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Booking policy

The total amount to be paid before departure from Katmandu.
In case cancellation of notice should be 15 days before trip departure.
10% will be charge in case of cancellation as a cancellation.
No refund for incomplete trip.

Insurance

We strongly recommend that you take out baggage loss, accident and trip cancellation Insurance. Trip cancellation insurance should reimburse you any non-recoverable air or land expenses should you have to cancel your trip due to personal or family illness as well as cover any emergency evacuation expenses should you become ill during the trip.

Visa

A 60 days visa is available from Katmandu airport, you will require a passport photo. A Visa can also be acquired before leaving your country from the Royal Nepalese Embassies or Royal Nepalese consulate office. Mountaineering, Trekking and Rafting permits are available in Kathmandu. You will need 3 passport size photo to make Mountaineering, trekking and rafting permit

Medication

All travelers should consult with their physician or update on vaccination requirements Cholera, Typhoid, Tetanus and hepatitis A. None of this shots are require . For Entry in to Nepal, but we recommend that you get inoculations or boosters for these before traveling. 

If you wish to go on a Jungle Safari to Royal Chitwan National Park you will also require Malaria Tables. Seek your doctor advise in advance.

Personal clothing List

This list doesn’t represent what you must you take but it simply a guide to help you

Tick of the things you might need and have to pack, Boot and shoes, Gloves, Socks, Shirts-Blouses, towel Underwear, Sleeping bag, Rock sack or back pack, Down Jacket and pant, Wind-rained jacked, Fleece pant, Bathing suit, Water Bottle, Umbrella, Sunscreen sun Glass, Toilet paper and lighter, Toiletries Torch, First aid kit, Camera Lip care, Tampons, pack-cover sun hat, Warm hat, Water purification, Books and money belt.

Altitude Sickness (AMS)

AMS is only encountered by a small percentage of trekkers. A mixture of problems like headache, nausea, shortness of breath, tiredness encountered at high altitude above 3,000 meters, Because of less oxygen, low Pressure, rapid ascent, possibly dehydration and hypothermia. Mild symptom of sickness. Not feeling well, Tiredness, short of breath, loss of appetite sleeping disturbance and dizziness. It can be happen after 1-3 days of arrival in the altitude then increasing shortness of breath at rest, severe cough-dry very tried, High pulse rate

I.e. 110 blueness of face, lip, fingers nails-that mean inability to transport oxygen in to the blood. It can be happen after 2 night of arrival in the altitude. The last severe symptoms of altitude sickness: -Severe headache, vomiting, feeling of drunkenness, mental confusion, irritable unconsciousness.

Prevention

Acclimation in high altitude, walking slowly, drinking more water or fluid, carry small back pack, climb high slopes lower, don’t work alone and no alcohol, sleeping pills.

Treatment

For the altitudes sickness, there is no medicine but if any body suffering by sickness better way to take lower altitude as soon as possible. Some medicine can help like a oxygen, Diamox for mild symptoms. Nafedipine for second Symptom Stroids / Dexamthasone for severe symptoms and Hyperbolic bag (Gammow Bag)

 

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Last modified: October 27, 1999
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