Climbing Mera Peak (6476 m), Nepal, 18 days

The visa is made at the airport upon arrival and does not require additional documents, costs $40. You should have:
— international passport, the expiration date of which is not less than 6 months from the start of the track and a sufficient number of free pages;
— 2 3×4 photographs for visa and permit processing;
— accident and medical insurance (insurance with coverage of at least 10,000 USD and insuring risks associated with active stay in the mountains).

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Meeting the group at Kathmandu airport — the time will be specified once we know your exact arrival time.

An important feature of trekking in Nepal is that you have the opportunity to give most of the load on the track to a porter, and thus make happy both you and the Nepalese whom you will help to earn 15-20 $, although you can refuse this service. The average weight of a porter’s backpack is 25 kg. And we will live and eat in lodges.

In Kathmandu we live in a comfortable 3* hotel, where we can leave city and unnecessary things for storage.
That’s why we take everything we need to the track: running clothes. It is necessary to take into account that it will be very warm down there for the first 2-3 days, and the usual outfit is shorts, a T-shirt and a Panama hat, a scarf around the neck. It is cooler up there, so the necessary trekking pants, a windbreaker jacket. It is better to leave the hair dryer, hair curler and portable toaster at home.
Since we will spend the night not only in the loggias, but also in tents, we need a sleeping bag for a comfort temperature of -5 … – 10 C.

A loggia is a guest house where there is accommodation for 2-3 people in a room, a shower and toilet on the floor, and a dining room downstairs. The conditions are an order of magnitude worse than in a regular hotel, but still better than in a tent. For a comfortable overnight stay, we recommend taking a sleeping bag (since it can be quite cool at night and the blanket in the room does not warm you much). In the upper villages, there may also be no light or a stationary shower (you can only wash yourself from a bucket of hot water). The rooms in the huts are the simplest with two or three beds.

We will eat in the lodges, where you can order food from the menu. The price of a plate of rice + salad is 7-8$. The average bill for food per day is 20-25$ – breakfast, lunch and dinner. Tune in to a cuisine based on rice and rice noodles and oatmeal for breakfast. Bread is very expensive. Chocolate and cookies cost 3-4 USD. In addition, it is better to forget about meat dishes in the upper lodges for a while. You can take with you some products that you will not have on the trek: sausage, canned goods, chocolate, dried fruits, a portable burner and heat up tea with sandwiches during halts. But keep in mind that cooking your own food in the lodges is not allowed, the Sherpa owners are against people eating outside their dining room (that is how their business is built), they charge a small fee for housing, and build their main profit on the sale of food.
Local children love sweets and willingly allow themselves to be photographed in exchange for candy or chocolate.
Meals in Kathmandu in a restaurant per day cost the same 25-30 USD, in colorful establishments for locals – 15-20 USD.

During the period of autonomous exits to the Base and assault camp, food is field food, freeze-dried food. We cook independently on burners.

Please note that the total weight you can give to the porter is 12-15 kg per person. Your small backpack will weigh up to 5-7 kg.

The guides will have a first aid kit for emergency medicine. But you need to have personal medications for chronic and individual diseases, adhesive plaster, headache pills, anti-cold and painkillers, definitely + vitamin C and group B for better adaptation in the mountains.

Connection on the track 3G – with a local SIM card only up to Chutanga. Above that, the Internet is only paid $ 5 for 200 MB.

The weather in Kathmandu is hot, the usual temperature is +25… +30°С.
On the mountain trek the first couple of days are +20… +15°С, but then it will get colder. During the day -5°С, at night – up to -10… -25°С.

This route passes at altitudes above 4000 m, where solar radiation is several times stronger than on the plain, the mountain climate and thin air affect the body’s condition during the first 5-7 days of the trek. If you do not acclimatize properly and gain altitude quickly, you may develop altitude sickness.
Therefore, we have developed a special acclimatization program and control of the condition of each participant on the route. The track is not technically difficult and goes along a mountain road, but requires good physical preparation and compliance with safety rules in the mountains. All instructions of the guide on the route are mandatory!

The currency of the country is Nepalese rupees. The rate is about 125 rupees to $1. You can almost always pay in dollars, but the rate is not always favorable. The guide will tell you how much money is best to exchange before the trek. It is better to take cash with you, preferably $. You cannot exchange hryvnias, or tenge anywhere in Nepal. Withdrawals from plastic cards start at 5%. Always bargain with the Nepalese, sometimes the price can be reduced several times.

Absence of diseases incompatible with active tourism: List of diseases

Features of acclimatization in high mountains
Physical and mental preparation before climbing and hiking in the mountains

This climbing program does not require special training and is within the power of any average person who has already been in the mountains at altitudes of 3000-4500 m. Experience of previous hikes is required.
We recommend that you start training no later than two months before the start of the track: running, swimming, cycling. The total anaerobic load should be at least 1 hour 30 minutes (running on rough terrain at least 8-10 km), then you are guaranteed not to have health problems on the track.

For more information about training, see our Youtube video channel. In case of chronic diseases, we recommend consulting a doctor.

A shower on the track is paid – $3-5, charging a device “to a full battery” – $1-3. Therefore, these expenses should also be included in the estimate.
Bottled water is 1-3 USD, but there is an alternative – tap water, which comes from clean mountain streams. We will walk slowly, enjoying the views and taking pictures. Usually we leave the overnight stay at 8 am and arrive at the final destination at 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm. During this period, it is already dark by about 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm.

Since most of you are flying in transit through the UAE and plan to stay in the transit area for more than 6 hours, we recommend taking a sleeping bag and a mat in your hand luggage in order to spend the time more comfortably when the residents of Asian countries will be hovering around you. There are also enough food areas and a developed duty-free in the transit area. A hotel in Sharjah and Dubai airports costs about 120 per night.