drinking water in nepal

we will be staying in Kathmandu three days before our trek begins. I%26#39;m concerned about the drinking water. How do you get good water in khatmandu?

drinking water in nepal

We bought bottled water which is for sale everywhere and had no problem with it at all.

drinking water in nepal

Bottled water %26amp; Everest Beer!

I have been a tour guide in Nepal for 8 years. I can tell you that most of the local people here can drink the tap water, but I wouldn%26#39;t advise it for foreigners and tourists. Many of my clients have tried to do this and felt sick for a short time afterward. There are two options for drinking water in Nepal for the tourist. One, you can buy bottled water at any store for about 20 rupies (The price goes up when you are treking and while on trek you will pay between 80 to 100 rupies depending on the location and as I have seen as much as 300 rupes at Everest Base Camp). The second option is to buy tablets (iodine) or liquid drops which desolve in the water and filter it. These can cost between 60 and 200 rupies and one bottle will last an entire trek. I would recommend buying bottled water if you can afford it at each location because the tabelts and liquids that purify the water have a slightly unplesent taste. As of this writing 80 rupies is equal to 1 USD.

Ratna Prajapati

ratna_kp@hotmail.com

bottled beverages in town and boiled on the trail every night, which is cool/cold by morning. Coke and tea on the trails at lunch.