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The Tribhuvan airport in Kathmandu is Nepals only international
airport. The important airlines that serve Kathmandu are Indian
Airlines, Thai International, Singapore Airlines, Bangladesh
Biman, China Southwest Airlines, Druk Air and Qatar Airways,
PIA and Gulf Air. The national carrier - Royal Nepal Airlines
Corporation (RNAC), operates flights to both Europe and Japan
as well as the regional destinations.
You could travel to Kathmandu via Bangkok, Hong Kong and Singapore.
If in India, you can fly to Nepal from Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta,
Banglore and Varanasi. The one hour, Delhi to Kathmandu flight
will approximately cost you US$142.
Then there is the spectacular flight from Lhasa to Kathmandu
on Saturdays and Tuesdays operated by China Southwest Airlines.
This one hour flight is supposed to operate from April to December.
You can also fly Druk Air from Paro in Bhutan, or take a flight
from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
| From Europe
and Middle East |
RNAC operates flights into and out of London and Paris via Dubai
and Frankfurt.
Pakistan International, Bangladesh Biman and Aeroflot have one-airline
service from Europe to Kathmandu.The other option are the charter
companies - LTU operates a weekly flight from Germany to Kathmandu
during winters.
You could fly to Nepal via India or alternatively via Bangkok
or Hong Kong. RNACs Osaka flight makes good connections with
North American flights.
| From Australia
and New Zealand |
Look for routes via Singapore, Hong Kong or Bangkok.
International
Airfares & Schedule for Kathmandu
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| By Land |
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There are just eight entry points into Nepal by land open to
foreigners, from which six are from India and two from Tibet.
The crossing points from India include Mahendranagar, Dhangadhi
and Nepalgunj in the west, Sunali, Birganj and Kakarbhitta in
the east.
Make sure to book your tickets through a reputed agency to avoid
getting duped. Also bear in mind that everyone has to change
buses at the border whether they book a through ticket or not,
and that despite claims to the contrary, there are no tourist
buses on either side of the border.
You can board direct buses to the Nepal border from Delhi, Varanasi,
Calcutta, Patna and Darjeeling. From the border, you can board
Nepali buses to Kathmandu.
You can cross the border into Nepal from Tibet via Kodari. However
due to frequent landslides and the delicate political climate,
if you intend to enter or leave Nepal via this route, come prepared
with alternative plans. Just in case travel along this route
becomes impossible!
Then there is an option open only to group trekkers with prior,
special arrangements - which is to walk from Taklakot in Tibet
to Simikot in far north-western Nepal.
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| Leaving Nepal |
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Always, but always, reconfirm reservations, or chances are the
airlines will cancel them. Take time before your trek or river
rafting tour to reconfirm your flight out of Nepal.
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