Travel Essentials

Communication Facilities in Nepal are:
Postal Services:
Telephone Services:
Internet Services:
Media:
Electricity:

Communication Facilities in Nepal are:
Postal Services:
Telephone Services:
Internet Services:
Media:
Electricity:

Business hours within the Valley: Government offices are open from 10 am to 5 p.m. from Sunday through Thursday and close at 3pm on Friday in the Kathmandu Valley. During the winter, they close at 4 pm.

Payment in hotels, travel agencies, and airlines are made in foreign exchange. Credit cards like American Express, Master and Visa are widely accepted at major hotels, shops, and restaurants.

Custom Formalities in Nepal are:
Customs: All baggage must be declared and cleared through the customs on arrival at the entry point.
Import: Apart from used personal belongings, visitors are allowed to bring to Nepal free of duty: cigarettes (200 sticks) or cigars (50 sticks), distilled liquor (one 1.15 liter bottle), and film (15 rolls).
Export:The export of antiques requires special certification from the Department of Archeology, National Archive Building, Ram Shah Path, Kathmandu.

Nepal has every category of accommodation facilities that range from international standard star hotels to budget hotels and lodges. To ensure quality service, it is advisable to use the facilities and services of government registered hotels, lodges, travel agencies, licensed tour guides only and engage an authorized trekking guide or porter only through a registered travel and trekking agency.

Nepal-India border,Kakarbhitta,Birgunj,Belahiya, Bhairahawa,Nepalgunj,Dhangadi,Mahendra Nagar, Kanchanpur (Recently named as Bhimdutta Nagar),Kodari, Nepal-China border

Airport Tax:
Tourists are levied NRS. 565 (including VAT) at the departure terminal along with the Passenger Service Charge (Airport Tax)

(For further information, please, contact Department of Immigration, Maitighar, Impact Building, Kathmandu, Tel: 00977-1-4221996/ 4223590/ 4222453, Web: www.immi.gov.np )