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Travel Within Nepal

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lly, treks, tours and expeditions begin and end at points which are road/airheads but these can be adversely affected by bad weather, especially in remote areas or airstrips. The airstrips at Lukla, Phaplu, Jomsom and Dolpo which serve most of the higher trekking regions are those which can be affected.

So we strongly recommend that you should arrange your itinerary to allow for a minimum of two nights in Kathmandu after your treks and before your international flight back home.

Air travel in Nepal

While most of your travel within Nepal will be on foot (!), reaching your trek jump-off points are facilitated by domestic air flights with connections from Kathmandu to: Biratnagar, Pokhara, Lukla, Bhojpur, Lamidanda, Tumlingtar, Suketar, Dolpo, Manang, Jumla and Simikot. Nowadays, there are numerous domestic airlines offering services to these points.

Helicopter travel

In recent years, helicopters have proved to be invaluable means of fast transportation in Nepal, carrying cargo and passengers to remote regions or evacuating injured or sick people from mountain trails to hospitals in Pokhara or Kathmandu. There are no scheduled passenger services but one can charter an AS 350 B3, AS 350 B, AS 350 B2 or a BELL 206 B3 Jet Ranger for between US$ 1,900 to US$ 2,500 per flight hour, to any possible destination.

Mountain flights

Apart from actually trekking on the mountains, one can get panoramic views of the stupendous Himalayan peaks from the air. Hour-long mountain flights from Kathmandu in 15 to 30-seater turbo plane flights take off every clear, dry-season, morning between October and April. The flight cost is 100% refundable (if bad weather cancels a flight or a seat on the next flight) but an unforgettable experience of seeing 8,000 meter mountains right up close!!

Road travel

Mountain-bikers will love Nepal! Especially in the Annapurna region. In the towns and cities, bicycles and mo-bikes are available on hire, for free and easy travel to attractive sights-to-see.

Buses are the main, and cheapest, mode of public travel in Nepal, even though they may be shake, rattle and roll half the time. But buses have also proved mighty useful in bridging cultural gaps! You could easily make a life-long friendship with the fellow next to you who is carrying a couple of chickens!! There are of course, the more posh and comfortable tourist buses run by tour agencies for trips to say, Pokhara, Chitwan, Lumbini, etc.

There are no self-drive car hire services in Nepal but hire a vehicle with a driver, or a mo-bike and you can travel easy. However, make sure, you are adequately covered by insurance.

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