25% deposit is required at the time of booking your tour, with the 25% amount due no later than 30 days prior to beginning of tour. In general touring, the remaining 50% amount should be deposited before starting tour or on arrival. Failure to adhere to the payment policy may result in the cancellation of your booking. Please note: Latest payment policies are available on request from our Customer Service Team.

Discover Himalaya realizes that most people who cancel their reservations do so out of necessity or emergency. Nevertheless, cancellations are costly to administer and involve dedicated staff time, communications costs and advance purchased bills. Therefore, all cancellations would be charged the following fees:

• Before 30 days: 25% of the tour cost
• 30 - 15 days: 40% of the tour cost
• 14 - 7 days: 80% of the tour cost
• 6 - 3 days 90% of the tour cost
• 2 - 0 days 100% of the tour cost

If you fail to join a tour, join it after departure, or leave it prior to its completion, no refund can be made. The above cancellation fees are in addition to fees which may be levied by accommodation house properties, travel agents or third party tour and transport operator cancellation fees.

If the tour is cancelled/postponed due to landslide/snowfall/bad weather conditions/road blockade, riots/strike or any weather/riots related problems at the last moment, no refund would be made. If the road is blocked and guests miss a stay at next destination, full cost of the hotel stay would be charged, in addition to tariff of the hotel booked instantly by us for their emergency stay. However, guests can book and pay hotel for emergency stay at their own expenses. If a particular destination is cancelled at last moment, full amount would be charged. This strict policy is applied as nature and its plays are beyond our control.

Those who are suffering from asthma, heart diseases or high altitude sickness should consult their doctors before booking the tour. If a guest(s) suffer medical problems during tour and is/are required to cancel their tour, the package cost would not be refunded. We strongly request our guests to get themselves medically examined before planning such tours. However we carry first aid kit but you are requested to carry your personal medicines. While on trekking tour/climbing expedition, they should eat healthy and drink enough water and take all precautions to keep their body fit.

Customers shall have to pay 100% of the flight ticket charges in advance to book them air ticket. However, they will pay for the rest of the tour according to above mentioned PAYMENT POLICY. Refund for cancellation of flight tickets would be made according to the airline policies.

In case of a booking alteration, such as change of destination, date or number of persons travelling, Discover Himalaya and our third party tour operators, reserve the right to charge a fee where applicable.

All the travellers are needed to carry valid photo id along with them. Travellers from abroad are need to carry passport and valid travel documents. We accept no responsibility for loss or damage to personal belongings or baggage. The Aboriginal components of our tours are subject to cultural conditions. Participants may be absent due to cultural commitments with minimal prior notification and we reserve the right to amend the itinerary in these circumstances with no obligation to refund.

Travel insurance in not included in the tour price. However the same can be done on request at an extra cost.

Children 16 year or above can join some of the treks. But it will totally depend upon their fitness. They will be treated as an adult. However, they need to have the consent of their parents in writing. Children under 16 years of age cannot join most of the treks with adults. We have many treks, adventure camps and fun touring for small children which are disigned keeping in view their safety.

Do not be litterbug. And don't expect others to collect your garbage. Whatever waste you produce, after consuming eatables, keep it with you in garbage bag and bring back to the base and dispose off properly. The biodegradable waste such as fruit and vegetable waste can be buried in earth. Keep stream water clean and avoid using pollutants such as detergents in stream and springs- if no toilets facilities are available- make sure you are at least 30 meter away from water source and bury or cover waste.

In Himachal, it is mandatory to inform local officials about your tour plan so that they could know that you are in mountains, away from civilization and cut off from rest of the world. You, with the help of tour operator, should write an email mentioning name, number, contact details, address of the mountaineers along with trekking route and expected time to return to the base and send it to local deputy commissioner or sub-divisional magistrate or tourism department or police. This will help authorities to local and rescue the mountaineers in case of emergency.

Do not trust on internet too much for weather forecast. Weather on Himalayas changes in minutes. A crystal clear sky can turn black with clouds and can shower snow in few minutes. Be prepared. Discover Himalaya has faced many such incidents in recent past. So, you should in advance carry warm clothing, good tent and sleeping bags. Sudden snowfall and dense mist can put you in trouble. Many tourists have got deviated from their actual trail and gone missing forever. So, Discover Himalaya and Ministry of Tourism encourage hiring a professional and certified tourist guide.

a) As a Guest - Respect local traditions- protect local cultural- maintain local prides.
b) While taking Photographs- Respect privacy-ask permission and smoking and alcohol drinking is strictly prohibited.
c) Respect Holy Place- preserve what you have come to see- never touch or remove religious objects- purchase and sale of antiques which is more than 100 years old is against the law and it attracts punishment under rules.
d) Don’t carve your initials on the plants or wall of religious places and historical monuments.
e) Keep noise levels down- especially at night or in quiet mountainous region or religious centres.
h) Giving to Children encourages beging- a donation to project like Health Centre or School is a more constructive way to help.
i) Visitors who value local traditions encourage local prides and maintain local cultures-please help them to gain a realistic view of life in other parts of the World.
j) The beauty of the place and loving kinds of the people may change you but please do not change them.