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Nepal trek costs, checked against receipts.

Permits, fees and teahouse prices for Nepal’s main treks. Every figure links to the receipt or notice behind it.

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Last checked today · 412 prices this season

02 · Phakding 2,610 m

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What one person spends this season, from permits to the last hot shower, priced from receipts. Open a trek to change the days, comfort and support.

Per person for the typical length, budget teahouses, a guide shared between two, return transport. Sample figures for the prototype, not yet verified.

03 · Namche 3,440 m

Every number has a paper trail.

We pay our own way and keep the receipts. Each figure is sourced, dated and corrected in public, so you can check us instead of trusting us.

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A lodge receipt from Hotel Tashi Delek, Namche Bazaar, dated 2 Oct 2026: dal bhat, hot shower and battery charge, total NPR 1,700

Verified · Monjo, 2 Oct 2026

Sourced

Every figure links to the receipt, fee notice or written quote it came from.

A wooden date stamp beside its impression: 09 OCT 2026

Verified · next check 9 Apr 2027

Dated

Every page says when it was last checked, and flags itself when it is overdue.

An ACAP child fee card with NPR 1,000 crossed out and NPR 1,500 written in

Corrected · a reader in Pokhara

Corrected

Mistakes stay visible in the changelog, with what changed and who told us.

04 · Tengboche 3,867 m

Four guides, one trek at a time.

26 pages across permits, costs, logistics and villages. Each one answers a single question, with the figure first.

8 pagesFrom NPR 2,000Permits and rulesSagarmatha parkKhumbu feeRestricted areas
5 pagesCostsDaily budgets, guides and porters, flights, and what you pay where.USD 35–60a day, Everest trail5 pagesLogisticsFlights, cash, SIMs, powerVillagesNamche · dal bhatNPR 900Dingboche · dal bhatNPR 1,100Gorak Shep · dal bhatNPR 1,400
Elevation profile of the Everest Base Camp trek, from Lukla at 2,860 m to Base Camp at 5,364 m

05 · Dingboche 4,410 m

The ledger, this season.

Every change to a fee or price is logged the day we make it, with the source and the figure it replaced.

412prices checked
since 1 Sep

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  • 9Oct
    PermitsSagarmatha National Park entryNPR 2,500NPR 3,000
    Verified
  • 2Oct
    VillagesNamche Bazaar dal bhatNPR 800NPR 900
    Verified · 3 receipts
  • 21Sep
    LogisticsLukla flight, foreigner fareUSD 217USD 235
    Contested · 2 sources
  • 14Sep
    CostsPorter day rate, autumnNPR 2,500NPR 3,000
    Verified

06 · Lobuche 4,940 m

Articles

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A Twin Otter on the Lukla airstrip at first lightCostsArticle · 2 Oct 2026 · 8 min

Why a foreigner pays four times as much to fly to Lukla

Porters on the stone trail above LuklaPermitsArticle · 28 Sep 2026 · 5 min

Do you still need a TIMS card?

Dal bhat and a lodge bill on a teahouse tableVillagesArticle · 21 Sep 2026 · 6 min

The real price of a hot shower above 4,000 m

A lodge receipt from Namche, every line readable

Better if:

·  Numbers are visible
·  Date and time are mentioned
·  Name of merchant is visible

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Why it matters

Every artifact we hold came from someone who kept a scrap of paper. A blurry corner is still useful. A remembered number is not.