Trip Info

• Accommodation & meals

  • Pre and post tour accommodation at three star hotel in Kathmandu.        
  • Standard hotel accommodation in Pokhara.
  • 5 Breakfast included during the intire trip as mentioned in the itinerary.

• Inclusions & Exclusions

  Inclusions

  • All monument entrance fees as per the itinerary
  • English speaking city guide for sightseeing in Kathmandu & Pokhara
  • First Aid Kit
  • All Govt. taxes including service charges

  Exclusions

  • Emergency evacuation fee
  • International airfare
  • Personal Insurance
  • Personal expenses (Alcoholic beverages, bottled drinks, telephone calls, laundry etc)
  • Visa fee
  • Any services not mentioned in the itinerary

• Transportation

  All transfers will be conducted on a private vehicle

• Visa & documentation

  A visa for Nepal can be obtained on arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu and at border entry points in Kakadvitta, Birgunj, Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj, Gaddachowki on the Nepal-India border and Kodari on the Nepal-China border.

  Outside of Nepal, A visa can also be obtained at the nearest Nepal Embassy or Diplomatic Mission. To renew a Visa you can go to the Department of Immigration, Kalikasthan, Kathmandu.

  Your passport must be valid for at least six months and you will need a blank page on your passport for visa.

  Visa Facility   Duration    Fee

  Multiple entry   15 days      US$ 25 or equivalent convertible currency

  Multiple entry   30 days      US$ 40 or equivalent convertible currency

  Multiple entry   90 days      US$ 100 or equivalent convertible currency

• Cancellation & Changes

  There are two ways to deal with modification in travel plans. First is you can cancel the trip completely and second is you can postpone the date. But for any of these change to take effect we need to be informed 6 weeks before your booked trip date before cancelling or postponing the trip.

  Important note: In case of natural disasters and national political issues our hands are tied so we cannot undertake any kind of activities which we will take full responsibility of and make sure our clients get the flexibility of making decisions to either postpone or cancel the trip they initially advocated for. There will be no extra fees or cost for rescheduling but if you decide to cancel the trip volunterily our cancellation fees apply which is listed and described below.

   

  Cancellation fees rules:

  These are our specific rules for trip cancellations and refund fees involved:

  1. If we are informed by our clients at least 43 days before the travel date then the full deposit amount will be refunded after deducting 4% bank surcharge on total deposit amount.
  2. If we are informed by our clients 6 weeks before the travel date then we can refund complete deposit by just deducting $195 per person.
  3. If cancellation is done between 4 and 6 weeks of travel date then we can refund your deposit after deducting $395 per person. This is because we will have to pay to the hotels, guides and other personals involved to make this trip possible to recover their financial plans.
  4. If we are not informed between 4 and 6 weeks of travel date there will be no refund as there are many other workers and organizations that needs to be paid by us for planning your trip. Losing you as a customer means losing their employment opportunity which will harm involved worker’s financial status.

  So, we request our respectful guests to inform us about any kind of modification plans (postpone or cancellations) at least before 43 days of travel date. This will help us to refund your designated deposit and also maintain financial status of every worker and organization involved.

• Payments & Deposits

  Makalu Travels offers easy & reliable online payment through credit/debit card, & Paypal. All online payments are processed through the our highly secured online payment partner Authorize.net Please kinldy be informed that all online payments are subject to additional 4% bank surcharge & processing fee. 

  If you would like to avoid the 4% transaction fee then you also have an option to deposit the money into Makalu Travels' bank account in Wells Fargo Bank, USA. The bank details will be provided on request. You will receive a notice from us after a successful deposit or any kind of financial transaction. We will make sure that your transfer amount has arrived to us before sending you any type of confirmation invoice or notification.

• Hotel & Room Bookings

  The hotel we will accommodate you to is Hotel Le Himalaya pre and post trek in Kathmandu. We will book the hotel rooms for you as per your request with a good pricing than that of online booking. We will transfer all your luggage while being transferred from one accommodation center to another. In Kathmandu we will have a very standard hotel but while trekking we won’t have such luxury so we will have to spend our nights in tea houses. These tea houses are fairly of good standard, you can’t be too picky in the Himalayas! You can contact us if there is any specific query you have about the accommodation structure.

   

  In Kathmandu

  Rooms are very spacious and have private bathrooms and toilets. You will not have to compromise even a bit while your stay at Kathmandu. Hotel Le HImalaya is where you will be before and after the trek as we will have pre booked everything for our respected guests. In case of extending your vacation in Nepal we can help you book rooms for extra nights but we will need to be pre informed. If it is a peak season it will be difficult to manage room in same hotel but we will make an utmost effort to accommodate you in the hotel of same caliber.

  Note: Our guests will not have to pay for the nights that they don’t spend in a hotel room in Kathmandu. We can always come to an agreement if there are certain flight delays or cancellations. During these kind of situations we will accommodate our guests fitting best to their requirements.