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Ilam in January
Great month: January is in the middle of the recommended season (October – April).
The season runs to the end of April, 3 months away.
2 days in Ilam in January · from ₹5,348 for two
Stay, food & local travel; getting there extra
What it costs
For two sharing a room; 2 days on the ground, getting there not included.
Budget
₹5,348 for two
- Room a night₹940
- Food a day, each₹728
Mid-range
₹13,198 for two
- Room a night₹2,500
- Food a day, each₹1,680
Luxury
₹28,814 for two
- Room a night₹5,000
- Food a day, each₹3,920
Totals cover the room (taxes included), food, local transport, entry and a 10% buffer: the figures the planner opens on. These are typical rates; Tourisma has no month-by-month rates for Nepal yet, so they don't move with the month.
Getting there
Fly into Kathmandu (KTM), 272 km away
Then: Flight · 7h (Kathmandu–Bhadrapur flight (Buddha Air / Yeti Airlines) + 3 h jeep to or from Ilam)
Flights from India: from 10 cities, one way from ₹6,500
Routes compared
Entry rules
No visa needed
- Carry your Indian passport or your original Election Commission voter ID card. Aadhaar is not accepted as a travel document for Nepal, and airlines refuse boarding on it.
- Flying in: show the same ID at check-in in India and at immigration in Kathmandu. No visa, no fee and no form for Indian citizens.
- Crossing by road (Sunauli, Raxaul–Birgunj, Kakarbhitta and the other border points): walk or drive across with the same ID. Bringing an Indian vehicle needs a customs permit (bhansar), paid per day at the border.
- Trekking or visiting a national park: you still need the park or conservation-area permits (Indians pay the lower SAARC rate), shown by region in this plan.
Carry: Valid Indian passport, or original Election Commission voter ID card (not Aadhaar); Children: a passport, or a birth certificate or school identity card when travelling with a parent who has valid ID; Over 65: a passport or voter ID is safest. A Home Ministry communique lets over-65s (and under-15s) use other government photo ID, Aadhaar included, but the Embassy of India in Kathmandu says Aadhaar and PAN cards are not valid for India–Nepal travel, so check with your airline; Two passport photos and photocopies of your ID, for trekking and park permits.
Indians need no visa for Nepal and sources give no fixed limit on the stay. Accepted IDs: passport or voter ID only; Aadhaar is not accepted. Rules for minors and other photo IDs vary by airline, so check with yours, or with the Embassy of India in Kathmandu, before you go.
Checked 2026-10; confirm with the embassy before you fly.
Elsewhere in Nepal in January
Also in season this month.
- Bandipur · great month
- Bardia (Thakurdwara) · great month
- Bhaktapur · great month
- Chitwan (Sauraha) · great month
- Ghandruk · great month
- Ghorepani (Poon Hill) · great month
- Janakpur · great month
- Lumbini · great month
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