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This article won´t be long. No worries. It will be short, clear and hopefully useful. In my previous article (Itinerary for Central America for 3 months) you read about places I have visited within 92 days in Central America. In this article you will find out how much money I needed for such journey.
So let´s keep it single – within 92 days of my backpacking journey I spent exactly 1682 euro which makes the average of 18,30 euro per day.
Total price doesn´t include flight tickets as I flew to Colombia and flew to Canada from Mexico which are NOT countries of Central America. Price doesn´t include travel insurance as I needed insurance for longer time. Exactly for 16 months and it cost me around 550 euro with The True Traveller. Highly recommended, by the way. 😉
So let´s have a closer look on each country travelled. Which item was most and least expensive and which country was most or least expensive from my journey.
PANAMA (13 days)
Accommodation
$39,70 – only 3 nights paid, rest was couchsurfing or friends of my friends 🙂
Transportation
$92,30 – only local buses
Food & Drinks
$174 – the most expensive item of Panama – average meal for at least 10 dollars
REST
$53 – phone card, souvenirs, some entrance fees
TOTAL —– 359 dollars —- 289 euro!!!
AVERAGE – 22,20 euro per day
COSTA RICA (37 days – including volunteering)
Accommodation
20 000 colones (around 29 euro) – only 4 nights paid, rest was couchsurfing or volunteering house
Transportation
55 965 colones (around 80 euro) – only local buses
Food & Drinks
188 340 colones ( 268 eur) – the most expensive item of Costa Rica – average meal for at least 5 000 colones (7 euro)
REST
89 630 colones (134 eur) – phone card, souvenirs, some entrance fees, volunteering extra
TOTAL —- 510 euro!!!
AVERAGE – 13,80 euro per day
PS: Costa Rica is officially the most expensive country of the whole Central America but in my case it was actually the cheapest! Why?! Thanks to my blog (I never paid any entrance or excursion) and thanks to my volunteering stay of 2 weeks where I had accommodation and meals for free. 🙂
NICARAGUA (15 days)
Accommodation
3560 cordobas (around 93 euro) – only hostels, Nicaragua was the only country in Central America where I was not hosted by couchsurfing
Transportation
979 cordobas (around 26 euro) – only local chicken buses, super cheap, taxis are included
Food & Drinks
3671 cordobas (around 95 euro) – super cheap food especially at local places
EXCURSIONS
933 cordobas (around 24 eur) – Volcano Boarding with Quetzal Trekkers in Leon
REST
$2357 cordobas (around 62 euro) – phone card, souvenirs, laundry, some entrance fees
TOTAL —– 11 500 cordobas—- 299 euro!!!
AVERAGE – 19,90 euro per day
HONDURAS (5 days)
Accommodation
300 lempiras (10 euro) – only 1 night paid on Amapala island, rest couchsurfing or blog cooperation 🙂
Transportation
785 lempiras (27 euro) – only local chicken buses + boat ride to Salvador
Food & Drinks
1955 lempiras (67 eur) – well I was pampering myself with good food at good restaurants 😉
REST
210 lempiras (7 euro) – entrance fee to country of 3 dollars, tips
TOTAL —– 3250 lempiras —- 111 euro!!!
AVERAGE – 22,20 euro per day
Salvador (9 days)
Accommodation
$39 – only few nights in Santa Ana & El Tunco
Transportation
$37 – local buses, hitchhike or car share
Food & Drinks
$66 – typical food “pupusas” can be found for 1 dollar 🙂
REST
$63 – phone card, phone fix (30 dollars), souvenirs, some entrance fees
TOTAL —– 205 dollars —- 165 euro!!!
AVERAGE – 18,30 euro per day
GUATEMALA (13 days)
Accommodation
265 quetzales (30 euro) – average was 45 quetzales per night, super cheap 🙂
Transportation
483 quetzales (53 euro) – only local crazy fast chicken buses
Food & Drinks
857 quetzales (95 euro) – super cheap street food
Excursions
560 quetzales (62 euro) – Semuc Champey for 50 Q, Tikal ruins for 150Q and Acatenango tour for 300Q + tips
REST
615 quetzales (68 euro) – phone card, souvenirs, cosmetics, medicine, some entrance fees
TOTAL —– 2780 quetzales —- 308 euro!!!
AVERAGE – 23,70 euro per day
It might sound crazy but during my journey the officially known as most expensive country – COSTA RICA – was the country where I spent least money. And generally known as super cheap country – GUATEMALA – was the country where I spent most of my money. Why??? Well, in Costa Rica my blog worked well for me so I didn´t have to pay for any excursion and I haven´t spent almost any money on accommodation. While in Guatemala I had to (and wanted to) take few paid excursions and this made my average per day higher.
To sum up, within 92 days of my backpacking journey I spent exactly 1682 euro which makes the average of 18,30 euro per day. So what do you say about my BUDGET for 3 MONTH BACKPACKING JOURNEY ACROSS CENTRAL AMERICA??? Low or high???
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