TRAVEL INSURANCE
Trekking and Travel agents can offer a travelers insurance policy. Coverage will vary from policy to policy, but will probably include loss of baggage, sickness and accidental injury or death Most policies also cover the reimbursement of cancellation fees and other non-recoverable costs, including losses due to advance purchase plane tickets, if you are forced to cancel your trip because of accident or illness of yourself, or illness or death of a family member. It is probably worth purchasing this inexpensive protection.

Such a policy can often cover helicopter evacuation and other emergency services in Nepal . Be sure that the policy does not exclude "mountaineering & alpinism" or you may have a difficult time settling a claim. Although you will not be engaged in such activities, you may never be able to convince a flatlander insurance company of this fact. It would be prudent to check the policy especially to be sure that helicopter evacuation is covered.
Read your policy carefully and be sure you understand all its conditions.
If you purchase insurance and have a loss or need helicopter evacuation, our guide will help you with the detailed procedure in claiming.

CURRENCY
Credit cards such as American Express, Visa and Master card are accepted. There are now several ATM machines in Kathmandu . Convertible currencies are as follows:

Dollar U$ Euro, Australian, Hong Kong, Canadian, Singapore; Franc- Swiss, French, Belgium; Kroner
Danish, Swedish; Sterling Pound, Netherlands Guilder, German Mark, Japanese Yen, Italian Lira and Austrian Shilling, Chinese Yuan, Indian Rs..