The Kingdom of Nepal is a narrow sliver of land squeezed between burgeoning India to the south and the vast Tibetan plateau to the north. She rises from plain to plain, valley to valley, mountain to mountain - a precipitous staircase that ends at the roof of the world, the Abode of Snows.

Eight of the world's 8 highest summits out of 14 highest mountains, including Mt. Everest, lie within her borders. Since its inception in 1984, Nepal has introduced thousands of people around the world to the spectacular high peaks of the Himalayas, from Nepal to Tibet to Bhutan. While most are drawn by the mountains, their lasting memories are with the extraordinary people who inhabit them.

Adventure Treks Nepal (P). Ltd. takes great pleasure to provide relevant information and make arrangement of your adventure journey to the highest point of your destination. Please feel free to write us your requirements and we shall forward to you more details.

Climbing expedition to such peaks require long-term of pre-arrangement and planning using handling agent as medium (such as a trekking agency or organization related to mountaineering.

How to obtain a permit?

• Completed Application
• Endorsement of the National Alpine Club. (if there is no Alpine Club, endorsement of the Government of your side)
• Short bio-data of all members of the expedition (with passport size photograph)
• Map and/ or photograph of the mountain including climbing route.
• Approach route map.
• Submit the application through your handling agent in Nepal.

Preparing In Nepal for Expedition
Invoices and airway bill or bill of lading (four copies each) have to be submitted to the Ministry of Tourism for import license and customs clearance for the import of expedition foods and equipment to Nepal. CIF Katmandu value is to be clearly mentioned in the invoice.

If you planning to use communication devices
As Walkie-talkies, Transceiver Wireless) sets and other communication equipment are controlled articles in Nepal. Please declare these articles in the customs office (at entry point) that you wish to bring into Nepal for use during climbing period. Such equipments have to be collected from the customs office by receiving permission letter from the Ministry of communication. For the clearance of the equipment completed application form and invoice with catalogue or specifications (four copies each) should be submitted to the Ministry of Tourism and to your handling agent in Nepal.

Filming or Documentary
Permission is required for filming or documentary. The Ministry of Communication must be contacted any time for queries about filming in Nepal. Please let us know we will take care of every thing here in Nepal.

The Royalty and size of the Expedition team
More than one team maybe permitted to climb Mt. Everest by each separate route in one season. A royalty of US $ 50,000 has been fixed for Mt. Everest for a team consisting of 5 members. The team may include 5 more members provided if it pays extra US $ 10,000 for each additional member. The royalty includes trekking fee of the team members. The team members will be granted three months visas.

Additional US $ 20,000 will have to be paid the team willing to scale Mt. Everest by normal South East Ridge route.

Note
In all regions including Khumbu, an expedition team can have up to 5members for the minimum royalty, and 5 more members for the additional royalty.

The team already permitted to scale Mt. Everest will have to pay US $ 10,000if it intends to change the ascent route. It will have to pay additional US $20,000 if it intends to change the ascent route to normal South East Ridge route.

For peak other than Mt. Everest, the team will have to pay additional 25% of the royalty in US $ to change the ascent route.

Expedition team must complete all necessary administrative formalities and procedures in order to send back the garbage of the expedition team to their respective countries, after the completion of the expedition. Ministry of Tourism & Civil Aviation will take necessary monetary deposit from them, which will be refunded after the dispatch of garbage from Nepal.

Garbage Management
"Effective from 1992" the Ministry of Tourism has fixed the price of the deposit for the management of Garbage's by each mountaineering team who tries to climb any peak in Khumbu region are as follows:

• Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) US $ 4,000 or equivalent in Nepalese currency.
• Other peaks above 8000 meter US $ 3000 or equivalent in Nepalese currency.
• All peaks less than 8000 meters US $ 2000 or equivalent in Nepalese currency. Royalties of the mountain expedition (In U.S. Dollar)
• Mt. Everest US $50,000 for team of to5 and US $10000 for each additional members/ maximum size is 10 on each team.
• Peaks above 8000 meter (except Mt. Everest) US $10,000 for team of up to7 and US $1500 for each additional members/ maximum size is 12 on each team.
• Peaks of 7501 - 8000m./ US $4,000 for team up to 7 and for each additional US $500.00 & maximum size is 12 members
• Peaks of 7001 - 7500m/.US $3,000 for team up to 7 and for each additional US $400.00 & maximum size is 12 members
• Peaks of 6501 - 7000m/.US $2,000 for team up to 7 and for each additional US $300.00 & maximum size is 12 members.