Urgent help advise needed for road travel to nepal

Raj

Hey you guys, this is the first time I am posting out here ...hope you all help me out asap.

Ok, my plan is to go from delhi to nepal with me son of 2,4 years old. My visa is already takes care of I will take his visa with keeping the 30 dollars ready .... I have already done some homework on what to do though have a few questions to experts who have done this journey before.

I have an option of taking a pvt taxi to Nepalganj, via Nanpara in UP. The calculation shows that delhi nanpara distance is 446km. How far is it to Nepalganj from nanpara? How long does it take to nepalganj by road from delhi? Is the Indian taxi also allowed to travel in Nepal? is it easy to cross the border from here with out hassles? Nepalganj to to kathmandu will not be sensible by road since I have a kid with me. Should I better take a plane to Kathmandu? As far my research there is a cosmic air flight at 12:45. and buddha air flight at 10:25, 14:20, 17:45. they cost around 4000 Rs. Are the flights easily available on the same day?

second option is driving all the way to raxaul in bihar which is 716 km. From raxaul crossing to simara is another 30 km. Is this an easy crossing without hassles? How long does it take by road from delhi to raxaul by taxi? From simara there are daily flights at 08:45, 09:30, 12:35,13:50,16:50 to kathmandu. the fare is around 1200 NPR. Are the seats easily available?

So what is advisable as a travel? I don't know if it's allowed to but my email is iskahlon@gmail.com ....In order to get quick info from all you nepal experts :-)

TREKorDIE

Delhi to Gorakhpur by train.
Gorakhpur to Sanauli by bus or pvt. taxi.
Cross the border at Sanauli and go to Bhairahawa (Nepal).
Halt at Bhairahawa, flight to Kathmandu next morning.

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AvidTrekker

I did the same route. We hired our own Aircon bus from Delhi to Roopaiideehaa [town in India across Nepalganj border crossing]. Started Delhi at 12:00 noon reached Rupaidiha [this is how the state buses spell it] at 09:00 the next day. Crossed over the border on foot. Took an autorickshaw to the Nepalganj airport [20 mins]. Took a 14:00 flight by Necon air to Kathmandu. reached KTM at 16:35.

Indian taxis cannot cross over, a f a i k.

In my personal opinion, you should fly from Delhi to Kathmandu, unless you want to enjoy the countryside in particular.

Some bus people also ply a bus from Delhi to KTM via Sunauli border. It takes 24 hours plus. Maybe they arrange another bus at the border. I have not done this journey myself.

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Raj

Hi trekordie ....yaar I had a couple of very specific questions ...which you haven't answered....timings of travel.....etc The information you gave me is already there in the threads....

Raj

Hi avid trekker, thanks for you reply .... Delhi to nepalgunj shouldn't be a journey more then 7/8 hours as it's 446 km. Delhi amritsar is 398 and tht is done in 5/6 at max 7 hours.

AvidTrekker

Maybe we started late from delhi, say around 6:00 in the evening. But my reaching time is accurate, coz the border post opened at 09:00 in those days. I don't know where you got your figure of 446 km. Also roads in UP are far worse than those to Amritsar. I recall we reached Sitapur at 04:30 in the morning. From there the roads were bad and it took us 4.5 hrs for a distance of 100 km or so, There is a bridge over the river Sarda only at one place... so go to that crossing only.

If you ask the State transport buses ppl at ISBT, you will get the exact km to Rupaidiha. The UP state transport bus had also reached just 30 mins before us.

Raj

hi there, Got the distance from http://www.nirvanatour.de/india/distan.html ....
ok so the roads are bad .... hmm isnt' it that there is a national highway(NH24) till sidhauli ...so 375 km is covered till here and from there it's inland road of another 80-100 kms......