The travel health guide that tells you what actually matters, and when

Trek Guide Vaccines a month ahead, medicines packed legally, a few habits on the plane, care with food and mosquitoes, and in Nepal, altitude. Every step… By Anjali Shrestha · Oct 2, 2026 Read the full story

Most travel health comes down to five things: the right vaccines a month or more before you fly, your medicines packed legally, a few habits on the plane, care with food, water and mosquitoes when you land, and insurance that covers where you are actually… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Before you go: vaccines, medicines and cover

Start about a month or more ahead, because the clinic, the prescriptions and the insurance all take time. For Nepal, no vaccine is legally required for visitors from the US, UK, EU, Australia or Canada. The one exception is yellow fever, and only if you… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

On the way: blood clots, jet lag and motion sickness

For a healthy traveller, the long flight is more tiring than dangerous. The World Health Organization puts the risk of a blood clot at about 1 in 6,000 for a journey of more than four hours, and the CDC says 75—99% of people who develop a travel-related clot… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

When you land: food, water and mosquitoes

The illness most likely to spoil a trip is an upset stomach, and the treatment that matters most is cheap. Travellers' diarrhoea is usually caught from contaminated food or water, and oral rehydration salts are the first thing to reach for. Our guide to… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Up high: altitude, the Nepal-specific risk

Altitude sickness is three illnesses, not one, and two of them can kill within hours. Most trekkers only ever meet acute mountain sickness, a headache with nausea and poor sleep. High-altitude cerebral oedema and high-altitude pulmonary oedema are rarer and… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

If something goes wrong

Know before you go who you would call, and what your policy pays for. On a trek, that is your guide first, then your insurer's emergency line. In a city, it is your insurer and the nearest private hospital. Keep the policy number and the emergency number on… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Frequently asked questions

None is legally required for most visitors. Yellow fever is required only if you arrive from, or transit for 12 hours or more through, a country with yellow fever risk. The CDC recommends hepatitis A and typhoid for most travellers, plus routine vaccines. The… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Keep reading

Vaccinations, altitude and staying well on a trek. What to pack for the trail, and what the lodges lack. What the science says actually works. What to check before you fly abroad this year. Sources: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Travelers'… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

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