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Travel to Nepal

Flying to Nepal

The national airline is Royal Nepal Airlines (RA) (www.royalnepal.com).

Flight times:

From London to Kathmandu 11 hours.

Departure tax:

Rs791 for international flights to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka; Rs1,695 for flights to all other countries. Children under two years are exempt.

Travel by rail

Two stretches of the Indian Railway (www.indianrail.gov.in) line run to the border with Nepal, but only one is serviced with a passenger train. Tourists can't cross the border by train, but cycle-rickshaws are available for onward journeys.


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