How to Tip in Nepal 🇳🇵

Currency: Nepalese rupee (NPR)
Average monthly salary: about 185 USD

💡 General Tipping Etiquette

For tipping in Nepal, there are big differences between the touristic areas such as Mount Everest and small villages and the countryside, where tourism is still kind of developing.

🍽️ Restaurants

10 % (if no service charge is included)

🚕 Taxis

Generally not required, if yes round up the fare (if they use the meter)

🏨 Hotels

0.50-1 $ per transfer for bellhops, 1 $ per night for cleaning staff

👨‍🌾Tour guides

5-10 $ USD per day or 10%

🌏Region

Check out tipping rules for Bhutan, China, India or Bangladesh.

Sources: Full time explorer

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