Essential Nepal

What's Included

• Accommodation
  Hotel (4 nights), Tea House (2 nights), Permanent Tented Camp (with basic facilities) (1 night), Homestay (1 night)

• Trisuli River - White Water Rafting (Grade 3)

• Trisuli River – Riverside Camping

• Annapurna Region – 3 Night / 4 Days Trekking

• Hemjakot - Community Homestay

• Pokhara - Orientation Walk

• Meals

  1 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 1 dinners

What's Not Included

• Tipping and Gratuities

• International Travel

Included Activities

• Trisuli River - Rafting
• Trisuli River - Rafting

Transport

• LUGGAGE LIMITS:
• Domestic flights in Nepal have strict weight limits - 10kg of check-in luggage and 5kg of carry-on hand luggage per person is included with your flight ticket. Excess baggage (up to 5kg per person only) will be charged at your own expense.
• TRAVEL BETWEEN KATHMANDU & POKHARA:
• On itineraries that include road travel between these destinations, past travellers have often decided to fly this route independently to avoid the long overland journey (200km, approx 6+ hours). The flight takes around 35mins. Should you decide to fly, this will be at your own expense with no refunds for road travel available.
• ROAD TRAVEL:
• Roadworks and infrastructure projects can cause significant delays on major roads within cities and highways between destinations. Road travel can also be disrupted due to demonstrations and bandhs (strikes) without warning. Major roadworks are currently ongoing in and around Kathmandu and the roads to Chitwan National Park. Delays, heavy traffic, poor road conditions and dust are a reality of road travel in Nepal.
• MONSOON:
• The monsoon season is from June to September and weather conditions can disrupt travel during this time due to flooding and landslides. Disruption of air travel and airport closures are also possible. Be prepared that the itinerary may need to change at short notice.

Accommodation

• TEAHOUSES:
• Accommodation at local lodges - better known as teahouses - are simple but comfortable. Toilets and washing facilities are shared and rudimentary, and the food is plain and filling. In a teahouse, travellers are provided with small twin share rooms with twin beds, mattresses and pillows. At times, in high seasons, and in places where there are limited number of teahouses, travellers may have to make do with dormitories. In some places, teahouses don't have access to electricity, depending on solar powered lighting instead. In more remote regions, teahouses don't have running water and toilets can mean just a hole in the ground. Hot shower facilities are available in some teahouses for a price but occasionally a hot shower means a bucket of hot water, enough to wash your body. Electricity to charge devices as well as WiFi is usually for an additional fee when available.

Important Information

• 1. An excellent level of fitness is required for this trip as there are long trekking days in difficult terrain. Altitude does not exceed 1950m.
• 2. Please ensure you bring a passport size photo for our Annapurna trek permit application.
• 3. A sleeping bag is required for this trip. Please bring your own or hire in Kathmandu for a few dollars a day.
• 4. A single supplement is available if you’d prefer not to share a room on this trip. The single supplement will only be included on Days 1,3, 7 & 8 (Hotel) and is subject to availability. Please speak to your booking agent for further information.
• 5. If you need assistance booking optional activities pre or post trip, please contact our local operator on +977 980 112 3645.
• 6. Please be aware that in the event of an emergency evacuation, Intrepid does not have control over which helicopter service may be used. Some helicopters are not in regular use with Intrepid and have not passed our internal safety auditing.

Mode of Transport

• LUGGAGE LIMITS:
• Domestic flights in Nepal have strict weight limits - 10kg of check-in luggage and 5kg of carry-on hand luggage per person is included with your flight ticket. Excess baggage (up to 5kg per person only) will be charged at your own expense.
• TRAVEL BETWEEN KATHMANDU & POKHARA:
• On itineraries that include road travel between these destinations, past travellers have often decided to fly this route independently to avoid the long overland journey (200km, approx 6+ hours). The flight takes around 35mins. Should you decide to fly, this will be at your own expense with no refunds for road travel available.
• ROAD TRAVEL:
• Roadworks and infrastructure projects can cause significant delays on major roads within cities and highways between destinations. Road travel can also be disrupted due to demonstrations and bandhs (strikes) without warning. Major roadworks are currently ongoing in and around Kathmandu and the roads to Chitwan National Park. Delays, heavy traffic, poor road conditions and dust are a reality of road travel in Nepal.
• MONSOON:
• The monsoon season is from June to September and weather conditions can disrupt travel during this time due to flooding and landslides. Disruption of air travel and airport closures are also possible. Be prepared that the itinerary may need to change at short notice.

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