{"id":40553,"date":"2026-07-30T12:38:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T06:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/?p=40553"},"modified":"2026-07-30T12:38:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T06:53:35","slug":"nepal-trekking-permits-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/nepal-trekking-permits-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal Trekking Permits Guide (2026\/2027): Costs, Rules & Where to Get Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Before the first suspension bridge, the first teahouse, or the first glimpse of snow, every trekker in Nepal has to answer one unglamorous question: what permits do I actually need?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Search online and you’ll get contradictions. One site says a permit is mandatory. Another says it was scrapped years ago. A forum post from 2019 disagrees with a government notice from last month. That’s because Nepal doesn’t have one trekking permit \u2014 it has several, issued by different authorities, each covering a different purpose: protecting fragile ecosystems, regulating culturally sensitive border regions, and funding the trails, guides, and communities that make trekking here possible in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This guide walks through exactly which permits you need for every major route \u2014 Everest, Annapurna, Langtang, Manaslu, Upper Mustang, Dolpo, Kanchenjunga, and Makalu \u2014 what they cost, where to get them, and what’s changed for 2026\/2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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