Is Travel Insurance Compulsory for Everest Base Camp Trek

Naturally, travel insurance is top compulsory for to do Everest base camp trekking in Nepal. Trekking/travel insurance can cut back the major financial risk of traveling such as missed flights, canceled trips, lost baggage, theft, emergency evacuation, accidents, illness, and well as dead body repatriation. Therefore, be careful while choosing your insurance policy. Make sure that the policy covers five major courses: trip cancellation or interruption, medical evacuation (treatment cost, hospital charges, doctor’s fee, and cost of the medicine), flight insurance (cancellations and delays), and baggage insurance (misplaced or lost luggage). You can also add supplemental policies to cover particular issues, like identity theft, and security and political evacuation (natural disasters, civil uprisings, military coups, political unrest, etc.). Or, get a ‘Comprehensive Insurance’ that covers all of the above-given courses plus expenses caused by delayed trips, missed flights, or any alterations in the itinerary by the tour company. Moreover, the maximum elevation gained during this trek is 5,550 meters; therefore, it’s important to ensure that the policy covers helicopter and medical evacuation up to 6000 meters (some standard policies only cover up to 4000 meters).

Make Sure Insurance Policy Covers 5 Major Courses

While you are buying-booking the insurance policy be sure that you must be confirmed five major courses are top important exams such as medical evacuation (treatment cost, hospital charges, doctor fees, cost of medicine, lost luggage, missed flights, and most importantly ensure the policy covers helicopter/medical evacuation up to 6000 )