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• Optional tours that are reserved with your Trip Leader can be paid for using credit/debit
cards only. We accept MasterCard, Visa, and Discover credit cards; we can also take
MasterCard or Visa debit cards as long as the card allows you to sign for purchases. (You
won’t be able to enter a PIN.)

• To ensure that you are charged in U.S. dollars, your payment will be processed by our
U.S. headquarters in Boston. This process can take up to three months, so we ask that
you only use a card that will still be valid three months after your trip is over. The charge
may appear on your credit card statement as being from Boston, MA or may be labeled as
“OPT Boston”.

• Your Trip Leader will give you details on the optional tours while you’re on the trip.
But if you’d like to look over descriptions of them earlier, you can do so at any time by
referring to your Day-to-Day Itinerary (available online by signing into My Account at
www.oattravel.com/myaccount).

Optional Tours: Reserve Before You Go

We strongly recommend that you reserve the following optional tours in advance. Unless
otherwise noted, the deadline to do so is 45 days prior to your departure. Occasionally, space
will be available for booking onsite, but this not guaranteed. Optional tours with O.A.T. can
only be purchased with a credit card (Visa or MasterCard) or a debit card with credit card
functionality. Because our headquarters are in Boston, charges may appear to be from Boston
or might be labeled as “OPT Boston” (depending on your credit card company).

Heli-tour to Annapurna Base Camp

Travel by helicopter among the Himalaya’s iconic 8,000 meter peaks, eventually
reaching Annapurna Base Camp, a coveted destination for mountaineers around the
world. We’ll land there, at an elevation of 13,550 feet above sea level, before returning
to Pokhara via a route that takes trekkers up to a week.

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Communications
To ensure you are available during your trip to friends and relatives at home, you will receive
two copies of your hotel list, including phone numbers, with your Final Documents. One
copy is for you to bring, and one to leave behind with friends or relatives in case they need to
contact you during the trip.

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