Can anyone please tell me how cold it gets in Nepal during
January and February? Is it feasible to travel there with
three children ages 6-9? Thank you very much.
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We were in Nepal in December, Jan and Feb in 1997/98 with
our kids then aged 9 and 11. This season means you can't do
a high altitude trek, but you probably wouldn't plan to do
one anyway. Kathmandu and the Valley are warm and sunny (no
rain) during the day, chilly at night. You will be fine,
and Nepal is a very easy place to take kids due to the ease
of travelling around and the huge number of good budget
western-style restaurants (so fussy kids can order chips and
lasagne).
I strongly encourage you to plan to explore Kathmandu and
the Valley as much as possible. Many visitors to Nepal miss
out on this amazing aspect of the country. We had time to
do a 3 day Kathmandu Valley rim trek with the kids (carrying
our own light packs), and it was a real highlight.
I have a website about our 4 month budget trip to Nepal,
India and Thailand (with kids). This non-commercial site
has details on how we did our 3 day Kathmandu Valley trek,
but also lots of other info, tips, advice, our itinerary,
important health info, lots of photos, details of all our
hotels plus heaps more at
http://www.southwest.com.au/~lockley
Questions and requests for further advice welcome.
Ian
Hi Henry,
I agree with Ian... i was in Nepal in December 96 and
January 97 and it was great.. almost no other tourists (in
the high season in october/november it gets really full),
blue and clear skies, sunny and warm during the day
(t-shirts are fine) and cold during the night.
You can buy almost everything in Kathmandu, so you dont
really have to bring a lot of clothes...
enjoy your trip.
hi
The guidebooks say in Kathmandu in winter it is 2-
18,Pokhara -6-19 andBhairawa-8-22.That is jan.
feb is-kath-4-19-pok-6-21-bha-11-25.
I have traveled in Nepal several times with my two children
- the last time we were there, they were 1 1/2 and 5. It is
a wonderful place to take children and having children
really adds to the cultural experience. Nepalis love
children and were always so kind and helpful to ours and we
ended up meeting so many people through our children. I
would agree with the writer who suggested exploring the
Kathmandu valley. Patan has a wonderful museum which our
kids love. Also, consider Chitwan where you can have the
unforgetable experience of riding elephants in search of
great one-horned rhinos and tigers. Our kids loved camping
in the jungle. You probably don't want to do a long, high
altitude trek but you could do easy day treks or a two or
three day trek from Pokara, Our kids did fine trekking(they
were young enough to be carried in baskets on porter's
backs!). Nepal is dirty and a lot of people do get sick, so
you want to be a little more careful with your children's
hygeine than maybe you normally would. I was compulsive
about keeping their hands clean and they never got sick in
all of our trips. The only slightly negative thing I would
mention is that EVERYBODY wanted to touch the kids and take
their picture. Our oldest got a little fed up with this
after a while but it is so good natured, it's hard to be
annoyed. Enjoy you trip. You will find that travel in South
Asia is greatly enhanced by the addition of children.
I have traveled in Nepal several times with my two children
- the last time we were there, they were 1 1/2 and 5. It is
a wonderful place to take children and having children
really adds to the cultural experience. Nepalis love
children and were always so kind and helpful to ours and we
ended up meeting so many people through our children. I
would agree with the writer who suggested exploring the
Kathmandu valley. Patan has a wonderful museum which our
kids love. Also, consider Chitwan where you can have the
unforgetable experience of riding elephants in search of
great one-horned rhinos and tigers. Our kids loved camping
in the jungle. You probably don't want to do a long, high
altitude trek but you could do easy day treks or a two or
three day trek from Pokara, Our kids did fine trekking(they
were young enough to be carried in baskets on porter's
backs!). Nepal is dirty and a lot of people do get sick, so
you want to be a little more careful with your children's
hygeine than maybe you normally would. I was compulsive
about keeping their hands clean and they never got sick in
all of our trips. The only slightly negative thing I would
mention is that EVERYBODY wanted to touch the kids and take
their picture. Our oldest got a little fed up with this
after a while but it is so good natured, it's hard to be
annoyed. Enjoy you trip. You will find that travel in South
Asia is greatly enhanced by the addition of children.