In the Kathmandu Valley is the traffic in the last years enormously increased so that you often stuck in traffic. It is relatively unimportant which transportation you take on the road, tuk-tuk, bus or taxi, just depending on your budget.

Public and local buses are crowded and uncomfortable. Tourist buses can show high quality standard with AC and couchette, mostly available on main roads. A free booking service provider of Nepal fur buses is BusSewa, it offers also international connections to India.

Hiring motorcycle and charter a Taxi are options as well. Hitching on trucks or private vehicles is also possible, a special gratuity is expected.

Micro buses use with caution, they cause a large percentage of the road accidents in Nepal. Even though, they become popular and have a fast service, it has almost replaced local bus service in some places and has a good coverage and many alternate routes.

In fact that narrow roads connect towns and villages through high mountains, you have to calculate with enormous delays. Every now and then bridges and trails are partially damaged by rockfall and only one lane is passable. Roads can also be blocked through protests from time to time, clarify the current situation before planing the route. Many villages are only accessible on foot.

Flying through Nepal is possible but it's significantly more expensive than the bus. Several airlines with lovely names like Buddha Air, Yeti Airlines or Cosmic Air operating routes from and to Kathmandu to places such as Pokhara or Bharatpur. Not only big national airlines also a wide of small and medium sized private airlines at smaller airports is offering Tara Air, but Also the airport Lukla, the nearest airport of Mount Everest is also listed, if someone wants to have it hassle free, Kathmandu – Lukla in 30 minutes is unbeatable.

Expect flying in a little propeller machines with just a few seats. Also, cancellation and delays can occur, due to strong weather conditions.