Adventure & OutdoorSouth Asia
Mountaineering and high-altitude skills
Pokhara, Nepal
Photo by Tigran Manukyan on Unsplash
Basic-to-advanced mountaineering courses (rope work, crevasse rescue, ice) that end on a 6,000m trekking peak.
- How long
- ~28 days
- Cost
- $1,800 – $3,500
- In rupees
- ₹1.7L – ₹3.3L
- Starting level
- Intermediate+
14–45 days
$95/day
₹9,100/day
intense pace
Price covers: 4-week course + peak climb, guides + permits + food. Range built from typical 2026 market rates. Verify before you book. Flights and visas are never included, and nothing here is a quote.
The price includes
- Tuition
- Somewhere to sleep
- Meals
- Kit & materials
- A certificate
You come away with: NMA basic mountaineering
Best months — Mar-May, Sep-Nov
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While you're in the region
Is this a good one?
- Against others of its kind
- At $95 a day this sits well below the $222 median for adventure & outdoor. It is cheaper than 17 of the 20 adventure & outdoor options mapped here.
- Other things to learn in Nepal
- 3 other options in Nepal, starting with ten-day vipassana in Kathmandu from free.
- When to go
- Workable across 6 months of the year — Mar-May, Sep-Nov. Outside that the season is against you, not the school.
- How long it really takes
- Most people give it 28 days, but the honest range is 14 to 45. That spread is wide because how far you take it is up to you.
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