Trekking in Nepal Costs – Nepal Trekking Budget as Per Region.

Especially trekking around the world is an expensive outdoor activity. But Nepal is a cheap place to trek and spend time if you make a good initial plan.

Costs for Nepal trekking:

Gear for the trek, accommodation, transportation from city to city and from city to the trekking start point and from the trek ending point to the city, guide and porter arrangements, and food for the trek permits are the main costs for Nepal trekking.

Accommodation and food in Nepal Trek:

The main expenses for the trekking in treks like the ABC trek, EBC trek, and KBC trek are food and accommodation. When you stay in the lodges or teahouses of the mountain better you eat your dinner and breakfast there, where you stay. The price of the room is normally very low because the lodge’s owners benefit from the food. Please do not try to eat outside food and drinks if you are trekking in the Nepal mountains.

Normally, the price of the rooms starts from US$3 to US$5 per night. But some places have toilets and showers inside a room for US$5 to US$10 also. Normally, those rooms are shared by two people. So if you have a trekking partner, you can save money.

Food prices will be lower in lower elevations and places where transportation is available. Mules, Yaks, porters, and a helicopter carrying the food at a higher elevation, so it will be a bit expensive. Eating Dal Bhat, local food, is the best way to save some costs on Nepal trekking.

Because no need to pay extra cost for Dal Bhat, you can refill more. Chocolate bars, Beer, Alcoholic drinks, and Coke are a little expensive in trekking because of transportation.

Please do not haggle with the Lodge Owner and do not ask for a discount because of the price managed by the Local Tourism Enterprises Committee. People are honest and hard-working. So, trying to ask for more discounts means disrespect. Because nobody is impressed with cheap tourists in the world.

Trekking gear cost in Nepal:

In Kathmandu Thamel, there are lots of gear shops where you can haggle. The quality is not so good. If you use it for one-time Nepal trekking, it’s not too big a deal. If you love fancy gear, you can buy the North Face store. But it is a bit expensive. Some expensive things like a trekking sleeping bag and a Down jacket can be rented in Thamel, which costs US$1 per day.

Do not buy a copy version of the shoes. This is the most important thing for trekking. The water you can buy is mineral water, boiled water, or safe drinking water. For saving money, you can use Chlorine drips or iodine tablets.

Transportation cost for the trek in Nepal:

In Nepal, some parts of the eastern side of the Kathmandu bus journey are very long, about 24 hours. Even if a bus ticket is the cheapest option, we suggest you take a flight in the morning. Normally, morning flights will be delayed but not canceled too often.

Mostly, the local bus is very cheap, like Kathmandu to Pokhara, 5. It’s the cheapest option for traveling, but from Thamel, there is no local bus. You need to go to the New Bus Park in Gongabu.

From Pokhara Lakeside also no local bus, so you need to go to Prithvichowk. So we suggest you take the best option is the Tourist Bus or Private ca,r or flight. Tourist buses to Pokhara from Kathmandu can take off at 7:30 am from the Tourist bus park in  Pokhara or Sorakhutte Thamel at 7:00 am.

Please take care of yourself on a long journey by local bus. We suggest you book the ticket one day before your travel if you are traveling on a long journey.

Domestic flight in Nepal:

Normally, from Lukla to Kathmandu and from Kathmandu to Lukla, the price for a flight ticket is US$235 per person per way. The flight is the most convenient way of traveling, but it is a bit expensive. Lukla airplane is small with a 12-16 seat maximum.

Tara Airlines is a good option for buying a ticket, and another option, Sita Air and Gom, or Summit Air, is normal. Nowadays, Nepal Airlines is not the best option to fly to Lukla.

If the weather conditions are a bit bad helicopter is the best option. It costs around 500 to 600 USD on a sharing basis. Remember that a private helicopter is very expensive, thousands of dollars for a single trip.

Cost of Guide and Porter in Nepal:

Normally, the guide’s salary is US$30 per day, but for some travel agencies, you can find guides for US$20 also. Make sure that an experienced guide cannot go at that low price. Their services as not as good as experienced guides. Their services like changing flight tickets and booking rooms in tea houses.

Change your date of room date in the City, arrange the porters with responsibility. Hospitality in tea houses. If you feel sick, take care of yourself and consult with your travel and insurance agents. If you feel sick at night and you must go down, they must hesitate to go down with you even at night. Because of health wealth.

Consult with the hotel owner and give you some food and drinks at midnight too, but depends on availability. Normally, a porter carries your luggage from one tea house to another tea house.

In case you’re traveling in a group, one person likes to continue the trek, and one person needs to go back. One person can go back with a porter, and one person can go with a guide. That time guided as a porter and a guide too.

So respect your guide and porters. Tell Sherpa for the porters it’s very polite for the. Normally, Porter’s salary is US$20 per day.

Tips for guides and porters in Nepal trek after the trek:

Normally, Tips are not mandatory but are expected in Nepal. Some travel agencies offer to the tourist 10-25% of tour fees must tip for guide and porters. But Mission Himalaya Treks offers that if you are happy with our services, you can make guides and porters.

There are no criteria for tips. We suggest your final day of trekking, invite your guide and porters to dinner, and tip them there. They seem very happy. And blessed you for the coming future tour and trekking in Nepal.

The cost of trekking in Nepal differs according to the category of hotels and services you take. There are as following.

Kathmandu cost:

The choice of hotel will largely determine the amount spent on the basics, location, and grade of hotels. A double room with common bathroom facilities goes for US$4 to 9, and with an attached bathroom, US$10 – 20, and a very clean, pleasant one or 2-star room, us$20-30. The 3 stars are around 30 to 70 US$ and the 4 to 5 stars are US$80 to 300. Food is at a more reasonable price.

If you avoid the most expensive restaurants, you can have a meal for US$2 to 6. US$10 to 12 a day is plenty. Soft drinks are less than 1, whereas big bottles of beer are US$4 to 7.

For the budget traveler, US$150 a week for cheap hotels, and good food, such as flights, rafting, souvenirs, sightseeing by private vehicle, and the long tour will largely impact your budget.  With a much less than 150 US$ per week budget, careful budgeting is required.

Trekking Budget:

For good food and accommodation, luxurious trekkers can spend more than US$40 per day. While lodging charges under US$5 for a double room common toilet. Some of the attached toilet rooms were charged US$6 to 20 by some hotels. Chocolate, beer, and Coke are not cheap in trekking.

Like the trek to Annapurna, the price of Coke is US$4 to 5. So it is best to take perhaps US$300 for 1 week. The trekking permits for individual trekkers are US$42.6 for ACAP and TIMS. If you are planning to guided trek to hire a guide and porter, please feel free to contact Mission Himalaya Treks and Expeditions PVT Ltd.

The trek is so expensive that a better hire guide and porter in Kathmandu is better. Because if you hire staff from the trekking company, they are insured, while those hired independently on the trail are not secure. Some tourists hired a porter-guide too.

They cost around UD$15 to 30. The total organized trek with a guide porter, food and accommodation, transportation, and insurance will be around US$70 to US$120 per day.