Travelling to Nepal brings its own adventures and challenges. There's lots to organise and think about particularly the shots for Nepal you might need. Nepal is a land of contrasts. It’s famous for its treks in the Himalayas but it’s also home to the beautiful lowland Terai region that spans from East to West along its southern border. It's this region that’s a haven for wildlife enthusiasts. The Terai region has the Chitwan and Bardia national parks where you can go on guided safaris to see the greater one-horned rhino, langurs or even the more elusive Bengal tiger. This diverse terrain and environment creates an extensive list of Nepal vaccine requirements. Of course, you may not take part in all the possible activities and so your risks may vary. Typhoid and hepatitis A are core vaccines needed for Nepal. You should also make sure that you are up to date with all your childhood vaccinations, such as your measles, mumps and Rubella vaccine (MMR vaccine) , tetanus, diphtheria and polio. It's likely you'll be going to more remote areas where there's little access to medical help. For this reason we may also recommend rabies, hepatitis B and cholera. Other possible injections needed for Nepal include Japanese encephalitis especially in the Terai region where it's more common. As we've already discussed, you may well be trekking to fairly remote areas where medical facilities might be quite limited, so it's probably a good idea to think about travellers' diarrhoea and how to manage it. We would recommend taking the following: 1. Oral rehydration salts (ORS) such as Dioralyte 2. Loperamide (Imodium) if you have severe diarrhoea and you need to slow things down for travelling 3. A reserve supply of antibiotics for travellers diarrhoea – we can advise and prescribe this for you Finally, you also need to know about altitude sickness and how to manage this (see our top tip below) So as you can see, what you need really depends on what you do and for how long you stay. To help you, we have created a useful guide to give you an indication of the vaccines needed for Nepal in the table below.