Many people ask how much money they need for trekking in the Annapurna area. Most of them will spend between 10 to 20 Euro per day. Prices are very low in the lower parts of the trek, where goods a easely transported from the nearby roads. The further you go up, the more expensive evereything will be.

Be sure to have allways some extra money with you, you might have to pay a flight or wait in expensive Thorung Phedi for some days when there is bad weather. Running out of money when you still have some awsome trekking days before you is just a pest.

People (like me), who love to spend many days in the higher regions like Manang, Tilicho lake or Muktinath area will have a higher average than the fast people, who have relatively fewer days up there.

i have asked my friend (and porterguide) bachan to collect datas al along the trek.

An overview over prices, electicity and phones in the Annapurna area

The prices where taken in november 2003and are in nepali rupees see exchangerate

Ort elect. Tel double- room Coke Beer (0,63 l) Daal bhat noodle soup milk-tea per cup mineral water Besisahar x x     120     12   Bulbhule x   120 30 120     15   Bahundanda x x 120 35 130 120 50 15 45 Tal x x 120 55 155 140 60 18 65 Dharapani x x   59 170 140 60 18 70 Bagarchap x x 120 60 165 145 60 18 70 Chame x x 120 75 175 180 75 20   Pisang x x 100 85 175 170 75 25 85 Manang x x 180 80 190 200 75 27 85 Churi Lethar     120 110 220 200 90 35 120 Thorung Phedi x x 200 100 240 250   40 120 Thorung phedi High camp x   200 100 280 300 135 35 130 Jomsom Trek Ort electr. Tel double- room Coke Bier Daal Bhat noodle soup milk-tea per cup mineral water Muktinath x x 80 70 180 180 75 15 85 Kagbeni x x 80 57 155 115 70 s. pot 36 75 Marpha x x 80 55 150 130 65 12   Kalopani x x 80 50 145 120 70 12 70 Ghasa x x 80 55 150 120 60 15 70 Dana x   80 60 130 90 50 10 55 Tatopani x   60 40 145 125   25 50 Gorepani & ABC Trek Ort electr. Tel double- room Coke Bier Daal Bhat noodle soup cup milk tea mineral water Damphus x   150 50 170     20   Landrung x   200   170 120   small pot 90   Gandrung x x 160 40           Tadapani x   120     130   25   Ghorepani x x 120 40 150 100   15   Tirkhedunga x   100 40 150     15

electricity: probable only during a few hours in the day

Phone: Never be sure, that existing phones will work, somtimes the maoist blow up the transmitters and then for weeks no communication is possible at all.

Prices in Everst area, collected in April 2004

Place doub. room dhaal- bhat fried- potat. noodle- soup beer can 330ml botl.650 ml coke botl. 500 ml can 330 ml mineral water tea cup coffee hot shower Lukhla 100 150   70 250 b 150 b 80 20 30   Phakding 100 150 80 80   150 b 100 20 30 100 Monjo 100 150   70 300 b 150 b 100 30 35 100 Namche 100 120   80 300 b 150b 100 (shop 60) 20 30 100 Khunde   160   80 300 b     25 35 150 Tengboche 100 160   100 200 c 200 b 150 30 40 150 Dingboche 100 180 120 90 200 c 180 c 150 30 45 150 Chukung 100 160 190 100 225 c 225 c 200 30 45 200 Lobuche 200 230 130 130 200 c 200 c 200 40 50  ----- Gorakshep 200-300 250 140 120 250 c 250 c 230 35 50 250 Phortse 100 160 120 80 160 c 160 c 150 30 40 200 Gokyo 100 200 135 80 200 c 200 c 180 30 35   Dole 100 170 100 90 200c 150 b 150 30 35 150

The datas from Annapurnaregion where collected by bachan rai, my friend and a thrustable porterguide. .

his email is bachanrai1@hotmail.com

For the searchengines: Trekking in Nepal. On this pages you find information about prices, electricity and phones in the Annapurna area. For Annapurna circuit and  ABC-Trek