Backpacking in Nepal

BACKPACKING IN NEPAL

Planning a trip to one of the budget friendly countries in the world, Nepal, is a great way to reduce cost when travelling. For people looking for some adventure and on budget at the same time, backpacking trips can be a the best method of travellig. Effective planning can help save some bucks on a budget friendly trip. Backpacking in Nepal can be the best solution to save money and have some fun and adventure at the same time.

Nepal, being a mountainous country welcomes the most number of trekkers and climbers from different parts of the world each year. Every year, many climbers and trekkers land in Nepal with the aim of climbing Mount Everest or reach up to the Everest Base Camp. Let me give you a short idea on backpacking in Nepal and how you can reduce the expenses while travelling in Nepal.

Visa

Getting a tourist visa in Nepal is very simple and cheap as well. It is going to cost you much lesser than you expect. You can apply for the visa after landing in the Tribhuwan International Airport in the immigrants section. Even if you are on a road trip to Nepal, you can apply for the visa in the borders as well.

Data Pack

Before planning a trip here in Nepal, make sure you either activate international data service in your phone or you can simply buy a sim card when you land in the airport. You won’t need lot of documents to buy a sim, a passport will be enough. This will help you to check your emails and surf internet even when you are at the remote places.

Trekking and Climbing equipments

You might be wondering about where to buy all the trekking related stuffs in Nepal. There are lots of shops in Kathmandu mainly in Thamel where you can purchase these kind of stuffs in a very reasonable price.

Transportation

Other than the money spent in the food, clothes, accommodation, the thing that will cost you more is the transportation. Travelling by air is comfortable but costly as well. I strongly recommend you to go for a road trip though. This way you can get a chance to enjoy different landscapes Nepal has to offer.

Accomodation

Everybody wants to have a comfortable and fun travelling experience. Because of this reason, you might be wanting to spend your money on expensive five star hotels. But I would like to suggest you to stay at a guest house. The local guest houses also offer fine services. By doing this, you will also get the chance to view the lifestyle of the local people more closely.

If you are planning for trekking, then you will find lot of teahouses with great food and accommodation.

Not only using road transportation when you are moving to outside of Kathmandu valley, you can also save money by using local buses when you are in Kathmandu. We do not have ola or uber but we do have Tootle and Pathao Nepal online apps which will give you a fine experience of travelling in a motorbike. They are convenient and cheap as well. You can opt for the local buses, though it will take you more time to reach a particular destination than you had planned.