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USD 30 / 50 / 125 for 15 / 30 / 90 days
Free advice that saves an hour

The visa-on-arrival queue takes cash, and it is fussy about it

Clean USD notes for the visa desk

USD 30 / 50 / 125 for 15 / 30 / 90 days

Kathmandu visa on arrival is cash, and the desk refuses torn, written-on or pre-2013 USD notes — bring crisp bills in the right denominations and you are through in twenty minutes instead of hunting an ATM airside.

Nothing to buy — this is the tip, not a product.

What you get

  • Avoids the airport ATM queue and its fees
  • Exact denominations mean no change problem
  • The same clean notes work for permits and tips

What it costs you

  • Carrying cash has its own risk
  • Rates at home may be worse than in Thamel
  • Fee tiers change — check before you fly

Do not buy this if: Nationalities that need a visa in advance. Check your own before assuming visa on arrival applies.

The alternatives

Everything else we recommend in documents & money, including the ones we think suit a different trekker.

RFID-blocking neck wallet — Passport, permits and cash, on your bodyBest document carry

Passport, permits and cash, on your body

RFID-blocking neck wallet

Your TIMS card and national park permit get checked repeatedly on trail and a lost passport in Nepal is a week in Kathmandu — the RFID lining is largely theatre, but the "attached to your body" part is not.

Skip it ifNobody. Even if you dislike them, carry permits somewhere better than a jacket pocket.

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