Travel Guides

Nepal sits between two of the world's most populous nations, India and China, yet the country itself covers just 147,181 sq. km. Its landscape splits into three bands: the flat [...]

Getting to Nepal and Visas

Nepal makes entry straightforward for most travelers.

• Arrive by air at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu
• Arrive by land at the Indian or [...]

Visa

• Most nationals can get a visa on arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport
• Visas are also issued at Nepalese embassies and consulates abroad
• See the full Nepal Visa Guide [...]

Adventure comes with risk, and travel insurance is how you cover it. Nepal's most popular activities carry real exposure:

• Trekking in the Himalaya, often far from proper roads or [...]

Documents and Bookings

Before you fly, make sure everything on paper is actually sorted, not just assumed sorted.

• Passport valid for at least six months from your entry date, [...]

Nepal's geography runs from tropical lowlands in the Terai to arctic conditions on the highest peaks, so there isn't one single "best" time that applies everywhere. What matters is matching [...]

Nepal now manages 20 protected areas in total: 12 national parks, 1 wildlife reserve, 6 conservation areas, and 1 hunting reserve. Two entries from older lists, Parsa and Shuklaphanta, were [...]

Nepal's recorded history stretches back to around the 9th century BC, when the Kirat people first ruled the region. For centuries, the country existed as a patchwork of small kingdoms [...]

Nepal has four UNESCO World Heritage Sites in total, two cultural and two natural. The cultural listing for the Kathmandu Valley actually covers seven separate monument zones under a single [...]