Nepal floods: Everest, Annapurna and Manaslu are unaffected and running normally.
The 26 August flood hit one corridor in northern Rasuwa. Langtang-region treks are paused while the access road is rebuilt — everything else is operating as usual.
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Permit fees, restricted-area updates and trekking regulations.
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Permits & Rules
Permits alone run from $38 to over $200 depending which trail you pick — a real, route-by-route budget breakdown, not one average number for the whole country.
Permits & Rules
The floods damaged roads and the Langtang gateway — not the permit counters. ACAP, TIMS and the national-park permits are all still issued normally; here is what actually changed, and what a Langtang permit holder should do.
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Since April 2023, foreign trekkers must hire a licensed guide almost everywhere in Nepal — except, officially, in the Khumbu itself. Here is what the rule actually requires, what it costs, and where enforcement genuinely differs.
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Nepal just made its restricted treks easier to book solo, and nowhere benefits more than Manaslu. Here's how the permits, crowds, cost and difficulty actually compare against Everest Base Camp, trek by trek, dollar by dollar.
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Since April 2023, foreign trekkers can not legally walk into a Nepali national park or conservation area alone. Here is exactly where that rule applies, what it costs, and where it does not.
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A March 2026 Department of Immigration order scrapped the two-person minimum for Nepal's 13 restricted trekking districts — verified against the government's own notice. Here is exactly what changed, and what still has not.
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Amid headlines about Everest's climbing costs rising, we checked the actual trekking permit fees against Nepal's official sources — ACAP, TIMS, Sagarmatha, Manaslu and Langtang are all exactly where they were last year.
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Nepal is set to launch a five-year digital nomad visa in 2026 — one of the longest and cheapest on Earth. Here is what has been announced, the income bar, the tax twist, and what is still unconfirmed.
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Nepal has unveiled a plan for a five-year digital nomad visa — live in one of the world's cheapest countries, in the shadow of the mountains, on income earned anywhere. Here's what's proposed.
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Nepal scrapped the decades-old flat $500 / 10-day Upper Mustang permit for a pay-as-you-go $50-per-day model. Short trips to Lo Manthang just got dramatically cheaper.
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A Chinese drone can now haul a season's oxygen bottles up the Khumbu Icefall in ten minutes flat. When an American rival tried to join it this spring, Nepal grounded them both.
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Nepal's licensed-guide rule reshaped independent trekking. Here's exactly where you can and can't go solo in 2026 — and why the Everest region is the big exception.
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Fewer than 1,000 foreign trekkers reach Kanchenjunga's base camps each year against roughly 40,000 at Everest's — the honest, permit-by-permit breakdown of which trek actually fits your trip.
Breaking Permits & Rules
Lawmakers want Everest hopefuls to summit two Nepali peaks above 8,000m first, plus new insurance floors for guides and a wage fund — here is exactly what is now before Parliament, and what is still just a rule already in force.
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Bhutan charges $100 a night before you've booked a guide or a hotel; Nepal charges about that once, total, for the whole trip. Here's what really separates the two Himalayan trekking countries.
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Same region, wildly different experience: one route just got easier for solo trekkers to permit, the other has a paved road creeping up its most famous valley. Here's how they really compare.
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Since April 2023 no foreign trekker has been allowed on a Nepal national-park trail without a licensed guide, and a March 2026 change now lets solo trekkers hire just one guide even in the restricted Himalaya. Here is exactly what the law requires and where the exceptions actually are.
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Home to roughly 300 people who still practise a religion older than Buddhism, Nar Phu was closed to every outsider for decades. Here's what it costs to see it now, and why the rules are what they are.
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To protect the Khumbu, single-use plastic bottles are restricted above Namche Bazaar on the Everest trail. Here's what international trekkers should pack instead.
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ACAP and MCAP now have an online e-permit portal, TIMS went digital, and every checkpoint scans a QR code — but restricted permits and national-park entries still route through an agency. Here's the honest 2026 map.
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Nepal's old paper trekking card has quietly vanished from Everest and Annapurna — but it is alive and enforced elsewhere. Here is what you actually need this year.
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Climbing a Nepal trekking peak needs an NMA permit, a registered agency and a guide. Here's how the permits and costs work for Island, Mera and Lobuche East in 2026.
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Heading off the beaten path — Makalu, Kanchenjunga, Api, Manaslu or Upper Mustang? Here's what permits you need, the rules, and why you must trek with a registered guide.
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From March 2026 you can apply for Nepal's restricted-area permits online before you even land — and the fine for trekking without a licensed guide is now NPR 12,000. Here's the new system.
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Chinese passport holders still get a gratis visa on arrival in Nepal in 2026. Paired with the new direct Shenzhen flight, a short Himalayan trip has never been simpler.
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What does Everest Base Camp actually cost in 2026 — on your own or with a guide? An honest, line-by-line breakdown of permits, Lukla flights, guide, porter and daily costs, in USD, INR and EUR.
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Nepal's new Tourism Bill will require every Everest hopeful to prove a 7,000m Nepali summit, work with Nepali guides and carry out 8kg of waste. Here's what's confirmed — and what's still pending.
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Nepal's TIMS card is no longer a one-size-fits-all rule. In 2026 it's gone in Everest, barely enforced in Annapurna, and still required (now digital) in Langtang — here's the real map.
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Until July 2027, Nepal has waived all climbing royalties on 97 Himalayan peaks across Karnali and Sudurpaschim — a once-in-a-generation opening for adventurous climbers willing to go remote.
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Since April 2023, and enforced for 2026, foreign trekkers must trek with a guide from a registered agency on national-park and conservation-area routes.
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