Sight Seeing (Cultural Tours) in Nepal

Nepal is one of the major fascinating and interesting destination for the tourist in the world to be visited opening to the outside world in 1951. Nepal has rich diversity in culturally, linguistically and ethnically due to the topographical variation although she encompasses tiny area in the world map. Nepal is most probably only one country in the world which can offer so many opportunities to the visitors, for adventurous people, there are so many much beautiful walking trails of Nepal Himalayas, Trekking and Mountaineering. Exciting white water rafting can be done on the rivers which originated from the melting snow of the Himalayas. One can get a breathtaking experience while riding on an elephant in the tropical jungles and watching different type of endangered animals like one horned rhinos, royal Bengal tiger and crocodiles, leopards etc. The private airlines offer you an Everest flight which flies in the early morning if weather is permitted to do and one can catch breathtaking view of snow capped mountains including top of the world (Mt. Everest 8848 m) from the near distance.

Glimpses f Nepal

Program:
Day 01: Upon arrival at the airport, receive and transfer to Hotel and rest day free
Day 02: Full day sightseeing in Kathmandu
Day 03: Drive to Pokhara and afternoon walking tour
Day 04: Sightseeing in Pokhara
Day 05: Drive to Chitwan National Park and participate jungle activities
Day 06: Jungle activities
Day 07: Drive to Daman (one of the very famous place to view the Himalaya range) and overnight at Resort
Day 08: Drive back to Kathmandu and rest day free
Day 09: Sightseeing in Kathmandu
Day 10: Connect to onwards destination



Buddhist Pilgrims Tour

Program:
Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu, welcome by our representative and transfer to the Hotel
Day 02: Sightseeing in Kathmandu Durbar Sqaure, Swoyambhunath and Patan city
Day 03: Drive to Chitwan National Park and afternoon jungle activities
Day 04: Jungle activities
Day 05: Drive to Lumbini and afternoon visit the historical sites
Day 06: Lumbini
Day 07: Drive to Palpa and afternoon visit old Bazaar
Day 08: Full day excursion to Srinager Hill and surrounding area
Day 09: Drive to pokhara and afternoon sightseeing in Pokhara
Day 10: An early morning excursion to Sarangkot and afternoon boat ride in the Phewa Lake
Day 11: Drive to Dhulikhel and rest day free
Day 12: Full day excursion to Namobuddha and Panauti and drive to Nagarkot
Day 13: Sightseeing in Bhaktapur city, Pashupatinath and Boudhhanath
Day 14: An early morning mountain flight and rest day free for shopping
Day 15: Departure to onwards destination



Hindu Pilgrims Tour

This program is specially made for the Hindu devotees who wish to visit holiest pilgrimage sites in the life time including one of the ancient and holiest Pashupatinath Temple not only in the Kathamandu valley but also Indian sub-continent and very popular place to be cremated, Muktinath Temple which is situated at an altitude 3,800 m. and it is believed to unit five cosmic elements like earth, water, fire, air and sky in the same place, Barahchhetra and Janakpur.

Program:
Day 01: Upon arrival, welcome by our representative and transfer to the Hotel
Day 02: Puja program in the Pashupatinath and visit to Guheshowi Temple
Day 03: Drive to Dachhinkali Temple (one of the famous sacrificial Kali Temple in the valley) and PM: visit to Budhanilkantha Temple
Day 04: Drive/ fly to Pokhara and afternoon explore the pokhara city
Day 05: Charter flight to Muktinath, visit the temple and Puja program and fly back to Pokhara
Day 06: Drive to Chitwan National Park and afternoon jungle activities
Day 07: Jungle activities
Day 08: Drive to Janakpur and afternoon visit the historical sites like Janaki Mandir, Sita Vibhah Mandap and etc.
Day 09: Drive to Daman and rest day free
Day 10: Drive back to Kathmandu and rest day free
Day 11: An early morning mountain flight and shopping
Day 12: Departure to onwards destination


Major Places of Interest in and around Kathmandu Valley.

Kathmandu City: Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, also known as Kantipur, the name is derieved from Kasthamandap which is translated wooden house and many more pagoda style temples. The main worth-seeing are like Kumari Temple, the house of the Living Goddess, Shiv Parvati Temple, Hippy Temple and Hanuman Dhoka Palace enroute old Bazzar (Ason and Indrachowk) and freak street.

1. Boudhanath Stupa: It lies roughly 7 km. east of centre of Kathamandu and it is supposed to be 2000 years old and also listed World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It is centre of Tibetan people and is surrounded by many Tibetan Buddhist monasteries.

2. Bhudhanilkantha: This holy site is a very famous forHindus, laying statue of Lord Vishnu in water pond.it is so nice a giants and attractive statue.There are gathering and Pujas on the 11th day of lunar calander.

3. Swayambhunath Stupa: It is supposed to be one of the most ancient Buddhist shrine of the Kathmandu valley and roughly 2000 years old and also listed World Heritage Site by UNESCO. According to the legend thousand years ago Kathmandu valley was submerged by water, a famous Buddhist saint Manjushri cut off Choubhar gorge and drained out water from the valley so later it became a habitatual. This historical and sacred site was an island of the lake. The sankrit word Swoyambhunath means self originated. Main attraction of the this historical site is one can experience religious harmony and this shrine is worshiped by both Hindus and Buddhist.

4. Dakshinkali Temple: This a most famous Kali Temple in the Kathmandu valley which is situated 30 km. southwest from down town. It supposed to be one of the famous and sacred site to be animal sacrificed. Only male animals are allowed to sacrifice and Tuesday and Saturday are main attraction of the site.

5. Kirtipur: This is one of the historical and ancient city of Kathmandu valley, lies about 8 km. southwest from downtown. A few historical temples, Buddhist monasteries and old typical houses can be seen. It is famous for weaving and hand knotted carpet.

6. Patan: This is one of the ancient city of Kathmandu valley. It supposed to be visited Indian famous Emperor Ashoka in 250 BC and four stupas were built which can be seen till today. This historical city is also called Lalitpur which means "City of Fine Arts".


7. Bhaktapur: This is a third largest historical city of Kathmandu valley and very beautiful medieval city which lies about 15 km. east of downtown Kathmandu. Bhaktapur is also called Bhadgaon which means "City of Devotees" and very much popular for yogurt, wood carving, Thanka painting and pottery.

8. Changunarayan Temple: This is one of the ancient Vishnu shrine of Kathmandu valley lies about 22 km. northeast of Kathmandu which is supposed to be built in 5 th century. In the temple courtyard there are few master piece of stone sculptures which dates back 4 th century and they represents different reincarnation of Lord Vishnu.

9. Nagarkot: It is one of the famous hilltop and view point to view Himalayan ranges, sunset and sunrise and located about 30 km. east of Kathmandu at an altitude 2175m. Through the scenic drive one can see beautiful landscape and rice terraces.

10. Dhulikhel: It lies about 32 km. east of Kathmandu at an altitude 1700m. If weather is fine one can see beautiful snow capped mountains like Ganesh Himal, Langtang, Gangchhepu, Dorjelakpa and many more. Surrounding the Dhulikhel there are several historical cities like Nala, Panauti, Khopasi and Sanga.

11. Phulchowki: This is a highest mountain in Kathmandu valley and located about 18 km. southeast of Kathmandu at an altitude 2800m. It is very famous place for day hiking and bird watching. Lap of this mountain, there is botanical garden and water spout. Every twelve years there will be held a very colorful festival in Godavari.

Out of Kathmandu Valley

Pokhara Valley: The Pokhara valley, gateway to Annapurna region is one of the picturesque spot of Nepal and also known as city of lakes. Pokhara is the city of adventure. An enchanting city nestled in a tranquil valley (900m.) it is the starting point for many of Nepal's most popular trekking and rafting destination. There serenity of Phewa Lake and magnificient mount Fishtail rising behind it create and ambience of peace and magic. The best and closer views of Annapurna Ranges and Mt. Fishtail can be seen from here. Pokhara is well connected by air & land with Kathmandu (200 km far & 30 minutes flight) as well as by land with other major destinations of Nepal. The major attractions of Pokhara city are: Phewa Lake, Barahi Temple, Devie's Fall, Bindabasini Temple and Seti Gorge etc.

Lumbini: The birthplace of Lord Buddha "The Light of Asia" is listed World Heritage Site by UNESO. It lies 300 km. southwest of Kathmandu.The nativity side is marked by a stone pillar erected by Indian emperior Ashoka in 249 BC to commemorate his pilgrimage to the sacred spot. Here one can see the broken Ashok Pillar remnants of an old monastery, image of Buddha's mother Maya Devi etc are still preserved in Lumbini.
The major attraction of this place are: Maya Devi Temple, Sacred garden where Lord Buddha was born, Puskarni Pond where Buddha's mother had taken a bath before giving to birth to Buddha, World Peace Flame, various monasteries which represents different countries like Myanmar Temple, China Temple, Korean Temple, Japanese Temple and Nepal Buddha Temple etc.

Chitwan: The main attraction of this place being Royal Chitwan National Park which is situated 120 km. southwest of Kathmandu. This is one of the largest forest regions with a wide range of wildlife – the rare great one horned rhinoceros, deers, sloth bear, leopard, wild boar, fresh water dolphin, crocodile, the elusive Royal Bengal Tiger and over 350 species of birds.

Tansen: This is a bright Himalayan town situated on the slopes of a hill called Shreenagar Danda with an altitude of approx. 1,500m. This is the most popular summer resort of the western Nepal with the most far stretching views of the country's main attractions – the Himalayas.

Gorkha: Gorkha is situated 131 km. west of Kathmandu at an altitude of 1,135 m at the end of a mountain road that branches north from the Kathmandu-Pokhara highway of Anbu Khairani. Gorkha's center piece is the magnificent Gorkha Durbar which is a fort, a palace and a temple with excellent views of the surrounding valleys and the Manaslu Range.