Rs 500 and Rs 1,000.
Notes are easy to distinguish as they have different colours and images.
On departure, the bank at the airport will convert 15 percent of the amount shown on your bank exchange receipts in to foreign currency. Major credit cards are seldom accepted outside larger hotels and travel agencies . Travellers' cheques can also be obtained with a major credit card, the best reason to bring one. Travellers' can change money at banks and hotels around Kathmandu, as well as at central Immigration and the airport. Changing money outside the main towns is sometimes difficult.