Sunday, January 9, 2011

Nepal Travel Information

Nepal travel information


Nepal visa regulations:

It is need a valid passport at least 6 months time to get a visa. There is no need a visa for the indian people in Nepal. 
There is a facility for the tibet visa from a Nepal, there is permitted only group visa from a Nepal. For the indian visa you can apply from the indian  embassy of the nepal. those who are from the india to Nepal, for that people have to wait 1 month to get the entry visa for the india. There is no system to take the chinease visa from the nepal, only group tibet visa can possible. 



visa fee

you will get the visa of nepal in kathmandu aiprot or any other entry point of  Arrival.
  • multiple entry 15 days visa fee-usd$ 25(valid for 15 days)
  • More than 15 Days visa fee-usd $40
  • Visa fee is free children below 10 years. 
  •  It is better to bring a change money specially usd Dollar for the visa fee. it will take less time in the airport when you fill a form. you also get a visa nepalese embassy aboard.It need a one copy of photograph to application form. 

Getting to nepal:-
For the Nepal There are both air and surface route linked by air with delhi, varanasi, paro , karachi, frankfurt, paris, munich, london, vienna, amsterdam, Dubai, Hong kong, singapore, Doha, moscow, Abu dhabi, sharjah, osaka, shanghai and lhasa,Amsterdam. Entry point of the surface area are Sunauli, Birgunj, Kakadvitta, from a indian boarder, Kodari and zhangmu from the indian point. 



Time

Nepalese time is a head of the greenwith time , it is more than 5 hours 45 minutes a head and 15 minutes a head from the indian time. 



Electricity
All the city area are electricity in nepal. There are  use 240-220 volt of electricity and 50 cycles in the throughout the country. popular trekking areas of nepal Everest. langtang, annapurna have a electricity facility. In nepal almost area have a round pins, very rarely flat pins to insert the plug. 


Banks /money .ATM
Banks and Atm facility are more  only Katmandu and pokhara. There  are Hotel, money exchanger place, Restaurent can exchange your money. Trekking areas of nepal  Everest, annapurna, langtang also change the money but they give you less, in comparison in kathamndu and pokhara. public Banks are open all day from 10 to 3 pm. government banks are closed all the saturday. Banking facility is more in major city area of nepal. 



Food and Restaurant 
contiental chinease, nepali , indian food are available in nepal



Public holidays
 Evereday saturday is the public holiday in nepal. Almost shop are open even saturday. museum of kathmandu valley are closed on tuesday and other government holiday. 


shopping souvenir

There are lots of souvenir shop in kathamndu. there are tibetan arts such ask thankas(Buddhist painting), singing bowls, tibetan prayer wheel, pashmina, Bracelets,nepalese tea, gurkha knive, Tibetan and Kashmiri carpets, readymade clothes etc. 

Festival

There are diffrent type of the festival in nepal. main festival is dashain and tihar(sept. october).  Lhosar are the tibetan nepalese festival. Shivaratri(march held in pashupatinath temple in kathmandu,Krishna Austhami in August september in Patan Durbar square. Water and color festival Holi  in the march all part of Nepal. Mani Rimdu in november in solukhumbu, Birth day of the buddha(may, it is called buddhajyanti), Gaijatra(August)


custom and duty
The person who have no luggage, they are pass through the green signals door, those who have a dutiable luggage, they are  pass through the red signals. Beside their other personal things they allowed to carry one pair of binoculars, one camera, one laptoop computer, one bottle of liquor, 20 roll cigreate, one lap top computer. 
    In nepal no allowed to buy hundred years of old things. This is not allowed by the archeology department of kathmandu. 
    It is allowed 20 kg  luggage and 7 kg hand carry in the plane from nepal to aboard.  

Your health in Nepal
There are diffrent kind of the medicine available in kathamndu, also pokhara and kathmandu have a good hospital. it is better to do a insurance, and  consider your insurance cover the 
helicopter rescue in the mountain and  high altitudes sickness and Traveling. 

It is better to bring some medical kit box and recommend  following things:-
  • Aspirin for pain or fever. 
  • Antibiotic-useful in the excursion. 
  • Pepto-bismol, imodium or Lomita for the diarrhea.
  • Bandage, handiplast  for minor injuries.
  • Scissors, thermometer
  • water purification tablets , iodine, sustain lotion, bun block, insect repellent
  • Paracetamol
  • Antacid Tablets
  • Diamox for altitude sickness
  • Vitamins
  • Antiseptic, mercurochrome, antibiotic powder.


weather and Temperature:
In nepal short trekking and long trekking. There is no effect for the short trekking. in the monsoon season you can trekking in the rain shadow area such as upper mustang, dolpo. even there are evergreen trekking area in nepal, Ghorepani poon hill , Dhampus pokhara, lower manalsu , nagarkot-chisapani is the Evergreen trekking areas in nepal. 
 Best trekking season in nepal is autuman where is clear sky it is from a september to  November. Second big season in nepal are spring where is possibility to see the beautiful wild flowers. sightseeing tours is possible throughout the year. june july august are the rainy season  this is the best season for the Tibet tour, kaliash tour, lasha tour. 




Airport Tax
Airport tax  of the domestic or internal flight cost only 170 rupees in NEpal.approx. 2.5 usd. 
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