Nepal - by the locals.

If your mobile is on roaming mode, there is a good chance that it will work in most of Nepal. Check with your service provider before you come , and make sure you remember to get international roaming turned on.

You can also get a local mobile sim card in Kathmandu; this is a very cheap solution and calls to the US, UK, Europe and Australiasia are often only a few cents per minute. Most local mobile sim cards work in the Everest region. We can help you get a local sim card whilst you are in Kathmandu.

It’s a fairly safe assumption that all tap water in Nepal is very unsafe to drink. You should only drink bottled water or water on treks that has been treated by your cook team. Never drink from a tap or stream!

Please let us know which flight you’re arriving on, and we’ll meet you. We can keep up with delays and cancellations by looking online so don’t worry if you think you can’t get a message through.

Go through visa and customs, and you’ll come out into an area with a lot of people milling around - don’t accept any taxi or porter offers! Just look for the Climb High representative who will be holding a banner up for you.

The Kathmandu hotel provided will be a standard hotel for trekking guests, such as the Hotel Shakti or Trekker’s Home or Blue Horizon. Typically these hotels will have en-suite rooms of a reasonable standard, but no air conditioning. They are central and convenient with pleasant small gardens and good service. All hotel costs and trip costs assume you are sharing a room with one other person.

You may upgrade your hotel to an upmarket hotel such as the Hotel Shanker. This is an old royal palace a short walk from Thamel with lovely rooms, a beautiful swimming pool and luxurious gardens. To make the most of your stay an upgrade to the Shanker will cost just US$80 per person per night if sharing a room.

Return flights from Lukla at times can be delayed due to weather, and the weather at Lukla can change very quickly. So if your scheduled flight from Lukla is cancelled, you could need a few extra days so that you don’t miss out on your return flight home.

Clients on tight schedules can often find that this creates some anxiety, and when you are on the trip of a lifetime in Nepal you really don’t want to be worrying about whether your flight will leave. So whilst we are able to change things for you including Lukla flights, other Nepal flights and even change your international departure from Kathmandu for you, it is easiest to simply have some spare time. It’s not as if there is a shortage of amazing things to see in Kathmandu for an extra day or two!