Total Amount Spent in Nicaragua: $1205.50
Number of Days Spent in Nicaragua: 23 (October 13–November 5, 2008)
Average Per Day Spending: $52.41
BREAKDOWN BY CATEGORY
- Transportation: $107
- Accommodations: $437*
- Food: $209
- Activities: $422**
- Shopping: $2
- Internet Access: $6
- Laundry: $12.50
- Travel Formalities: $10***
*One week’s worth of meals is also included in this amount as it was part of our homestay fee.
**Our Spanish lessons, at $135 per person, account for nearly 2/3 of our activities spending.
***Nicaragua charges an entry fee of $5 per person.
SAMPLE PRICES
- Double Room with Private Bath: $15-$20
- Bus from Managua to Granada: $1
- Express Bus from Managua to Esteli: $3
- Full Day Volcano Trek with Lunch: $20
- Guided Turtle Spotting Night Hike: $10
- Dinner at Dave’s Shark Pit: $11.50 for the two of us (our most expensive meal was about $13)
- Lunch at a Hamburger Stand in Leon: $2.50 for the two of us
- Pineapple at the Market: $0.40
- Admission to the Art Museum in Leon: $1.50 ($0.50 with student card)
- Day-long Rental of Kayaks at Las Penitas: $20 for double kayak
- Guided Hike in Miraflor: $12 (for up to 3 people)
- Boat Tour of the Isletas: $9
- Airport Taxi: $10-$15
- Taxi Within Managua: $2-$3