General Terms of Khumbu Shangrila
RATES FOR TREKS AND TREKS PEAKS
Our services start upon your arrival at Kathmandu airport where we will pick you up and end the day of your departure from Kathmandu to the airport where we accompany you.
For trekking, trekking peaks and expeditions the prices are decreasing according to the number of participants thank you to consult us.
INCLUDED IN THE PRICE:
- 2 to 4 nights in hotel in Kathmandu with breakfasts
- 1 sirdar and his help (according to groups), (1 cook and 1 kitchen boy for treks under tents)
- the team of porters Carrier equipment,
- food during the trek (3 meals per day) (*)
- Entrance fees in the park – permit
- Tents 2/3 places with foam mattress for 2 members for treks under tents
- Mess and kitchen tents for tent treks
- Chairs, tables, tent lighting, etc.
- Overnight in lodge for lodge treks
- Insurance for the Nepalese team
- Transport during the trek (plane, minibus, 4×4)
- End of trek pot taken together in Kathmandu and offered by the Agency.
- Hotel-airport transportation Go Back
(*) All our tents are real North Face bought in France at the Vieux Camper and not counterfeit of origin China bought in Nepal.
FOR TREKS PEAKS AND MORE:
- climbing permit
- food in altitude camps
- gas in altitude camps
- gas in altitude camps
NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE:
- Lunch and dinner in Kathmandu.
- Overnight stays over 4 in Kathmandu unless otherwise noted.
- Personal insurance, repatriation assistance.
- Hot showers in the lodges (about 2 Euros).
- Tip to the Nepalese team left to your initiative.
- Airport taxes and visas.
- Telephone, alcoholic drinks and soda.
- The plane A / R Paris-Kathmandu.
OPTIONAL :
- Satellite phone rental (350 Euros for the group) for treks and included in treks peaks
- Hypermarket box rental if available or medical O2 (350 Euros for the group) for treks and included in tresk peaks
- Hypermarket box rental if available or medical O2 (350 Euros for the group) for treks and included in tresk peaks
- Guide speaking French (80 Euros per day for the group).
ACCOMMODATIONS DURING THE TREK:
- Depending on the treks or the number of people in the group during your trek you will be accommodated either in lodges or in tents.
- Your guide, depending on the situation encountered, may change the type of accommodation during the trek and decide that you will sleep in tents or in lodges during part of the trek.
- During a trek under tents if you want to sleep in lodges part of the trek you will have at your expense the cost of the lodge.
RATES FOR EXPEDITIONS
Our services start upon your arrival at Kathmandu airport where we will pick you up and end the day of your departure from Kathmandu to the airport where we accompany you.
INCLUDED IN THE PRICE:
- 4 nights in Kathmandu hotel with breakfast.
- 1cook and his helpers.
- 1 altitude Sherpa with equipment for 2 climbers.
- Certec hyper bar cabinet.
- A satellite phone.
- All transport from Kathmandu A / R by private bus and / or 4×4.\
- Carrying loads to CB with Carriers and / or Yaks.
- Food during the expedition including in the camps of altitude.
- Gas in Primus altitude camps (not stoves).
- Equipment in fixed ropes, snow piles, pins, etc.
- Base camp tents and high altitude camps for all climbers and Sherpas (North Face).
- Kitchen tent, mess tent, toilet tent, shower tent, chairs, table, kitchen equipment, etc.
- Solar panels for energy.
- Insurance for the Nepalese team (Sherpas, Porter, Liaison Officer, Cooks).
- Permit to ascend.
- Trekking license.
- “Deposit Garbage”.
- Liaison officer.
- Pot of end of expedition taken in Kathmandu.
NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE:
- Lunch and dinner in Kathmandu
- Overnight stays over 4 in Kathmandu unless otherwise noted.
- Personal insurance, repatriation assistance.
- Medicine.
- Hot showers in the lodges (about 2 Euros).
- Tip to the Nepalese team (porters and cooks) left to your initiative.
- Bonus summit for Sherpas see HERE
- Airport taxes and visas.
- Phone, satellite phone card, alcoholic drinks and soda, personal expenses.
- The plane A / R from and to Kathmandu.
* Possibility to have a tent per member at the CB (no extra charge). However, we do not recommend that you be a person per tent for security reasons. Edema often starts at night and it is better to have another person in the tent who can give the alert.
* Possibility of having a Sherpa Mountain Guide see HERE
TRAVEL REGULATIONS
Upon receipt of the RIB you will pay a deposit of 20%.
The balance is payable 6 weeks before the date of your departure.
CANCELLATION OF THE TRIP.
- Cancellation of your fact
Notify us as soon as possible.
From 60 to 14 days before the scheduled departure date, 40% of the amounts paid in advance and balance will be retained.
From 13 to 7 days before the date of the planned departure 70% of the sums paid in installment and balance will be retained.
Less than 7 days no refund.
No refund can be required for insufficient level or compromising the security of the group.
- Cancellation of our fact
The sums paid will be fully refunded regardless of the cause of our cancellation.
For example, a trek can be canceled or postponed if there are less than 4 participants.
- Trip Shortened
If you have to shorten your trek for medical reasons no refund of missing days or evacuation costs by helicopter. Before you leave, check the terms of reimbursements related to your insurance.
In expedition or in trek peak no refund if you finish in fewer days than expected. Likewise if there is no success of the summit and you decide to give up. In these cases the number of nights of hotel supported by the agency remains the one indicated on your trip.
Before your departure contact your insurance to check the repayment of all or part of your trip.
- Problem with plane on inner lines
The Agency is not responsible for changes to dates or times that may occur on domestic flights in Nepal.
In case of delays or postponement of flights the agency will do everything possible to find a solution but the costs generated will be at your expense.
For example if you want a helicopter return solution the cost of the helicopter is your responsibility.
- Following natural disaster
No refund after a natural disaster. It is necessary to contact your insurance to obtain according to the conditions of your guarantee an indemnity.
INSURANCE
Before you leave, contact your insurer to check that your insurance policy covers: Nepal and / or Tibet as well as the helicopter repatriation of mountain areas in Nepal.
Make sure that helicopter rescue and search costs are included in your contract without an elevation-related covenant. The French Alpine Club, the French Mountain and Climbing Federation, Europ Assistance, Mondial Assistance, The Old Camper, Diot Montagne, … have these clauses.
Inquire with them. Be careful, credit card insurance, linked to certain conditions, does not necessarily cover relief and research.Insurance: You must have insurance “Assistance – Repatriation + medical expenses”.
You will indicate on the form ” registration form “, the details of your insurer and the contact persons in France.
Note that it is mandatory to participate in a trek or a shipment to send us the name of your insurance company and the telephone number of the insurance to call from abroad in case of disaster, valid number 24/24.
In case of disaster Khumbushangrila contact your insurance which then manages the rescue.
The Insurance Companies have informed the trekking agencies that it is they (the Insurance Companies) who initiate the rescue by helicopter or other means and they who contact the helicopter companies for help in case of emergency assistance. helicopter.
Check that hospital charges are supported.
Take a trip cancellation insurance with your insurer that will protect you from the financial risk of cancellation. This can be useful if you have to cancel before you leave or you have to cancel once you arrive in Nepal or trekking.
The program indicated in the “detailed sheet” is indicative, it can be modified according to the weather conditions, the state of the field, the form of the participants, etc.
In addition, the Agency is not responsible for changes to dates or times that may occur on domestic flights.
HEALTH MEDICINE
We advise you to have a medical examination before your departure in order to have a doctor check your ability to perform a trek or expedition at high altitude.
For all expeditions to heights greater than 7000 m as well as for Ama Dablam you will need to send us a copy of the medical opinion issued by your doctor specifying that you are fit from the medical point of view to realize this type of ascent.