Nepal Travel Guide
previous
end
Grafik Nepal Visitor Guide
Traveller information
Currency Information
AFT Information on Nepal
Tourism in Nepal Trekking - Rafting
Grafik Nepal Visitor Guide
Trekking Information
Customs Information: Visa
Entry fees
Suggestions
Travel Information Grafik
Grafik Department of Immigration Grafik
Time

Nepal Time is 5 hour 45 minutes ahead of GMT and 15 minutes ahead of Indian Standard Time.
Nepal Time UTC+0545

Official Holiday

Government and most other offices work five days a week. Saturday and Sunday one weekend in Nepal.

Office Hours

Monday to Friday : 9: 00 a.m. - 17: 00 p.m. in summer
9: 00 a.m. - 16: 00 p.m. in winter (Mid-Nov. to mid -Feb.)

Application Hours
Monday to Friday : 9: 00 a.m. - 15: 00 p.m. in summer
9: 00 a.m. - 14: 00 p.m. in winter (Mid-Nov. to mid -Feb.)

Note: Government offices are closed are on Saturdays, Sundays and other Official Holidays.
Electricity

220 volts / 50 cycles

Currency

Foreign Currency Exchange Rates April 2013
1 US Dollar = 80 Nepalese Rupee
1 Nepalese Rupee (NPR) = 0.012 US Dollar

1 Swiss Franc = 88 Nepalese Rupee
1 Nepalese Rupee (NPR) = 0.011 Swiss Franc (CHF)

Currency Information

top

Entry fees

Kathmandu

Narayanhiti Palace
Narayanhiti Palace Museum is now open for public. The entry fee is NRs 100 for Nepalis and NRs 20 for students, NRs 250 for SAARC nationals and Chinese. Other foreign visitors have to pay NRs 500 at the museum's entrance (valid 2009).

Visitors can take a look at nineteen different blocks and belongings of the former royal, e.g. furniture, precious artefacts, wardrobes, the crown.

Bhaktapur
Bhaktapur Municipality has decided to increase the entry fee into the city from USD 5 to USD 10 beginning 1st January 2001 for all foreign visitors. Following the path taken by Bhaktapur, Lalitpur sub-metropolis is also considering to increase the entry fee.

Bhaktapur sets new entry fee
Bhaktapur Municipality (BM) declared that it would levy the same amount of entry fee from both Indian and Chinese tourists, visiting the cultural city. The Bhaktapur Municipality collects Rs 50 from tourists of the SAARC countries,which includes the Indianstoo, and US $ 10 from other tourists.
More information about fees and taxes
1. HANUMAN DHOKA DURBAR SQUARE: NRs
200 (PER PERSON ONLY) MUSEUM: NRs 250
2. SWAYAMBHUNATH: NRs 100
3. PATAN DURBAR SQUARE: NRs 250
4. PASHUPATHINATH TEMPLE: NRs 250
5. BAUDDHANATH: NRs 100
6. GODAWARI ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDEN:
NRs 100
7. BHAKTAPUR DURBAR SQUARE: US$10
Updated: February 2007
The taxes and fees may change without any notice.

Population

Nepal's population reached 27.8 million (2007). Nepal's population was 18.4 million in 1991. The country's population is growing at an estimated 2.25 % annually (2004).

Flights to Nepal Nepal Trekkings
previous