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Useful Links
The world wide web is full of useful recourses. Here's just just a handful that you may find of interest. If you would like to be included on our links page then please contact us.
MAPS AND BOOKS
Stanfords - www.stanfords.co.uk
Stanfords is the UK's leading specialist retailer of maps and travel books
Lonely Planet - www.lonelyplanet.com
Lonely Planet publish over 650 guidebooks in 14 different languages. They cover every corner of the planet.
VIDEOS
Parahawking DVD & VHS - www.himalayanfrontiers.co.uk
The International Award winning film by the Himalayan Frontiers Team. Paragliding and falconry unite to create a new "sport" Parahawking - Paragliding with trained Birds of Prey.
Himalaya - www.moviemail-online.co.uk
Following the death of its leader, when faced with a daunting mountain trek to sell salt, a Nepalese tribe splits into two rival yak caravans. Reflecting on family ties, inter-generational tension and traditional spiritual lore, 'Himalaya' offers valuable moral and cultural insights alongside breathtaking cinematography of stupendous, vertiginous vistas. The country's first to be Oscar-nominated, it is a film of immense grandeur and nobility.
Adventure Eye - www.adventure-eye.com
Adventure Eye are an independent distributor of adventure films. Adventure Eye's mission in life is to make available to you some of the greatest adventure sports motion pictures and images
TRAVEL ADVICE
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office - www.fco.gov.uk
The purpose of the FCO is to work for UK interests in a safe, just and prosperous world.
The Nepal tourism Board - www.welcomenepal.com
The official website site for the Nepal tourism Board
Cheap Flights - www.ketravel.co.uk
The best deals for flights to Nepal.
HEALTH AND IMMUNISATION ADVICE
The CIWEC Clinic - www.ciwec-clinic.com
The CIWEC Clinic Travel Medicine Center is the best source of Western medical care in Nepal and one of the most famous destination travel medicine clinics in the world.
Masta - www.masta.org/travel-health
Here you will find a wealth of information to help you avoid illness or injury when you are travelling.
The BMC (British Mountaineering Council) - www.thebmc.co.uk
The BMC is the representative body that exists to protect the freedoms and promote the interests of climbers, hillwalkers and mountaineers, including ski-mountaineers.
VISA SERVICE
Nepal entry Visa Form - click here to download
Download, print and fill out this form before you arrive. This will save you time at the airport where the queues can be quite long.
ONLINE WEATHER INFORMATION
The definitive regional forecast - www.monsoondata.org
The best site for weather in the Indian subcontinent
RESPONSIBLE TOURISM
The International Porter Protection Group - www.ippg.net
(IPPG) works to improve the conditions of mountain porters in the tourism industry worldwide. This includes porters carrying for individual trekkers, organized groups, climbing expeditions and to resupply lodges.
The Gurkha Welfare Trust - www.gwt.org.uk
The Gurkha Welfare Trust was established in England in 1969. Its remit is to provide financial, medical and community aid to alleviate hardship and distress among Gurkha ex-servcemen of the British Army and their dependants after they have returned to their homeland of Nepal.
OUR PARTNERS
Himalayan Frontiers - www.himalayanfrontiers.co.uk
OTHER USEFUL LINKS
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