Prices in Nepal are not very high: they are at the same level as in India.
Shopping and souvenirs
Many shops (big shops and small shops) await you on the main streets of Kathmandu - here you will find exotic handicrafts, jewelry and crafts in ethnic style, various figurines and other souvenirs.
For Nepalese tea in beautiful silk handbags and other goods, it is advisable to go to one of the markets where the locals shop, since the prices there are much lower than in tourist places.
What to bring from your vacation in Nepal?
- national clothes, national jewelry made of yak bones or beads, Tibetan carpets, wooden masks, paintings of Buddha, cashmere products (shawls, sweaters), Lokt's imperishable paper, hemp products (belts, hats, laptop cases, wallets), ceramic and leather goods, Kukuri knife, traditional musical instruments (sarangi, maadal, bansuri, murchunga), shaligrams (sacred stones);
- tea, spices.
In Nepal, you can buy Tibetan carpets from $ 130, national costumes - from $ 30, jewelry in the national style - from $ 5, wooden masks - from $ 3, cosmetics by the Nepalese manufacturer Wild Earth - from $ 5.
Excursions
On a sightseeing tour of Kathmandu, you will walk along the Old Palace Square and see the Kastamandal temple.
This excursion will cost you $ 25.
Entertainment
In Kathmandu, you should definitely visit the temple of the goddess Kumari.
You can admire the interior and exterior of the temple for $ 15.
And going on an excursion to the Pokhara Valley, you will visit the sacred Gupteshwar Gupha cave - the Shiva temple and see the Davis waterfall.
You will pay about $ 25 for this excursion.
Transport
You can get around Nepalese cities by buses, fixed-route taxis, trolleybuses, motorcycle and cycle rickshaws. For travel by bus and trolleybus, you will pay only $ 0, 1 $ (often, in addition to people, small livestock and poultry are transported on buses, and the technical condition of such buses is rather deplorable).
But, since public transport is often overcrowded due to the fact that the schedule is not kept, it is advisable to use a taxi. Boarding will cost you 0, 2 $ + 0, 1 $ / 200 m of the way.
If you wish, you can travel on modern minibuses, the fare on which is several times more expensive than on ordinary buses, but they are safer (1 ticket costs about $ 0.7-0.9).
You can rent a bike for $ 0.5-2 / day, and a motorcycle for $ 1-4 / day.
Economical tourists on vacation in Nepal will be able to keep within $ 15-20 per day for 1 person (renting cheap housing, eating at street eateries).
But, if you are used to staying in mid-range hotels and eating in decent establishments, then your daily expenses will be approximately $ 45-50 per person.
