Rent Car In Nepal During Covid 19 Pandemic

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After months of lockdown, businesses are opening. Countries have decided to resume flights and open tourist destinations. The autumn brings clear sky and comfortable weather for holidays in Asia. It is also festival season in Asian countries making people to travel domestically. People will be visiting their hometown and pilgrimage sites. Moreover people are back to travelling for holiday and are curious about safest destinations for holiday. The risk of Coronavirus is still impending and optimum caution must be taken while travelling.

The mode of transportation is equally important to choosing the safest destinations for holiday. Flights have been resumed with special health and safety measures. Flying is now much safer but renting a private car is still the best way to travel to avoid crowded airports and confined airplane cabin shared with other passengers. Increased spontaneous movement of people, lack of awareness and bizarre public transportation in some countries make it unsafe to travel in public transportation at the moment.

How safe are car rentals?

Car rental is the safest means of travel ...
... at during the Covid 19 pandemic. The rental companies are taking special safety measures to keep their vehicles free of the virus. Vehicles are disinfected after every use. Seat covers are changed and go through washing. They are also providing antibacterial gel, wipes, face masks and gloves in the cars included with each rental. The car rental with driver comes with temporary driver cabin. Car rental in some countries requires special permit approved after submitting health certificate. Vehicle is quarantined in case; the customer starts to show symptoms.

Rent car in Nepal

Nepal is one of the safest holiday destinations at the moment. There are no community level transmissions of the Covid 19 virus and most of the cases are in the district sharing border with India. The mountains and the Himalayas are free from Coronavirus. Being the natural site, the destinations are also isolated and sparsely populated to maintain social distances and isolate oneself. Presence of the highest and loftiest mountains in the world makes Nepal one of the best places for driving tour. Tourists mostly drive to the hill stations towns like Nagarkot, Bandipur, Sarangkot to enjoy Himalayan panorama across rolling hills. Renting car with driver is also how trekkers drive deeper into the mountains to shorter their treks. Nepal is also one of the most important pilgrimage sites for both Hindus and Buddhists. The birth place of Buddha and many other important meditation caves lies in Nepal. Similarly Himalayan Mountains are abode of gods from the prehistoric times. Renting a car with driver gives pilgrims flexibility of driving to remote pilgrimage sites and also spend more time at each sites meditating or praying.

Rent safe cars in Nepal during Covid 19 pandemic

Covid 19 is still under control in Nepal and mountain destinations are free from Corona. The virus came to Nepal with migrant workers from India and most of the cases are see in the southern districts sharing boarders with India. Nepal has gone through long lockdown which prevented the virus from spreading. Like many countries, Nepal is also exercising to resume the international flights and open trekking destinations for foreign trekkers. Here are tips for renting car in Nepal during the pandemic.

• Some companies are disinfecting and changing covers after every use. So make sure to rent the car taking optimum precaution.

• Cars with separate driver cabin are available for rental.

• Avoid crowded cities and visit the mountain towns like Bandipur, Nagarkot, Daman, Sarangkot.

• Stay in small boutique hotels off the main town rather than big star hotels with hundreds of rooms. Make sure they disinfect the room after use.
• Common places and closed restaurants in hotels are not in operation. It is better to visit open / garden restaurant and get food packed. Bring your own cutleries and mug for drinks.

• Car rental companies are providing sanitizer, wipes, masks and gloves. So make sure to wash hands or use sanitizers after you are out and have touched anything.

Nepal is the most scenic for driving tours. Driving is the best way to experience the changing landscape and encounter authentic culture. The most popular driving tour in Nepal starts from Kathmandu and goes down to Lumbini, the birth place of Buddha before coming back to Pokhara valley. The eight days trip can be extended with visit of hill station towns like Nagarkot, Bandipur and Tansen. For those looking for more adventurous trip, 4WD drive across Himalayas to Upper Mustang is most appealing. While summer is rainy season in Nepal, many tourists drive to Tibet from Kathmandu, Nepal. Driving to Mt Kailash (western Tibet) and Lhasa from Kathmandu are the most popular overland trips.
Renting car with driver is the best way to make the Nepal Tour most rewarding.

I am an adventurer from the Himalayas of Nepal. I like trekking and discovering new places. I have a degree in culture and love to read non fiction books. I also write travel journals and blogs.