Royalty and Size of Expedition Team
1. More than
one team may be permitted to climb Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest)
by separate routes in one season.
2. A royalty
of US$ 50,000 has been fixed for Sagarmatha for a team
consisting of 7 members. The team may include 5 more members
provided if it pays extra US$ 10,000 for each additional
member. The royalty includes trekking fee of the team
members. The team members will be granted three months
visas. Additional US$ 20,000 will have to be paid by the
team willing to scale Sagarmatha by normal South East
Ridge route.
3. In all regions
including Khumbu, an expedition team can have up to 7
members forthe minimum royalty, and 5 more members for
the additional royalty.
4. The team already
permitted to scale Sagarmatha will have to pay US$ 10.000
if it intends to change the ascent route. It will have
to pay additional US$ 20.000 if it intends to change the
ascent route to normal South East Ridge route.
5. For peaks
other than Sagarmatha, the team will have to pay additional
25% of the .royalty in US dollars to change the ascent
route.
6. Expedition
team must complete all necessary administrative formalities
and procedures in order to take back the garbage of the
expedition team to their respective countries, after the
completion of the expedition. Ministry of Culture, Tourism
& Civil Aviation will take necessary monetary deposit
from them, which will be refunded after the dispatch of
garbage from Nepal.
| Mt. Everest: |
US$ 50000 for team
up to 5 members, US$ 10000 for each additional member,
max. 10. |
| Peaks higher than 8000m: |
US$ 10000 for team up to 7 members,
US$ 1500 for each additional member, max. 12. |
| Peaks higher than 7501m: |
US$ 4000 for team up to 7 members,
US$ 500 for each additional member, max. 12. |
| Peaks higher than 7001m: |
US$ 3000 for team up to 7 members,
US$ 400 for each additional member, max. 12. |
| Peaks higher than 6501m: |
US$ 2000 for team up to 7 members,
US$ 300 for each additional member, max. 12. |
Garbage Deposit for Expedition:
Effective from “1992"
the Ministry of Tourism has fixed the price of the deposit
for the management of garbage's by each mountaineering
team who tries to climb any peak are as follows :
*
Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) US $ 4,000
*
Other peaks above 8000 meter US $ 3,000
*
All peaks less than 8000 meters US $ 2,000
Mt. Cho-Oyu climbing fee halved
The government has reduced climbing
fee by 50 percent for ascending 8,201-metre high Mt.
Cho-Oyu for five years (from December 1, 2004 to November
30, 2009) in a bid to encourage mountaineers to use
Nepali route while scaling the mountain.
A mountaineering expedition
team with seven members had to pay the royalty of US$
10,000 to climb the Mt. Cho- Oyu. Mountaineers have
been using the Tibetan route to climb Mt. Cho-Oyu for
sometimes. The Golden
Jubilee of the first ascent Mt. Cho-Oyu was observed
on October 19, 2004. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism
and Civil Aviation had decided to mark the golden jubilees
of the eight thousanders following the success of the
Golden Jubilee Anniversary of Mt. Everest in 2003 which
had immensely helped boost Nepal’s mountaineering
tourism in the international market.
