and stability)

Unusual onset: within 24 hours

Types:

  1. Acute mountain sickness(AMS)
  2. High altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE)
  3. High altitude cerebral edema (HACE)
  4. Chronic mountain sickness(CMS)
  5. Acute mountain sickness

The sickness which occurs due to being on height above 2500 meters (8000 ft.) though some are affected due at lower altitude is known as acute mountain sickness (AMS).

Causes

Rapid increase in elevation and a high degree of activity

Symptoms

Headache, nausea, vomiting and shortness of breathe

Prevention

  • Gradually increasing elevation by no more than 3000m/day.
  • Decending to a lower altitude
  • Sufficient fluids

Treatment

  • Using ibuprofen, acetazolamide or dexamethasone in mild case for medication.
  • Oxygen therapy
  • Portable hyperbaric bag
  1. High altitude pulmonary edema

General Clothes Recommended

  • Warm jacket – down jacket,
  • Water and windproof jacket (alternatively bring a poncho or umbrella)
  • Long sleeved synthetic fleece (windproof material, if possible)
  • Thermal underwear.
  • Hat, a pair of gloves and a scarf.
  • Comfortable hiking trousers. (loose fitting)
  • Shorts and trousers, or a skirt.
  • 2 pairs of warm wool-blend socks.
  • 2 pairs of running socks or liner socks.
  • Proper hiking boots.
  • Running shoes and flip-flops.
  • 2-3 T-shirts.
  • Water bottle.

Trekking Option in Nepal

  • Solo trekking with private guide and porter.
  • Trekking with the only Guide.
  • Trekking with Guide cum porter.
  • Trekking with Group With guide & Porter.

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