Visa & Entrance/Tariff

VISA AND ENTRANCE

To enter Nepal, You need a valid passport (min 6 months) and a visa, which You get in any Embassy/Consulate of Nepal or at Your entrance in the country at follow entry points for tourists, where you get the first entry- re-entry or multiple entry visa only.

Entry points to Nepal:
Nepalgunj, Mahendranagar, Bahirava(Sonauli), Raxaul, Kakkarbitta Zangmu (coming from Tibet) or at the Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal

Extension of visas and immigration issues for other types of visas:
Department of Immigration Exgivation Road, Kathmandu, Tel: ……………

Departement of Immigration Pardi Dam, Pokhara, Tel: 21167

 

 
 

Expenses for visas:
Entry visa: 30 USD (valid 60 days)
Double Entry: 40 USD (useful for who travels also to Tibet)
Multiple Entry: 60 USD For multiple exits and re-enters.
Extensions: All successive months permitted: 50 USD

Attention: You can remain as a tourist only cumulatively up to 150 days per one year and not more than 90 in one time. There is no per day extension, so you have always to pay 50 USD, even for an extension of 3 days! For the last permitted month, you have to show "reasonable grounds"

Trekking Permits and regulations
For most trekking you do not require anymore a trekking permit!

For rafting you get the permit through the organizing agency.
For alpine climbing activities you need a permit, which you can get only through a Nepalese Trekking agency.
For Paragliding, fishing, hunting, scientific research you have to obtain a permit from the concerned ministries through an agency.

All ministries concerned for other permits are located in the premises of the Shinga Durbar (Parliament) complex.

The addresses of the Immigration:
Department of Immigration
Main office, Exgivation Road, Kathmandu, Tel: …………..

Department of Immigration
Pardi Dam, Pokhara, Tel: 21167

Public office hours
Sun-Thursday: 10-13:00 / 16-17:00
Friday: 10-12:00
Saturdays closed (public holiday)
In Kathmandu valley also Sunday closed!

Tariff

  Area    
       Tariffs
Kanchenjunga and Lower Dolpa:      10 $ per week up to 4 weeks, after 20U$ per week
Mustang, Dolpa:    700 $ for first 10 days, after 70U$ per day
Manaslu, Rolwaling:                      90 $ per week, from December to August 75 $ per week
Humla,Simikot:                            90 $ for 7 days, after 15 U$ per day
  • Areas not restricted like exempted from any trekking permit fee, but Annapurna, Everest, Langtang subject to national park fees which are payable also at the entry points

  • Nationalpark entry fees 1000 Rupees for all parks except Annapurna (ACAP): 2000 Rupees

  • Tariffs and regulations for trekking permits may change without prior notice by the nepalese authorities.