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.
Do not buy this if: Nationalities that need a visa in advance. Check your own before assuming visa on arrival applies.
Everything else we recommend in documents & money, including the ones we think suit a different trekker.
Best document carryRFID-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.
