Safety & Advisories
A practical 2026 rundown of the vaccines that matter for Nepal and the wider region — routine boosters, hepatitis A and typhoid, when rabies or…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 14, 2026
Every week on WhatsApp, someone about to fly to Kathmandu asks me the same nervous question: which jabs do I actually need? The honest answer, as of 2026, is that Nepal is not a scary destination for a healthy, well-prepared traveller — but a short visit to a…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
Before any travel-specific jab, health authorities want you up to date on the vaccines you should already have at home. The CDC lists measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), the tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis (Tdap) booster, polio, chickenpox, and your seasonal flu and…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
For the vast majority of our clients — someone flying in for an Everest Base Camp trek or the Annapurna Base Camp trail — the short list below covers it. Nothing here is exotic, and most travellers can get sorted in a single clinic appointment. A few of these…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
This is where a lot of trekkers over-worry. If your trip is Kathmandu plus a Himalayan trail, there is effectively no malaria risk — the mosquitoes that carry it don't live at trekking altitude. The genuine, if low, risk sits in the southern Terai lowlands…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
Step outside Nepal and the food-and-water core (Hep A, typhoid, routine boosters) travels with you across most of South and Southeast Asia. Rural India looks much like Nepal. Parts of Southeast Asia add dengue — for which bite-avoidance is still the main…
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The health risk that actually sends trekkers home early in Nepal isn't a virus — it's altitude. No jab protects against acute mountain sickness; the only cures are a sensible itinerary, real acclimatisation days and a guide who knows when to turn around. We…
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