Restricted Area Trekking – There are many parts in Nepal, where the entrance of ‘foreigners’ or ‘trekkers’ is controlled very strictly. The main reason for not allowing ‘outsiders’ in such areas is to protect the natural environment and culture from the outer-world influences. Trekking in restricted area in Nepal is totally from trekking in the normal areas, as the permit itself is a tedious process. You have to travel with pay for a special permit. It’s also mandatory to have at least two trekking members along with specified officer to get access to restricted area permits Nepal. Specified officers are mostly environmental officers, who handle all the formalities with police and other governmental issues in between the routes.

You cannot expect lodges tea-houses while trekking in few areas, so you need to fully equipped with tents, cook, support staffs and so much more. While acquiring the permit to these special areas itself is a hassle but definitely worth your effort. We at Skyline Treks, arrange for these requirements from acquiring permits to arranging every need for trekking in Nepal.

Fees for our most popular trekking packages to the restricted areas in Nepal-

For a minimum of 10 day treks in the Forbidden land of Upper Mustang normally starts from $500 for 10 days accessing the areas of Humla  and Manaslu. You also need to pay for a governmental officer to go with you throughout the trek.

Permit & Formalities

Once you are booked with us for a trek in one of the restricted area trek in Nepal, we start the process by arranging a special Nepal trekking permit through a series of applications, guarantees and letters, which normally takes 2 weeks for dispatch. Since, the alone trekkers are strictly not allowed in these areas, they may also have limits in the number of trekkers per season. There is also no system of advance reservation and no clear indication of what will happen if the quota is reached the day before you make an application.

As discussed above, the group needs to be accompanied by an "environmental officer", who becomes responsible to take care of all legal formalities throughout the trekking.